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Ms. Samuels from Charlottesville, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inclusion and Love for Reading

Help me give my students the feeling of inclusion, no matter who they are!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Samuels's classroom raised $162

This project is fully funded

My Students

I am a first-year teacher who will be teaching Kindergarten beginning in August. I am super excited to meet my students and their families and to teach them.

I know that this will be an exciting year, but I need your help to make my classroom an inviting space.

Since the new school year hasn't begun, I am unsure who exactly my students will be, but I know that they will be loved, supported, and pushed to do their best!

My Project

Please help me foster a sense of community within my classroom. I will be teaching Kindergarten and this is the perfect age and opportunity for my students to begin/continue learning about accepting each other's differences and learning from them.

I want my students to feel like they belong in my class and in our school, no matter their race, gender, or any other factor that makes them unique.

The books that I have chosen have been recommended by teachers that I've conversed with and/or seen great recommendations online for. Thank you so much in advance! Any amount helps make my class a community!

Ms. Samuels Woodbrook Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Charlottesville, VA View local requests

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

25 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
The Good Egg • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
What Should Danny Do? School Day (The Power to Choose Series) • Amazon Business $13.82 1 $13.82
Say Something • Amazon Business $12.73 1 $12.73
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Beautiful • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
But It's Not My Fault! (Responsible Me!) • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
Dazzling Travis: A Story About being Confident & Original • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
Kindergarten, Here I Come! • Amazon Business $2.91 2 $5.82

Materials cost

$105.38

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$136.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.17

Total project goal

$161.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$161.13

1 Donor

-$81.00

Donations toward project cost

-$68.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.15

match offer

-$80.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$68.11

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.02

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$0.00

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