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Ms. Gandara from Phoenix, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Kinder-versity With Ms.G

Help me give my students access to their imaginative, creative, innocent minds through stories that are familiar, inclusive, and diverse, just like their community with books.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Gandara's classroom raised $597

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Kindergarten is a year like no other! Wet pants, teary eyes, nervous parents, but most importantly... the most fun, imaginative, creative, and memorable year! Students learn skills and valuable lessons that they will carry on for the rest of their elementary days. My students will be ecstatic to learn by singing songs, reading books, and building meaningful classroom community!

My Project

As our local community strives for stronger inclusion, and diversity recognition, it is important that kindergarteners, the change of the future, are surrounded by the change we want to see in the world. These books will help me in creating a classroom community that is accepting of all cultures and differences that they will experience in their first year of school, and for the rest or their life! As a first year teacher, I hope to have a class library that my little minds can grow a big heart through.

Ms. Gandara Esperanza Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

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More than half 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
#ISeeMe Diversity & Inclusion Grades K-1 (10 Books) • AKJ Education $132.51 1 $132.51
Yummy • AKJ Education $17.99 1 $17.99
Funny Bones • AKJ Education $17.06 1 $17.06
Chocolate Me! • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
The Water Princess • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
The Giving Tree with CD 40th Anniversary • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Radiant Child • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Day You Begin • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Shaking Things Up • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Separate Is Never Equal • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
Maybe Something Beautiful • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Henry's Freedom Box • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Yo Soy Muslim • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
One Word from Sophia • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Proudest Blue • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Wangari's Trees of Peace • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Princess and the Warrior • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
Counting on Community • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? 25th Anniversary Edition • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Sopa de frijoles (Bean Soup) • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Two Homes • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Caribbean Dream • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Adelita A Mexican Cinderella Story (Spanish Edition) • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
My Family Adventure • AKJ Education $3.61 1 $3.61
The Little Red Hen (La Gallinita Roja) • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91

Materials cost

$433.17

Vendor shipping charges

$6.00

Sales tax

$30.97

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$506.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.41

Total project goal

$596.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$596.05

2 Donors

-$298.02

Donations toward project cost

-$253.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.70

match offer

-$298.02

Match offer toward project cost

-$253.32

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.70

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$0.00

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