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Mrs. Faro from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Multicultural Library

Help me give my students a chance to see themselves in books they read!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Faro's classroom raised $581

This project is fully funded

My Students

The students at PCS are a diverse and multicultural group of students coming from many parts of the world. Students here bring their customs to school and love learning from one another! We learn a lot as well!

My Project

The books that I am requesting for my students already have a "home." In other words, I know exactly where everything will go. We just need your help in getting everything through our door! Reading and literacy are vital in growing as a learner, and I already have such a large book selection for my second graders. However, I do not have enough books that my student population can identify with. Since my students are from various parts of the world, backgrounds, and nationalities, I want my students to see themselves and relate to the books from our classroom library. Through your donation, I will be able to grow my library into a more diverse library that my students will be able to get excited about!

Mrs. Faro Ahs - Passages Charter 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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Nearly all 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
Coretta Scott King Classroom Library Builder: Grades K-6 (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $25.00 1 $25.00
Asian-Americans Who Inspire Us • Amazon Business $16.93 1 $16.93
Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon • Amazon Business $16.86 1 $16.86
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom (Volume 6) (People Who Shaped Our World) • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom (Volume 6) (People Who Shaped Our World) • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
Boxitects • Amazon Business $15.85 1 $15.85
Festival of Colors • Amazon Business $15.78 1 $15.78
Bindu's Bindis • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
A Girl Like You • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
A Paintbrush for Paco • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
We Are Water Protectors • Amazon Business $14.38 1 $14.38
We Are Water Protectors • Amazon Business $14.38 1 $14.38
Jabari Tries • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Your Name Is a Song • Amazon Business $14.15 1 $14.15
Ada Twist, Scientist (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $14.01 1 $14.01
A Boy Like You • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Black Heroes: A Black History Book for Kids: 51 Inspiring People from Ancient Africa to Modern-Day U.S.A. • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
We Are Inspiring: The Stories of 32 Inspirational Asian American Women (1) • Amazon Business $13.34 1 $13.34
We Are Inspiring: The Stories of 32 Inspirational Asian American Women (1) • Amazon Business $13.34 1 $13.34
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World (Easy Reader Books, Children Around the World Books, Preschool Prep Books) • Amazon Business $12.33 1 $12.33
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $11.33 1 $11.33
Hot Hot Roti for Dada-Ji • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Rapunzel • Amazon Business $10.92 1 $10.92
Our Class is a Family • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Sulwe • Amazon Business $9.64 1 $9.64
Ramadan (Celebrate the World) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Skin Like Mine (2) (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
The Princess and the Pea • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Round is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Gift of Ramadan • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Diwali (Celebrate the World) • Amazon Business $6.65 1 $6.65
Diwali (Celebrate the World) • Amazon Business $6.65 1 $6.65
Dancing in the Wings • Amazon Business $5.84 1 $5.84
What We Wear: Dressing Up Around the World (Global Fund for Children Books) • Amazon Business $5.78 1 $5.78
African Folk Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) • Amazon Business $2.99 1 $2.99

Materials cost

$454.50

Vendor shipping charges

$2.50

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$493.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.14

Total project goal

$580.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$580.96

8 Donors

-$526.55

Donations toward project cost

-$451.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.23

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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$0.00

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