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

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New Books, Please! (Part 5)

Help me give my students new chapter and picture books for our classroom.

  • $294 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students attend a Title I elementary school in Lynchburg, Virginia where 100% of our students receive free breakfast and lunch. As a teacher in a high-poverty school, my students face a lot of challenges in and outside of the classroom. Despite these challenges, my students still have a strong desire to learn.

Over 75% of the students in my school are of racial minorities and over 50% of the students are black.

My Project

My students are very excited each time a new book comes into our classroom. They need more books to help them see themselves in our classroom library. They need to see characters who look like them and experience a life similar to their own. Students need a chance to experience these books that mirror their own lives so that they are able to build a love of reading and feel like our classroom library reflects them and their interests.

My students also need a chance to experience and learn about people and cultures of those different than themselves.

They need a library that will give them a chance to have a window into the lives of people different than themselves. These books will allow my students an opportunity to have both mirrors and windows in our classroom library.

Ms. Dray
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals: Over 90 fun and fabulous festivals from around the world! (Volume 6) (World Full of..., 6) • Amazon Business $20.40 1 $20.40
Sing, Aretha, Sing!: Aretha Franklin,"Respect," and the Civil Rights Movement • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
You Have A Voice • Amazon Business $18.22 1 $18.22
Kiyoshi's Walk • Amazon Business $18.07 1 $18.07
Ruby's Chinese New Year • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Amah Faraway • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Because Claudette • Amazon Business $15.69 1 $15.69
That Is My Dream!: A picture book of Langston Hughes's "Dream Variation" • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Watercress • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Playing with Lanterns • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book) • Amazon Business $9.74 1 $9.74
Celebrating Chinese New Year: History, Traditions, and Activities – A Holiday Book for Kids (Holiday Books for Kids) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Celebrating Día de los Muertos: History, Traditions, and Activities – A Holiday Book for Kids (Holiday Books for Kids) • Amazon Business $7.96 1 $7.96

Materials cost

$216.49

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$249.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.07

Total project goal

$293.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $293.81

1 Donor

-$293.81

Donations toward project cost

-$249.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.07

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 $0.00

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