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

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Our Stories- Our Books

Help me give my students a selection of books that amplify black and indigenous voices and explore LGBTQ, latinx and race issues currently in the national conversation.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Arsenie's classroom raised $3,215

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

My students are natural-born scientists and explorers. They just don't know it yet! They are inquisitive, they want to learn, they're analytical, they crave new learning experiences, want to search for meaning and truth, share their own stories, and become agents of change to make the world a more verdant place. And it is my job to facilitate and give them access to the knowledge and the skills they need to get the answers and purpose they seek. We, like many public schools, struggle with purchasing new supplies, especially technology, and we must then rely on your generosity to fill in the financial and ultimately learning gaps that allow us to get the technology, experiences, and opportunities our students need to grow into passionate academics and global citizens.

My Project

For years my colleagues and I have taught elements of equity, race studies and LGBTQ issues nestled among our curricula, or through our local GSA or some other club... but the time has now come to explicitly and intentionally have honest, uncomfortable, student-centered conversations about the issues that have become so neglected and so minimized in most schools. Students and teachers crave open and genuine discussions around LGBTQ, black and latinx-studies, exposing injustices, talking about race and whiteness and combating privilege, classism and elitism. I recently was part of a local program called the Sustainable School Communities and after 3 days of wonderful conversations between our school and others like us, with teachers, admin and students- it is time to commit to make this work permanent and front-center in our building for our students (and many adults).

The time and moment is now to allow students access to books written and featuring black and latinx characters, books that embrace and cultivate, educate and illuminate LGBTQ role models, celebrate differences in all people and introduced students (and adults) to indigenous study issues and begin the uncomfortable discussions that will lead to healing and growth in our schools- that we haven't had before.

I hope that through your donations these books will be the VERY BEGINNING of this journey. A colleague and I have been discussing the possibility of opening a conversation circle or her idea was to create an equity/diversity club, allowing students, teachers, and parents to take these books, make them their own and keep them, read them and learn from them, their authors, characters and the conversations we hope to have. In the end, we hope to create our own story and aim for change in our school community.

Mr. Arsenie Schurz High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning • Amazon Business $11.39 20 $227.80
Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People • Amazon Business $18.99 9 $170.91
Felix Ever After • Amazon Business $16.99 10 $169.90
How to Be an Antiracist • Amazon Business $15.58 10 $155.80
What If It's Us • Amazon Business $15.50 10 $155.00
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People (ReVisioning History for Young People) • Amazon Business $15.48 10 $154.80
Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Collection • Amazon Business $16.89 9 $152.01
Leah on the Offbeat • Amazon Business $12.89 10 $128.90
The Fire Next Time • Amazon Business $12.45 10 $124.50
Juliet Takes a Breath • Amazon Business $11.79 10 $117.90
The Education of Margot Sanchez • Amazon Business $11.44 10 $114.40
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work • Amazon Business $10.44 10 $104.40
Mexican WhiteBoy • Amazon Business $9.99 10 $99.90
The Miseducation of Cameron Post • Amazon Business $9.99 10 $99.90
They Both Die at the End • Amazon Business $9.89 10 $98.90
The Upside of Unrequited • Amazon Business $9.79 10 $97.90
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism • Amazon Business $9.60 10 $96.00
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass • Amazon Business $7.99 10 $79.90
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $7.92 10 $79.20
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $7.39 10 $73.90
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda • Amazon Business $5.49 10 $54.90
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $5.48 10 $54.80
All American Boys • Amazon Business $5.07 10 $50.70

Materials cost

$2,662.32

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$39.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,732.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$482.16

Total project goal

$3,214.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $3,214.41

6 Donors

-$1,630.59

Donations toward project cost

-$1,387.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$243.53

Matching donations from our partners

-$1,582.58

Match offers toward project cost

-$1,345.19

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$237.39

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.25

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 $0.00

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