Our Students Need to See Themselves Represented in Our Libraries!
Help me give my students need LOTS of books full of diverse characters!
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Solarek's classroom raised $471
This project is fully funded
My Students
Our school is filled with incredible students who love to come to school every day! They are such happy individuals with so much empathy and curiosity! The staff at our school learns as much from the students as the students do from us about life and the world.
My students bring many different cultures from around the world into our classroom every day, creating a rich and deep learning environment.
It is an amazing environment to teach about diversity because it is so evident. I am truly indebted to my students for all they teach me about life and their culture.
My Project
At my school, we have been focusing on the impact that our libraries have on students and their motivation and interest to read. We notice that a majority of the books are not filled with diverse characters and topics. Our student population makes up a beautiful mix of students from all backgrounds and we confidently that all students in our school need to see books about them in our libraries.
Through this project, the 2nd-grade students as they start to move into chapter books will have books that have characters from all backgrounds, not just the dominant culture.
Our goal is for students' interest to grow in reading out of connection to the characters and they will be motivated to read more and more and more.
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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First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Level B: 25 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers
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Trapped in a Video Game (Book 1) (Volume 1)
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Case Closed #1: Mystery in the Mansion
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The Space Mission Adventure (Clubhouse Mysteries)
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White House White-Out (A to Z Mysteries Super Edition, No. 3)
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The Buried Bones Mystery (Clubhouse Mysteries)
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Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up
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Materials cost
$335.62
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$29.37
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.03
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$400.02
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$70.59
Total project goal
$470.61
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$470.61
3 Donors
-$470.61
Donations toward project cost
-$400.02
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