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Ms. Devereaux from Charlotte, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Positive Role Models for Our Scholars!

Help me give my students an appreciation of these positive role models and their places in history.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Devereaux's classroom raised $932

This project is fully funded

My Students

We are a Title I magnet school that has been in existence since 1996. We are a full magnet offering a Visual and Performing Arts program to all of our students from Kindergarten through 5th grade. Our vision reflects our school’s spirit: “Through the arts, students will be inspired to become creative problem solvers, productive citizens, and lifelong learners.”

Our students truly LOVE nonfiction books!

Biographies, dinosaurs, automobiles, sports, science, wild animals, pets, history - the list goes on and on! Because so few of our students have the opportunity to travel even 50 miles away from their homes, these books have the ability of transporting them through space and time in a way that they don't have in their daily lives.

My Project

My students are naturally curious about the world in whch they live, but even more so about all of the different kinds of people who are remembered, in some cases, hundreds and even thousands of years after their deaths, and how they achieved greatness in their fields. Beginning with my 2nd graders, I introduce my students to the biographies of some of the greatest figures in American and world history.

My students want to understand these role models - what made them tick, where did they find their passion, how did they overcome adversity.

This popular series of nonfiction books are well written and full of interesting facts that appeal to even the most reluctant readers. Some of the titles include artists like Frida Khalo, Norman Rockwell, Louis Armstrong, and Maria Tallchief - whose stories resonate with many of my students because they attend a performnig arts magnet. Other inspirational leaders highlighted in the series include Michelle Obama, Ernest Shackleton, Nelson Mandela, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Ms. Devereaux University Park Creative Arts Grades 3-5

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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
Who Was Christopher Columbus? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Nelson Mandela? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Mother Teresa? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Gandhi? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Louis Armstrong? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Davy Crockett? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Henry Ford? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Joan Of Arc? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Theodore Roosevelt? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Queen Elizabeth? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Marie Curie? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Susan B. Anthony? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Abigail Adams? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Ben Franklin? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Ernest Shackleton? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Queen Victoria? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Is Jeff Kinney? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Who Was...?) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Sitting Bull? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Marie Antoinette? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Babe Ruth? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Frida Kahlo? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Is J. K. Rowling? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Blackbeard? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Alexander Graham Bell? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Sally Ride? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Maria Tallchief? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Is Michelle Obama? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Who Was Norman Rockwell? • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Who Is Pele? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Who Was Nikola Tesla? • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Who Was Princess Diana? • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Who Is Sonia Sotomayor? • Amazon Business $14.75 1 $14.75
What Was The Alamo? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $14.75 1 $14.75
Who Was P. T. Barnum? • Amazon Business $14.75 1 $14.75
Who Was Cesar Chavez? • Amazon Business $14.75 1 $14.75
Who Was Bruce Lee? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $14.75 1 $14.75
Who Is George Lucas? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Who Was...?) • Amazon Business $14.75 1 $14.75
Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Who Was Daniel Boone? • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Who Was Abraham Lincoln? • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Who Was Seabiscuit? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
Who Is The Dalai Lama? (Who Was...?) (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Who Was...? (Quality Paper)) • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
What Was The Lewis And Clark Expedition? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $12.72 1 $12.72
Who Was Paul Revere? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $12.45 1 $12.45
Who Was Albert Einstein? • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Who Was Neil Armstrong? • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59

Materials cost

$697.18

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $54.38

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$792.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$139.77

Total project goal

$931.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $931.79

5 Donors

-$739.14

Donations toward project cost

-$643.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.87

match offer

-$175.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$148.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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