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Mr. Baker from Minneapolis, MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Library to Affirm and Support High Schoolers Mental Health

Help me give my students a library of books to read that is representational and affirming of their diverse backgrounds and life experiences for both their mental health and learning outcomes.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Baker's classroom raised $586

This project is fully funded

My Project

This is a project to provide my small group special education resource level classrooms with a classroom library that is both representational and affirming for them. This project aims to improve both the mental health and English language arts skills of my students by providing them with rich and interesting stories of characters from diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Often, books available at schools are not representative of diverse populations, and it's incredibly important for both the mental health and literacy learning of students to be able to see themselves in the stories they read and learn.

Mr. Baker Washburn High School Grades 9-12

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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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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

25 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
5 Book Bundle: Graphic Novels #3 - Underrepresented Authors (book set) White Bird, Ain't Burned All Bright, Run, They Called Us Enemy, Long Way Down • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $90.00 1 $90.00
5 Book Bundle: Graphic Novels #2 - Underrepresented Authors (paperback book set) - Break, Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch, Four Eyes, Invisible, Duel • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $75.00 1 $75.00
4 Book Bundle: Graphic Novels #1 - Underrepresented Authors (paperback book set) - American Born Chinese, Mexikid, Frizzy, When Stars Are Scattered • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $60.00 1 $60.00
An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States for Young People (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Within These Wicked Walls (hardcover) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Thirst (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Cemetery Boys (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
The Round House: A Novel (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
They Both Die at the End (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Courageous History Makers: 11 Women from Latin America Who Changed the World (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
When Stars Are Scattered (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $17.00 1 $17.00
Amal Unbound (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Furia (paperback) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Efrén Divided (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
A Song Below Water (Volume 1) (YA paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89

Materials cost

$451.89

Vendor shipping charges

 $9.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$497.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.82

Total project goal

$585.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $585.49

2 Donors

-$543.00

Donations toward project cost

-$461.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.45

match offer

-$42.49

Match offer toward project cost

-$36.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.37

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