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Ms. Ellis from Seattle, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Representation!

Help me give my students books that represent them! The vast majority of my students speak both Vietnamese and English. Having books in our classroom that represent them and their culture is very important!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Ellis's classroom raised $600

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are brilliant, engaging, and hardworking 4th and 5th graders who are part of our school's dual language program. These incredible students learn in Vietnamese half of their day and in English the other half. I have the privilege of teaching these bright and interesting young people each day.

The goal in our classroom is for all students to learn while also seeing themselves as learners who are ready to take on new challenges.

Our classroom community is filled with students who are excited about learning. My school is located in a low-income area; 75% of my students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The neighborhood is a mixture of cultures, first and second generation immigrants as well as students and families who have called it home for generations. It is an incredible group of families, students, teachers, and community partners.

My Project

My students are all part of our school's Dual Language program, learning in English half of their day and in Vietnamese the other half of the day. Many of these students also speak Vietnamese in their homes.

In so many ways, they are a diverse group of children and I strive to celebrate all of them.

However, many of our books do not represent the students I teach. We do have books in our classroom; the only problem is, many of these texts do not represent my students. I would like to fill my classroom library with books that my students see themselves in! Books like "Asian Americans Who Inspire Us" by Analiza Quiroz Wolf and "A Different Pond" by Bao Phi. We would be so grateful for your support in this way.

Ms. Ellis White Center Heights Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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
PP181 - Giant Classroom Timer • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Role Models Who Look Like Me: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Who Made History • Amazon Business $22.00 1 $22.00
Asian-Americans Who Inspire Us • Amazon Business $19.63 1 $19.63
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom (People Who Shaped Our World) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Patsy Mink, Mother of Title 9 (Amazing Asian Americans) • Amazon Business $16.88 1 $16.88
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $13.88 1 $13.88
Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World (Women in Science) • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $12.76 1 $12.76
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
Dreamers • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Maya Lin: Thinking with Her Hands (Middle Grade Nonfiction Books, History Books for Kids, Women Empowerment Stories for Kids) • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Vera Wang Queen of Fashion; Amazing Chinese American (Biographies of Amazing Asian Americans) (Biographies of Amazing Asian Americans) • Amazon Business $11.65 1 $11.65
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Mae Among the Stars • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Hair Love • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code (Volume 1) (People Who Shaped Our World) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $10.64 1 $10.64
A is for Activist • Amazon Business $9.92 1 $9.92
Ada Twist, Scientist • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Iggy Peck, Architect (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $9.47 1 $9.47
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $9.32 1 $9.32
Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women • Amazon Business $8.82 1 $8.82
My Name Is Yoon • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Michelle Kwan (Great Asian Americans) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Patsy Mink (Great Asian Americans) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Tammy Duckworth (Great Asian Americans) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Ellison Onizuka (Great Asian Americans) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Yo-Yo Ma (Great Asian Americans) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $6.36 1 $6.36

Materials cost

$434.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $38.03

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$509.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.86

Total project goal

$599.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $599.09

7 Donors

-$297.34

Donations toward project cost

-$256.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.85

match offer

-$297.34

Match offer toward project cost

-$252.74

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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