Celebrate Black Teachers and Students
This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
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Ms. Keim from Chicago IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.
My students need books that show characters who look like them being brave, bold, and normal.
This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
Have you ever met fourth graders? Little bundles of energy! Nothing excites them more than getting to touch, see, and build their way to understanding.
As one of the top performing charter schools in the state, our school is working daily to help our students achieve their full potential.
The students in my year-round urban charter school are 95% low income. They attend school from 8 am to 5 pm daily. The staff at our charter school works diligently within our rigorous curriculum to help education come alive!
My students struggle with issues that often fall outside the scope of understanding. From poverty to food insecurity, homelessness to incarcerated parents, they face head-on many challenges that would make adults crumble. Even with these challenges, they come to school each day trying to put their best foot forward and grow as students, in academics, and as leaders.
My students are constantly searching my bookshelves for books with characters they can relate to. They gravitate towards books with black heroes and heroines, kids with urban toughness, or characters whose struggles mirror their own, but they are often few and far between.
Representation matters.
Kids need to see themselves in the books they read, both as the heroes and as ordinary people who overcome ordinary hurdles. These books feature kids who are solving normal kid problems with their normal kid friends, and they are just what my students need to read. These books will not only benefit my students' reading skills, but also model for them way in which regular problems like issues with friends, struggles within family dynamics, and issues like competition and academic challenges can be confronted and overcome. Please help me to put these books on our shelves and into the hands of my students!
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