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Ms. Romayne from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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SELF LOVE : LIBRARY REFLECTIVE OF OUR IMAGE

Help me give my students a library reflective of their lives and personal experiences.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Romayne's classroom raised $543

This project is fully funded

My Students

98% of the students at my school receive Free/Reduced Priced Lunch and reside in low-income households. Students are working hard to improve Literacy test scores. Students are tested in areas of vocabulary and comprehension. There are several interventions that students participate in to enrich their reading skills such as Small Groups and Saturday School.

My students love to read and learn new information.

They utilize all resources that are given to them with appreciation and gratitude. The students who will receive the impact of this project is grade 5.

My Project

The materials requested in this project are to enrich self love and perspective in the classroom. The books chosen are complimentary of the interest and experiences of the students in my classroom.

Students will have the ability to gain motivation and insight through reading both fiction and nonfiction text.

Students may also gain awareness of possible careers and travel through reading.

Students will have the opportunity to take the books home to read for pleasure and create a short video to reflect on their liking of the text. Students will have access to the videos.

Ms. Romayne Mann Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

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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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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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set • MahoganyBooks $21.57 3 $64.71
Something to Say • MahoganyBooks $15.29 2 $30.58
Class Act • MahoganyBooks $11.69 2 $23.38
Pet • MahoganyBooks $8.99 2 $17.98
Change Sings • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
The Gilded Ones (Deathless #1) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Hair Like Mine • MahoganyBooks $17.06 1 $17.06
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut • MahoganyBooks $17.05 1 $17.05
I Am Every Good Thing • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
M Is for Melanin A Celebration of the Black Child • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
The Undefeated • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Ikenga • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Clean Getaway • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
This is Your Time • MahoganyBooks $14.39 1 $14.39
Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You • MahoganyBooks $14.39 1 $14.39
One Crazy Summer • MahoganyBooks $7.19 2 $14.38
Rebound (The Crossover Series) • MahoganyBooks $8.99 1 $8.99
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Max and the Tag-Along Moon • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Whistle for Willie • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$417.17

Vendor shipping charges

$7.82

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$461.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.40

Total project goal

$542.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$542.65

6 Donors

-$271.32

Donations toward project cost

-$230.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.70

match offer

-$271.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$230.63

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.70

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$0.00

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