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Ms. Ackerman from La Jolla, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Ackerman's classroom raised $512

Social Justice Library

Help me give my students books and graphic novels to learn social justice.

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Ms. Ackerman Preuss School
La Jolla, CA Grades 6-8

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My students come from places near and far, speak a multitude of different languages and are from cultures that are often left out of popular YA novels. Some of my students were born in the United States and some just immigrated this year. I'd like to create a classroom library for the 6th graders that highlight anti-racism, cultural diversity, and encourage my students to read.

The pandemic hit my 6th graders hard and they basically missed out on learning how to read more advanced books in 4th and 5th grade, so I hope these books will ignite a love of reading.

I also hope that the books start important conversations about race, diversity, and accepting others with love and kindness.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Half of students from low‑income households

120 students impacted 4 donors
Ms. Ackerman Preuss School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

La Jolla, CA View local requests

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

120 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
History Comics: Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Displacement • Amazon Business $17.39 1 $17.39
I Am Alfonso Jones • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Tomorrow Begins Now: Teen Heroes Who Faced Down Injustice • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Let's Talk About Race (and Other Hard Things): A Framework for Having Conversations That Build Bridges, Strengthen Relationships, and Set Clear Boundaries • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
The Other Side • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
A Little SPOT of Belonging: A Story About Being True to Yourself and Making Friends • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Making It Right: Building Peace, Settling Conflict • Amazon Business $10.58 1 $10.58
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $10.40 1 $10.40
Girl on Fire • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning • Amazon Business $9.92 1 $9.92
This Is My America • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Hands Up! • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
New Kid: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $8.64 1 $8.64
We March • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Ghost Boys • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Return to Sender • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Count Me In • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Stars Beneath Our Feet • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights Movement (Courageous Kids) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Other Words for Home • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $6.87 1 $6.87
Drita, My Homegirl • Amazon Business $6.71 1 $6.71
She Persisted: Claudette Colvin • Amazon Business $5.48 1 $5.48

Materials cost

$366.08

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $33.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$435.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.78

Total project goal

$511.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $511.85

3 Donors

-$170.62

Donations toward project cost

-$145.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.59

match offer

-$341.22

Match offer toward project cost

-$290.04

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.18

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