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Mrs. Zarate from Irving, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Stories For Every Student!

Help me give my students a diverse classroom library with books filled with characters who look just like them and who celebrate the same things they celebrate!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Zarate's classroom raised $261

This project is fully funded

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 Students

My students are an amazing group of kind and eager children that are learning from home and in the classroom. They come to school or log on to their tablets each day with an open mind and thousands of questions they want to learn the answer too! They thrive in an environment with hands-on activities, movement, and play!

My Project

Having a diverse classroom library will allow students to see themselves and their peers in the stories we read. While my students read independently they will begin telling their own stories to go along with the pictures. During our whole group time, I can expand their imagination and knowledge while listening to these wonderful books.

While exploring the diverse books, they can begin to notice and appreciate the wonderful things that make us each unique.

We embrace different cultures, communities, and families in our school and having a classroom library that reflected that would be a tremendous benefit to my students.

Mrs. Zarate Townley Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

Irving, TX View local requests

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
Chocolate Me! • AKJ Education $17.09 1 $17.09
The Day You Begin • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
I Am Enough • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Under My Hijab • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
Maybe Something Beautiful • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Just Ask! • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Proudest Blue • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Hair Love • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Wangari's Trees of Peace • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Henry's Freedom Box • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Alma and How She Got Her Name • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Raja's Pet Camel • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
I Love My Hair! • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Two Homes • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$182.60

Vendor shipping charges

$6.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$221.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.06

Total project goal

$260.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$260.40

3 Donors

-$126.96

Donations toward project cost

-$110.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.29

match offer

-$130.20

Match offer toward project cost

-$110.67

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.53

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.24

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$0.00

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