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Mrs. Ryan from Richmond, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Students who Read Multicultural Poetry Books Thrive!

Help me give my students a collection of Multicultural Poetry books that will inspire them to reach for the stars!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ryan's classroom raised $314

This project is fully funded

My Students

My third grade students are eager to learn. They are curious, creative, and have great imaginations even though we are a Title I school in a high poverty neighborhood.

Our school is a Title I school and most of my students live in public housing which is why I need your help to help them thrive over this virtual time.

Their neighborhoods are rough and school is a place for them to be safe. My class is mostly African American children who face a lot of challenges.

My job, as a teacher, is to help them overcome these challenges and become the amazing adults I know they can become.

My Project

This project was inspired by watching the inauguration yesterday. After I watched Amanda Gorman, I realized how much poetry can be used to inspire my students to reach for the stars. I learned today that that young woman had a speech impediment and look what she accomplished.

Using Poetry books written by black authors will inspire my students!

Poetry comes in many forms and while I do own a lot of traditional poetry books written by white authors, I am lacking the diversity my students deserve. I want them to read books that celebrate who they are and show them what they can become.

I love my kids and in them I see the future presidents, doctors, lawyers, and hopefully with your help...future poets. As always I can't do this job without your help and I thank you so much for everything you have done.

Mrs. Ryan Woodville 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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Am Every Good Thing • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration • Amazon Business $15.94 1 $15.94
All Because You Matter • Amazon Business $15.04 1 $15.04
Enough! 20 Protesters Who Changed America • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Cool Cuts • Amazon Business $14.16 1 $14.16
Black Is a Rainbow Color • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
What Miss Mitchell Saw • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
The Boy with Big, Big Feelings • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The ABCs of Black History • Amazon Business $13.46 1 $13.46
Freedom Soup • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Hey, Wall: A Story of Art and Community • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $8.67 1 $8.67
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
Booked (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $4.70 1 $4.70

Materials cost

$232.62

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$266.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.96

Total project goal

$313.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $313.07

3 Donors

-$156.44

Donations toward project cost

-$133.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.32

match offer

-$156.46

Match offer toward project cost

-$132.99

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.47

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.17

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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