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Ms. Wilson from Piedmont, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teaching Diversity and Inclusion Through Literature!

Help me give my students books that they can relate to! These books cover topics like how to treat others and handle your emotions, as well as include characters that look like them- a diverse group of learners!

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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

The students at Grove really love coming to school. Our school is a Title I school with 100% free breakfast and lunch which means that our students here at our school come from low income families. They deal with a lot of stress at home and that stress most often comes with them when they enter the school building.

In my classroom I focus on capturing the hearts of students by building meaningful relationships with each child who calls me Ms Wilson.

Having a positive impact on our students is very important to every person who works at our school. We know that the stress that the kids bring with them from home can greatly impact how they learn. Teachers and staff strive each and every day to make sure that we speak to students in the hallways, we shake their hands as they enter the classrooms, we sit and talk with students at lunch, and play with them at recess. We understand that our students come first. We understand that in order for us to be able to teach them, they have to feel safe and loved by the people around them. Each teacher at my school genuinely loves teaching!

My Project

The students in my class are very diverse. We have a large Hispanic and African American population. I want to be able to provide my students with books that reflect who they are. With books like All Are Welcome, The Stars Beneath Our Feet, A Different Pond, and Seperate Is Never Equal, my students will see a wide range of genres with people like them. I would love to have more books that show strong females for my girls, and teach them that they can achieve greatness despite harsh circumstances. I also want to invest in more books about African American males so that my boys can see a wide range of important people like them, not just Martin Luther King Jr.

I wanted to select books that introduce my students to other cultures and other people's ways of life to help them be more empathetic towards others.

There are hundreds, probably thousands, of other books I could have chosen but these are the ones that I feel will be a great place to start!

Ms. Wilson Grove Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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

20 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Four Feet, Two Sandals • Amazon Business $18.00 1 $18.00
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality • Amazon Business $17.89 1 $17.89
Boxes for Katje (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Malala's Magic Pencil • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $14.88 1 $14.88
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Stars Beneath Our Feet • Amazon Business $13.77 1 $13.77
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Seeds and Trees: A children's book about the power of words • Amazon Business $13.20 1 $13.20
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (Denene Millner Books) • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
A Different Pond • Amazon Business $11.16 1 $11.16
For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $11.16 1 $11.16
Look What Brown Can Do! • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Aaaarrgghh! Spider! • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Sophie's Masterpiece: A Spider's Tale • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$272.24

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $19.19

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$325.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.44

Total project goal

$382.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $382.95

11 Donors

-$378.54

Donations toward project cost

-$325.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.03

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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