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Mrs. Smith from Edisto Island, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Windows to the World Through Reading

Help me give my students a window to the world through these books that focus on inclusion and diversity.

  • $441 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

We have the best students at my school! They represent a variety of ability, income, and interest levels, but they are all amazing students! They are excited to be at school to learn and to be among their friends. They are welcoming and kind and, because we are a small school, they all know one another. We're all a tight-knit group!

Our students are curious about the world around them.

They want to know more about people and places, the natural world, and how things work. They will observe frogs and lizards on the playground, bring in insects to look under a magnifying glass, and take apart toys to see how they work whenever given the chance.

My Project

These books will help our students look through "windows" and see characters who live different lives than what our children live. These characters include children who have learning or physical disabilities, children who have to take a journey to a safer place, and children who suffer through poverty.

It is through these journeys that our students will learn about the plight of others and, hopefully, come to find a part of themselves.

Through this discovery, my hope is that they will realize that we are not so different after all.

Mrs. Smith
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
When Stars Are Scattered • AKJ Education $15.32 2 $30.64
The Water Princess • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
10,000 Dresses • AKJ Education $15.26 1 $15.26
Wabi Sabi • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
The Only Road • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Susan Laughs • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Fry Bread • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Under My Hijab • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
We Are Water Protectors • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Maybe Something Beautiful • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Planting Stories • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Across the Bay • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Dancing Hands • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Amal Unbound • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Red Pencil • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Emmanuel's Dream • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
A Boy and a Jaguar • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
My Brother Charlie • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Just Ask! • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
A Boy Called Bat • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
A Different Pond • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
What Can You Do with a Rebozo? (¿Qué Puedes Hacer con un Rebozo?) • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94

Materials cost

$311.50

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $21.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$374.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.02

Total project goal

$440.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $440.15

6 Donors

-$232.58

Donations toward project cost

-$197.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.88

match offer

-$207.56

Match offer toward project cost

-$176.43

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.13

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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