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Ms. Confer from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Perspectives Matter

Help me give my students access to a state-wide reader's choice program of books written from diverse perspectives.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Confer's classroom raised $642

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My Students

Our school has been doing remote or hybrid learning since March of 2020. Students have a need to connect to one another for social emotional support. I'm organizing a school wide reading initiative so students can continue reading for fun and to connect with one another.

My students attend a public urban high school that is 64 percent low income.

My Project

These books will be used as part of our state-wide reader's choice program. Our school has not participated in this program before, so you will be supporting our inaugural year of reading and voting on a set of young adult books from diverse perspectives. I'm excited to start this program so that students can compare their perspective on titles with the perspectives of their peers from around the state. These books will function as both a mirror of students' own culture and identities as well as a window into other people's experiences.

Ms. Confer Lindblom Math Science Academy Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than 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

999 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
We Are Not from Here • Amazon Business $16.95 2 $33.90
The Companion • Amazon Business $15.50 2 $31.00
Sorcery of Thorns • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Dig • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Punching the Air • Amazon Business $14.56 2 $29.12
The Inheritance Games • Amazon Business $14.39 2 $28.78
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World • Amazon Business $13.68 2 $27.36
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager • Amazon Business $13.61 2 $27.22
The Dark Matter of Mona Starr • Amazon Business $13.39 2 $26.78
Girl Made of Stars • Amazon Business $13.01 2 $26.02
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir • Amazon Business $12.69 2 $25.38
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women • Amazon Business $12.64 2 $25.28
If I Was Your Girl • Amazon Business $12.41 2 $24.82
Catfishing on CatNet: A Novel (A CatNet Novel, 1) • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
Frankly in Love • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
Allegedly • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
Moxie • Amazon Business $9.79 2 $19.58
Stepsister • Amazon Business $9.40 2 $18.80
With the Fire on High • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98

Materials cost

$507.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$545.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.27

Total project goal

$641.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $641.79

1 Donor

-$427.86

Donations toward project cost

-$363.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.18

match offer

-$213.93

Match offer toward project cost

-$181.84

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.09

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