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Ms. Hayley from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Classroom Library that Represents our Students

Help me give my students a classroom library set that shows them that brown and black boys and girls can be anything they want to be!

  • $422 goal

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My Students

As a preschool collaborative classroom, myself and my amazing co-teacher, Ms. Jones, work with general and special education students to push them to new academic and social-emotional milestones, while helping them develop self-esteem and the ability to persevere.

Preschool is a child's first taste of how amazing school can be.

In our classroom, we strive to create a community of learners with big minds and even bigger hearts that work as one to reach new levels of growth. As a school in a high-need area, we want to celebrate every student and for them to be proud of who they are and where they come from.

My Project

It's vitally important that students see themselves in the books that they read, and especially that they see characters that look like them accomplishing big things. Unfortunately, only 10% of children's books feature African American characters (University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education Cooperative Children’s Book Center).

These books demonstrate the rich, diverse history of African Americans, and will show my students just how amazing their culture is!

As an educator who strives to be culturally relevant and to develop student's sense of pride and self-esteem, these books will go a long way to help along that journey. By adding these books to our classroom library, we're opening up our students to a world of possibilities and options as to who they can become and what they can do.

Ms. Hayley 75th Street Early Education Center 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.

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Los Angeles, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

30 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sulwe • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Brown Boy Joy • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building • Amazon Business $14.46 1 $14.46
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
My Brother Charlie • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $13.58 1 $13.58
Not Quite Snow White • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Ella Queen of Jazz • Amazon Business $12.21 1 $12.21
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America • Amazon Business $11.84 1 $11.84
The Nutcracker in Harlem • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) • Amazon Business $11.33 1 $11.33
Hair Love • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Monster Trouble! • Amazon Business $10.50 1 $10.50
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Last Stop on Market Street • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Julixe1n Is a Mermaid • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Finding Langston • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Before She Was Harriet • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Leo Can Swim • Amazon Business $8.10 1 $8.10
Maya Angelou (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Max and the Tag-Along Moon • Amazon Business $7.57 1 $7.57
Bippity Bop Barbershop • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lola at the Library (Lola Reads) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50

Materials cost

$296.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $27.17

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$358.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.27

Total project goal

$421.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $421.80

4 Donors

-$371.80

Donations toward project cost

-$316.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.77

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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 $0.00

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