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Ms. Baitz from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Diverse Book A Day

Help me give my students more diverse picture books to share as a class and facilitate amazing conversations!

  • $705 goal

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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

I teach students in a public school in a diverse neighborhood in the Bronx. Our neighborhood is full of hardworking families who want their children to succeed. The overwhelming majority of my students are English Language Learners, whose English proficiency covers a wide range from "entering" to "expanding" (and everything in between).

On the whole, our students are eager to learn, improve themselves, and show their best.

I want our classroom to be a welcoming, safe space for my kids- and one where their love of learning can grow!

My Project

These books will help enable me to continue sharing diverse books with my students. I like to share books that are both windows and mirrors with my students- books that allow them to see and learn new perspectives (windows), as well as books that allow them to find themselves and relate to similar experiences (mirrors). I find that picture books are what best reach my students, who are at a wide variety of reading levels and English proficiencies. Having an expanded selection of books to read aloud to them would be amazing!

Ms. Baitz PS 47 John Randolph Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Baitz

Bronx, NY View local requests

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
Meditation Cards for Kids - a Mindfulness kit of XL Cards with Calming Guided Meditations for Empowerment, Focus and Relaxation. Great for Parents, Teachers and Therapists. • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina • Amazon Business $16.13 1 $16.13
Where Are You From? • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth • Amazon Business $15.84 1 $15.84
Waiting for the Biblioburro • Amazon Business $15.51 1 $15.51
The Magical Yet • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
I Dream of Popo • Amazon Business $15.43 1 $15.43
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $15.28 1 $15.28
Pepe and the Parade: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage • Amazon Business $15.26 1 $15.26
Festival of Colors • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
La Frontera: El Viaje Con Papa / My Journey with Papa (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin (Amazing Scientists, 1) • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
Mae Among the Stars • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
We Are Water Protectors • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Carmela Full of Wishes • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $14.36 1 $14.36
Your Name Is a Song • Amazon Business $14.16 1 $14.16
I Believe I Can • Amazon Business $14.13 1 $14.13
Strictly No Elephants • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Turning Pages: My Life Story • Amazon Business $13.92 1 $13.92
Malala's Magic Pencil • Amazon Business $13.74 1 $13.74
Ambitious Girl • Amazon Business $13.50 1 $13.50
Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story • Amazon Business $13.45 1 $13.45
The Couch Potato • Amazon Business $13.28 1 $13.28
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World (Easy Reader Books, Children Around the World Books, Preschool Prep Books) • Amazon Business $12.33 1 $12.33
La Princesa and the Pea • Amazon Business $11.12 1 $11.12
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race • Amazon Business $10.93 1 $10.93
Yes! We Are Latinos: Poems and Prose About the Latino Experience • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
The Good Egg • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Sulwe • Amazon Business $9.64 1 $9.64
The Cool Bean • Amazon Business $9.48 1 $9.48
Skin Like Mine (2) (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
We're All Wonders • Amazon Business $8.85 1 $8.85
Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea • Amazon Business $8.85 1 $8.85
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Mango, Abuela, and Me • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Colors of Us • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The First Rule of Punk • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Tia Isa Wants a Car • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Hair Love • Amazon Business $6.90 1 $6.90
The Bad Seed • Amazon Business $6.81 1 $6.81
Frida Kahlo: The Artist who Painted Herself (Smart About Art) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$556.63

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$598.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.70

Total project goal

$704.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $704.67

2 Donors

-$352.34

Donations toward project cost

-$299.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.85

Matching donations from our partners

-$352.33

Match offers toward project cost

-$299.48

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.85

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