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Ms. Mitchell from Oakland, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Black History Month Read-Alouds for Oakland Kiddos

Help me give my students new writing journals that will align with the books we are reading for Black History Month!

  • $601 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

Many of my students have experienced direct trauma, and ALL their lives are shaped by the crime and poverty present in their environment.

The challenges my students face give urgency to my work, and they push me everyday to become a better educator.

Despite the challenges they face, my class is a pretty incredible bunch. They care deeply for one another, they love to read, and they work hard at math. Although resources in their lives and at school are scarce, they share generously. One student found five dollars on the ground and, without a second thought, handed it to me to find the owner!

My Project

My students are LOVING learning about notable Black people as part of Black History Month. We have been using youtube to listen to many of the stories in Brad Meltzer's "I Am..." series. Students are inspired by the lives and stories of Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Having physical copies of these powerful stories for our classroom library will be SO exciting for students.

They will be able to enjoy the books independently, and revisit their heroes' stories whenever we have independent reading time. Having these books will also increase the diversity of characters represented in our classroom books, making the class library more reflective of our class community.

To go along with the "I Am..." books, I am asking for an "I Am..." journal for each of my students. These journals contain prompts to help each child see that they can change the world. This message aligns with my own mission to empower my students of Color, and these journals will enrich our daily writing time immeasurably.

Ms. Mitchell
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Am . . .: A Journal for Extraordinary Kids (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $10.39 25 $259.75
Elephant & Piggie: The Complete Collection (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $116.86 1 $116.86
I am Jackie Robinson (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $12.93 1 $12.93
I am Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $12.70 1 $12.70
I am Billie Jean King (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $11.52 1 $11.52
I am Rosa Parks (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
I am Harriet Tubman (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $10.20 1 $10.20

Materials cost

$434.39

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.75

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$510.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.12

Total project goal

$600.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $600.78

9 Donors

-$419.00

Donations toward project cost

-$371.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.85

match offer

-$164.14

Match offer toward project cost

-$139.52

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.62

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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 $0.00

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