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

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Books As Mirrors And Windows

My students need books that they can see themselves in!

  • $594 goal

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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.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My Students are going to college. I teach in the heart of the Bronx, New York. My students come from all over the Bronx, from many different neighborhoods. They want to learn and are eager to learn. They are excited about their future!

Although growing up in poor and underserved neighborboods my students understand the importance of their education.

Many of my students will be the first in their families to attend and graduate college. They will be breaking cycles of poverty for their generations and also helping heir communities.

My Project

My students currently have limited access to books that they can select that they will see themselves in the characters and plots. Getting them excited about reading begins with non-fiction books that they can easily relate to. Reading is a crucial factor in student achievement. Getting them excited about reading begins with materials that they find interesting.

These books will greatly benefit my students in that they will be able to read books that they feel are relevant to their lives and their struggles.

Many of my students will be the first ones in their families to attend and graduate college and they need a the foundation that comes from enjoying reading.

Mrs. Whittick
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Complete Bluford Series (all 20 books) • AKJ Education $80.30 1 $80.30
Buck A Memoir • AKJ Education $11.68 3 $35.04
If Beale Street Could Talk • AKJ Education $10.91 3 $32.73
Giovanni's Room • AKJ Education $10.22 3 $30.66
Another Country • AKJ Education $11.64 2 $23.28
To Catch a Dream • AKJ Education $7.26 3 $21.78
Waters Edge • AKJ Education $7.26 3 $21.78
The Stranger • AKJ Education $7.26 3 $21.78
Unbroken • AKJ Education $7.26 3 $21.78
Self. Destructed • AKJ Education $7.26 3 $21.78
Winners and Losers • AKJ Education $7.26 3 $21.78
The Fire Next Time • AKJ Education $10.18 2 $20.36
Chopped! • AKJ Education $6.53 3 $19.59
American Short Story Masterpieces • AKJ Education $5.83 3 $17.49
Go Tell It on the Mountain • AKJ Education $5.83 3 $17.49
La Casa en Mango Street • AKJ Education $8.72 2 $17.44
Brown Girl Dreaming • AKJ Education $8.02 2 $16.04
Ball Don't Lie • AKJ Education $7.29 2 $14.58
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings • AKJ Education $5.83 2 $11.66

Materials cost

$467.34

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$504.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.00

Total project goal

$593.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $593.35

3 Donors

-$593.35

Donations toward project cost

-$504.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.00

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 $0.00

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