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Mrs. James from Mesquite, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for Humanity

My students need books that represent characters from different cultures with different struggles and triumphs.

  • $283 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

My classroom is filled with reluctant readers who have not been introduced to the right characters or the story that grabs them and pulls them in. I work with them to find their interests and show them how they can use these interests to find books that they'll enjoy. Once they find one, they're in! They admit to not reading and often say they do not like to read in the beginning of the school year. It is my goal to have each of them end the school year as readers, not because someone told them they had to, but because they enjoy it.

Our school is a Title I school with more than 80% of our students classified as economically disadvantaged.

Many of my students come to me with a sense of apathy formed from the lack of experiences of academic success in the past. We work all year to learn to grow from failure and use them to get a step closer to success.

My Project

These books will help my students see into the world of people from different cultural and economic backgrounds. Perception is reality for most, and many young people only know their own perception. They've either never been given the opportunity to see things from a different perspective or they've never thought to try. Either way, I want to provide some ways to influence their exposure to diversity and teach them the importance of love and tolerance through literature in my classroom.

This will give students access to the point of view of others and teach compassion and tolerance for people from all backgrounds.

Mrs. James Mesquite High School Grades 9-12

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

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.

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Mesquite, TX 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Allegedly • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $11.78 1 $11.78
The Education of Margot Sanchez • Amazon Business $11.06 1 $11.06
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $10.58 1 $10.58
American Street • Amazon Business $10.58 1 $10.58
Piecing Me Together • Amazon Business $10.55 1 $10.55
Dreamland Burning • Amazon Business $10.33 1 $10.33
Tyrell • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
Can't Get There from Here • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano • Amazon Business $7.81 1 $7.81
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass • Amazon Business $7.75 1 $7.75
The Way I Used to Be • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
Specials (Uglies) • Amazon Business $6.62 1 $6.62
The List • Amazon Business $6.55 1 $6.55
Pretties (Uglies) • Amazon Business $6.44 1 $6.44
It's Kind of a Funny Story • Amazon Business $6.40 1 $6.40
Bystander • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
I Will Save You • Amazon Business $5.83 1 $5.83
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $5.71 1 $5.71
Monster • Amazon Business $5.54 1 $5.54
We Were Here • Amazon Business $5.51 1 $5.51
SOLD • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
Mexican WhiteBoy • Amazon Business $4.88 1 $4.88
Uglies • Amazon Business $4.87 1 $4.87
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas • Amazon Business $4.54 1 $4.54
How It Went Down • Amazon Business $4.34 1 $4.34
The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List • Amazon Business $4.12 1 $4.12
Does My Head Look Big In This? • Amazon Business $4.12 1 $4.12
Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High • Amazon Business $4.06 1 $4.06

Materials cost

$207.03

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$240.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.38

Total project goal

$282.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $282.52

1 Donor

-$120.07

Donations toward project cost

-$120.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$141.26

Match offer toward project cost

-$120.07

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.19

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.19

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 $0.00

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