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Mr. Yu from Portland, OR is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books That Look Like Me

Help me give my students more books and curriculum with students that look like them.

  • $1,140 goal

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My Students

We are a Title I, K-5 elementary school located in the heart of North Portland. We are a majority Black and Brown student community with a diverse population of over 18 different languages. 100 percent of our students receive free or reduced-price lunch. We try and address as many needs as possible at our school, but often lack the funding to provide the supports we need.

Many of our English Language Learners come to our school with no prior schooling.

The challenge of learning English and building proficiency in content subjects is overwhelming for many of our students. A lack of prior schooling has many of our refugee students completing schoolwork several grade levels behind their peers.

My Project

We'd like to build a larger class library of K-5 grade level books for our community that are written by or feature stories with students that look like them. All physical books in this project are from an independent Black-owned bookstore and meant to grow our library with more culturally relevant curriculum. Black History Month is not 1 month a year for our students, it's all year. Our classroom libraries should reflect that!

Furthermore, we'd like to specifically use the teachers pay teachers gift cards to have our school equity team expand our classroom digital resources through out this school year for.....

Latinx/Chicanx/Hispanic Month (September/October)

LGBTQIA+ Month (October)

Indigenous/Native American Month (November)

Black Lives Matter Week of Action (February)

Asian/Pacific Islander Month (May)

Disability Pride Month (June/July)

Mr. Yu Rosa Parks Elementary School 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.

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More than half 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

230 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 5 $500.00
Jason Reynolds & Track Series Paperback Collection • MahoganyBooks $28.79 1 $28.79
Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set • MahoganyBooks $21.57 1 $21.57
I Am Enough • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
Kamala and Maya's Big Idea • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
The Day You Begin • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
I Believe I Can • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Ambitious Girl • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Ada Twist, Scientist • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Change Sings • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
M Is for Melanin A Celebration of the Black Child • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
The Undefeated • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything! • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
I Am Every Good Thing • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Bunheads • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Sulwe • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Hair Love • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO • MahoganyBooks $15.30 1 $15.30
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You • MahoganyBooks $14.39 1 $14.39
Brown Girl Dreaming • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
Max and the Tag-Along Moon • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
One Crazy Summer • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
Whistle for Willie • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$917.35

Vendor shipping charges

 $7.83

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$968.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$170.99

Total project goal

$1,139.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,139.93

1 Donor

-$509.97

Donations toward project cost

-$484.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.50

match offer

-$569.96

Match offer toward project cost

-$484.47

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$59.99

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 $0.00

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