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Mrs. Yates from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books That Represent Our Students

Help me give my students new books that represent them for our rolling library

  • $585 goal

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Help Mrs. Yates

Mrs. Yates has another project! Donate to Engage Students Minds, Hearts and Stomachs to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $277.
2X

My Project

The necessity for donating new books to our high school students is paramount to fostering a vibrant and enriched learning environment. Access to a diverse and up-to-date collection of books is essential for broadening students' perspectives, encouraging critical thinking, and nurturing a lifelong love of learning.

New books also enhance curriculum support, keeping our educational materials current and relevant.

By fostering a culture of reading, these books play a crucial role in cultivating literacy skills and intellectual curiosity, ultimately empowering our students to excel academically and thrive as lifelong learners. Your support through book donations will have a lasting impact on the educational journey of our high school students.

Mrs. Yates Martin Luther King 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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Philadelphia, PA 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
4 Copies of The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions (paperback book set) • MahoganyBooks $85.00 1 $85.00
4 High School Favorites #1 (Ages 14+): Becoming, Black Enough, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Blackout (paperback+hardcover book set) • MahoganyBooks $60.00 1 $60.00
A Promised Land (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $45.00 1 $45.00
3 Book Set - Graphic Novels: New Kid, Class Act, School Trip (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $36.87 1 $36.87
The Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $26.10 1 $26.10
Historically Black: American Icons Who Attended HBCUs (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $23.40 1 $23.40
Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set (paperback book set) • MahoganyBooks $21.57 1 $21.57
March: Book Two (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $17.96 1 $17.96
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Black is a Rainbow Color (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
I Am Every Good Thing (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Black Boy Joy (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Becoming Muhammad Ali (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
March: Book One (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $13.46 1 $13.46
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
Life in Motion: Unlikely Ballerina Young Readers Edition (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
A Good Kind of Trouble (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$459.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$496.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.65

Total project goal

$584.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $584.31

1 Donor

-$584.31

Donations toward project cost

-$496.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.65

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