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Ms. Jezycki from Staten Island, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building A Culturally Responsive Library!

Help me give my students culturally responsive literature, which they can relate to and see themselves in.

  • $446 goal

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My Students

I love my fifth graders! Our Title I school in New York City is comprised of a diverse group of students, a large majority of whom receive free lunch.

Our students are very energetic and have very different learning styles, abilities, and needs.

Many of our students have learning disabilities, and some have fallen behind since the COVID-19 pandemic.

We need to encourage both group work, especially during these times, and independent work so our students can succeed academically and socially. TIn order to achieve today, we want to help our students overcome the new challenges that the past year and a half have imposed upon them. To do this, we have to appeal to our students' interests by staying up-to-date with technology and literature.

My Project

Our classroom library needs culturally relevant texts that my diverse students can relate to. Often, my children cannot see themselves in the books they are reading. All of the students in my class must see themselves reflected in the books in our classroom library. The books that you will donate will provide opportunities to read "window" and "mirror" books, specifically, books in which they can learn about others as well as books in which they see themselves. Currently, our classroom library needs an infusion of books with diverse protagonists and culturally relevant themes.

Ms. Jezycki PS 54 Charles W Leng Grades 3-5

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Staten Island, NY View local requests

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

30 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
When Stars Are Scattered • Amazon Business $10.84 6 $65.04
Room to Dream (A Front Desk Novel) (Front Desk, 3) • Amazon Business $14.49 3 $43.47
The Boy at the Back of the Class • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97
Front Desk (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97
Three Keys (A Front Desk Novel) • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97
Stolen Words • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise • Amazon Business $8.79 2 $17.58
We Are Water Protectors • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Jada Sly, Artist & Spy • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
President of the Whole Fifth Grade (President Series, 1) • Amazon Business $7.89 2 $15.78
Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story • Amazon Business $15.68 1 $15.68
Ground Zero • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $14.27 1 $14.27
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $12.68 1 $12.68
Keena Ford and the Secret Journal Mix-Up • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
A Wish in the Dark • Amazon Business $8.60 1 $8.60

Materials cost

$343.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$378.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.79

Total project goal

$445.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $445.24

1 Donor

-$222.62

Donations toward project cost

-$189.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.39

match offer

-$222.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$189.22

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.39

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 $0.00

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