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Mrs. P. from Dracut, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Characters Like Us

Help me give my students award winning, diverse books in which they can see themselves represented.

  • $423 goal

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My Students

Our students come from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures and ability levels. Our school is a Title I school, and we have many English Language Learners. Many students come from a disadvantaged background. and are facing economic challenges.

There is a wide range of individual needs from students with learning disabilities, behavioral, speech and language disorders to students with Autism.

Despite these challenges, we all put forth our best efforts every day, making the most of the supplies we have been given!

My Project

Students will see themselves represented in these collections of diverse books. These award winning titles will add diverse characters and authors from underrepresented groups. Students will be able to listen to stories on CDs in small groups and read along with stories which have characters that look like themselves. Read aloud stories will be used to introduce students to characters from around the globe.

These diverse texts will inspire readers and writers in my classroom because they will have real mentor texts.

They will see a diverse collection of stories which will mirror our diverse classroom.

Mrs. P. Brookside Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Dracut, MA View local requests

More than a third 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

75 students impacted 6donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
RE243X Multicultural ReadAlongs Gr 23 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $225.00 1 $225.00
BK835X Diversity Inclusion Hardcover Library • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50

Materials cost

$324.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$359.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.42

Total project goal

$422.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $422.79

3 Donors

-$210.51

Donations toward project cost

-$180.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.08

Matching donations from our partners

-$210.52

Match offers toward project cost

-$178.94

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.58

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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 $0.00

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