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Ms. Scarpinato from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Books = Diverse Learners

Help me give my students a whole new world of book treasures! These books are windows and mirrors for my young scholars. They will give them the opportunity to see themselves, and others, in the stories.

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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 second grade students are one of a kind. Each one enters my room coming from many different backgrounds and ethnicities which adds to my melting pot of a classroom. These are the kids that if you look them in their eyes, you have no idea what they just came from or had to experience before they reached my classroom door. Yet, despite the challenges they are up against, they show up every day, with a smile across their face and eager, ready and willing to learn! They ask questions, they challenge theories, and they want answers! They are creative thinkers who, when given the opportunity, will take the ball and run with it. My second graders are the CEOs, entrepreneurs, inventors, and scientists of the future!

My Project

These treasures will open a whole new world for my students. These books are windows and mirrors for my young scholars. They will give them the opportunity to see themselves, and others in the stories. Many of my young students were never exposed to their own cultural heritage in the books available to them previously. In addition, these books would create a culturally responsive classroom that acknowledges and appreciates my student's home cultures. My students can benefit from reading these masterpieces because they build upon the uses of language and literacy with which my children are already familiar with from home.

Ms. Scarpinato PS 69 Journey Preparatory Grades PreK-2

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 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

34 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Chocolate Me! • AKJ Education $17.09 1 $17.09
Mixed Me! • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
Saturday • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Fry Bread • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Marisol McDonald no combina (Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match) • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
Under My Hijab • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
One Word from Sophia • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Maybe Something Beautiful • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Pink Hat • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Malala's Magic Pencil • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Biblioburro • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Fauja Singh Keeps Going • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Where Are You From? • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Alma and How She Got Her Name • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote • AKJ Education $13.10 1 $13.10
¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Juana and Lucas • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Cora Cooks Pancit • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
Red Is a Dragon • AKJ Education $7.19 1 $7.19
Addie on the Inside • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
A Long Pitch Home • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Visiting Day • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The First Rule of Punk • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Max and the Tag-Along Moon • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Now One Foot, Now the Other • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Red Pencil • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Island Treasures Growing Up in Cuba • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Goin' Someplace Special • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Sopa de frijoles (Bean Soup) • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Inside Out and Back Again • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
Dear Juno • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Round is a Mooncake • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Bee-bim Bop! • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
What Would Joey Do? • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Amina's Voice • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Caribbean Dream • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
I Love Saturdays y domingos • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Round Is a Tortilla A Book of Shapes • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
A Good Kind of Trouble • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Whoever You Are • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Seeds of Freedom • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Two Homes • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Junebug • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
When My Name Was Keoko • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Boys Without Names • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Earrings! • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Red Umbrella • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
La Mariposa • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
New Shoes • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Tar Beach • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
How Tia Lola Learned to Teach • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Last Summer with Maizon • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
What Can You Do with a Paleta / ¿Qué Puedes Hacer con una Paleta? • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
I Love My Hair! • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Dancing Home • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Imani's Moon • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Magic Trash • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Rickshaw Girl • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Full, Full, Full of Love • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Star of the Show • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Ling & Ting • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64

Materials cost

$531.29

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$575.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.52

Total project goal

$676.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $676.78

1 Donor

-$676.78

Donations toward project cost

-$575.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$101.52

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