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

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Diverse Memoirs for Our Classroom

Help me give my students memoirs of diverse role models--contemporary and historic figures who have overcome great odds.

  • $922 goal

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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

Our school's mission is to prepare underrepresented populations for a successful college experience by increasing rigor, developing supportive relationships, and showing the relevance of knowledge to real-life experiences.

Most of our students come from Houston's historic East End.

They are typically the first generation in their family to earn a college degree or even a high school diploma. Many of our students' families struggle financially -- they are also deeply committed to their children's future.

My Project

Our 9th-grade classroom library needs help. Our students need better access to the inspiring true-life stories of people of color who have overcome challenges and made a difference. These stories -- by Latinx, African-American, and Native American writers -- are highly regarded, high-quality literature that will help our students strengthen their reading skills while learning important life skills.

We will make sure these books get into our students' hands whether we are learning remotely or in-person.

We will use these books in collaborative discussions and as mentor texts.

Thank you for expanding our offerings and helping our students see themselves in the books they read.

Mrs. P. East Early College High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Houston, TX View local requests

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

120 students impacted 12donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Leaving Glorytown: One Boy's Struggle Under Castro • Amazon Business $18.75 5 $93.75
March: Book Three • Amazon Business $17.99 5 $89.95
March: Book Two • Amazon Business $17.95 5 $89.75
Street Life: Poverty, Gangs, and a Ph.D. • Amazon Business $15.00 5 $75.00
Lost in the System • Amazon Business $13.99 5 $69.95
March: Book One • Amazon Business $13.45 5 $67.25
Blue Highways: A Journey into America • Amazon Business $12.49 5 $62.45
The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir • Amazon Business $11.23 5 $56.15
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Amazon Business $10.54 5 $52.70
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx • Amazon Business $9.98 5 $49.90
Parrot in the Oven: Mi vida (Cover May Vary) • Amazon Business $6.99 5 $34.95

Materials cost

$741.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$782.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$138.16

Total project goal

$921.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $921.09

9 Donors

-$846.84

Donations toward project cost

-$721.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$125.53

Matching donations from our partners

-$72.50

Match offers toward project cost

-$61.62

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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 $0.00

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