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Mrs. Alvarez from Miami, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Books!

Help me give my students some diverse new books including Jabari Jumps, My Hair is a Garden and All Are Welcome!

  • $465 goal

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Mrs. Alvarez has another project! Donate to Art Time, Heart Time to help her classroom.

$220 - complete this project and be a hero

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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 Pre-K students love coming to school to learn and play with their friends. They think our classroom is perfect. They don't see that if we had a few extra materials, we would be able to do so many more things.

They are happy with what we have, but I want to give them more.

We are the only Pre-K class at our school, and my students are a great bunch of kids. They are just starting out, and they are so excited to come to school every day.

As their teacher, I try to maintain that excitement so that they will always love coming to school. Most of them come from very low-income homes and have never been in school before entering my class.

My Project

Now more than ever, it is important for all students to see themselves represented in the classroom. One of the best ways to do that in a Prekindergarten classroom is with books.

I want to make sure that my students see characters that look like them in the books we have in our class library.

I also want them to see stories that represent their culture and events from their lives. These representations are important for all students so that they can become accepting of others and develop empathy.

I plan to read these stories to my students this year using our distance-learning platform and I hope that seeing characters that look familiar to them will create a sense of community. I want them to feel connected even though we may not be in the physical classroom.

Mrs. Alvarez Santa Clara Elementary School 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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Miami, FL 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

20 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Germs vs. Soap • Amazon Business $17.94 1 $17.94
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $15.18 1 $15.18
The Lion & the Mouse • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Last Stop on Market Street • Amazon Business $14.51 1 $14.51
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
My Hair is a Garden • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
How to Get Your Teacher Ready • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker (Little Boost) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Too Much Glue • Amazon Business $13.87 1 $13.87
I’m Happy-Sad Today: Making Sense of Mixed-Together Feelings • Amazon Business $13.87 1 $13.87
Ruby Finds a Worry (Big Bright Feelings) • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
You Get What You Get (Little Boost) • Amazon Business $13.45 1 $13.45
The Dot • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Love Monster and the Last Chocolate • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
The King of Kindergarten • Amazon Business $11.50 1 $11.50
Don't Touch My Hair! • Amazon Business $11.38 1 $11.38
Lucy's Mask • Amazon Business $10.53 1 $10.53
Decibella and Her 6-Inch Voice (Communicate With Confidence) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Our Class is a Family • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Interrupting Chicken • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
What If Everybody Did That? • Amazon Business $7.88 1 $7.88
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (Denene Millner Books) • Amazon Business $7.71 1 $7.71
100th Day Worries • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
First Day Jitters (The Jitters Series) • Amazon Business $7.14 1 $7.14
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten (Miss Bindergarten Books (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten (Miss Bindergarten Books (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Bippity Bop Barbershop • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Hair Love • Amazon Business $6.90 1 $6.90
Tuesday • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59

Materials cost

$359.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$395.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.72

Total project goal

$464.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $464.82

2 Donors

-$232.41

Donations toward project cost

-$197.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.86

match offer

-$232.41

Match offer toward project cost

-$197.55

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.86

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