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Ms. Boykin from Worcester, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diversity and Inclusiveness are Vital in Children's Literature!

Help me give my students a variety of books that represent their race, culture, and abilities.

  • $546 goal

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My Students

My best friend and I have the privilege of educating the youth of our community together, in our First Grade co-taught inclusion classroom. Our energetic students are excited to learn, play, and grow. Our school community includes children and families from many diverse backgrounds and abilities. We have a passion to promote a safe and supportive learning environment for our students to feel comfortable taking learning risks. In order to create this environment, we believe in the diversity of children’s literature.

Our students deserve and have the right to see themselves represented in positive ways in our classroom libraries, on our walls, and in our resources for distance learning.

My Project

My best friend and I have the privilege of teaching together at A.K.F.C.S. As educators, we acknowledge it is our duty to ensure our students are educated about the history of race and systemic injustices. We believe that silence perpetuates this very real problem, and we are committed to making positive changes. We know and love that our students (and their families) trust us to teach them, lead by example, and listen to their needs as learners and young members of our community. We pledge to use our educational platform (distance learning), to actively pursue change and to work tirelessly to create a positive and inclusive mindset for our young learners. One way to do this is by adding more books about diversity and inclusion in our classroom library. We will use these beautifully created books during distance learning for our Interactive Read Alouds that will focus on teaching our students the importance of embracing our differences, supporting each other, and loving ourselves. Please consider helping us reach our goal to add to our existing classroom library.

While we have some books already that support this cause, we would like to build a more comprehensive collection for distance learning that truly reflects and represents our student population and uses kid-friendly language to teach this meaningful topic.

Ms. Boykin Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Worcester, MA 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 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT190X Lets Talk Multicultural Puppets Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
AA937 Children of the World Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $89.99 1 $89.99
PP258 Differing Abilities Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Vashti Harrison Boxed Set • Amazon Business $19.87 1 $19.87
I Believe I Can • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
The Big Umbrella • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Strictly No Elephants • Amazon Business $14.23 1 $14.23
Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $13.81 1 $13.81
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Black Heroes: A Black History Book for Kids: 50 Inspiring People from Ancient Africa to Modern-Day U.S.A. • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $13.28 1 $13.28
Dreamers • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History • Amazon Business $12.77 1 $12.77
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $11.53 1 $11.53
Dream Big, Little One (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
I Love My Hair! • Amazon Business $6.97 1 $6.97

Materials cost

$427.07

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$463.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.79

Total project goal

$545.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $545.27

1 Donor

-$533.98

Donations toward project cost

-$463.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.29

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 $0.00

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