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Mrs. Jacobsmeyer from Las Vegas, NV is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diversity and Understanding Begin With Us

Help me give my students a multicultural class library that provides literary experiences that reflect their world.

  • $477 goal

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My Project

Reading is the path to power and change. Books that show the diversity of all students should be a part of the curriculum. Diverse books will help my students become agents of hope and acceptance. We need books in our class library that will enhance their learning and understanding of the world. I love that my students are avid readers. They are receptive and talkative about the books they read. These new books will be used in class to study language arts, writing prompts, and social studies standards. Having these books in class is important because not every family can afford to own them. Every child should have literature that is not remissive or stereotypical and provides experiences and opportunities for understanding and developing pride in their heritage.

Making sure that children see themselves in culturally responsive books helps them to know that their history matters.

Change starts with our young students discussing diversity and equity because these students are becoming aware of differences in the people around them. They are starting to form their ideas about racial inequality and gender stereotypes. Multicultural literature provides empathetic experiences to cultures other than their own.

Some books are windows and help kids learn about other people. These books can help kids have a deeper understanding and an appreciation for other people.

Mrs. Jacobsmeyer Howard E Heckethorn Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Nearly all 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

32 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Bowwow Powwow • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Dancing Hands How Teresa Carreno Played the Piano for President Lincoln • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Picture Book Edition • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
The Undefeated • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Where Are You From • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
When You Trap a Tiger • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Dreamers • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Fry Bread A Native American Family Story • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
When Stars Are Scattered • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
We Are Water Protectors • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
A Different Pond • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
Firekeepers Daughter • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
Islandborn • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
New Kid • MahoganyBooks $11.69 1 $11.69
Skin Like Mine • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
I Will Always Write Back How One Letter Changed Two Lives • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Brown Girl Dreaming • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
A Long Walk to Water • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
The Name Jar • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
Other Words for Home • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
Finding Langston • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $8.00 1 $8.00

Materials cost

$353.16

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $4.80

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$405.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.52

Total project goal

$476.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $476.78

1 Donor

-$476.78

Donations toward project cost

-$405.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.52

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