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Mrs. Wilson from Spartanburg, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diversity Is Imperative: Classroom Library Edition

Help me give my students books that expand their understanding of different cultures, see themselves well represented in our classroom library, and provide them with new, enriching reading experiences.

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My Students

My students are really special to me for many reasons. I have a wonderful group of students who come from diverse backgrounds that make them unique. Being engaged in their own learning is crucial for ensuring their success. Many of my students are unable to bring in their own school supplies. I know that they learn best through active and meaningful experiences that they can connect across the content areas and to their own experiences.

I know my students' learning style and that learning by doing is essential for them because it is so highly motivating.

Unfortunately, most of the enriching experiences my students encounter are within the school walls because my students live in high poverty situations. An organized learning environment is essential in order for my students to be able to create freely! My students deserve to learn in the best way possible and that is providing the most welcoming atmosphere is extremely important. I believe that providing them with the materials they need aides in their success.

My Project

I strive to show each and every one of my students that they are loved, celebrated, and accepted. Our classroom library should be inviting for students of all races, backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. The books I have selected in this project will excite my students about reading and will broaden their understandings of different cultures.

Education plays a key role in change that is vital for our country.

Our classroom (including our library) will not be a place where students are left out or under-represented regardless of their race, gender, culture, background, etc. or for any reason.

"If we don’t give children books that are literary mirrors as well as windows to the whole world of possibility, if these books don’t give them the opportunity to see outside themselves, then how can we expect them to grow into adults who connect in meaningful ways to a global community, to people who might look or live differently than they. You cannot."

-Kwame Alexander

Mrs. Wilson Fairforest Elementary School Grades 6-8

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Spartanburg, SC 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

110 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set: One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven, Gone Crazy in Alabama • Amazon Business $23.97 1 $23.97
Mango Moon • Amazon Business $14.17 1 $14.17
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Wishtree • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Visiting Day • Amazon Business $8.96 1 $8.96
Home of the Brave • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Ghost Boys • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Becoming Naomi León (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Paperboy • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Pax • Amazon Business $5.89 1 $5.89
Inside Out and Back Again • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29
All American Boys • Amazon Business $5.07 1 $5.07
Crenshaw • Amazon Business $4.69 1 $4.69

Materials cost

$132.36

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $9.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$173.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.65

Total project goal

$204.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $204.33

6 Donors

-$127.02

Donations toward project cost

-$112.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.55

match offer

-$72.01

Match offer toward project cost

-$61.21

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.30

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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