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Mrs. Mahoney-Kertes from Jackson Hts., NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Don't Judge a Book or a Person by Its Cover!

Help me give my students books that celebrate diversity in our virtual classroom!

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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

I am fortunate to work in the beautiful community of Jackson Heights, Queens. We have a diverse population of students with a variety of needs. We teach a large immigrant population with families from Central and South America as well as Asia. Almost 20% of our school is made up of English Language Learners. We are a barrier-free school, which means that we provide access to children with disabilities, including students with severe cognitive, medical, and emotional needs.

We are a Title I school in need of financial assistance due to our high number of children from low-income families.

Despite all of the challenges our students face, they are passionate, hardworking, smart, and curious. I have the pleasure of working in a variety of roles at our school (from yoga and mindfulness instructor to a reading rescue teacher and mentor to new educators) and get to spend time with future world leaders, yogis, writers, artists, engineers, and the list goes on!

This year, I am working with the blended, remote 2nd-grade students through ZOOM and Google Classroom, on the days that they are learning from home.

My Project

“In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” – Maya Angelou

Living in a pandemic and a time of uncertainty, it is more important than ever for students to see themselves represented in the stories we read together.

Whether it is the country they come from, a student's family make-up, their race, or religion, every student deserves to be celebrated!

With a wider range of classroom books, students will not only see a mirror of themselves but also learn about the cultures and experiences of their classmates. This is a celebration of diversity!

Books like Jabari Tries, Lubna and Pebble, and Drawn together will be used in lesson planning and during reading mini-lessons on Zoom. Others, such as Dreamers, The Ugly Vegetables, and Fry Bread will be featured as mentor texts for writing to highlight craft moves and the author's purpose. Other titles, such as When We Were Alone and Under My, Hijab will be shared as reading aloud with an accountable talk for students to engage in meaningful discussions. Lessons will be crafted around social studies topics as well as English Language Arts.

Mrs. Mahoney-Kertes PS 212 Grades PreK-2

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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Jackson Hts., NY 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

25 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
When We Were Alone • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
Jabari Tries • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Danbi Leads the School Parade • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $15.18 1 $15.18
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You • Amazon Business $14.54 1 $14.54
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Lubna and Pebble • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Ruby Finds a Worry (Big Bright Feelings) • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
Saturday • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Kitchen Dance • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Sulwe • Amazon Business $13.10 1 $13.10
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Drawn Together • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Dreamers • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Pefection Learning) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
We Are Water Protectors • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Suki's Kimono • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Islandborn • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
The Ugly Vegetables • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Dim Sum for Everyone! • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$296.66

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$331.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.43

Total project goal

$389.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $389.54

2 Donors

-$389.54

Donations toward project cost

-$331.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.43

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