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Ms. Abel from Astoria, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Grow, Evolve and Thrive, With SEL by Your Side.

Help me give my students an opportunity to develop their social emotional skills with books.

  • $2,291 goal

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My Project

Values education is, at heart, learning to make connections between judgment and action. Therefore, diversity, empathy, respect, collaboration and community have been identified as my school's core values, which are essential to our school culture. These values will help to promote a community that is safe, nurturing, and creative, as well as enable our students to reach their highest potential.

Books are great teaching aids, and will be instrumental in instructing our pre-K to 5th graders about the cores values identified.

At my school, we strive to provide students with the opportunity to see and be part of a community where positive values are given weight in their daily interactions, which give the school its characteristic atmosphere.

Our Stingers will build themselves up from within, and SEL is where it begins!

Ms. Abel PS 84 Steinway Grades 3-5

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

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Astoria, NY View local requests

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

330 students impacted 23donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Choose Empathy: A Colorful, Rhyming Picture Book About Kindness, Compassion, and Empathy (Teacher and Therapist Toolbox: I Choose) • Amazon Business $22.99 4 $91.96
Teach Your Dragon Empathy: Help Your Dragon Understand Empathy. A Cute Children Story To Teach Kids Empathy, Compassion and Kindness. (24) (My Dragon Books) • Amazon Business $20.95 4 $83.80
You, Me and Empathy: Teaching children about empathy, feelings, kindness, compassion, tolerance and recognising bullying behaviours • Amazon Business $15.95 5 $79.75
The Hard Hat for Kids: A Story About 10 Ways to Be a Great Teammate (Jon Gordon) • Amazon Business $18.00 4 $72.00
It's OK to be Different: A Children's Picture Book About Diversity and Kindness • Amazon Business $17.99 4 $71.96
Our Diversity Makes Us Stronger: Social Emotional Book for Kids about Diversity and Kindness (Children's Book for Boys and Girls) (World of Kids Emotions) • Amazon Business $17.99 4 $71.96
Bully • Amazon Business $17.49 4 $69.96
The Breaking News • Amazon Business $17.49 4 $69.96
Can A Unicorn Help Me Deal With Bullying?: A Cute Children Story To Teach Kids To Deal with Bullying in School. (4) (My Unicorn Books) • Amazon Business $17.16 4 $68.64
Swimmy • Amazon Business $16.99 4 $67.96
Ricky, the Rock That Couldn't Roll (You Rock Group) • Amazon Business $13.59 5 $67.95
All Are Neighbors • Amazon Business $13.39 5 $66.95
Acceptance is my Superpower: A children's Book about Diversity and Equality • Amazon Business $14.84 4 $59.36
Stick and Stone • Amazon Business $10.85 5 $54.25
How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow (1) • Amazon Business $13.37 4 $53.48
What Makes Us Unique?: Our First Talk About Diversity (Just Enough, 3) • Amazon Business $12.95 4 $51.80
I Choose to Be a Helper: A Colorful, Picture Book About Being Thoughtful and Helpful (Teacher and Therapist Toolbox: I Choose) • Amazon Business $12.91 4 $51.64
The Recess Queen • Amazon Business $12.36 4 $49.44
The Skin You Live In • Amazon Business $11.99 4 $47.96
I'm Having a Bad Day: Children's Picture Book About Empathy and Dealing With Kids Emotions and Feelings • Amazon Business $11.99 4 $47.96
A Little SPOT of Teamwork: A Story About Collaboration And Leadership (Inspire to Create A Better You!) • Amazon Business $11.99 4 $47.96
A Little SPOT of Empathy: A Story about Understanding and Kindness (Inspire to Create A Better You!) • Amazon Business $11.99 4 $47.96
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon • Amazon Business $11.44 4 $45.76
Just Help!: How to Build a Better World • Amazon Business $11.10 4 $44.40
School is More Than a Building • Amazon Business $10.99 4 $43.96
Stand in My Shoes: Kids Learning about Empathy • Amazon Business $10.95 4 $43.80
Our Class is a Family (Our Class is a Family & Our School is a Family) • Amazon Business $10.20 4 $40.80
Teamwork Isn't My Thing, and I Don't Like to Share!: Classroom ideas for Teaching the Skills of Working as a Team and Sharing (Best Me I Can Be) • Amazon Business $10.04 4 $40.16
We're Different, We're the Same (Sesame Street) • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
Eraser • Amazon Business $9.59 4 $38.36
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $9.42 4 $37.68
Empathy Is Your Superpower: A Book About Understanding the Feelings of Others • Amazon Business $9.29 4 $37.16
Confessions of a Former Bully • Amazon Business $7.99 4 $31.96
The Juice Box Bully: Empowering Kids to Stand Up for Others • Amazon Business $7.56 4 $30.24
Look for the Helpers (Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood) • Amazon Business $4.99 4 $19.96

Materials cost

$1,888.85

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$28.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,947.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$343.62

Total project goal

$2,290.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,290.80

22 Donors

-$1,856.68

Donations toward project cost

-$1,713.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$143.25

match offer

-$275.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$233.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$159.12

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