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

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I, Too, Sing America: Books about Immigration

My students need books about immigration and assimilation for a unit on identity, family history, and cultural heritage.

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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

My students reside in one of the poorest congressional districts in the country and attend a school that does not have an on-campus library. Despite these obstacles, they arrive at school each morning eager to learn from their teachers and classmates and immerse themselves in the written word. The reading students do in school is critical for providing an avenue to a brighter and more enriching life. With the gradual and regular addition of high-interest books, my classroom library fills the void created by the absence of a school library.

Hailing from El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Kosovo, Guatemala, Guyana, Guinea, Honduras, and Dominican Republic and representing languages from Spanish and French to Arabic and Albanian, my students are united in their dream of creating a prosperous future for themselves and their families.

Providing students with access to shelves of eye-catching and engaging books that reflect the diverse experiences they bring to the classroom is a key ingredient in the recipe for that future.

My Project

In the spring, students in my tenth grade English class will participate in a unit on immigration and assimilation in which they explore these processes while reflecting on their--and their family members'--experiences adapting to new countries, cities, and languages. To whet their appetites for these topics, students will have the opportunity to read books about emigration and immigration during independent reading, an activity they engage in for the first ten minutes of class every day.

Understanding that their personal history of leaving the country of their birth--perhaps while enduring the pain of separation from family and friends--in order to relocate to an unfamiliar place--where the predominant language may have been unknown to them--is reflected in literature will offer a dose of empathy while building their skills in a language that becomes less unfamiliar with each passing day.

By reading books like The Good Braider, Under the Mesquite, Laughing Without an Accent, and Outcasts United, students can lay the foundation for successful completion of the unit's project while fostering a love of reading--and an appreciation for the unique and important roles they bring to America's cultural landscape.

Ms. Clendenny Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies Grades 9-12

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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Illegal • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $16.61 1 $16.61
We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant Communities after 9/11 • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Under the Mesquite • Amazon Business $14.67 1 $14.67
Try to Remember • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir • Amazon Business $13.09 1 $13.09
The Devil's Highway: A True Story • Amazon Business $12.88 1 $12.88
Brother, I'm Dying (Vintage Contemporaries) • Amazon Business $12.87 1 $12.87
Life, After • Amazon Business $12.74 1 $12.74
Golden Bones: An Extraordinary Journey from Hell in Cambodia to a New Life in America • Amazon Business $12.00 1 $12.00
American Victory: Wrestling, Dreams and a Journey Toward Home • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of a Global Citizen • Amazon Business $10.75 1 $10.75
A Step from Heaven • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.) • Amazon Business $9.75 1 $9.75
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America • Amazon Business $9.75 1 $9.75
Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town • Amazon Business $8.42 1 $8.42
Good Enough • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Farewell to Manzanar • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
The Red Umbrella • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Crossing the Wire • Amazon Business $6.07 1 $6.07
My Name Is Not Easy • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Good Braider • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$239.81

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$273.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.25

Total project goal

$321.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $321.66

1 Donor

-$321.66

Donations toward project cost

-$273.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.25

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