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Ms. Phelan from Hayward, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inclusion and Acceptance Matters!

Help me give my students books that celebrate inclusion and acceptance of all students!

  • $1,052 goal

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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 Project

My students come from a variety of cultures, low-income families, and hard-working middle-class families, which therefore results in plenty of hardships for them daily. This being said though, they are incredibly resilient. They are dedicated students with wonderful attitudes, despite their disadvantages. The struggles they overcome are more than many adults can handle, but they do so with a smile on their faces.

We would love to grow our library with books like "Say Hello" and "All the Ways to be Smart" that talk about inclusion as well as ones that celebrate our differences and who we are as a community.

Ms. Phelan Cherryland 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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Hayward, CA 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

60 students impacted 13donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Our Gay History in Fifty States • Amazon Business $50.00 1 $50.00
The Seeing Stick • Amazon Business $28.00 1 $28.00
The Asperkid's (Secret) Book of Social Rules, 10th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Stewart Foster 4 Books Collection Set (The Bubble Boy, All The Things That Could Go Wrong, Check Mates & The Perfect Parent) • Amazon Business $19.00 1 $19.00
Gay & Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights, with 21 Activities (60) (For Kids series) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin (Amazing Scientists, 1) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
What Happened to You? (What Happened to You?, 1) • Amazon Business $17.91 1 $17.91
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Alphabet War: A Story about Dyslexia • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
I Can Do Hard Things: Mindful Affirmations for Kids • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Brilliant Bea: A Story for Kids With Dyslexia and Learning Differences • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Black Book of Colors • Amazon Business $16.89 1 $16.89
Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths • Amazon Business $16.51 1 $16.51
My Powerful Hair • Amazon Business $16.33 1 $16.33
Crying is Like the Rain: A Story of Mindfulness and Feelings • Amazon Business $16.30 1 $16.30
Strictly No Elephants • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
All the Ways to be Smart • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Say Hello • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Check Mates • Amazon Business $15.84 1 $15.84
Running On Empty • Amazon Business $14.77 1 $14.77
She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History • Amazon Business $14.74 1 $14.74
Acceptance is my Superpower: A children's Book about Diversity and Equality • Amazon Business $14.35 1 $14.35
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
All People Are Beautiful - Children's Diversity Book That Teaches Acceptance and Belonging, and How to Feel Comfortable In the Skin You Live In - A Child’s First Conversation About Race • Amazon Business $13.46 1 $13.46
All My Stripes: A Story for Children With Autism • Amazon Business $13.26 1 $13.26
The Dream Team: Jaz Santos vs. the World • Amazon Business $12.50 1 $12.50
The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
We Move Together • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
The Memory Box: A Book About Grief • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Patina (2) (Track) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything (Inspiring Activism and Diversity Book About Children with Special Needs) • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $10.09 1 $10.09
A Storm Of Strawberries • Amazon Business $10.06 1 $10.06
Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
A Is for Bee: An Alphabet Book in Translation • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Speechless • Amazon Business $9.70 1 $9.70
Miles Morales: Shock Waves (Original Spider-Man Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Star Outside My Window • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Llama Out Loud • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Distance between Me and the Cherry Tree • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Granny Ting Ting • Amazon Business $7.41 1 $7.41
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.10 1 $7.10

Materials cost

$769.66

Vendor shipping charges

 $11.97

Sales tax

 $70.42

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$893.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$157.69

Total project goal

$1,051.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,051.28

10 Donors

-$767.97

Donations toward project cost

-$657.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$110.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$277.49

Match offers toward project cost

-$235.87

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.62

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.82

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