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Mrs. Ramin from New Haven, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inspiring Graphic Novels

Help me give my students inspirational graphic novels to bring our storytelling unit to life!

  • $510 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

In my high school cartooning class, I aim to empower students to create characters and storylines that speak to their personal experiences and interests. To achieve this goal, I am seeking funding for a carefully curated set of graphic novels that showcase diverse characters, complex themes, and innovative storytelling techniques. These books will serve as exemplars for my students, demonstrating the power of visual narratives to explore identity, culture, and social issues.

Graphic Novels offer a unique vehicle for fostering empathy, critical thinking, and a deeper understanding of diverse experiences while also providing a resource for building the technical skills of character design, art styles and narrative approaches.

Access to high-quality, diverse graphic novels, can inspire student creativity and self-expression and will better equip my students to tell their own stories authentically. This year, my students are collaborating with a Kindergarten class at a neighboring school so I am also ordering a few titles that my students can read and explore with their Kindergarten buddies as well. Through self study and reading aloud with their buddy I hope that these novels reveal the true power of comics to foster connection and understanding.

My class is made up of a diverse array of backgrounds that have not always been equally represented in traditional media. The requested collection includes titles such as "American Born Chinese" by Gene Luen Yang, which explores cultural identity; "Ms. Marvel: No Normal" by G. Willow Wilson, featuring a Muslim superhero; and "March" by John Lewis, a firsthand account of the Civil Rights Movement. By exposing my students to this diversity in graphic storytelling, I aim to inspire them to create comics that are personally meaningful and reflective of their own unique perspectives.

Mrs. Ramin Wilbur Cross High School 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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New Haven, CT 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Johnny Boo: The Best Little Ghost In The World (Johnny Boo Book 1) • Amazon Business $11.02 4 $44.08
Owly Series 4 Books Set • Amazon Business $42.92 1 $42.92
Bird & Squirrel On the Run!: A Graphic Novel (Bird & Squirrel #1) • Amazon Business $7.59 4 $30.36
The Mr. Wolf's Class • Amazon Business $7.19 4 $28.76
Out in the Wild!: A Graphix Chapters Book (Bug Scouts #1) • AKJ Education $5.83 4 $23.32
El príncipe y la modista / The Prince and the Dressmaker (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $19.34 1 $19.34
Wash Day Diaries • Amazon Business $18.55 1 $18.55
White Bird (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Mexikid: Newbery Honor Award Winner (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women's Lives • Amazon Business $15.75 1 $15.75
Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey (Check, Please!, 1) • Amazon Business $15.53 1 $15.53
On a Sunbeam • Amazon Business $14.06 1 $14.06
MS. MARVEL VOL. 1: NO NORMAL (Ms. Marvel Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $12.44 1 $12.44
Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones (Check, Please!, 2) • Amazon Business $11.92 1 $11.92
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr • Amazon Business $11.80 1 $11.80
Displacement • Amazon Business $11.64 1 $11.64
Nos llamaron Enemigo (They Called Us Enemy Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.17 1 $11.17
Noise: A graphic novel based on a true story • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Little Robot • Amazon Business $9.52 1 $9.52
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $9.19 1 $9.19
The Prince and the Dressmaker • Amazon Business $8.88 1 $8.88
They Called Us Enemy • Amazon Business $8.80 1 $8.80
New Kid: A Newbery Award Winner • Amazon Business $7.43 1 $7.43

Materials cost

$397.45

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$433.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.48

Total project goal

$509.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $509.89

4 Donors

-$492.25

Donations toward project cost

-$433.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.84

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.64

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