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Mrs. Almstrom from Oxnard, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning to be Kind one book at a time!

My students need their own copy of the book Wonder to enjoy their book club experience .

  • $322 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 Students

We have an ethnically diverse school with 43% English Language learner population. 72% of our students receive free or reduced-rate meals at school. As a school counselor I strive to ensure all students enjoy coming to school and feel connected to our school. We have students who lack the skills of maintaining positive relationships due to various factors ( limited positive role models , early trauma , poor social skills, etc). Our school focus is not only academic achievement but the importance of character . We strive to teach and model kindness.

My Project

The book Wonder would be a great book to use to help students began to understand the importance of empathy, kindness and most importantly openness. We all are different in many ways. It is important for our students to learn to embrace differences by understanding and showing kindness to others. My hope is to create that by facilitating a book club with the many students I serve who have difficulties maintaining positive relationships. To be able to be empathic to those that may be different from us whether it be by race, special needs , and or socio-economic status. To learn at our core we are all the same . We are caring humans.

Mrs. Almstrom Emilie Ritchen Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Oxnard, 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

25 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wonder • AKJ Education $8.79 25 $219.75

Materials cost

$219.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.11

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$273.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.20

Total project goal

$321.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $321.36

5 Donors

-$220.01

Donations toward project cost

-$187.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.85

match offer

-$101.18

Match offer toward project cost

-$86.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.18

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 $0.00

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