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Ms. Carrie from Saint Paul, MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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LGBT Characters for Our Classroom Library!

My students need books with LGBT characters to create a diverse and inclusive classroom library.

  • $324 goal

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Ms. Carrie has another project! Donate to 3D Printing in the Library Makerspace to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $295.
2X

My Students

My students are a diverse group of thinkers and learners who come together in the spirit of learning. We are a public, urban Montessori middle school, and, as a school that opened five years ago, we are still emerging and growing as a community. We are located in a historically diverse and low-income community. Seventy-seven percent of our students receive free and reduced-price lunch.

My students love reading!

They come to middle school with an enthusiasm for their educations and form a strong community. Our Montessori classroom experience is focused on educating the whole child and creating lifelong learners.

My Project

Reading can open our eyes to worlds and perspectives outside of our own experience. Books can also reflect our own lives, helping us to better understand our own lives. As a reading teacher, I am always striving to diversify our classroom library so that students can expand their understanding of themselves and their world.

Our classroom library needs books with LGBT characters to help students expand their understanding of themselves and their world.

All students, especially those who struggle to see themselves reflected in the books they read, benefit from a diverse classroom library. Adding these books to our library will help engage my students in books and cultivate a lifelong love of reading.

Ms. Carrie Parkway Montessori Middle School Grades 6-8

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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Saint Paul, MN View local requests

More than 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

110 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Six of Crows Duology Boxed Set: Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom • Amazon Business $26.29 1 $26.29
Ship It • Amazon Business $15.24 1 $15.24
Picture Us In The Light • Amazon Business $14.53 1 $14.53
Leah on the Offbeat • Amazon Business $13.44 1 $13.44
Heart of Iron • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Princeless: Raven The Pirate Princess Book 1: Captain Raven and the All-Girl Pirate Crew • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Other Boy • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
If I Was Your Girl • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Saving Montgomery Sole • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Art of Being Normal: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Brooklyn, Burning • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Two Boys Kissing • Amazon Business $9.35 1 $9.35
I'll Give You the Sun • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
The Upside of Unrequited • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Will Grayson, Will Grayson • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Carry On • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe • Amazon Business $8.20 1 $8.20
Star-Crossed • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Boy Meets Boy • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Ash • Amazon Business $7.23 1 $7.23
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69
When the Moon Was Ours: A Novel • Amazon Business $6.26 1 $6.26
George (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59

Materials cost

$241.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$274.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.52

Total project goal

$323.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $323.49

2 Donors

-$274.97

Donations toward project cost

-$274.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$48.52

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 $0.00

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