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Ms. Z. from Mabelvale, AR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Missing from the Shelf: Support Our Diverse Classroom Library!

My students need a classroom library filled with diverse characters and stories.

  • $476 goal

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My Students

My students represent a cross-section of life and opportunity at a Title 1 school in the heart of an urban school district. Many are from low income households, speak more than one language, and have limited support at home. Nearly all have struggled with reading in their young lives.

Regardless of circumstance; they are motivated, dedicated, and responsible young men and women!

They are curious and eager for opportunities to learn and experience the world around them. I could not be more proud to be their teacher!

My Project

My middle school students aren't crazy about reading. Through interest surveys and conversation, I quickly saw a pattern emerge that may explain why. They didn't find reading exciting. The stories they're assigned in Social Studies relate very little to their own lives. Other students commented on their frustration with Social Studies texts depicting diverse individuals as slaves, or in the background of the civil rights movement, and biographies of the same few people over and over (Pocahontas, anyone?) Through this project, I hope to ignite a passion for reading in my students by building a classroom library that features a diverse group characters and stories.

Did you know that a minority middle school student is more likely to find books featuring trucks, animals, or monsters in their local library than books featuring characters that look, sound, and act like them?

For this project, I've curated a collection of historical biographies, informational text, fiction, non-fiction that feature backgrounds that match the population of my classroom. I hope to not only expand the racial and linguistic diversity of our classroom library, but also include stories of different religions, abilities, activism, and gender roles. Most importantly, I want my students to pick up a book and not only see themselves, but all that they can achieve!

Ms. Z. Mabelvale Magnet Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Mabelvale, AR 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

150 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Human Rights Activist • AKJ Education $19.42 1 $19.42
Women of Steel and Stone 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers • AKJ Education $17.96 1 $17.96
Women in Space 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures • AKJ Education $17.96 1 $17.96
Latino Arts And Their Influence On The United States Songs, Dreams, And Dances • AKJ Education $16.75 1 $16.75
Yes! We Are Latinos Poems and Prose About the Latino Experience • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
Brown Girl Dreaming • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Of Thee I Sing A Letter to My Daughters • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Do Something! A Handbook for Young Activists • AKJ Education $12.56 1 $12.56
The Circuit Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Trailblazers: 33 Women in Science Who Changed the World • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
Students on Strike Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
Kids of Kabul Living Bravely Through a Never-Ending War • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
1001 Inventions and Awesome Facts from Muslim Civilization • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) • AKJ Education $10.71 1 $10.71
Be a Changemaker How to Start Something That Matters • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
33 Things Every Girl Should Know Stories, Songs, poems, and Smart Talk by 33 Extraordinary Women • AKJ Education $9.49 1 $9.49
Black Indians A Hidden Heritage • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
In Their Shoes Extraordinary Women Describe Their Amazing Careers • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women's History • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Sonia Sotomayor: U.S. Supreme Court Justice • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Dolores Huerta: Voice for the Working Poor • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Rosie the Riveter • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Ellen Ochoa: La primera astronauta latina (Ellen Ochoa: The First Latin Astronaut) • AKJ Education $6.83 1 $6.83
You Don't Even Know Me Stories and Poems About Boys • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Black Pioneers of Science and Invention • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Astrophysicist and Space Advocate Neil Degrasse Tyson • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Growing Up in Coal Country • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
They Dance in the Sky Native American Star Myths • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? Ain't I A Woman • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Black Heroes of the American Revolution • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Pride of Puerto Rico: The Life of Roberto Clemente • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Who Was Sacagawea? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$341.13

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.14

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$404.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.36

Total project goal

$475.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $475.75

9 Donors

-$423.99

Donations toward project cost

-$361.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.10

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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