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Ms. Ruan from Waipahu, HI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Multicultural Book Round 2

Help me give my students books from diverse cultures to help them explore stories from different cultures and sharpies to create their art works for their bilingual books.

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My Project

We have a lot of EL students from the diverse cultural background. Because of COVID-19, students did not have a lot of interaction with each and learn about each other's cultures in the past few years. This created a barrel for students to learn about cultures from other students' backgrounds. Moreover, many students started to feel homesick because they were not able to visit their families in their own countries for the past few years. Thus, we decided to create a multicultural book project to allow students to create literature for other students who are interested in learning about others' cultures, finding a sense of belonging in Hawaii, and reducing the stress of feeling homesick.

With books from diverse cultures, students will be able to read stories from their home countries and other countries.

They will be able to learn about others' cultures and see examples of how to write bilingual literature for their multicultural book. Moreover, students will be able to use the sharpies from your donation to create artwork for their multicultural book.

You are not only helping students to feel comfortable at school, you will ultimately help students to become community contributors to other EL students in Hawaii. Your donation also allows them to become active writers to create multicultural and multilingual literature in our community.

Ms. Ruan Waipahu High School Grades 9-12

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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

46 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
144 Pack Permanent Markers, Shuttle Art Permanent Marker Assorted Colors, 12 Bright Colors Fine Point Permanent Markers For Kids and Adult Coloring on Wood, Stone, Glass as Office, School Supplies • Amazon Business $46.98 4 $187.92
Mata Lulu: Stories from Samoa for Children • Amazon Business $24.95 3 $74.85
The History of Juneteenth: A History Book for New Readers (The History of: A History Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.65 9 $59.85
Chuukese Folklore: Island bedtime stories and fairytales • Amazon Business $6.00 9 $54.00
When Lola Speaks • Amazon Business $13.99 3 $41.97
All You Knead Is Love • Amazon Business $7.99 4 $31.96
Am I small? Mol ke idik?: Children's Picture Book English-Marshallese (Dual Language/Bilingual Edition) (Bilingual Books by Philipp Winterberg) • Amazon Business $9.95 3 $29.85
A is for Adobo: ABCs of Filipino Culture • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Once Upon a Love: Starlight • Amazon Business $5.99 4 $23.96
Stories of Baha'u'llah: as told by POKKA (Marshallese Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Sharpie Paint Marker, 3-Count, Metallic Assorted, 3 count • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
My Story as a Survivor of U.S. Nuclear Tests in the Marshall Islands • Amazon Business $9.13 1 $9.13

Materials cost

$560.74

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$24.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$623.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$110.09

Total project goal

$733.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$733.91

1 Donor

-$733.91

Donations toward project cost

-$623.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$110.09

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$0.00

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