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Ms. Heo from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Need Books With Different Perspectives

My students need books with different protagonists to open their world.

  • $185 goal

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My Students

My students come from various cultural and social backgrounds in a wonderfully beautiful neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY.

They are a group of eager learners and readers, and share a strong love towards books.

We love to discuss complex topics, debate from different perspectives, and also build empathy through discussions and readings. Each student brings their own unique experience and knowledge into the classroom that further helps our classroom community to grow a better understanding of each other and the world.

My Project

Often times, minority protagonists are represented through one specific lens in fiction books, and often from a historical point. It is important that students are exposed to minority protagonists are also presented as characters like them in the present, who struggle with similar issues whether it be language, family, friendship, school, etc.

Publishing companies have heard these demands and are slowly presenting books that represent different narratives of different children that exist in our country.

It is our job as teachers to introduce these books to our students, to help them understand that there is more than one story.

These books showcase Latinx protagonists whose narrative mirror similar experiences to our students, rather than simply a narrative of escaping

Ms. Heo PS 139 Alexine A Fenty Grades 3-5

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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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Brooklyn, NY 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

31 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble • Amazon Business $10.42 3 $31.26
Hello, Universe • Amazon Business $9.48 3 $28.44
The First Rule of Punk • Amazon Business $8.54 3 $25.62
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora • Amazon Business $7.19 3 $21.57
Sarai and the Meaning of Awesome • Amazon Business $5.99 3 $17.97

Materials cost

$124.86

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$156.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.66

Total project goal

$184.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $184.39

4 Donors

-$144.59

Donations toward project cost

-$122.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.69

match offer

-$39.80

Match offer toward project cost

-$33.83

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.97

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 $0.00

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