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Mx. Yates from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Our Library Project

Help me give my students the beginnings of their first-ever library because our young people need a space to be productive, to create, and to explore the world of books.

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My Project

This list of items includes the beginnings of a library for the scholars at AFL. I hope that the books that I have chosen and the materials that will be available to them can show the students what the joy of reading is. With no open nearby library in our area, there is a lack of options for books the kids would be truly interested in. I hope that the books that I have chosen will encourage them to read and the art materials will bring them an opportunity to express themselves creatively in a safe space.

Please help me create the safe space that my students deserve to learn and create.

My list contains books that I have specifically chosen to provide examples of BIPOC characters with interesting stories to tell so that the kids can maintain their interest while reading stories with characters that they can actually relate to. In addition, I have also asked students what books they personally would enjoy that are not available at the school. The list also contains some learning materials to help the kids learn their multiplication times tables, an art kit for the kids to express their creative sides, and a bingo set for a fun enrichment activity for the kids that will be used for SEL lessons.

Mx. Yates Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders 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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Nearly all 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC1168 - Multiplication Machine • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 2 $49.98
GM797 - Bingo Party • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
PP307 - Color Me Creative Supply Caddy • Lakeshore Learning Materials $21.99 1 $21.99
The Unwanted • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Poet X • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
I Am Alfonso Jones • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
Anya's Ghost • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Every Body Looking • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close A Novel • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Yummy • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
The Hill We Climb • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
El Deafo • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
This Book Is Anti-Racist • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Things Fall Apart: A Novel • AKJ Education $10.22 1 $10.22
Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
The People Could Fly • AKJ Education $9.49 1 $9.49
Science Comics: Rockets • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
The Red Pyramid: The Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Fantasmas (Dreams) • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Science Comics: Robots and Drones • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Black Enough • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Calling My Name • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Isis & Osiris • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Life As We Knew It • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Finding Miracles • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry • AKJ Education $6.99 1 $6.99
Ninth Ward • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Chains: Seeds of America • AKJ Education $5.98 1 $5.98
Dracula (Spanish Edition) • AKJ Education $5.22 1 $5.22
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$393.59

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$429.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.79

Total project goal

$505.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $505.28

5 Donors

-$482.49

Donations toward project cost

-$429.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.79

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