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

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Poetry With a Purpose

Help me give my students a selection of poetry that represents the diversity in the classroom.

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My Students

This school year, our students will be transitioning back to the classroom for their first real year on a middle school campus. Some students have had immense privilege during the pandemic and are coming back with great intention to absorb and learn. Others are struggling to have their basic needs met every day, fighting against all odds just to show up. It is my goal to make these kids fall back in love with learning, and find safety in the classroom.

My students are bright, excited, young individuals who are looking forward to coming back to their classrooms this year.

Please help me give them the leverage they need to succeed.

My Project

I am requesting a variety of poetry that is as diverse as the students in my classroom. Next quarter, I plan on spending some class periods outside under a tree, reading poetry with my students. At the beginning of class, students will be able to select authors that they identify with, and read the poetry together in small groups.

Representation in the classroom matters, and it is important for our kids to see that in the content they are learning.

I am excited to see my students be able to enjoy writing by people that look like them.

Ms. Pepitone Samuel Enoka Kalama Intermediate School Grades 6-8

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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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Makawao, HI 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

150 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings • Amazon Business $14.99 5 $74.95
Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation • Amazon Business $22.95 3 $68.85
Life Doesn't Frighten Me (25th Anniversary Edition) • Amazon Business $15.79 4 $63.16
The Echo of Our Song: Chants and Poems of the Hawaiians • Amazon Business $28.00 2 $56.00
If They Come for Us: Poems • Amazon Business $13.25 3 $39.75
Sun & Her Flowers • Amazon Business $18.96 2 $37.92
Agirlgle Bookends Decorative Book Ends Metal Black Heavy Duty Man Bookend Studious Reading Book end Bookshelf Decor for Bedroom Library Office School Book Display Desktop Organizer Adults Kids Gift • Amazon Business $35.96 1 $35.96
A Map to the Next World: Poems and Tales • Amazon Business $17.95 2 $35.90
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver • Amazon Business $15.69 2 $31.38
An American Sunrise • Amazon Business $15.57 2 $31.14
Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers • Amazon Business $12.11 2 $24.22
How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2001 • Amazon Business $11.76 2 $23.52
Milk and Honey • Amazon Business $7.38 2 $14.76
Call Us What We Carry: Poems • Amazon Business $14.53 1 $14.53
Leaves of Grass (Signet Classics) • Amazon Business $5.95 2 $11.90

Materials cost

$563.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $24.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$627.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$110.68

Total project goal

$737.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $737.89

7 Donors

-$410.79

Donations toward project cost

-$352.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.37

match offer

-$323.28

Match offer toward project cost

-$274.79

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.82

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