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

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Representation Matters!

Help me give my students need copies of multicultural books to help create a positive self image!

  • $427 goal

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Ms. Gupta has another project! Donate to Healthy Snacks for Healthy Scholars!! to help her classroom.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Hi! I teach 27 first graders at an all girls charter school in the South Bronx. Due to the current shutdown of our school, my students are at home receiving live instruction from me. They all have a tablet that was given to them by the school and some of my kids have a computer. Otherwise, my students would not have the adequate technology and supplies for learning at home. I have had to send them supplies and work packets through snail mail throughout these last two months.

My Project

Research suggests that children tend to prefer and are more likely to engage with literature that reflects their personal experiences.

When children of color encounter characters that look like them and whose stories mirror their own experiences and culture, they are more likely to see how reading can play a role in their lives and to develop a love of reading.

I would like to provide books to my students that aim to promote cultural awareness by cultivating a child’s understanding of themselves, their communities and the world around them. These vibrantly illustrated books reflect images and experiences with which children of all cultures can identify. I would like my students to have copies of these books so that they see characters reflected in books that look like them.

Ms. Gupta Girls Preparatory Bronx Charter Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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Bronx, NY View local requests

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

27 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC386 People Colorssupsup Jumbo Colored Pencils • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 3 $26.97
LC360 People Colorssupsup Crayon Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 3 $20.97
Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up • AKJ Education $4.37 4 $17.48
Black Is a Rainbow Color • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Just Like Me • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
You Matter • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Layla's Happiness • Amazon Business $16.16 1 $16.16
Thank You, Omu! • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
The Librarian of Basra • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Biblioburro • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
My Name Is Bilal • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
A Bike Like Sergio's • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
Hair Love • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
Hair Like Mine (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $9.86 1 $9.86
Skin Like Mine (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Dream Big, Little One (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $7.74 1 $7.74
Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Sugar Plums to the Rescue! • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Sugar Plum Ballerinas #3: Perfectly Prima • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Goin' Someplace Special • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Our Children Can Soar • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Whoever You Are • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Name Jar • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Corn Is Maize • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
A Girl Named Misty • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64

Materials cost

$322.02

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$362.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.03

Total project goal

$426.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $426.88

1 Donor

-$426.88

Donations toward project cost

-$362.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.03

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