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

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Social Emotional and Diversity Library

Help me give my students a colorful collection of books that in include diversity, social-emotional learning.

  • $549 goal

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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

I teach at a Title I school in New York City. My Pre-K students are energetic and eager to learn. Pre-K is a critical age in which children are growing their fine motor skills, becoming social and learning new experiences.

In this class, we build a community around what we have in common and our shared experiences.

We are part of a larger school that celebrates inclusion. The work we do in this classroom is building healthy relationships, developing our fine motor skills and learning through art and music.

My Project

These books will continue to enhance the print-rich classroom that I strive to create. My classroom library is a place that my students really enjoy-I read on the carpet to them everyday! Every student book that is placed in my library is treated with love and care, and they are thankful for the opportunities to read. All of these books have been chosen with my students in mind. .

With these new books, my students will be able to appreciate our differences as well as our seminaries.

This new library will have a variety of books that will allow them to explore and learn.

They will also be able to choose books that they can relate to. The best way to increase reading ability is to read more, and these books will continue to help my students grow stronger in reading. My students already have shown an astonishing interest in independent reading, and this project will only help enrich their experiences with the printed word.

Mrs. Melillo PS 138 Brooklyn Grades PreK-2

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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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

18 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
#ISeeMe Diversity & Inclusion Grades K-1 (10 Books) • AKJ Education $134.08 1 $134.08
The Gingerbread Boy • AKJ Education $6.56 13 $85.28
Just Ask! • AKJ Education $13.13 2 $26.26
What Do You Do With A Problem? • AKJ Education $15.26 1 $15.26
Rosie Revere, Engineer • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Maybe Something Beautiful • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Proudest Blue • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Magic School Bus Presents: The Human Body • AKJ Education $5.10 2 $10.20
Sniffles, Sneezes, Hiccups, and Coughs • AKJ Education $4.49 2 $8.98
Garden Friends • AKJ Education $4.49 2 $8.98
The Nose Book • AKJ Education $4.49 2 $8.98
Born to Be a Butterfly • AKJ Education $4.49 2 $8.98
My Healthy Body • AKJ Education $4.34 2 $8.68
Farm Animals • AKJ Education $3.99 2 $7.98
The Secret Life of Trees • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff Dr. Seuss's Surprising Word Book • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Whatever the Weather • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Shapes • AKJ Education $5.99 1 $5.99
Astronaut • AKJ Education $5.99 1 $5.99
I Stink! • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Building a House • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Ten, Nine, Eight Board Book • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Greedy Triangle • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Floating in Space • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$423.83

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$466.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.27

Total project goal

$548.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $548.46

2 Donors

-$548.46

Donations toward project cost

-$466.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.27

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