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

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Social Justice Warriors: Engaging with Society Through Reading

Help me give my students the books they need and cherish. When living in poverty, the choice between a novel and a meal is an easy one to make. Let's not force children to make that choice.

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My Students

My students represent the nations in the Caribbean, Africa, and the Middle East, but they live in the heart of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Some are second or third generation immigrants, while others are brand new to the country and just learning English. All of them are bright and eager to learn.

My school is devoted to providing our students with the resources they deserve, but we are a struggling Title I school.

We are always in need of books for our students, who have limited access to books and as a result have a hard time both with decoding and with comprehension. For this reason, students need to be able to carefully annotate their novels and develop a love reading.

This year, I have the pleasure of teaching the entire 6th grade, and collaborating with Ms. McFarlane in teaching the entire 7th grade. This means we will need a whole lot of books this year! In addition to working with two whole grades, we will be adding novels to our curriculum. Joining our much loved Jaqueline Woodson and Walter Dean Myers books, will be Ibi Zoboi's brilliant American Street and Jerry Spinelli's charmingly off-beat Stargirl.

My Project

If you have kids, you know they can get pretty expensive pretty quickly. That's why it's so important that as a teacher I provide as much as I can to support my students and their families. While many of us can drop $30 at the bookstore for the entire year and barely feel it, that just isn't the case for students living in poverty.

In supporting this project, you are ensuring that myriad cultures, religions, and lifestyles are embraced and valued in school.

You are ensuring that 120 kids have access not only to books, but to the stories that reflect the joys and challenges these kids experience in their day to day lives.

Ms. Stemmer Elijah Stroud Middle School 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

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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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

120 students impacted 19donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stargirl (Stargirl Series) • Amazon Business $9.99 60 $599.40
Peace, Locomotion • Amazon Business $8.63 60 $517.80
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun • Amazon Business $7.99 60 $479.40
American Street • Amazon Business $7.50 60 $450.00
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Amazon Business $12.00 30 $360.00
Monster • Amazon Business $3.38 60 $202.80

Materials cost

$2,609.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$39.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,678.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$472.68

Total project goal

$3,151.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $3,151.22

18 Donors

-$1,737.57

Donations toward project cost

-$1,621.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$116.10

match offer

-$1,243.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$1,057.07

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$186.54

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$170.04

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 $0.00

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