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Ms. Kara from Alton, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teaching Our Students About Black History

Help me give my students these amazing books about Black History. These books will help add diversity to our classroom library.

  • $283 goal

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My Project

Hello our classroom project involves new reading materials for our classroom library. We want to add more diversity to our classroom reading display. We also send out reading logs every month. We lend out books to our families so that the families can read with their child at home.

We added books that connect with Black History.

There is books about Martin Luther king, books that encourage the children to celebrate the color of their skin. These books would be a great edition to our classroom these would be great materials. Please consider donating towards our classroom project.

Ms. Kara Riverbend Head Start Essic Robinson Center Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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Alton, IL 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

20 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
7 SEL Book Set: Just Ask, ABCs Black History, Change Sings, Name Jar, Where Are You From?, Touch a Color, Remember to Dream social emotional learning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $95.00 1 $95.00
3 Book Set: BLACK JOY Bundle: Change Sings, Me and Mama, I Am Perfectly Designed (hardcover picture books, underrepresented authors) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $48.00 1 $48.00
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Civil Rights Figures: Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks (paperback) x MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $28.00 1 $28.00
Max and the Tag-Along Moon (paperback picture book, ages 4-8) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 2 $18.00
I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything! (hardcover picture book) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00

Materials cost

$207.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$240.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.37

Total project goal

$282.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $282.47

4 Donors

-$153.74

Donations toward project cost

-$130.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.06

Matching donations from our partners

-$128.73

Match offers toward project cost

-$109.42

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.31

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