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Mrs. Maye from Trenton, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Word Itself Says I'm Possible

Help me give my students to be encouraged and inspire that they are able to achieve their dreams.

  • $344 goal

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Mrs. Maye has another project! Donate to Voices of Resilience: Graphic Novels That Bridge Cultures to help her classroom.

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Help Mrs. Maye

Mrs. Maye has another project! Donate to Voices of Resilience: Graphic Novels That Bridge Cultures to help her classroom.

$608 - complete this project and be a hero

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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 Project

Mary Angelou once said, "you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so that you can know who you are, what you can rise from, and how you can still come out of it."

These books will inspire our students to reach further than they can think possible despite the circumstances.

Many of our students have not gone further than to the city. Most of my students show compassion to others, intelligent, able to achieve great things if they believe that they can do what is needed to achieve. The women in these books will inspire them to reach higher than they thought possible.

Mrs. Maye Trenton Ninth Grade Academy Grades 9-12

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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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Trenton, NJ 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

950 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me • Amazon Business $26.62 1 $26.62
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science • Amazon Business $26.49 1 $26.49
Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World (Women in Science) • Amazon Business $10.89 2 $21.78
The Half of It: A Memoir • Amazon Business $21.59 1 $21.59
A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home • Amazon Business $19.29 1 $19.29
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times • Amazon Business $18.48 1 $18.48
100 Inspirational Quotes By Maya Angelou: A Boost Of Wisdom And Inspiration From The Legendary Poet • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine • Amazon Business $15.82 1 $15.82
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America • Amazon Business $13.19 1 $13.19
Letter to My Daughter • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
The Woman They Could Not Silence • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
I Know Who You Are • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels (Biography Books for Kids, Feminist Books for Girls) • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39

Materials cost

$257.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$291.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.50

Total project goal

$343.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$343.32

2 Donors

-$343.32

Donations toward project cost

-$291.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.50

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$0.00

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