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Mrs. Wilson from La Mesa, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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United in Our Differences!

Help me give my students the picture books we need in our classroom to understand how our differences make us stronger, together!

  • $440 goal

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$300 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

Our sweet students come from diverse backgrounds and bring a large array of experiences to our classrooms and school. One thing they all have in common is using their imaginations and creating a happy world within our walls.

Daily, our students overcome a variety of basic challenges - getting breakfast, making it to school, having homework completed.

Our school is a Title I urban school with the most diverse population in our district. Over 80% of our students qualify to receive free or reduced-price lunch. School becomes a safe haven for these scholars - where expectations are the same every day and their basic needs are met. While they come to school to learn, they thrive when they are given the opportunity to utilize a variety of resources to make learning real and fun. This is what keeps them coming back and keeps them hooked into learning the rigorous academic standards.

My Project

For many years, I have taught at schools with ethnic, cultural, and economic diversity. The connection I see in the community, and the passion I see in the families I serve, inspires me to continue to try to provide the best in educating my students about the diverse community that we live in.

These books will help me to plan and provide a diverse education for my kindergarten students.

By exposing them to diversity early, I know they will gain an appreciation for each others' differences. I have done this in the past but have never had proper literature to be able to help my students understand the importance of cultural differences, and how these differences really unite us and make us stronger.

Mrs. Wilson La Mesa Dale 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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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

28 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $11.39 2 $22.78
Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Peanut Goes for the Gold • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Kindness Book • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
The Magical Yet • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Where Are You From? • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
The Name Jar (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $14.75 1 $14.75
We Are Water Protectors • Amazon Business $14.68 1 $14.68
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $13.92 1 $13.92
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Dreamers • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $12.63 1 $12.63
It's Okay to Make Mistakes • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
My Papi Has a Motorcycle • Amazon Business $11.70 1 $11.70
I Can't Do That, YET: Growth Mindset • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Hair Love • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $10.54 1 $10.54
I Am Perfectly Designed • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Eraser • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Our Class is a Family • Amazon Business $8.76 1 $8.76
Skin Like Mine (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.54 1 $8.54

Materials cost

$310.83

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$373.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.99

Total project goal

$439.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $439.92

4 Donors

-$213.82

Donations toward project cost

-$187.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.11

match offer

-$219.08

Match offer toward project cost

-$186.22

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.86

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.02

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