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Ms. Courtney from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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What Does It Mean to Be Home?

Help me give my students children's books telling stories of homes and immigration.

  • $224 goal

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My Project

In our classroom, we have children whose families come from many, many different countries and cultures. In a recent discussion, we have been discussing immigration and what it means to be an immigrant. Many of my students have stories of the countries their families were born in or lived in previously, and how their parents or themselves have moved from their homes, and their journeys to come together into the community of our school.

Our students are curious about the stories of our families, and how our cultures and stories of where we come from differ and intersect with each other.

They are curious to find connections between themselves and to honor their uniqueness of their individual stories. They want to teach us about the countries and communities to which their parents have immigrated from and the languages that they speak at home with their families. They are eager to tell the stories of how their families came to be in the community we are all in today.

We will use these children's books to guide our writing and discussions around the stories of our families, where we come from and how we came to be together. We will write stories of our communities, those that are near and far.

Ms. Courtney Elysian Heights Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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

24 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Habitats: From Ocean Trench to Tropical Forest • Amazon Business $20.33 1 $20.33
Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine • Amazon Business $17.66 1 $17.66
Mama Dug a Little Den • Amazon Business $16.04 1 $16.04
A House in the Sky • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
A New Kind of Wild • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Habitats: A Journey in Nature • Amazon Business $12.70 1 $12.70
Coquí in the City • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Habitats of the World (DK Panorama) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
If You Were a City • Amazon Business $10.66 1 $10.66
We Came To America • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
Colors of Habitats (Nature's Wonderful Colors, 2) • Amazon Business $8.13 1 $8.13

Materials cost

$144.94

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$13.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$190.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.59

Total project goal

$223.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$223.96

2 Donors

-$111.97

Donations toward project cost

-$95.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.79

match offer

-$111.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$95.19

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.80

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$0.00

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