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Ms. Willis from Starkville, MS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Women Hold Up Half the Sky

Help me give my students a well-rounded classroom library filled with female protagonists.

  • $1,446 goal

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My Students

My students are young, enthusiastic, and funny, but also misunderstood and sometimes labeled according to mistakes they've made. My students long to see themselves represented in a positive light in the books they read. It is a beautiful experience to watch my students connect with literature.

My Project

My students need a well rounded classroom library filled with graphic novels, biographies, picture books, classics and new releases told from the point of view of women.

I want to present my students with narrators like Salamanca Tree Hiddle from Walk Two Moons and the female warriors found in The Children of Blood and Bone; from realistic fiction to fantasy, I want my students to hear the voices of girls from a variety of cultures and backgrounds.

It's been said that women hold up half the sky, I would like the shelves of our classroom library to show equal representation to female protagonists.

Ms. Willis The Learning Center 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

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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Starkville, MS View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Clap When You Land • MahoganyBooks $17.09 5 $85.45
Grade 7 High Interest, Low Readability • AKJ Education $72.12 1 $72.12
Children of Blood and Bone • AKJ Education $13.86 5 $69.30
The Poet X • AKJ Education $13.86 5 $69.30
Genesis Begins Again • AKJ Education $13.13 5 $65.65
Fish in a Tree • AKJ Education $13.13 5 $65.65
Beloved • AKJ Education $11.68 5 $58.40
Claudette Colvin • AKJ Education $9.09 5 $45.45
American Street • AKJ Education $8.75 5 $43.75
The Running Dream • AKJ Education $8.02 5 $40.10
Piecing Me Together • AKJ Education $8.02 5 $40.10
The House on Mango Street • AKJ Education $7.48 5 $37.40
Favorite Author Study - Raina Telgemeier (4 Books) • AKJ Education $36.07 1 $36.07
Out of My Mind • AKJ Education $6.99 5 $34.95
Walk Two Moons • AKJ Education $6.29 5 $31.45
Speak • AKJ Education $6.14 5 $30.70
How to Steal a Dog • AKJ Education $5.83 5 $29.15
Absolutely Normal Chaos • AKJ Education $5.83 5 $29.15
Ninth Ward • AKJ Education $5.83 5 $29.15
One Crazy Summer • AKJ Education $5.59 5 $27.95
Riding Freedom • AKJ Education $5.10 5 $25.50
My Family Adventure • AKJ Education $3.61 5 $18.05
Children of Virtue and Vengeance ( Legacy of Orisha #2 ) • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
Change Sings • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
This is Your Time • MahoganyBooks $14.39 1 $14.39
I'll Give You the Sun • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Pet • MahoganyBooks $8.99 1 $8.99
New Shoes • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Under the Ramadan Moon • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$1,096.63

Vendor shipping charges

 $9.00

Sales tax

 $76.76

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,228.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$216.85

Total project goal

$1,445.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,445.69

2 Donors

-$1,445.69

Donations toward project cost

-$1,228.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$216.85

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