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Ms. Malcolm from Washington DC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Crossing Borders and Building Empathy

Help me give my students copies of "The Distance Between Us: A Memoir"

  • $631 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Students

My students come from a variety of different countries, cultures, languages, and neighborhoods. Our school works to celebrate each student's unique background. While our students generally come from homes that are low-income, they bring a wealth of expertise and experience to the classroom.

Despite tremendous obstacles, our students continue to come to school every day ready to learn.

They have ambitions of becoming doctors, lawyers, teachers, and so much more. Many of these students will be among the first in their family to attend college.

My Project

When we are studying a text as a class, it is essential that each student has their own copy of the book. With the additional copies, my students will be able to have their own copy to take home and read each evening. This also allows them to continue the conversation about the text long after the last school bell rings.

In particular, this book is important for my students because it offers a first-hand narrative of the immigrant experience.

Many of my students can connect with the author's struggles, while others are able to build empathy for their peers by reading the story.

In our current moment, it is tremendously important that students are able to engage with current issues in the English classroom. Therefore, it is critical that we have contemporary stories, like "The Distance Between Us" as a part of our curriculum.

Ms. Malcolm
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Distance Between Us: A Memoir • Amazon Business $15.69 30 $470.70

Materials cost

$470.70

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$28.24

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$536.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.59

Total project goal

$630.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$630.59

3 Donors

-$412.94

Donations toward project cost

-$366.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.94

match offer

-$200.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$170.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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