ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Mrs. Medendorp's Classroom

  • Mona Shores Middle School
  • Norton Shores, MI
  • 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.

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Medendorp a ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Mrs. Medendorp's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Medendorp a ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Mrs. Medendorp can use on her next classroom project.

Your custom url is /medendorplovesbooks

Kwame Alexander, author of Crossover and Booked, explains the need to provide students with culturally rich reading experiences - "If we don't give children books that are literary mirrors as well as windows to the whole world of possibility, if these books don't give them the opportunity to see outside themselves, then how can we expect them to grow into adults who connect in meaningful ways to a global community, to people who might look or live differently?" It is crucial that I provide my students with books that can allow them to see themselves in literature, but I also need to make sure that students are learning understanding and empathy by reading about experiences outside of their own. Although I have scavenged yard sales, and library sales, they just do not provide the rich, high interest materials my students crave. By helping me bring more diversity to my library, my students will be exposed to characters of differing races, religions, sexual orientation, and unique experiences. Through these stories my young readers will grow into more empathetic and understanding adults. Thank you.

About my class

Kwame Alexander, author of Crossover and Booked, explains the need to provide students with culturally rich reading experiences - "If we don't give children books that are literary mirrors as well as windows to the whole world of possibility, if these books don't give them the opportunity to see outside themselves, then how can we expect them to grow into adults who connect in meaningful ways to a global community, to people who might look or live differently?" It is crucial that I provide my students with books that can allow them to see themselves in literature, but I also need to make sure that students are learning understanding and empathy by reading about experiences outside of their own. Although I have scavenged yard sales, and library sales, they just do not provide the rich, high interest materials my students crave. By helping me bring more diversity to my library, my students will be exposed to characters of differing races, religions, sexual orientation, and unique experiences. Through these stories my young readers will grow into more empathetic and understanding adults. Thank you.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":4016086,"teacherId":4016086,"teacherName":"Mrs. Medendorp","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4016086_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1476919300302","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"medendorplovesbooks","teacherChallengeId":20865988,"followAbout":"Mrs. Medendorp's projects","teacherVerify":-1899761095,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Medendorp","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"/classroom/medendorplovesbooks","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=4016086","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":0,"numSupporters":152},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}