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Mrs. G. from S. Portland, ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. G.'s classroom raised $4,321

Mahoney Drinks Three Cups of Tea

My students and staff need 375 copies of the book "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World...One Child at a Time".

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Mrs. G. South Portland Middle School
S. Portland, ME Grades 6-8

How can we help our students learn to mend the world? The inspiring adventure story told in Three Cups of Tea and its related fund raiser, Pennies for Peace, will make our Maine young people aware of the lives of the children in the remote mountain regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Greg Mortensen has spent the last 14 years building schools in remote mountain regions. He is an advocate for educating girls as well as boys.

We propose to have all students and teachers participate in a One School/One Book event, reading Mortensen's dramatic story together. All 8 of our public schools in the city will be working simultaneously on an all-district collaboration. At the elementary level, students will be read aloud the picture book version, Listen to the Wind. Middle school students will read the young adult version, and will participate in interdisciplinary units that will include a study of this little-understood part of the world, as well as mountaineering techniques.

In order to fully implement our plan, we need to be able to have each student and teacher receive a copy of the book. Students will: learn how physical systems affect human systems; understand how certain character traits enhance citizens' ability to fulfill personal and civic responsibilities; and understand the search for community, stability, and peace in an interdependent world. Students also will participate in a service learning component through Pennies for Peace that is the fund raising arm of Mortensen's work.

It is the villagers' belief that one becomes friends after sharing three cups of tea. Please help our students drink a cup of tea as they learn to make the world a better place. Join us for a cup of tea, too,

More than a third of students from low‑income households

350 students impacted 32 donors
Mrs. G. South Portland Middle School Grades 6-8 S. Portland, ME View local requests

More than a third 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

350 students impacted 32donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Adapted by Sarah Thomson • Barnes and Noble $8.09 375 $3,033.75

Materials cost

$3,033.75

Vendor shipping charges

 $303.38

Sales tax

 $151.69

3rd party payment processing fee

$45.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$3,543.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$777.73

Total project goal

$4,320.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $4,320.73

30 Donors

-$4,257.51

Donations toward project cost

-$3,543.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$714.51

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$63.22

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