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Ms. Mittelstadt from Portland, OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Non-Fiction Doesn't Mean Old!

My students need 30 updated non-fiction books for our library.

  • $883 goal

This project expired on June 20, 2010.

This project expired on June 20, 2010.

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Ms. Mittelstadt Renaissance Arts Academy-Marshall
Portland, OR Grades 9-12

I am the library assistant for a high school campus that is home to 4 small schools. We have a Science school, Arts school, Business and Technology school and a Night school program that focuses on students who work full time but want to finish and get their diploma. Sadly we do not have the money for a Librarian, or funding for new books.

We are a campus that has many students who live at or below the poverty line. Because of this, fundraisers such as book sales are pretty much impossible. Every day I have kids ask me for books on subjects that we don't have, or are very out of date. Many of the students have dreams of going on to college and getting away from the life of poverty they grew up in. We have a great library but sadly when it comes to more up to date reference and research books I don't have the budget to buy new books. The average publication date in the collection is 1977. A lot has changed in the past 30 years and students need to be able to get relevant information from sources other than the Internet. A great example of this problem was the student who came in looking for books about genetic engineering, the newest book I have was printed in 1983. The things we have learned in the past 20 years in huge.

I would like to able to supplement the books we have with newer ones that have more up to date information. Even though we can find pretty much all the information you need on the web, students still need to be able to use books. In college students are required to use primary sources (books) when writing papers.

Your help will ensure that my students have accurate information for their research papers as well as for their own use.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

890 students impacted
Ms. Mittelstadt Renaissance Arts Academy-Marshall Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Portland, OR View local requests

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

890 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Childhood Obesity Bonnie Juettner • Barnes and Noble $20.76 1 $20.76
Eyewitness Spy Richard Platt • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Ecology (Eyewitness Books Series) Steve Pollock, Laura Buller • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Massacre at Virginia Tech: Disaster and Survival Richard Worth • Barnes and Noble $19.14 1 $19.14
Christopher Columbus Christy DeVillier • Barnes and Noble $23.08 1 $23.08
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game Michael Lewis • Barnes and Noble $11.16 1 $11.16
Harlem Renaissance The Stuart A. Kallen • Barnes and Noble $29.20 1 $29.20
Voices from the Harlem Renaissance Nathan Irvin Huggins (Editor), Huggins • Barnes and Noble $17.91 1 $17.91
The Industrial Revolution Kevin Hillstrom • Barnes and Noble $25.96 1 $25.96
The Progressive Era Kevin Hillstrom • Barnes and Noble $25.96 1 $25.96
Religion and Sexuality Kevin Hillstrom • Barnes and Noble $34.65 1 $34.65
The Muscle Book Paul Blakely, Carrie Demers • Barnes and Noble $8.53 1 $8.53
The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman Margot Mifflin • Barnes and Noble $19.96 1 $19.96
The Comanche Empire Pekka Hamalainen (Hamalainen) • Barnes and Noble $17.60 1 $17.60
Native Tribes of the Plains and Prairie Michael Johnson • Barnes and Noble $27.20 1 $27.20
Native Tribes of the North and Northwest Coast Michael Johnson, J. Burkinshaw • Barnes and Noble $27.20 1 $27.20
Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America Mae M. Ngai, Gary Gerstle (Editor), William Chafe (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $24.92 2 $49.84
Gay Rights Peggy J. Parks • Barnes and Noble $20.76 1 $20.76
Genetic Engineering Tamara L. Roleff • Barnes and Noble $23.35 1 $23.35
Dna evidence and Investigation paggy j. parks • Barnes and Noble $23.35 1 $23.35
U. S. Border Control Crystal D. McCage • Barnes and Noble $20.76 1 $20.76
Vietnam War (Eyewitness Books Series) DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Chemistry (Eyewitness Books Series) Ann Newmark, Laura Buller • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Eyewitness World War I Simon Adams, Andy Crawford (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
The Year that Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall Michael Meyer • Barnes and Noble $20.80 1 $20.80
Sports (Eyewitness Books Series) Tim Hammond, Laura Buller • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Eyewitness Great Scientists John Farndon • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Amped: How Big Air, Big Dollars, and a New Generation Took Sports to the Extreme David Browne • Barnes and Noble $19.96 1 $19.96
Ailey Ascending: A Portrait in Motion Andrew Eccles (Photographer), Ailey Ame Alvin, Alvin Alley America Dance Theater Staff, Preface by Judith Jamison • Barnes and Noble $37.50 1 $37.50
Vanishing Seattle, Washington (Images of America Series) Clark Humphrey • Barnes and Noble $19.79 1 $19.79

Materials cost

$641.25

Vendor shipping charges

 $64.13

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$724.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$158.93

Total project goal

$882.93

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