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Mr. Benrud from El Cajon, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Benrud's classroom raised $284

Financial Research for the Student Investment Club

My students need finance and investing books and Quicken Premier 2010.

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Mr. Benrud Grossmont High School
El Cajon, CA Grades 9-12

My Students

Have you ever made a mistake with your money? Me too! Students in my school’s “Student Investment Club” are doing all they can now to avoid those mistakes in their future. Students manage real money stock investments for our school and they would benefit greatly from the knowledge in these books.

Most students in the investment club are 10th-12th graders that desire a more financially prosperous life than they currently have.

These students are highly motivated to make their lives better. They recognize hard work and education will make a huge difference in their ability succeed. Our southern California school is extremely divers and the students in the investment club reflect that diversity. I have ESL students or students in the “free lunch” program working/learning with AP students or students from financially secure families. That being said, the differences don’t matter to my students. Their common goals and interests bring them together during their lunchtime and after school to discuss personal finance, stock market investing, careers in finance and philanthropy. My students work hard to raise investment funds, research investments and make profitable investments to support our school.

My Project

Students do not receive personal financial education in the public school system. They take economics, but no one teaches them about banking, credit, saving, budgets, careers in finance or investing. Students need, deserve and desire financial education and my club gives them access to it. Most of us have made mistakes with our money when we were younger and most of those mistakes could have been avoided. My mission is to improve student financial education, provide real-money investment experiences and build a community of ambitious philanthropic students interested in investing in the stock markets. The books and software I'm requesting will allow students to efficiently and effectively manage our portfolio. The investing books will allow students without Internet access at home to do financial homework and Quicken will expose student to industry standard software and common financial documents.

Several of my students are ESL and/or economically disadvantaged.

Most of them would never have the opportunity to manage money in the stock market, donate money to a charitable organization or really explore their financial futures as a young person. The Student Investment Club gives them those opportunities and more! These experiences make my students future’s brighter while the investment returns benefit all of our school’s 2600 students.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

50 students impacted 1 donor
Mr. Benrud Grossmont High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

El Cajon, CA 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

50 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Trading with Candlesticks: Visual Tools for Improved Technical Analysis and Timing Michael C. Thomsett • Barnes and Noble $23.93 1 $23.93
Trading For Dummies Michael Griffis, Lita Epstein MBA • Barnes and Noble $17.09 1 $17.09
A Kid's Guide to Stock Market Investing Tamra Orr • Barnes and Noble $25.60 1 $25.60
Personal Investing: The Missing Manual Bonnie Biafore, Amy E. Buttell, Carol Fabbri • Barnes and Noble $17.86 1 $17.86
How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times and Bad, Fourth Edition William J. O'Neil • Barnes and Noble $11.59 1 $11.59
Quicken Premier 2010 complete package • CDW Inc. $82.78 1 $82.78

Materials cost

$178.85

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.28

Sales tax

 $16.36

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$241.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.56

Total project goal

$283.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $283.73

1 Donor

-$241.17

Donations toward project cost

-$241.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$42.56

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 $0.00

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