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Teacher Ryder Duffey from Saint Louis, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teacher Ryder Duffey's classroom raised $516

It's Not Just A Book; It's A Dream, A Choice, An Option.

My students need 25 resources to help them get into college and write successful application essays.

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Teacher Ryder Duffey Carnahan STEAM
Saint Louis, MO Grades 9-12

My Students

What you don't know can hurt you and there are too many things that my students don't know about getting into college.

Inner city students face more obstacles than most when it comes to just graduating from high school, let alone getting into choice and select colleges.

Our school has a free and reduced lunch rate of 84 percent and according to research, that doesn't speak well for what some experts predict for students who come from generational poverty. However, at our school we are focusing on changing that. We offer ACT prep, Study Skills, College Summit and AVID. We believe that our inner city students are going to college and we believe we can get them there. As I start my second semester with my study skills class, I want my students to be not just dreaming of a better life through higher education, but taking steps to make it happen.

My Project

I am asking for college admission books and essay writing guides to help my students prepare to select their colleges, find out how to apply and what steps they need to take to make themselves the students that will be selected for these schools. These books will help us create college applications and personal essays that will represent the many wonderful students I have in my room. Students who deserve to dream big and accomplish even more. These books can provide answers to how to successfully showcase a students triumphs and strengths to help them get into the colleges of their choice.

So many other seniors have family members who attended select colleges or have family friend who can provide references for them.

Students who have had parents attend college often know the steps to be accepted into the colleges of their choice. Inner city students often are the first generation to finish high school in their family, let along college. They often lack someone to help them prepare essays and applications, but you can help them, you can put the books in their hands that will help.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

60 students impacted 11 donors
Teacher Ryder Duffey Carnahan STEAM Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Saint Louis, MO View local requests

Nearly all 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

60 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011, 27E Edward Fiske • AKJ BOOKS $16.45 1 $16.45
Write Your College Essay in Less Than a Day Elizabeth Wissner-Gross • AKJ BOOKS $13.34 1 $13.34
Scholarship Handbook 2011 College Board Staff • AKJ BOOKS $17.97 1 $17.97
The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College Jacques Steinberg • AKJ BOOKS $9.75 1 $9.75
College Admission Essays For D Woods • AKJ BOOKS $18.99 1 $18.99
Free $ for College for Dummies David Rosen, Caryn Mladen • AKJ BOOKS $17.85 1 $17.85
On Writing the College Application Essay: The Key to Acceptance and the College of your Choice Harry Bauld • AKJ BOOKS $12.92 1 $12.92
The College Application Essay Sarah Myers McGinty • AKJ BOOKS $8.59 2 $17.18
Getting Financial Aid 2011 College Board Staff, Henry Holt and Company Staff • AKJ BOOKS $20.33 1 $20.33
The Get It Together for College College Board • AKJ BOOKS $13.96 1 $13.96
The College Handbook 2011 The College Board • AKJ BOOKS $18.34 1 $18.34
Book of Majors 2011 College Board Staff, Henry Holt and Company Staff • AKJ BOOKS $16.72 1 $16.72
The Best 373 Colleges, 2011 Edition Princeton Review • AKJ BOOKS $15.10 1 $15.10
Complete Book of Colleges, 2011 Edition Princeton Review • AKJ BOOKS $24.61 1 $24.61
Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges Loren Pope • AKJ BOOKS $14.94 1 $14.94
Essays That Worked for College Applications: 50 Essays that Helped Students Get into the Nation's Top Colleges Brian Kasbar, Emily Angel Baer • AKJ BOOKS $12.54 2 $25.08
McGraw-Hill's Writing an Outstanding College Application Essay Estelle Rankin, Barbara Murphy • AKJ BOOKS $11.12 1 $11.12
50 Successful Harvard Application Essays: What Worked for Them Can Help You Get into the College of Your Choice Staff of the Harvard Crimson • AKJ BOOKS $13.29 1 $13.29
The Complete Guide to Writing Effective College Applications and Essays for Admissions and Scholarships: Step-By-Step Instructions Kathy L. Hahn, Colleen M. Loew • AKJ BOOKS $17.82 1 $17.82
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Getting In. . . to College: 101 True Stories from Kids Who Have Lived Through It Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark • AKJ BOOKS $10.22 2 $20.44
Acing the College Application: How to Maximize Your Chances for Admission to the College of Your Choice Michele Hernandez • AKJ BOOKS $12.68 1 $12.68
Don't Stalk the Admissions Officer: How to Survive the College Admissions Process Without Losing Your Mind Risa Lewak • AKJ BOOKS $11.64 1 $11.64
Admission Matters: What Students and Parents Need to Know About Getting into College Sally P. Springer, Marion R. Franck, Jon Reider • AKJ BOOKS $10.22 1 $10.22
100 Successful College Application Essays Harvard Independent, Harvard Independent (Editor), Harvard Independent Staff (Editor) • AKJ BOOKS $12.43 1 $12.43
What You Don't Know Can Keep You Out of College: A Top Consultant Explains the 13 Fatal Application Mistakes and Why Character is the Key to College Admissions Don Dunbar, G.F. Lichtenberg • AKJ BOOKS $14.25 1 $14.25

Materials cost

$397.42

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$438.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.36

Total project goal

$515.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $515.74

8 Donors

-$513.09

Donations toward project cost

-$438.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

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