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Mr. Rodman from Silver Spring, MD is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Rodman's classroom raised $419

Personal Finance & Entrepreneurship Library for Econ. Class

My students need 25 magazine holders to help us start a Personal Finance & Entrepreneurship Library within our classroom for economics class students.

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Mr. Rodman John F Kennedy High School
Silver Spring, MD Grades 9-12

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My Students

Did you ever want to start a business? Balance your checkbook? File your taxes? Or buy a home? I have collected a number of free materials from different organizations to help students answer these questions about entrepreneurship, personal finance and economics. But we need a place to store them!

My students are incredibly talented and work hard to be successful in their academic efforts.

Over 40 percent of our students are on free and reduced meal (FARMs) plans. At some point in their academic careers, more than 70 percent of them have been on a similar FARMs meal plan. Many come from difficult family situations and school is the bedrock constant in their lives, an escape from what is going on at home. Finding ways to challenge them to learn about economics is where I see them come alive! They amaze me with their creativity, initiative and motivation to learn about creating a business, balancing their own checkbook or finding out how they can maintain a stellar credit score. But this takes resources.

My Project

Over the past 18 months, I have reached out to many different government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and corporate foundations to acquire copies of different materials on personal finance, entrepreneurship, macroeconomic concepts, microeconomic strategies and investing skills that will help my students succeed in the real world. The good news is that many of these places have sent us numerous materials to use in the classroom. And many of these materials are great resources for students to use in my classes each year, with four-color posters, graphic novels, scenarios and even related activities to help students with real-world applications. But we need a way to store all of these materials rather than the endless stacks of papers, pamphlets and handouts that are currently lining the walls of our classroom. These magazine rack holders will allow the students to organize these materials in sections they can easily access and use on a daily basis.

How did you learn about checking your credit score?

Or the importance of protecting your identity? This personal finance and entrepreneurship library will help students learn about these topics related to economics today by studying the subjects from many thought-leading institutions, government agencies, industry leaders; and all of this in some truly new and innovative ways. Please help us create this library that will help our students become the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. Will you help?

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

128 students impacted 13 donors
Mr. Rodman John F Kennedy High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Silver Spring, MD 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

128 students impacted 13donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MAGAZINE RACK 10''X3 1/5''X12 1/2'' ICE BLUE • ABC School Supply, Inc $10.92 25 $273.00

Materials cost

$273.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $27.30

Sales tax

 $16.38

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$355.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.78

Total project goal

$418.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $418.56

7 Donors

-$192.00

Donations toward project cost

-$163.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.80

Matching donations from our partners

-$226.56

Match offers toward project cost

-$192.58

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.98

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