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Ms. Schmidt from Happy Valley OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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2024-2025 Oregon Battle of the Books!

Help me give my students the start of their Oregon Battle of the Books Tournament novels.

  • 4 donors
  • $495 still needed

expires Jul 31

  • 4 donors
  • $495 still needed
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My Project

Last season, we relaunched OBOB at the middle school. It was a HUGE success! We had more than 25 students participating. Even students who weren't in OBOB were anxious to get their hands on the great books that their friends were reading.

Students are now asking questions about next season.

"Can we start reading now? Do we get to pick our teams? Can we read over the summer?" But the one that they have stumped me was, "Where are the books?"

This is a hard one as I put a lot out of pocket this last year. (Don't tell my husband.) I wanted to make sure that students had access to books in any format they needed and snacks to keep them energized after 4:00 pm.

Our top team went on to regionals and took 3rd place out of 23 teams. The other students cheered them on but now are ready to come back with a fury to read now and be ready to rock in the fall.

I need your help. The book list was launched but I don't have any copies yet. (Except one Unteachables from when I taught realistic fiction last fall.) I would love to keep the momentum going, recruit new kids in, and share in this experience now to keep kids in books all summer.

Ms. Schmidt will only receive her materials if this project is fully funded by July 31.

Ms. Schmidt
Never Before Funded Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy • Amazon Business $14.29 3 $42.87
Lo and Behold: (A Graphic Novel) (Lo & Behold) • Amazon Business $13.99 3 $41.97
Estrella de mar / Starfish (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.95 3 $38.85
Candidly Cline • Amazon Business $12.09 3 $36.27
The Last Cuentista • Amazon Business $10.49 3 $31.47
Ellen Outside the Lines • Amazon Business $8.99 3 $26.97
Scary Stories for Young Foxes (Scary Stories for Young Foxes, 1) • Amazon Business $8.99 3 $26.97
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog • Amazon Business $8.30 3 $24.90
Freewater (Newbery & Coretta Scott King Award Winner) • Amazon Business $8.09 3 $24.27
The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97
The Unteachables • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97
The Serpent's Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond #1) • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97
Counting by 7s • Amazon Business $7.81 3 $23.43
The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James • Amazon Business $7.29 3 $21.87
Magical Imperfect • Amazon Business $6.99 3 $20.97
Daughter of the Deep • Amazon Business $4.99 3 $14.97

Materials cost

$471.66

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$508.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.78

Total project goal

$598.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $598.51

3 Donors

-$100.00

Donations toward project cost

-$88.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $494.09

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