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Mr. Carstensen from Sacramento, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New Biographies and the Library Comes Alive!

My students need new biographies for our fantastic library and I sure hope they will EAT THEM UP!

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Carstensen's classroom raised $501

This project is fully funded

My Students

The library changes every day. The kids are enthusiastic fans, and they can't get enough good books. They come to our library because it is a comfortable place to explore information and apply it in creative ways. Who knows how the next book will affect them?

The students in our school have a lot of spirit.

They are modern in every sense of the word, but they also respect traditions and are very kind to one another and to adults. They are lively, experimental, and have a deep beauty. They love to learn, they participate in their classes, and they enjoy their classes where they are allowed to be creative. They are the most important people in the world.

My Project

The biographies I have selected for my students will change their lives for the better because they will allow them to see how others--maybe in situations similar to theirs--have dealt with certain challenges. I believe that the students will find ways to get through challenging times, and will be inspired to think and dream big to achieve greatness.

My project is so important to students because they need a larger selection of up-to-date, relevant biographies that we hope will enable them to make important personal connection.

The students already love to read--we just need to give them a chance to make a connection to these great books.

Mr. Carstensen El Camino Fundamental High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Sacramento, 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

999 students impacted 19donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters Barack Obama, Loren Long (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $9.39 1 $9.39
Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me Condoleezza Rice • AKJ BOOKS $9.43 1 $9.43
Miles to Go Miley Cyrus • AKJ BOOKS $5.11 1 $5.11
Who Was Albert Einstein? Jess Brallier, Robert Parker (Illustrator), Nancy Harrison (Illustrator), Robert Andrew Parker (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $4.26 1 $4.26
Chasing Lincoln's Killer: The Search for John Wilkes Booth James L. Swanson • AKJ BOOKS $11.61 1 $11.61
The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes to Knickerbocker Glory--More Than 150 Magical Recipes for Muggles and Wizards Dinah Bucholz • AKJ BOOKS $11.07 1 $11.07
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo, With Lynn Vincent • AKJ BOOKS $12.06 1 $12.06
Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl Donald Sturrock • AKJ BOOKS $18.76 1 $18.76
Promise Me: How a Sister's Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer Nancy G. Brinker • AKJ BOOKS $14.44 1 $14.44
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist Michael J. Fox • AKJ BOOKS $5.11 1 $5.11
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain Portia de Rossi • AKJ BOOKS $13.97 1 $13.97
Gandhi (DK Biography Series) Primo Levi, Amy Pastan • AKJ BOOKS $5.12 1 $5.12
Why Not Say What Happened?: A Memoir Ivana Lowell • AKJ BOOKS $19.19 1 $19.19
Healing the Child Within Charles L. Whitfield, Foreword by Cardwell C. Nuckols • AKJ BOOKS $9.75 1 $9.75
Nelson Mandela (DK Biography Series) Lenny Hort, Laaren Brown • AKJ BOOKS $5.12 1 $5.12
The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family Dave Pelzer • AKJ BOOKS $7.92 1 $7.92
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive Dave Pelzer • AKJ BOOKS $7.48 1 $7.48
Three Little Words: A Memoir Ashley Rhodes-Courter • AKJ BOOKS $8.54 1 $8.54
Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard Liz Murray • AKJ BOOKS $13.87 1 $13.87
Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship Gail Caldwell • AKJ BOOKS $13.57 1 $13.57
Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family Condoleezza Rice • AKJ BOOKS $18.46 1 $18.46
Wait for Me!: Memoirs Duchess of Devonshire Deborah Mitford, With Charlotte Mosley • AKJ BOOKS $19.30 1 $19.30
The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir Leslie Marmon Silko • AKJ BOOKS $16.83 1 $16.83
America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag Sarah Palin • AKJ BOOKS $15.23 1 $15.23
William and Harry: Behind the Palace Walls Katie Nicholl • AKJ BOOKS $17.20 1 $17.20
Autobiography of Mark Twain: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1 Mark Twain, Harriet Elinor Smith (Editor), Victor Fischer (Editor), Michael B. Frank (Editor), Benjamin Griffin (Editor) • AKJ BOOKS $22.23 1 $22.23
Cleopatra: A Life Stacy Schiff • AKJ BOOKS $18.80 2 $37.60

Materials cost

$352.62

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$32.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$425.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.03

Total project goal

$500.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$500.20

18 Donors

-$484.42

Donations toward project cost

-$425.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.78

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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