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Ms. Aguada from San Jose, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Getting Started: Building Academic Research and Writing Skills

Help me give my students the resources they will need to research topics of interest to them and present their findings in AP Seminar.

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

“I am a citizen of the world.”--Sylvia Beach

My students are bright and curious and hard-working.

Our school is in San Jose, the unofficial capital of Silicon Valley, considered one of the most affluent areas in the nation. But our school clearly does not share in that affluence. Our students, 85-90% of whom qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, come from working-class and low-income families that struggle financially. This high crime, high poverty, “gang hotspot” with a median household income of $60,000 is only a 15-20 drive from a highly affluent area (where the median household income is $137,000, more than double that of our families) and home to some of the most highly-rated schools in the nation.

Despite these differences, they share at least one thing in common: they are, like so many young people, looking for ways in which the world is relevant to their lives. They want to know how to make a difference now so that the world they inherit is a better, safer place for everyone. I am proud and honored to help them in this quest.

My Project

Our school is the first school in our district to offer AP Seminar. Students have been meeting outside the regular school day to learn and explore. To date, we have had no materials other than what we have been able to find online. These materials will be the first in the classroom library we are building, resources that we will use this year, and in subsequent ones.

The books will help students learn more about how to conduct academic research, and write and present their findings appropriate for an academic audience.

Ms. Aguada William C. Overfelt High School Grades 9-12

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San Jose, CA View local requests

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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Everything's an Argument • Amazon Business $69.22 6 $415.32
They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing with Readings (Fourth Edition) • Amazon Business $52.56 4 $210.24
The Craft of Research (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) • Amazon Business $15.31 5 $76.55
Information Now: A Graphic Guide to Student Research • Amazon Business $17.00 4 $68.00
Freakonomics Revised and Expanded Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything • Amazon Business $14.59 3 $43.77
Logitech Professional Presenter R800, Wireless Presentation Clicker Remote with Green Laser Pointer and LCD Display, Black • Amazon Business $30.00 1 $30.00
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History • Amazon Business $11.19 2 $22.38
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America • Amazon Business $9.79 2 $19.58
The Craft of Research (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) • Amazon Business $15.31 1 $15.31

Materials cost

$901.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $82.46

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,027.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$181.26

Total project goal

$1,208.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,208.39

1 Donor

-$604.20

Donations toward project cost

-$543.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.63

match offer

-$568.89

Match offer toward project cost

-$483.56

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.33

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.29

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