I have like a mountain of SAT Books and High School textbooks I never returned. What can I do with the SAT books? Library won’t accept the HS Textbooks because they have too many. SAT Books are now useless because of the new SAT. Can’t afford to send them to a foreign country.
Bonfire?
The SAT books aren’t useless. The overall format may have changed, but the type of questions haven’t – so someone could get benefit using them for practice.
If the librarians or gc’s at the local high schools won’t accept a donation, you might simply list them as available for free on Craigslist. Textbooks as well – if you are willing to give them away for free, I’d bet that there are some homeschooling families who would be happy to have them
Booster seat for toddlers
recycling bin.
You might be able to sell the textbooks on line. There are several resellers that take HS books. Around here, lots of parents buy “at home” copies so that it’s always available and backpacks aren’t too heavy. My D’s private HS required textbook purchase.
The SAT changed while my kids were in HS also. The HS guidance department was happy to take our SAT books as well as our college search books.
I took some to one of our local college prep centers and they were thrilled to have them (called and asked first). Must have had 3 feet of those things.
Thrift store. I was always looking for them for my kids.
Or to a younger neighbor or someone’s younger sibling.
donate to your neighborhood library?
A used book store might give you a couple of dollars for them. If not, a thrift store for sure. Goodwill even sells books on Amazon.
donate to an organization that helps under privileged children.
The high school text books should be returned to the high school if they originally came from the high school. Make sure that your child’s book account is cleared. You would be surprised when people need a copy of their transcript, that there is a hold because kids did not clear their book accounts prior to graduating.
They may even take the SAT books because there are always kids who cannot afford books and can use them as reference
Thanks all. I was just putting mine in recycling (thinking they were no good for new SAT), but will not move them to the Goodwill box. I had already put some vocab card boxes (that my kids never used and were likely hand me downs) into the give away pile.
I saw this and had to share… (of course way better to donate to groups that may need them)
My son and friends made copies of lots of SAT/ACT book questions for a “Trivial Pursuit-esq” style game night … they played for hours in groups hooting, hollering pealing with laughter… who knew the SAT could be so fun? 