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Let's vent together
by SuzySparkles on Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:58 pm
I am SOOOOO angry about my kids school supply list. What will they have me bring next year? chalk board, dry erase boards, pine sol for the janitors, toilet paper for the bathrooms, hairnets for the lunch ladies... I know most of you are moms, so this probably is a common gripe, but GEEEEEEEEEEEZ This is so crazy. Here is a list of everything I have to get for my 2 daughters.
2 pkgs. of loose leaf paper (500 sheets)
1 pkg. of white 8 ½ by 11
computer paper (500 sheets)
24 #2 pencils
1 pkg. of red pens
1 pkg. of blue/black pens
1 pkg. of highlighters
1 12 pack of colored pencils
1 pencil case/bag
1 large glue stick
1 scissors
1 small protractor (clear/plastic)
1 ruler (with inches and centimeters)
1 roll of masking tape (1 or 1 ½)
1 roll of scotch tape
2 boxes of Kleenex
Book Covers
1 USB flash drive
Any size (1GB and up) is sufficient for
school use-to be re-used year to year
Graph Paper (not needed for 6th grade)
Colored Markers
4 - 5 subject spiral notebooks
4 - 1 subject notebooks
sticky notes
1 old hardcover book to be altered
TI-30, TI-34-, or TI-36 calculator for Pre-algebra
TI-83+ and/or TI-84 graphing calculator (Alg. 1)
5 pocket folders with fasteners
Gym Shoes
(non-marking soles)
White Socks
Gym Uniform
Purchase from PE Dept.
Deodorant
Stick or roll on, no aerosol
Sweatshirt
For outdoor use
2 dry erase markers
2 binder with loose-leaf
1 pack of construction paper
Markers, crayons, or colored pencils
Box of Kleenex
1 box of 6 #2 pencils
2 pink erasers
1 pocket folder
1 box of Kleenex Tissue
1 art sketchbook
1 roll of masking tape 1 or larger
THAT IS THE FIRST KIDS LIST!!!!!!!!!!!
2nd....
1. One three ring binder with 1.5 inch rings(Durable View/black)
2. Wide-ruled Filler Paper 200 count
3. Four Composition books: These have a sturdy cover (usually marbled) and are sewn & bound. Please no spiral
notebooks.
4. Crayola Twistables colored pencils; minimum of 12 count pkg.
5. One black and one red each, erasable pen
6. Eight wide tip markers
7. One large glue stick
8. Protractor - Translucent plastic
9. Twelve sharpened WOODEN pencils, #2
10. Small personal-size pencil sharpener with receptacle to keep in desk
11. 12 inch ruler metric & standard ruled
12. Seven inch Scissors pointed tip
13. Calculator (TI 30/34 or 36 also used at WMS
14. Small paperback dictionary the one from 4th grade is fine
15. Clipboard (9 x 12 letter size)
16. Two rolls of Scotch tape
17. Yellow and Blue highlighters one each
18. Two pkg. 3 x 3 post-its
19. 3 x 5 Index cards: usually used for flash cards, may be lined or unlined. No post-it index cards, please.
20. Kleenex 200 count box
21. Art smock & Gym shoes & music folder
22. 1 USB flash drive, not San Disk brand - MAC/PC compatible (Any size 128MB & up is sufficient for school use-to
be re-used at WMS)
23. Two dry erase markers
24. One ream of 8 ½ x 11 paper
25. One 10 pack pkg. of heavyweight clear sheet protectors
26. One Expandable file, Seven file size
27. $2.00 for Assignment Notebook
28. Two folders w/prong for MUSIC and GUIDANCE
One box Gallon-sized Ziploc bags last name A M
One box Quart sized Ziploc bags last name N - Z
2 pkgs. of loose leaf paper (500 sheets)
1 pkg. of white 8 ½ by 11
computer paper (500 sheets)
24 #2 pencils
1 pkg. of red pens
1 pkg. of blue/black pens
1 pkg. of highlighters
1 12 pack of colored pencils
1 pencil case/bag
1 large glue stick
1 scissors
1 small protractor (clear/plastic)
1 ruler (with inches and centimeters)
1 roll of masking tape (1 or 1 ½)
1 roll of scotch tape
2 boxes of Kleenex
Book Covers
1 USB flash drive
Any size (1GB and up) is sufficient for
school use-to be re-used year to year
Graph Paper (not needed for 6th grade)
Colored Markers
4 - 5 subject spiral notebooks
4 - 1 subject notebooks
sticky notes
1 old hardcover book to be altered
TI-30, TI-34-, or TI-36 calculator for Pre-algebra
TI-83+ and/or TI-84 graphing calculator (Alg. 1)
5 pocket folders with fasteners
Gym Shoes
(non-marking soles)
White Socks
Gym Uniform
Purchase from PE Dept.
Deodorant
Stick or roll on, no aerosol
Sweatshirt
For outdoor use
2 dry erase markers
2 binder with loose-leaf
1 pack of construction paper
Markers, crayons, or colored pencils
Box of Kleenex
1 box of 6 #2 pencils
2 pink erasers
1 pocket folder
1 box of Kleenex Tissue
1 art sketchbook
1 roll of masking tape 1 or larger
THAT IS THE FIRST KIDS LIST!!!!!!!!!!!
2nd....
1. One three ring binder with 1.5 inch rings(Durable View/black)
2. Wide-ruled Filler Paper 200 count
3. Four Composition books: These have a sturdy cover (usually marbled) and are sewn & bound. Please no spiral
notebooks.
4. Crayola Twistables colored pencils; minimum of 12 count pkg.
5. One black and one red each, erasable pen
6. Eight wide tip markers
7. One large glue stick
8. Protractor - Translucent plastic
9. Twelve sharpened WOODEN pencils, #2
10. Small personal-size pencil sharpener with receptacle to keep in desk
11. 12 inch ruler metric & standard ruled
12. Seven inch Scissors pointed tip
13. Calculator (TI 30/34 or 36 also used at WMS
14. Small paperback dictionary the one from 4th grade is fine
15. Clipboard (9 x 12 letter size)
16. Two rolls of Scotch tape
17. Yellow and Blue highlighters one each
18. Two pkg. 3 x 3 post-its
19. 3 x 5 Index cards: usually used for flash cards, may be lined or unlined. No post-it index cards, please.
20. Kleenex 200 count box
21. Art smock & Gym shoes & music folder
22. 1 USB flash drive, not San Disk brand - MAC/PC compatible (Any size 128MB & up is sufficient for school use-to
be re-used at WMS)
23. Two dry erase markers
24. One ream of 8 ½ x 11 paper
25. One 10 pack pkg. of heavyweight clear sheet protectors
26. One Expandable file, Seven file size
27. $2.00 for Assignment Notebook
28. Two folders w/prong for MUSIC and GUIDANCE
One box Gallon-sized Ziploc bags last name A M
One box Quart sized Ziploc bags last name N - Z
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Re: Let's vent together
by Taradoodles on Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:02 pm
WOW!! Is this what I have to look forward to?!! goodness!! what the heck is a school budget being used for? I thought classrooms supplied most things! oh my!
can they really make you get particular brands?! why so much paper? i thought everything was computerized anymore. maybe they should just have the market on laptops. goodness
can they really make you get particular brands?! why so much paper? i thought everything was computerized anymore. maybe they should just have the market on laptops. goodness
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by FUNFACTORY on Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:40 pm
I spent $45.00 on my FIRST grader's supplies and I haven't got the back pack yet.
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Re: Let's vent together
by Shannon Fennell on Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:41 pm
How much kleenex do they need? It is on the first list three times for a total of four boxes. And Scotch tape AND masking tape? And what is with all those pens and pencils? Do they take them away and use them for administration purposes?
Dry erase markers? C'mon, really???
And why two reams of paper on the first list????? For the photocopier?
Sounds like they want supplies for the SCHOOL not the students.
I was listening to a mom shop today and she was reading off the school supply list to a friend... "one 2" three ring binder with pocket in the front, solid colour, plain, no designs on it"
And yeah, what's up with all the specific brands????
I remember back when I was a child... when we used to have to walk barefoot to school in the snow, up hill both ways... it was a couple of scribblers, a pencil, an eraser, a package of crayons, library paste (the kind you could eat... not me, but the other kids!), a ruler with a metal edge, and a pencil case.
Dry erase markers? C'mon, really???
And why two reams of paper on the first list????? For the photocopier?
Sounds like they want supplies for the SCHOOL not the students.
I was listening to a mom shop today and she was reading off the school supply list to a friend... "one 2" three ring binder with pocket in the front, solid colour, plain, no designs on it"
And yeah, what's up with all the specific brands????
I remember back when I was a child... when we used to have to walk barefoot to school in the snow, up hill both ways... it was a couple of scribblers, a pencil, an eraser, a package of crayons, library paste (the kind you could eat... not me, but the other kids!), a ruler with a metal edge, and a pencil case.
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Re: Let's vent together
by Manabanana on Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:42 pm
OMG a graphing calculator alone is $75. ohhhhh my
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Re: Let's vent together
by Tash on Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:16 pm
Hey you have the masking tape twice on the first list - hahahahahaha!
Yup Yup I'm with you - here we have to buy them Laptops - but the government gives us some money back at Tax time for it.
Yup Yup I'm with you - here we have to buy them Laptops - but the government gives us some money back at Tax time for it.
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Re: Let's vent together
by Shannon Fennell on Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:43 pm
They are required to have laptops??? OMG I feel old. I didn't even SEE a computer until Grade 11... and I only saw them because they had one in the Math room where the honour math students got to run code on it.... and I think that was the year they started printing our report cards on those large lined computer perforated computer papers.
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Re: Let's vent together
by Tash on Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:49 pm
Yes - i know it sounds crazy... at the moment she is only in grade one so she ie required to have one but it stays at home... by high school they take it with them everyday... I'm not looking forward to that... she barely uses it for more then educational games..and watching movies - it's not connected to the internet - she uses mine for that - but yeah Shannon I hear ya - all my report cards were hand written when I was in primary.
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Re: Let's vent together
by Shannon Fennell on Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:51 pm
So you'll have to buy her a new one every year?
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Re: Let's vent together
by Tash on Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:57 pm
OMG I hope not - although if she's anything like I was when I was a kid I will be!I know my cousin went through about 5 in 5 years from throwing his school bag on the ground with it in there. I'm thinking i buy myself a new one every two to three years and give her my old one... hehe
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Re: Let's vent together
by SuzySparkles on Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:11 am
Yeah different classes she is in needed certain things... Some classes needed 2 boxes of kleenex, another class 1 box....etc.
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Re: Let's vent together
by Griffinblue on Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:12 am
Holy crow! Is that private school? Because my list for 3 kids is half of your 1st list, and is only suggested, or on the teachers wish list. Wow. You better get painting 
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Re: Let's vent together
by Griffinblue on Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:25 am
Wow. I heard that there are private schools requiring parents to buy iPads for 3rd graders. Let's hope that's not where we are heading.
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Re: Let's vent together
by Sparklyone on Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:01 am
Wow, that is insane! The worst part is that so many teachers STILL wind up spending personal cash on classroom supplies. It's so unfair because the people who really truly care - parents and teachers - are the ones paying taxes and out of pocket on top of that and still there never seems to be enough. 
I homeschool my kindy and 6th grader and even paying taxes into the school system and all our supplies I still doubt I spend as much as what those lists probably add up to. And I include membership to the local museums and zoo as part of my homeschooling budget!
I don't know how much this will help since the lists are so specific, and obviously it won't help for this year, but most homeschoolers purchase supplies the first two weeks of September when they are clearanced at 75-95% off at most major retailers. I am still using the five cent packs of Crayolas and ten cent Composition notebooks we stocked up on two years ago. It's a shame the schools can't negotiate a giant purchase order with a retailer or at least a few manufacturers.
Big hugs mamas, and thanks for the reminder to donate some of our stash to local families in need. I can't imagine how stressful it would be to have a huge list like that as a single parent or struggling family. I too remember when it was not more than a pencil box, notebook, and cool lunchbox with matching Thermos and built-in cup.
I homeschool my kindy and 6th grader and even paying taxes into the school system and all our supplies I still doubt I spend as much as what those lists probably add up to. And I include membership to the local museums and zoo as part of my homeschooling budget!
I don't know how much this will help since the lists are so specific, and obviously it won't help for this year, but most homeschoolers purchase supplies the first two weeks of September when they are clearanced at 75-95% off at most major retailers. I am still using the five cent packs of Crayolas and ten cent Composition notebooks we stocked up on two years ago. It's a shame the schools can't negotiate a giant purchase order with a retailer or at least a few manufacturers.
Big hugs mamas, and thanks for the reminder to donate some of our stash to local families in need. I can't imagine how stressful it would be to have a huge list like that as a single parent or struggling family. I too remember when it was not more than a pencil box, notebook, and cool lunchbox with matching Thermos and built-in cup.
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