Kids' School Supplies

[Taualumna]

Originally Posted by KunjaPrincess

That's something I can see my oldest doing

Target had some good deals this week, as did Fred Meyer. And seeing the lists you all have I am very grateful for my school.

1 back pack
12 Yellow Pencils,
4 24 packs of Crayola crayons
2 folders (one yellow one blue)
3 Erasers
4 Gluse sticks
1 box of zip lock baggies
30 stickers.

Most of it we already had on hand. Now this is for Kindergarten but it's all day and most of the other grades lists are comparable.
I won't even begin to tell you what the private school we were considerings list was like!!!!! CRAZY

I am surprised that a KINDERGARTEN kid has to bring his/her own supplies. WOW! I thought that if any grade had its own stuff in the classroom, it would be kindergarten.

[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by Taualumna

I am surprised that a KINDERGARTEN kid has to bring his/her own supplies. WOW! I thought that if any grade had its own stuff in the classroom, it would be kindergarten.

You may not realize just how much Kindergarteners actually use, especially craft supplies. I loved how our elementary school did K supplies, there was a flat fee of $25 for all K students which covered *all* of their supplies for the year. Sure, the teachers did a wish list mid-year for extras (dry erase markers, hand sanitizers and wipes, class goodies like erasers and mini crayons, etc.) but you didn't have to worry about anything but a backpack and clothes.

WD: love the Starbucks "wish list" idea. A few of our teachers did that (even included things like Capri Suns or healthy treats for a class surprise periodically). Trust me, as a parent I'd prefer knowing that my child's teacher loved Starbucks or McDonalds or candles or whatever. There are only so many ornaments/candies/notepads/generic teacher gifts a teacher can stand!

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

Originally Posted by Taualumna

When I was in elementary school in the 1980s, I was supplied one pencil, one eraser, one box of crayons (a ball point pen replaced crayons in Grade 4), and enough notebooks for all the subjects for the year. The only thing we had to get ourselves was a three-ring binder for French class starting in Grade 3. Since the crayons only had 8 colours, most of the kids brought their own.

Doesn't Staples have a program for teachers?

I also was in elementary school during the 80's too. Wow, you had French in third grade? We didn't start foreign languages until 8th grade. For elementary school, we had to supply our own pencils, erasers, and folders/notebooks/composition books (whichever one the teacher preferred). But the school provided scissors, crayons, glue, rulers, bookcovers, and art supplies. Some student woulld bring their own crayons because the ones the school supplied were the basic 8-pack. A few of the teachers would ask for boxes of tissues on their supply lists, but they made a note that it was voluntary. We never had to bring our own personal supply of tissues, wipes, or plastic bags. Then again, I don't think disinfecting everything was as a big a thing in the 80's. I don't remember us ever having to wipe down our desk with any kind of disinfectant. If you spilled glue on your desk, you had to wipe as much of it off as you can with a damp paper towel. But other than that, our clean-up consisted of us throwing away scrap paper, putting away supplies, clearing our desks, and putting our chairs upside down on top of our desks so the janitors could clean.

[Taualumna]

Originally Posted by SOPi_Jawbreaker

I also was in elementary school during the 80's too. Wow, you had French in third grade? We didn't start foreign languages until 8th grade. For elementary school, we had to supply our own pencils, erasers, and folders/notebooks/composition books (whichever one the teacher preferred). But the school provided scissors, crayons, glue, rulers, bookcovers, and art supplies. Some student woulld bring their own crayons because the ones the school supplied were the basic 8-pack. A few of the teachers would ask for boxes of tissues on their supply lists, but they made a note that it was voluntary. We never had to bring our own personal supply of tissues, wipes, or plastic bags. Then again, I don't think disinfecting everything was as a big a thing in the 80's. I don't remember us ever having to wipe down our desk with any kind of disinfectant. If you spilled glue on your desk, you had to wipe as much of it off as you can with a damp paper towel. But other than that, our clean-up consisted of us throwing away scrap paper, putting away supplies, clearing our desks, and putting our chairs upside down on top of our desks so the janitors could clean.

I'm from Canada, and depending on the jursidiction, French can start anywhere between kindergarten and Grade 5.

Speaking of crayons, I don't think Crayola makes 8-packs anymore.

[jadis96]

okay as a teacher I am now drooling. I should preface this by saying I teach at a very affluent school, but we have a list of materials we ask each student to get for the year which they recieve when they register in the summer. the team (math, science, social studies and English) make these lists and are very specific about what the kids will need for the year. We try not to add anything to these and they are pretty basic, paper, pencils, dry erase markers, folders for all classes, a binder for English, red pens, and a box of tissues for the science classroom, we do include a statement that some non-core classes may vary but all students need folders, pencils and paper for all classes. All the school provides us with from their budget are staples, 4 dry erase markers per year, paper for copies, butcher block paper for our boards. All other expenses teachers have come from their own pockets or money that the team has set aside. All 4 core teachers get about 400$ a year to spend total.

The only wish lists that we have the option of are the ones we fill out for the PTO/ Renesance during book fair week and that is only for the English teachers.

[f8nacn]

My cousin just finished kindergarten and she had to purchase all of her supplies as well for the year...but also, this is a school where kindergarten students receive a Grade Point Average! I was shocked when my aunt was telling me about it.

But anyway, back on subject, the school that I worked at previously required their students to bring all supplies in the beginning of the school year...the administration supplied the teachers with two packs of paper but also each student (per grade - Kindergarten - 6th) was required to bring a pack of paper! It cut back on the amount of paper that was actually purchased throughout the school year .... talking about cutbacks!