School supply list
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Get ready for the new school year by checking off this comprehensive school supply list. Check with your local school and teacher to find out specific items or brands they request. Items will vary by age & school. School supplies make great presents, or ways to help a needy family. Be sure and stock up at home as well, for homework & projects - paper, scissors, pencils, crayons, markers, glue, folders, pens, ruler, dictionary, calculator, pencil sharpener.
- 3-ring binders
- Athletic or tennis shoes for gym
- Backpack
- Ballpoint pens
- Binder dividers (with pockets)
- Calculator
- Calendar - scheduling assignments
- Camera – disposable
- CDs
- Clip board
- Coins for counting
- Colored pencils
- combination locks (hall locker, gym locker)
- Composition notebook
- Computer paper
- Construction paper
- Crayons
- Dictionary
- Drawing paper
- Dry erase markers & erasers
- Glue sticks
- Graph paper
- Hand sanitizer
- Highlighters
- Index cards, ruled and unruled
- Kleenex
- Large pink eraser
- List of phone numbers for family, friends, neighbor – to keep in backpack
- Loose-leaf notebook paper
- Lunch bag
- Lunch money
- Markers, water-based
- Medications (get permission to carry from school & physician)
- No. 2 pencils
- Notebooks
- Paint shirt for art
- Paper clips
- Pencil case to fit into binder
- Pencil sharpener
- Pens – blue, black, red
- Pocket folders
- Post-it or sticky notes
- Ruler with English and metric measurements
- School box or pencil box
- Scissors
- Scotch tape
- Snacks
- Special items for specific student
- Special items requested by school or teacher
- Stapler
- Staples
- Thesaurus
- Water bottle
- Water color paints
- Wet wipes
- White glue
- Writing journal
- Zip lock bags
