anyone else think their school supply list

[luvmyfam444]

is ridiculously long (& expensive???)

We are in a publice school btw....& here is the 3rd grade supply list...

1 pair Fiskar scissors
2 12" rulers (why two!???)
10 PLASTIC folders w/brads & pockets (99cents a piece-IF Office Depot has them)
2 red pens
2 boxes Kleenex
2 rolls paper towels
2 packs copy paper
50 pencils ( 50!!! Times 25 kids! COME ON!! that's a bit much!)
2 packs of eraser tops
1 bottle of glue
2 pk -24ct crayons
2 pk washable markers
3 pks wide ruled notebook paper
2 pks 9x12 & 2 pks 12x18 const paper ---1 white & 1 solid color (must be bought @ a speciality store)
1 box gallon Ziploc
1 bottle Germ Ex
1 supply bag
2 containers Lysol wipes

This is the list for the FIRST HALF of the year = they teachers request many of the same items again around Nov/Dec!!!

THis doesn's include the $50 fee that goes to the school for other stuff (don't know what -other than a tee-shirt) & then all the field trips are paid for seperately...

I wish I had a total we've spent - but we bought it in a bunch of little trips...& don't have the receipts....

I just think it's a bit ridiculous = maybe if I was wealthy it wouldn't matter - can't imagine how bad it's gonna be when I have to buy for 3 in school! (I only have 1 in school right now!)

 

[MareQ]

Nope - mine is so short it's invisible.. My school NEVER asks the parents to supply anything. I will buy a few pencils and erasers for my own use at home - my school supplies everything needed at school.

 

[KATHINOWA]

Last year my son (then 2nd grade) needed 144 pencils (sharpened) for the first day of school. That's 3456 pencils for the whole class! Every once in a while he'd bring home a note that said he needed more pencils. Your list does seem a bit much. We've had to supply a box of tissues and then another request comes out in January when everyone has the sniffles. We still haven't gotten our lists yet (first day 9/6) so I guess I'll be scrambling at the last minute.

Before I had kids I worked in a private elementary school that supplied all of the supplies, but we're in public school so we supply our own supplies.

 

[MareQ]

Before I had kids I worked in a private elementary school that supplied all of the supplies, but we're in public school so we supply our own supplies.

That's what puzzles me - we're a public school. I send my child off to school with his backpack and lunch money - everything else the school supplies. When they're in JrHigh/HS we supply pencils, folders and notebooks. That's it.

 

[DisneyMama2H&O]

Ours was just weird. This was for each student to buy. (Kindergarten)

Brown Lunch Bags
Ziploc Bags
Foam Bowls
2 dozen glue sticks (who needs 2 dozen glue sticks?)
Dry Erase Markers

then the usual:
folders
crayons
binder

No Pencils ~ thought that was strange

The only thing they are allowed to write their names on are their backpacks. Everything else is to share. Why are they sharing folders and binders? I'm a teacher and I thought this was strange. Oh well at least we had 3 days of tax free school supplies and clothing shopping so it's all been purchased.

 

[Talking Hands]

For the class I am subbing for we do not ask for any supplies as it is a special needs class. For my daughters we did get a list when they were in school but they weren't long and were only for her use.
Many teachers I know ask that parents provide a box of pencils at the beginning of the year and label it so when the student breaks or forgets his pencil they have one to give them for their own supply.
One piece of advice. Don't buy fancy pencils for your child. They will disappear. Plain yellow pencils marked with their name. Save the fancy ones for home use.

 

[agnes!]

My DD is in 8th Grade. We live in a state that just had tax-free shopping this past weekend for clothing & school supplies, *but* we still haven't gotten the "Team" assignments for her school, *so* we don't know what her supply list is. Yeah, I know the things like pencils & notebook paper are the same from year to year, but the different Teams ask for/require different supplies.

So, "no tax-free shopping for school supplies on the actual list for YOU!"

agnes!
PS - Plus they had some interesting restrictions...like no individual school supplies over $20(so forget getting that TI-80+ calculator tax-free) and the clothing couldn't be over $100.

 

[cepmom]

you mean you get that list and are expected to supply everything on it????
That seems so strange to me. We never have received a list of supplies we need to turn in at the begining of the school year. I will supply my kids with pencils, erasers, markers etc to put in their desk at school, but it is never required.

Occasionally a teacher will request items that would make her job easier, like paper towels, tissues, etc, but it is only a request for donations, not a requirement.

I would be pretty put off by that list

 

[anewvance]

My 2nd grader had your normal average list plus some wipes and paper towels. My Kindergardener had NO supplies on her list, just tons of "home supplies" like paper towels, wipes, glade plug in, antibacterial wash... that sort of stuff.

Both of them required 3 reams of paper though... I can't imagine going through that much paper!

 

[Stitchfans]

Thank goodness Target had everything VERY REASONABLE. Cause our list was so long it still came to over $90.

 

[Anne34]

We get a supply list that is quite close to that one, except that we don't buy copy paper or construction paper. We have markers (thin and regular), colored pencils, a dozen pencils, glue sticks, glue, erasers, binder and plastic folders to put inside, scissors, crayons, etc.

All this after I just spent $441 to register my child for public school. Illinois is great - they charge for everything here!

Edited to add: the school fees are for 3 children -- a 3rd, 6th & 8th grader. They cover technology & book fees. (Even though they use the same books for many years!)

 

[TheDisneyTraveler06]

We bought DS's school supplies pre-packaged through the school. It's so much easier!

As for DD, we have to wait until she finds out what she needs from her teachers.

 

[Talking Hands]

Ours was just weird. This was for each student to buy. (Kindergarten)

Brown Lunch Bags
Ziploc Bags
Foam Bowls
2 dozen glue sticks (who needs 2 dozen glue sticks?)
Dry Erase Markers

then the usual:
folders
crayons
binder

No Pencils ~ thought that was strange

The only thing they are allowed to write their names on are their backpacks. Everything else is to share. Why are they sharing folders and binders? I'm a teacher and I thought this was strange. Oh well at least we had 3 days of tax free school supplies and clothing shopping so it's all been purchased.

I had and will have Pre-K, K and 1st graders this year until the teacher returns in mid Oct at the earliest. You wouldn't believe how fast the kids go through clue sticks. I can easily 2 doz/ child/year. There is a lot of cut and paste as it develops small motor skills.
Zip lock bags for holding books, manipulatives, projects to send home, underwear from the occasional accident.
Foam bowls for tempura paints for sponge painting, painting with objects of different shapes.
Dry erase markers. The teacher may have dry erase boards for them to draw on and practice their numbers and alphabet. Also the classroom may have dry erase boards and not chalk boards. This was one of the upgrades to be done this summer at our school.

 

[Talking Hands]

My 2nd grader had your normal average list plus some wipes and paper towels. My Kindergardener had NO supplies on her list, just tons of "home supplies" like paper towels, wipes, glade plug in, antibacterial wash... that sort of stuff.

Both of them required 3 reams of paper though... I can't imagine going through that much paper!

AS a teacher I can easily imagine going through that much paper and more. Paper is a hot commodity in elementary school

 

[MorganLeFey]

my two are in high school now. public school.

your list looks alot like what I had to buy for elementary and middle school -- a bit more than what was expected to supply (i.e., ony one box of kleenex), but overall not terrible. (in high school the kids are expected to buy their own supplies, and for the most part are expected to decide what they need.)

except:

in middle school, in 7th grade, they had to buy scientific calculators (at a cost of about $30), protractors, etc. ...

then the following year, in 8th grade, they had to buy graphing calculators. and everyone was expected to buy the same make and model of graphing calculator. those things cost in the $80-$100 range, and sometimes more than that. at least the graphing calculator is good for 8th grade and all four years of high school. and yes, I had to buy two -- the calculators are used in class, so it would be impossible for my girls to share one, since one was in middle school and th other was in high school last year.

 

[budbeerlady]

Wow, that is a huge list! Paper towel and lysol wipes? I dont understand why schools dont charge $XX for a fee and buy all the supplies in bulk. That way every kid has the same thing and you know as a teacher that they have it. What is a kids parents dont purchase the items (it has to happen some places that they cannot or wont) does the kid not do the projects? Wow, I wouldnt complain about a pencil box, 2 packs of pencils and a 24ct crayon for DD for 1st grade.

 

[wendy46001]

My SIL got three pages of needed school supplies for her kindergartener...
This also included a note that said the child needs to bring 5 dollars a month for class expenses and a snack for 30 kids each month....cost of all the supplies was well over 75 dollars.....a little crazy for a public school in central florida

 

[Talking Hands]

then the following year, in 8th grade, they had to buy graphing calculators. and everyone was expected to buy the same make and model of graphing calculator. those things cost in the $80-$100 range, and sometimes more than that. at least the graphing calculator is good for 8th grade and all four years of high school. and yes, I had to buy two -- the calculators are used in class, so it would be impossible for my girls to share one, since one was in middle school and th other was in high school last year.

Hold on to those graphing calculators. They will need them in college as well.

 

[DisneyMama2H&O]

I had and will have Pre-K, K and 1st graders this year until the teacher returns in mid Oct at the earliest. You wouldn't believe how fast the kids go through clue sticks. I can easily 2 doz/ child/year. There is a lot of cut and paste as it develops small motor skills.
Zip lock bags for holding books, manipulatives, projects to send home, underwear from the occasional accident.
Foam bowls for tempura paints for sponge painting, painting with objects of different shapes.
Dry erase markers. The teacher may have dry erase boards for them to draw on and practice their numbers and alphabet. Also the classroom may have dry erase boards and not chalk boards. This was one of the upgrades to be done this summer at our school.

Thanks, I don't mind buying the items I just wish they would fill us in a bit as to what it's for. (foam bowls ~ for painting) It makes sense once you explain it.

 

[kydisneyfans]

Our list is not too far off from the OP-but with the penny sale at Staples in July and extrabucks from CVS, we spent less than 10 bucks for everything. Even the backpack was free in the Kelloggs deal from Meijer. We have no "tech fees" or anything else like that.