One of our perennial challenges is having every student prepared for school every day. If each student has the following items with him or her each day, there’s no thinking required. Many thanks! (Some teachers may require additional supplies.)
- Pencils
- Pens (black or blue; roller ball or razor point preferable to ball point)
- Pen and pencil case or box
- Lined paper (for taking notes; may be loose-leaf in 3-ring binder or spiral bound; dividers for different courses)
- Unlined paper—2 kinds. 1.) Typing or copy paper for essays and 2.) drawing paper; an 8.5 x 11” drawing pad is good; students can punch holes at school if necessary
- Graph paper
- Binder or folder with pockets for handouts
- Manila folders for handing in assignments
- Assignment book or pad
- Colored pencils (minimally a 12 color set)
- Scientific calculator (requires trigonometric functions; does not have to be a graphing calculator)
- Optional but useful:
- White-out
- Flash or thumb drive (useful for making sure typed homework is available in school)
- Pencil sharpener