Comments on: Markers, Tape, Folders and Erasers, Oh My! School Supply Lists Have Arrived

By: Márcia Maria

Márcia Maria — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:02:08 +0000

Good afternoon,
Gentlemen,
I’m in need of school supplies for my children of 4.7 and 10 anos.Entendo that education is the main way for formation of men and I am trying to offer what’s best for eles.Mas’m unemployed and have no conditions to keep los.Por please, I need I can ajuda.Quem send doações.Que God bless!

Márcia Maria da Sivla
QR 122 conj.B cs. 04 Santa Maria - Distrito Federal, Brazil
CEP, 72548-377
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By: Meredith O'Brien

Meredith O'Brien — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:09:01 +0000

Sharon,

The lists I posted are for PUBLIC schools.

I’m just wondering if this is unique to my kids’ school system, or whether it’s more widespread.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:19:23 +0000

Okay. I’m a school teacher in Boston, and I can say from my few years of experience that this is NOT the norm. If I ask for anything it is a “wishlist” for the whole class, such as Puffs tissues so the children don’t have to use the school-supplied tissues that are similar to paper towel (ouch!). Do your children go to a private school? If so, sometimes in a private school setting, teachers are not allowed to place a supply order at the beginning of the year. This requires them to ask for supplies from you, the parents. However, I can NOT accept the fact that these teachers have asked for specific brand and type of marker, crayon, folder, etc. I think that is extreme!

Hopefully this doesn’t give us teachers a bad rep!

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:57:04 +0000

My son’s letter came from his first grade teacher and it said she’d supply the pencil box with all necessary supplies. My neighbor (in the same school) said she received a school supply list with 20+ items on it, everything from kleenex to glue sticks. How can the same school vary so much from room to room?

By: lynnd

lynnd — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:41:49 +0000

Alright I have three children so this is just to much to ask by the time I finish buying everything they need 18 folders, 3 crayons, 3 color pencils, 3 markers, 3 High lighters, 3 rulers, 3 eraser pens, 3 binders, 18 notebooks, 3 erasers, 3 paper towls,3 scissors, 3 glue sticks, 3 backpacks, and 2 diffrent sizes zip lock bags, hand cleaner, wipes for the desks, tissues not to mention we have yet to get the kids new shoe and clothes which run about $300 if i only spend $100 per kid oh wait what about sneakers for gym and a bike lock if they want to ride thier bike to school oh dont forget a lock for the gym locker and if you are in the middle school better stock up on water bottles cause it is so hot in the building that the kids sit and sweat every bit of it out. dont forget to buy the small size lunches that will get you a few bucks every day per child if they don’t brown bag it. awful alot when you really think about it come the middle of the year you have to purchase more supplies by the middle of the year because some how everything you purchased just did not last the year. when i was in school i could buy a pencil for .10 and a note book for .25 from the school because a lady would come around with a cart full of supplies in the morning and the money you had left over from paying for lunch wash always enough to get yourself what you need. guess i am just getting old lol

By: Ursula Furi-Perry

Ursula Furi-Perry — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:11:39 +0000

My oldest is going into kindergarten this year, so this is brand new territory for us, but we haven’t gotten a list at all. My question is this: what is the point of specifying a particular brand of product, like Crayola? In my experience, other brands do just as well with fourth-graders who are supposed to be encouraged to get creative, for goodness’ sakes! I realize that kids today are perhaps more brand-conscious than when we were growing up, but is it right for the school to mandate that the products be a certain brand? And why does one kid need fat AND skinny markers but the other only fat markers?

By: P&K Insider » Back to school mania

P&K Insider » Back to school mania — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:38:17 +0000

[...] to what fellow P&K blogger Meredith O’Brien received in her mail. You have to check out her blog re: required back to school supplies shopping. I’m simply blown away. She has three children [...]

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:23:09 +0000

My son is heading to full-day kindergarten and I received a letter from the teacher asking him to just bring a smile!!

By: Gayle

Gayle — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:27:16 +0000

Ok. Most of the HIGH SCHOOL kids I will be teaching this year will not have 10 subjects. So why the 10 pocket folders? Let’s see — reading, math, social studies and science. (That’s 4) Art, music. (That’s 2 more). What other course work will they need a pocket folder for. I think the white folder with the subject written on it is perfect.

My three kids get their supply lists after school begins. Most ask for pencils, erasers, crayons and yes, SCISSORS. I have decided that this year, I stop buying scissors. My third grader is in the same class with the same teacher the fifth-grader had last year. He can just use the pair the first kid never got back!

By: Kris Spazz

Kris Spazz — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:11:39 +0000

We lucked out with our 4th grader. His school supply list consisted of: a box of sharpened pencils, a large glue stick, one notebook, eraser caps, a black sharpie and a box of tissues. Not that bad really.
You’ll love this: his teacher told him to reuse stuff from last year like his scissors.