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6th - 8th Grade Supplies

1. Backpack (must fit in locker)
2. Calculator (must have % and √ key)
3. Compass
4. Eraser
5. Hard-sided 3-ring binders (2)
6. Highlighter
7. Kleenex® (large box)
8. Loose-leaf paper (2 packs, wide-lined)
9. Notebooks (7 spiral, wide-lined)
10. Pencils (#2, a dozen at least)
11. Pens (blue/black and red)
12. Pocket Folders (8 plain please)
13. Recorder
14. Ruler (12" with metric scale also)
15. Tape (one roll of clear)
16. T-shirt for P.E

Other Items

1. Recycled Sock or Washcloth
2. Dry-erase marker (fine tip, at least 1)

Items Not Required (But Accepted)

1. Zip-lock Bags: Both sandwich and gallon size
2. Purell® or other hand sanitizers

* Please label your notebooks: Math, Literature, Science, History, Journal and leave 2 blank.

Mrs. S.'s Tips For School Supplies

• Check the store ads weekly if possible. Many have 1 or 2 super specials each week.
• Calculators – a graphing one won't be required until high school. They are still quite expensive. For our purposes Math 1-Math 3 will need a very basic calculator. It just needs a √ and % key. You can find these for $1 at Walgreens®. Algebra I need what's called a scientific calculator. This means in addition to those keys there are a few rows (usually at the top of the calculator) that have keys such as sin, cos, and tan.
• PLEASE get enough plain colored folders. This is the time of year when you can get 8 or 10 for $1. Later on they will be much more expensive. We need these for projects and organization. Any "cute" folders you want to purchase in addition to the plain ones are fine for other uses.
• P.E. uniforms will be required again. These consist of a plain royal blue t-shirt and plain black shorts or sweats. The t-shirts can be found at Target®, Wal- Mart®, etc. under the Hanes® or Fruit of the Loom® brand in the men's department. They are usually less than $5.

Art Supplies

1. Box of at least 64 crayons
2. Box of at least 24 colored pencils
3. Prang (or Crayola) watercolors
4. Crayola Classic markers – both broad and thin line
5. Scissors
6. Glue stick and Elmer's School Glue (liquid)
7. Black ball point pen
8. Black fine tip marker
9. Ruler
10. Sketch book

I have a special request regarding the materials needed for art class. When you purchase these, I would highly like to recommend the Crayola brand for most of the materials. This company produces good quality materials which will respond to your child's satisfaction when we are doing art projects. I realize that when you stand at a counter of markers, for example, there are going to be those which are less expensive. The quality of materials does make a difference. Many times I have seen children frustrated when doing an art project because their materials do not respond to the techniques being taught.

Also when you purchase the markers, would you please be certain that they are the CRAYOLA CLASSIC ones. These are the true colors of red, green, blue, etc. There are many other types, and if you wish to purchase these IN ADDITION TO the classic ones, that would be fine. But tropical colors and some of the other novelty markers do not work when we are trying to teach concepts of color.

Please purchase the PRANG brand of watercolors. If these are not available, the regular CRAYOLA watercolors (not the washable ones) will work. Both of these brands contain enough pigment so when children are painting they are able to get nice, intense colors. The less expensive watercolors generally produce faded out colors and are frustrating for the students.

Thanks for giving this your attention. I would really appreciate being able to work with classes which have the proper materials.

In His service,
Mr. Averbeck