It's August, and the stores are full of back-to-school advertisements! Below is the list of supplies your child will need for the 8th grade year.
Students may bring their supplies to school during our Open House on August 28, or on the first day of school on September 3.
School supplies:
Academic planner for 2019-20 - please see note below
1 composition notebook
3 1-inch binders
3 sets of 5-tab binder dividers (with pockets if possible)
1 package of Ticonderoga pencils
Pencil case (optional)
1 package of lined notebook paper (last names A-L)
or
1 package of quad-ruled (graph) paper (last names M-Z)
Donations of paper towels and Kleenex gratefully accepted!
Clothing and gear:
A water bottle to bring to school each day
A reusable cup that can be left at school at all times
Gym shoes that can be left at school at all times for Physical Wellness and to change into if outdoor shoes get wet or muddy
Waterproof shoes or boots to be worn when we have outdoor field trips or recess on cold and wet-weather days
A note on academic planners:
Families often ask, "What kind of planner should we get?"
Any planner or calendar that appeals to your child and has space to write assignments each day will work; however, students who struggle with time management, resist using organizational systems, or dislike planners will benefit from having a very simple
monthly
planner instead of a weekly or daily planner. The fewer pages in the planner, the better! It is helpful if the planning spaces for each day are lined. (See example
here
.)
Please feel free to contact me with questions about the supply list.
Thanks, and I am looking forward to a great year together!
Gloria Mitchell
