School Supplies for Middle School

[Anonymous]

I haven't heard anything about school supplies for middle school. Is this information posted anywhere?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't heard anything about school supplies for middle school. Is this information posted anywhere?

A lot of the middle schools will just post generic lists on their websites, so check there. In addition, teachers often give out lists at orientation.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't heard anything about school supplies for middle school. Is this information posted anywhere?

A lot of the middle schools will just post generic lists on their websites, so check there. In addition, teachers often give out lists at orientation.

This.

I teach in an FCPS middle school. My students need pencils or pens, their computer, a highlighter, a small amount of notebook paper, a folder with prongs, and a set of earbuds. Some teachers require additional supplies, such as a specific color folder, a small binder, red pens, index cards, a ruler, colored pencils, a glue stick, a pair of scissors, or a spiral.

For the most part, however, our students need very basic supplies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't heard anything about school supplies for middle school. Is this information posted anywhere?

A lot of the middle schools will just post generic lists on their websites, so check there. In addition, teachers often give out lists at orientation.

This.

I teach in an FCPS middle school. My students need pencils or pens, their computer, a highlighter, a small amount of notebook paper, a folder with prongs, and a set of earbuds. Some teachers require additional supplies, such as a specific color folder, a small binder, red pens, index cards, a ruler, colored pencils, a glue stick, a pair of scissors, or a spiral.

For the most part, however, our students need very basic supplies.

This. Send them the first day with a couple of notebooks, some pens and pencils and something to golf handouts. Teachers will give out some supply lists. And middle school is also the time when kids decide what works best for them organizationall with 7 classes. A notebook for each, loose leaf paper on a folder with prongs, etc. some teachers want things done a specific way for note book checks. Some don’t care.

[Anonymous]

Give the teacher $100 and call it a day. All this scrambling around for school supplies is bullshit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give the teacher $100 and call it a day. All this scrambling around for school supplies is bullshit.

That's what I've done in the past but now we have too many scissors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give the teacher $100 and call it a day. All this scrambling around for school supplies is bullshit.

Welcome to middle and high school. Most of us don’t care what they use. We want them to have paper, pencils or pens, and something to keep there things in where they can find them later. Buy whatever is on sale or what your kid wants to help stay organized. I’ll take your $100 but all they are getting is a spiral notebook, binder and a pack of pencils.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give the teacher $100 and call it a day. All this scrambling around for school supplies is bullshit.

Welcome to middle and high school. Most of us don’t care what they use. We want them to have paper, pencils or pens, and something to keep there things in where they can find them later. Buy whatever is on sale or what your kid wants to help stay organized. I’ll take your $100 but all they are getting is a spiral notebook, binder and a pack of pencils.

+1. My Rising HS senior kid is starting a language immersion program taking place in a FCPS HS tomorrow— but not being offered by FCPS. And the supply list is like— scissors, colored pencils, markers, glue stick…. She had a notebook, some pens and pencils, a folder for handouts and her laptop ready to go before they emailed this list— at 5:00 pm on 7/4. And she’s like— help— I’m going back to Elementary School.

The only time either of my kid has needed more than a notebook, a folder and writing implements is math (a graphic calculator and maybe graph paper) and some science labs (maybe a couple colored pencil and a lab notebook).

If you have a disorganized kid who doesn’t know where to start, I strongly recommend Strategies for Success. It’s the FCPS executive functioning elective and should be mandatory for 7th graders IMO.

[Anonymous]

When my daughter was a HS Junior and Senior we barely bought a thing, we already had 10 years of leftover supplies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't heard anything about school supplies for middle school. Is this information posted anywhere?

Doesn't Target have it? They make it so easy. Just pull up your school, add the supplies to cart and checkout.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give the teacher $100 and call it a day. All this scrambling around for school supplies is bullshit.

Welcome to middle and high school. Most of us don’t care what they use. We want them to have paper, pencils or pens, and something to keep there things in where they can find them later. Buy whatever is on sale or what your kid wants to help stay organized. I’ll take your $100 but all they are getting is a spiral notebook, binder and a pack of pencils.

+1. My Rising HS senior kid is starting a language immersion program taking place in a FCPS HS tomorrow— but not being offered by FCPS. And the supply list is like— scissors, colored pencils, markers, glue stick…. She had a notebook, some pens and pencils, a folder for handouts and her laptop ready to go before they emailed this list— at 5:00 pm on 7/4. And she’s like— help— I’m going back to Elementary School.

The only time either of my kid has needed more than a notebook, a folder and writing implements is math (a graphic calculator and maybe graph paper) and some science labs (maybe a couple colored pencil and a lab notebook).

If you have a disorganized kid who doesn’t know where to start, I strongly recommend Strategies for Success. It’s the FCPS executive functioning elective and should be mandatory for 7th graders IMO.

This is varies greatly by school and teacher. I signed DS up in 7th for the same reasons listed. It was his lowest grade all year and class with a lot of homework. The teacher didn’t help them with organization. She only kept assigning things related to the topic. Like, read this story and watch this video then answer questions. Write an essay about…. She is no longer teaching at the school but when I spoke to the counselor I was told this course can really vary based on the teacher.

[Anonymous]

^^ that too bad about Strategies. My kid had a great teacher, and ended the class with a binder organization system and daily use of a planner drilled into her. And no missing assignments. You may want to check at your particular school about the teacher.

[Anonymous]

It's definitely not like elementary - you're not going to find a list detailing one box of colored pencils, last names A-K bring a box of quart ziplocs and L-Z bring gallon ziplocs, etc. It varies too much depending on the classes and individual teachers. Also keep in mind that the kids are going to be moving between classrooms, and carrying everything in their backpack - my kid's MS had lockers, but nobody ever used them because the building is so large and spread out, the locker was never convenient for the walk between classes. So it all had to fit in a backpack that he could carry all day - there's no stash of supplies left in the classroom.

I'd start the year with just the basics: pens and pencils, loose leaf paper, a couple of folders and spiral notebooks. Then, at orientation or the first week of school, teachers will tell the kids what they need for their specific classes. And the kid can decide how to organize for the year.

My kid had a block schedule, with alternating A classes on one day and B classes on the next. So what worked for him was to have 2 2.5-inch binders, one for A classes and one for B classes. Then a couple of spiral notebooks or composition notebooks for the classes that specifically requested them. A pencil pouch in each binder with a handful of pens, pencils, eraser, etc. That way he didn't have to carry A class stuff around on B days, but there was minimal effort to switch out between days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ that too bad about Strategies. My kid had a great teacher, and ended the class with a binder organization system and daily use of a planner drilled into her. And no missing assignments. You may want to check at your particular school about the teacher.

I did. The counselor was professional but let me know that the class wasn’t being run the way it was intended. They were trying to work with the teacher but it was her last year there. DS refused to take it in 8th after that and I couldn’t blame him.