Outrageous School Supply Lists?

I've been holding in this one for a couple of months now.  My boys start school  in a few weeks, so I feel this is the perfect time to approach the subject of school supplies. I think first grade list is outrageous . My kid will never use 36 glue stick or 4 boxes of crayons. I refuse to buy them I do not mind providing what my kids need in school but we cant afford to buy for the whole class we have three children and another on the way. I feel sorry for the parents that can afford to buy their kids school supplies but I am not going to fit the bill for it. As you can tell, I'm not happy about this, not one bit. When I was in school we brought pencil boxes with our own school supplies that all had our names on them.  As we ran out our teachers would send a note home telling my parents that we were low on supplies. My parents always sent what we needed the next day.







First Grade 
• 36 plain #2 pencils 
• 1 pack pencil erasers 
• 36 glue sticks 
• Crayola Crayons - 4 boxes of 24 
• 1 pair of blunt tip scissors 
(please mark with child’s name) 
• 1 pack of index cards 
• 2 packs of spiral white index 
cards (3X5) 
• 1 back pack, non rolling (please 
mark with child’s name) 
• Zip-loc bags (girls – quart size, 
boys – gallon size) 
• 1 plastic pencil box (8X5) 
• Headset (please mark with 
child’s name) 
• Washable markers – optional 
• Small, personal, handheld pencil 
sharpener – optional 
• 2 plastic pocket folders (1 blue/1 
red) 
***Additional items may be added at 
the beginning of the year from your 
child’s teacher



Second Grade 

Pencils (36) 

**Crayons (1 small box) 

**Markers  (1 small box) 

**Spiral Notebooks or Compositions 

Books (4) 

Glue sticks (12) 

Erasers 

**Pencil Box 

**Scissors 

**Headphones 

Quart size Freezer Bags (girls only) 

Gallon size Freezer Bags ( boys only)  

  

** Please label these items before 

sending them to school. Other items will 

be kept in a community box.