Today is the first day of school and we’re ready. On Labor Day, OSFO and I went to Save on Fifth and bought everything on the list that her teacher’s sent during the summer. TS’s school doesn’t start until Thursday.
4 marble notebooks
4 folders (red for math, blue for reading, yellow for social studies and green for word study)
Crayons
Markers
Black Sharpies
Colored pencils
Ticonderoga pencils (they didn’t specifiy but they’re the best)!
Elmer’s Glue
Post-its
Kleenex
Paper towels
Liquid anti-bacterial soap
In case you didn’t know, public school parents must always buy classroom supplies like Kleenex, paper towels, sharpies, markers, soap, etc. The schools don’t have money for it and at some schools the teachers have to use their own money to get it.
We had so much fun shopping for supplies. It’s a rite of passage. A special day every year. OSFO’s outfit is ready for tomorrow (pink and navy striped polo shirt, I’m not sure if she’s wearing jeans or a skort). Her only worry is that some boy she doesn’t like will be in her class and that she won’t like her teacher. She’s looking forward to seeing one of her teachers from last year. In other words: she’s good to go.
On Monday night, she spent a couple of hours decorating the marble notebook, which will be her "Writer’s Notebook." She put pictures of Ducky, Teen Spirit, Hepcat, Diaper Diva, and her best friend on the book…
She forced herself to go to sleep early so she’d be well rested for tomorrow. I hope she has a really great day.
Very possible…but what if they had plastic bindings?
“NO SPIRAL NOTEBOOKS” – Because they set off the metal detectors ?
There’s an article yesterday in the NYT about school supplies, and being told “NO SPIRAL NOTEBOOKS”. The author, Maura Casey, says it’s a common restriction, but didn’t say why. I wondered myself. Liablility in case the spiral stabs you? Kids unrecordedly tearing out pages they don’t like?