Rachel Carson School Supply List 2022-2023
****PLEASE CLEARLY LABEL ALL OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL USE ITEMS****
FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENT USE/ALL STUDENTS NEED THESE: many of these can be reused from prior years! We expect that students have these items for use each day at school.
- One 2.5 - 3 inch, sturdy three ring binder (file folder systems can be in the binder, but will not be used)
- One 1-inch 3-ring binder (8th grade math)
- One set of dividers (3 core classes + I.S., elective, and PE/Health tabs)
- Lined paper (wide or college ruled)
- Four spiral bound notebooks ~ 70 pages no dividers for design, science, social studies, and language arts (returning students may use theirs from last year if there is room)
- Spiral Bound Quad ruled notebook ~ 80/100 pages (Five Star makes a nice one; please no glue-bound or easy tear-out -- for 6th and 7th grade math)
- Loose leaf quad paper (8th grade math)
- Pencil pouch that clicks into your binder
- Pencils - many
- Hand held pencil sharpener with shaving collector
- Blue or black ink pens
- White board markers (students use these in math regularly)
- Glue sticks
- Earbuds – that will work in a chromebook
- Colored pencils
- Calculator (scientific not graphing) – needs to come to school with you! We will NOT provide calculators.
- Scissors
- Highlighters- at least two different colors
- One backpack
- "Sing Down the Moon” by Scott O’Dell
- "Bull Run” by Paul Fleishman
FOR FIELD WORK: (On site visit days, students are expected to wear long pants and be prepared with required materials. Requirements are given on the day before the site visit.) We will do a gear exchange at packet pick up in August. Bring your gear to trade then if you have grown out of it.
The following are required items:
- leather gloves or leather palmed gloves
- rain gear: both pants and jacket
- rain proof boots
- reusable lunch box
- shoes appropriate for hiking - preferably waterproof
- reusable water bottle
- clipboard
- hand sanitizer
- warm hat and gloves
FOR COMMUNITY SUPPLY (WILL BE COLLECTED ON FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL):
- 6th graders bring – 2 Lysol wipe containers
- 7th graders bring – 4 sharpies
- 8th graders bring – 3 packs of tissue
- all students bring – 3 glue sticks