RC Supply List

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