ms. palmer
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 | | 07/16/2007 10:52 AM |
 Alert | Hello~ My name is Ms. Palmer and I am a 2nd grade teacher at Pima Butte. I am posting my school supply list on this forum because I have specific requests for my classroom. I will also be updating my classroom website with the supply list as well. I hope that this helps many of you that have questions. If you need clarification on anything, please email me at dpalmer@musd20.org
I'm looking forward to a great school year!
2007 - 2008 Supply list
* 24 ct. CRAYOLA crayons
* 10 ct. CRAYOLA markers
* 2 pack Elmer glue sticks
*1 package of yellow #2 pencils (No "fancy" pencils)
*child size scissors
*Construction paper (no glitter)
*Dry erase markers (3 per student)
*Old sock for an eraser
*2 - 3 prong folders with pockets (1 red and 1 green)
*2 - spiral notebooks (1 red and 1 green)
*Box of kleenex
*Hand sanitizer
*Anti-bacterial wipes (2 per student)
*Sandwich size ziplock bags
Girls -
*ream of brightly colored copy paper
*pencil top erasers
Boys -
*ream of white copy paper
*regular pink erasers
**Please do not label supplies, with the exception of the scissors, with your child's name. Many of the supplies will be "community supplies." Folders and spiral notebooks I will be providing labels for. | | | |
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thiskiss
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| | 07/16/2007 11:33 AM |
Alert | | Call me old fashioned but this list is crazy. I certainly do not have a problem buying crayons and pencils and notebooks for my child. I pay good tax money to have supplies in classrooms already. I am certainly not going to pay for school supplies for the whole class. This is just crazy! If my child need kleenex or anti- bacterial wipes or hand sanitizer then I will get the little mini kind and send it in her backpack. I don't have a problem with the children sharing, but my children know the value of a buck. They treat their stuff good enough to make it last through the year or atleast half of the year. (Not that your kids don't) I understand that schools are on a tight budget, but they still were back when I was in second grade also. My teachers made my great education with the stuff they had. I turned out perfectly fine, and graduated with honors in high school. Maybe this is just me. Would like to know what other people are thinking about this list. | | | |
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Pizzaking
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| | 07/16/2007 12:18 PM |
Alert | | List seems reasonable to me. | |
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mom 2 BNM
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| | 07/16/2007 12:27 PM |
Alert | | I'd say it's pretty standard. | | | |
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CooShnizz
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| | 07/16/2007 12:44 PM |
Alert | There is NOTHING wrong with this list AT ALL. You make the educational time much more productive if there are community supplies, rather than individual supplies. A few extra dollars spent equals a more efficient classroom.
I mean picture it---- asking thirty-five 7-year-olds to go to their desk or back-pack and get out ONE sanitizing wipe to clean their desk top. 20 minutes wasted helping them find them, distributing them to students that dont have any, opening the packages for the ones that struggle.........as opposed to 5 minutes to pass one to each child and have them wipe their desk and throw it away. That is FIFTEEN entire minutes that they could have been doing MATH FACTS  | | | |
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Threekids
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| | 07/16/2007 12:46 PM |
Alert | Seems pretty standard but I think she forgot the binder paper. I have seen lists that asked for 5 reams of binder paper. It is that time of year and we need to keep our eyes out for the great deals. If anyone see's them post it on here so we all know about it.
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YZRacer
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| | 07/16/2007 1:13 PM |
Alert | I do think it's a little excessive. However, I do know that teachers are not always given enough supplies and it's common to ask parents for help, otherwise teachers would have to spend even more of their own paycheck for these items.
That being said:
But isn't public school education supposed to be free? What about those families that can't afford to get this list? what happens if someone doesn't get the required items? | |
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twostep23
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| | 07/16/2007 1:26 PM |
Alert | This is nothing new. Schools have been asking for supplies since I went to school (yes there was cars then). If you add up everything on the list it's under $20 or so. My parents had to buy supplies as well as I did for my kids.
As for if they can't afford it that is the whole reason that communities come together and have drives. There is another thread Marty started stating that there will be a trailer in Fry's parking lot to collect and pass out to less fortunate kids.
I know that WalMart in conjunction with a home builder (sorry don't remember their name) did the same thing last year. The stores had drop off boxes in it. | |
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cactus flower
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| | 07/16/2007 3:05 PM |
Alert | | When I taught school back east, the teachers had a budget to purchase materials for the classroom. Or could purchase supplies on their own and get reimbursed. But we still had students bring some supplies to the classroom. I remember (a long time ago) when buying school supplies was a blast with my parents. It is nice that Ms. Palmer is supplying a list now so parents don't have to buy things that are not going to be used and can get the great sales that go on before school starts. I like the community way of doing things in the classroom. There is kleenex to be used. Wipes to disinfect the tables and hands. New crayons and markers every quarter to be shared. The teachers here don't get a budget for supplies. Maybe that will come in the near future now that we are growing up and getting bigger. | | | |
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wolfpack..
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| | 07/16/2007 8:27 PM |
Alert | | The list seems reasonable tome too. Just because we are in an area with newer houses doesn't mean that families here are rich. I'm sure we all know at least one family that is having difficult times. If you can afford to buy extra please buy. If the misfortune of hard times ever befalls you I am sure you would appreciate the extra help too. | |
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Gamme
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| | 07/16/2007 9:07 PM |
Alert | Watch for the sales at Target toward the end of July.. and the dollar store carries most of the items listed. You can buy most of these items for less than $15.
When I taught, I bought a year's supply of most things that the kids needed and the district didn't provide at Target's school sales. I bought dozens of bright-colored folders for organizing papers by subject for 10 cents and notebooks for writing in journals 5/1.00. I was fortunate that our household had two salaries and I could afford to do this. Glad to see that so many parents are supportive and appreciative of such a list and the community sharing of materials.
You are right. There will be some families that can barely afford to send their children to school with shoes on their feet much less fulfill a list of supplies for 4-5 kids. That's where we can all help with Marty's school supply drive. | | | |
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shertex
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| | 07/16/2007 9:26 PM |
Alert | | I always buy what I can and send extras to the teachers. For example-Gamme which I have never met to this day and saw her post-gave me cash through one of the local businesses. Many others did also. I got gift cards and bought supplies to help out. I, like many others try to pull our resources to make it work for those children in need and the teachers which you know can use the help. It is a win win situation to me. I want everyone to have the best chance to do well in school and the teachers not to have to break the bank to do so. I hope if I am in need, someone will come help me out. | |
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CooShnizz
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| | 07/17/2007 8:27 AM |
Alert | | The PTO was great at doing supply drives last year. PB has fantastic parents and a great "community". So no worries! | | | |
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ken
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| | 07/17/2007 5:35 PM |
Alert | | The only question I have is... where do all these child sized scissors go? Everything else on the list is pretty disposable, so I can see needing to buy it year after year, but scissors? My daughter is going into 2nd grade and here we go again with the buying of scissors. I've had to buy scissors every year. And now my son is starting kindergarten and I'm sure he will need scissors too. I'm starting to think there must be a pretty lucrative black market on child sized scissors. Otherwise, why would the teachers ask us to buy them year after year? | |
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thiskiss
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| | 07/17/2007 6:00 PM |
Alert | | Not trying to be a smart @$$ or anything but maybe your child is suppose to clean out their desk at the end of the year and take them home. I remember when I was younger every teacher had a classroom set. | | | |
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ken
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| | 07/17/2007 7:30 PM |
Alert | | Ya that is the way it was when I was kid too, but the last two classes my daughter was in, everything was the community supply. My daughter didn't get to keep anything of her own. | |
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HeraBearaBlue
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| | 07/18/2007 12:07 AM |
Alert | | All reasonable! Do you realize without a supplies budget and limited parental income when asked to donate the teachers either have to buy it themselves or go without what's needed. We need to support our school teachers and buy what's necessary so they don't have to ask for help, they do enough for our children. You don't see me or many others up in the classroom teaching way to many kids and not losing our mind. Help them out a little. | |
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frappucino addict
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| | 07/18/2007 1:20 AM |
Alert | | It's very reasonable. Unfortunately, if we as parents don't give the supplies, the teachers end up purchasing the supplies themselves. Don't be surprised to see another list like this 3 to 4 times during the year. | | | |
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ken
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| | 07/18/2007 10:46 AM |
Alert | I agree the list is completely reasonable. The only thing I questioned was the scissors. I just can't imagine where they all go. If every teacher ask for scissors on their list every year and their classes are on average 20 students. Even if 50% of them broke every year the school would have a HUGE stockpile of scissors laying around after only a few short years.
It's not a big deal either way. Just one of those things that make you go hmmmmmm... | |
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Threekids
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| | 07/18/2007 11:05 AM |
Alert | | the scissors are for your own child not for the whole class. She said to put your childs name on the scissors. so if your daughter already has some then you will not need to purchase more. I know with my kids for some reason or another always need new ones. | |
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