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Monday, May 23, 2005
A School Supply List - Already!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Last Friday I visited Jolly Elementary School in DeKalb County to gather up some details for our last-day-of-school story. I was impressed with many, many things I saw, one of which was what the fifth grade teachers did when they introduced themselves to parents of fourth graders. They handed out the supply list for fifth grade!
The list contains 14 items: Loose-leaf paper, pencils, pencil pouch with zipper, colored pencils, two containers of wipes, hand sanitizer, six folders with prongs and pockets (Plastic folders will last longer), three hardback binders, one spiral notebook with 120 pages or more, marble composition notebook, two boxes facial tissue, 2 reams copy paper (500 sheets), dictionary/thesaurus “The American Heritage Children’s Dictionary,” two cans inexpensive tennis balls.
This school has many kids qualifying for free lunch as well as many whose parents don’t speak English. I found it thoughtful of the teachers to distribute the list at the beginning of the summer so families have time to take advantages of sales etc.
Is this list reasonable? Are some supply lists out of control?
