Sellwood Middle School Supply List:  2018-2019

Required for all:

Every student in every grade level must have a binder with the following items every day:

Zipper pouch to store supplies, two pens, two pencils, one highlighter, college ruled loose-leaf paper, and 5–6 colored tab subject dividers to separate classes, graph spiral notebook* (for math).

Every student will also be receiving a spiral bound planner in their Back to School packet. 

We are asking all students and staff to use these planners so that we can have a unified organizational tool that is consistent for every classroom.

Recommended for all:

We strongly recommend you also keep the following supplies in your binder (many teachers require the items on this list--please see below):

Glue stick, tape, big eraser, scissors, small pencil sharpener, ruler, and a small set of colored pencils or pens.

Required if you have the following teachers**:

Cusack: scissors, glue stick, colored pencils, 100 sheet college ruled composition book, highlighter, 1 package of 3x5 note cards, and 5 subject dividers for block class

Hall-Ramirez:  composition book

Kriska:  scotch tape, scissors, glue stick, colored pencils, 100 sheet college ruled composition book, 150 3x5 unlined notecards, 5 pocket dividers for Block class, fine tip black sharpie

Kluss: two spiral notebooks, plus pink, blue, and yellow highlighters

Lossner: three separate spiral notebooks, three different colored highlighters, skinny Sharpie, fat Sharpie

McCulloch: two composition books

Reisman: colored pen (other than black)

Souther: two composition books

* Please purchase 2-3 graph paper notebooks (¼ inch grid). They are difficult to find later in the year.

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