Comments on: school supply hunting http://domesticpsychology.com/2008/07/20/school-supply-hunting/ Tawdry quirk curators Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:19:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cathy http://domesticpsychology.com/2008/07/20/school-supply-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-44047 cathy Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:01:42 +0000 http://domesticpsychology.com/blog/?p=4451#comment-44047 I think it would be wonderful if PTAs did bulk school supply purchasing. I haven't seen any lists posted. Amy's list came in the mail. Our elementary school has always mailed us the supply lists. It's a wonderful service, but all schools should use e-mail and website postings to save money and paper. I think it would be wonderful if PTAs did bulk school supply purchasing. I haven’t seen any lists posted. Amy’s list came in the mail. Our elementary school has always mailed us the supply lists. It’s a wonderful service, but all schools should use e-mail and website postings to save money and paper.

]]> By: Pamela Treacy http://domesticpsychology.com/2008/07/20/school-supply-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-43988 Pamela Treacy Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:22:02 +0000 http://domesticpsychology.com/blog/?p=4451#comment-43988 I heard about PTAs doing this as well. Cathy, have you seen any supply lists posted? I checked the individual school sites, but didn't see anything. I heard about PTAs doing this as well. Cathy, have you seen any supply lists posted? I checked the individual school sites, but didn’t see anything.

]]> By: dancediva http://domesticpsychology.com/2008/07/20/school-supply-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-43973 dancediva Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:10:33 +0000 http://domesticpsychology.com/blog/?p=4451#comment-43973 I went back to your post last year to make sure I hadn't already told you about this. That's when I saw Gail O'Neill's spammish comment about being the MOM WITH ONE GREAT IDEA. Her idea is actually not bad. . . only it's been implemented in other states for decades now so I don't know that she can lay claim to it. What my elementary school in Dallas did was to have PTA volunteers pack up whatever school supplies each child would need into individual brown paper grocery bags. They had all summer to get 'em ready and you'd pick them up the week before school started. I'm sure they had some kind of wholesale pricing so it was way cheaper than the parents having to hunt down each item and pay for it individually. I wonder if there would be a following for such a thing in your district. I should go through the pictures in my dad's attic--we have several First Day of School pictures with the three of us standing outside the front door, our brown paper bags next to us with their "K", "2", and "5" labels (or whatever grades we were in that year). I went back to your post last year to make sure I hadn’t already told you about this. That’s when I saw Gail O’Neill’s spammish comment about being the MOM WITH ONE GREAT IDEA.

Her idea is actually not bad. . . only it’s been implemented in other states for decades now so I don’t know that she can lay claim to it.

What my elementary school in Dallas did was to have PTA volunteers pack up whatever school supplies each child would need into individual brown paper grocery bags. They had all summer to get ‘em ready and you’d pick them up the week before school started. I’m sure they had some kind of wholesale pricing so it was way cheaper than the parents having to hunt down each item and pay for it individually.

I wonder if there would be a following for such a thing in your district.

I should go through the pictures in my dad’s attic–we have several First Day of School pictures with the three of us standing outside the front door, our brown paper bags next to us with their “K”, “2″, and “5″ labels (or whatever grades we were in that year).

]]> By: Goldie http://domesticpsychology.com/2008/07/20/school-supply-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-43934 Goldie Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:48:07 +0000 http://domesticpsychology.com/blog/?p=4451#comment-43934 Yep, it's that time of year again. Luckily, in our district, the high school teachers are pretty easy going. Even though they won't disclose their supply lists until the first day of school, I already know what each one will be like: "1. binder; 2. tabs; 3. some paper; 4. highlighters" and, if the mood strikes them, "5. notebook." Now my 7th grader is a different story. His list is already out and it's about 30 items long. I still haven't read the whole thing. Also (shameless brag alert) he's skipping a grade in math, so I get to buy the Dreaded High School Calculator a year early! Yay for me. The Dreaded High School Calculator is a TI-something something-silver edition and it is absolutely required for all students in grades 8 and up and costs anywhere upwards of $100 ($130 at Officemax I think). That reminds me, I need to go hit eBay right now. Good luck with your shopping. Yep, it’s that time of year again. Luckily, in our district, the high school teachers are pretty easy going. Even though they won’t disclose their supply lists until the first day of school, I already know what each one will be like: “1. binder; 2. tabs; 3. some paper; 4. highlighters” and, if the mood strikes them, “5. notebook.” Now my 7th grader is a different story. His list is already out and it’s about 30 items long. I still haven’t read the whole thing. Also (shameless brag alert) he’s skipping a grade in math, so I get to buy the Dreaded High School Calculator a year early! Yay for me. The Dreaded High School Calculator is a TI-something something-silver edition and it is absolutely required for all students in grades 8 and up and costs anywhere upwards of $100 ($130 at Officemax I think). That reminds me, I need to go hit eBay right now. Good luck with your shopping.

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