MES families with students currently enrolled in GATE: Please send the supplies listed below the first day your child attends GATE class. This is usually a couple days after school starts, your homeroom/class teacher will tell you when you start GATE class. For an Amazon Idea List of items visit: http://a.co/6tbUOUQ

ALL GATE students need:

• 3-ring binder- 1 ½ inch -solid color with clear cover for insert
• Set of 3 plain dividers
• Pencil pouch that clips into, and stays in, Challenge binder

Items Needed in Personal Pouch:

• Highlighter
• Pack of sharpened pencils
• Handheld pencil sharpener
• Eraser
• Scissors 

Classroom/Community Items:

• Colored Pencils: girls only, 3^rd- 5^th grade only
• Paper Towels: girls only, 1^st- 3^rd grade only
• Kleenex: boys, 3^rd- 5^th grade only
• Crayons: boys, 1^stand 2^nd grade only
• Disinfecting Wipes: 1^stand 2^nd grade only
• Glue Sticks(1 pack): 4^th and 5^th grade only

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• 1 sturdy (plastic) 3 prong folder with pockets* (for homework) 

• Supply Pouch or Box* 

• 5 spiral notebooks (different colors help.)* 

• Scissors* 

• Crayola colored pencils (sharpened)* 

• Crayola thin line markers* 

• Crayola crayons* 

• 1 set of earbuds* 

• 6 glue sticks 

• 48 #2 pencils (sharpened, if possible) 

• 1 box of tissues 

• 1 roll of paper towels 

• 1 container of disinfecting wipes (for surfaces) 

• Last names beginning with A-M: Ziploc bags (any size welcome) 

• Last names beginning with N-Z: pack of expo markers 


(The items marked with an asterisk will be personal supplies that the students will keep. It is helpful to mark those items with your student’s first and last name before sending them to school. Items without an asterisk will be collected by the teacher and used as classroom supplies throughout the year. Thanks!) 


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Expect that most of your items will be community supplies.

• 36 #2 pencils
• 1 box thin washable Crayola markers
• 1 box of colored pencils
• 1 box of crayons
• 8 glue sticks
• 1 pair of student pointy Fiskar scissors
• 1 4-pack of EXPO markers, low odor and chisel tip
• 1 2-pocket folder (student choice of design J)
• 2 plastic 2-pocket folders with prongs (blue,green)
• 2 wide ruled composition books
• 4 Pink Pearl beveled erasers
• 1 roll of paper towels
• 2 boxes of tissues
• 1 container of disinfectant wipes
• 1 box Ziploc quart size bags (Girls)
• 1 box Ziploc gallon size bags (Boys)
• 4 highlighters

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• 2 black and white wide ruled composition notebooks
• 24 ct. SHARPENED TICONDEROGA BRAND #2 pencils
• 1 pack of Pearl pink erasers
• 1 box (8 ct) of washable Crayola markers
• 1 box (24 ct) of Crayola crayons
• 1 (12ct) box of Crayola colored pencils
• 1 small pair of FISKARS scissors
• 6 small glue sticks
• 1 pack of highlighters
• 4 plastic three prong folders
• 1 plastic supply/pencil box (No larger than 8 ½ x 5 inches)*
• 3 BLACK Expo markers (whiteboard markers)
• 2 large boxes of tissues
• 1 roll of paper towels
• 1 container of disinfectant wipes
• 1 box of plastic Ziploc storage bags
  • girls- sandwich size
  • boys- gallon size
• 1 bottle of hand sanitizer
• 1 Pack of sheet protectors
• 1 set of headphones for Chromebooks
• 1 deck of 3X5 index cards

*Please put your student’s name ONLY on the pencil box and headphones. Please do NOT put names on other supplies, each teacher will take care of that as a part of her classroom system.  Please pack the classroom supplies in a separate paper or plastic bag to bring during Meet & Greet or on the first day of school.  Thank you!   

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• 2 boxes Ticonderoga/Dixon #2 Pencils (Sharpened, please)
• 1 boxes (8-10 colors per box) of Crayola Washable Markers (Classic Colors)
• 12 Elmer’s glue sticks
• 1 Container of Seventh Generation Wipes
• 1 box of tissues
• 1 roll of paper towels
• 4 Expo Dry Erase Markers
• 2 Fat Pink Erasers
• 1 box of Crayola Crayons (24 count)
• 1 pair of blunt cut scissors
• 2 Poly-Vinyl folder without brads
• 1 solid color, one-subject, 70-sheet spiral notebooks (Wide-Ruled), (no characters or decorations on front please)
• Glad Bags (snack, sandwich, quart, or gallon)
• 2 Mead Composition Notebooks (Wide-ruled 100 sheets); these are black and white on the outside
• 1 Top Flight Primary Composition Book (1/2 inch ruled 80 pages); there is a space at the top for a picture 
• Headphones

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