Millard Fillmore Elementary School 2020-2021 School Year Supplies List – 5th Grade

Hello parents! We are so excited to have your students back in school for what is surely going to be a unique school year filled with learning, joy, and the near-constant fear of death and societal collapse! Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic and social unrest this school year will have to run a little different than in previous years so we have updated our school supply lists accordingly. See the new and improved list below and don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!

~Millard Fillmore Elementary School 5th Grade Team

Millard Fillmore Elementary School

2020-2021 School Year Supplies List – 5th Grade

• Two (2) boxes of No. 2 pencils (mechanical pencils okay)
• Four (4) pencil erasers
• One (1) pencil sharpener
• Eight (8) boxes of tissues (to share with the class)
• Ten (10) gallons of hand sanitizer (sharing will not be allowed)
• Eight (8) packs of disinfectant wipes (per week)
• Eight (8) pocket folders without fasteners (let those papers fly free!)
• Eight (8) pocket folders with fasteners (not all papers can be free unfortunately)
• Twenty-four (24) square feet of flexible clear plastic sheeting (as part of our new Build! Build! Build! Elementary school engineering curriculum each student will be designing their own hermetically sealed chamber, isn’t that fun?!)
• Five (5) rolls of high strength duct tape
• Thirty (30) feet of HVAC exhaust piping (kids need air too!)
• One (1) NASA-grade air filtration system (just like the astronauts use!)
• One (1) pair of safety scissors
• One (1) Protractor (yes, we still use these! Isn’t it quaint!)
• One (1) 12’’ Ruler (Imperial and metric please! We want our students to be citizens of the world)
• Twenty-four (24) disposable face masks
• Two (2) packs of disposable powder-free nitrile gloves
• Eight (8) face shields
• Eight (8) riot shields
• Twelve (12) ballpoint pens (blue or black)
• Four (4) glue sticks
• One (1) long-handled pick up tool
• Two (2) changes of clothes to be kept in lockers (accidents happen!)
• Two (2) pairs of scrubs to be kept in lockers (accidents happen!)
• One (1) Hazmat suit to be kept in lockers (accidents happen!)
• One (1) box of crayons (due to an unfortunate ear-wax-in-the-crayon-wax incident at our field trip to the Crayola factory last year we will no longer be able to buy bulk from their factory store. I recommend you buy from a less uptight brand like Playskool or Imperial)
• One (1) box of colored pencils
• One (1) box of markers
• Four (4) 6’’x6’’x1’’ squares of lead (we’re learning about the Cold War in Social Studies this year and will be making a radiation proof quilt!)
• Sixty (60) 170mg Potassium Iodide tablets
• Eight (8) spiral notebooks (wide ruled)
• Two (2) packs of loose leaf paper (wide ruled)
• One (1) Directional Ultraviolet light Sanitation Cart
• One (1) 64oz bottle of BenzaRid Hospital Grade Disinfectant Cleaner
• One (1) high power spray nozzle
• One (1) gallon of bleach
• Two (2) long-handle mops
• Two (2) short-handle mops
• Two (2) back-up mop heads
• Twenty-four (24) doses of Hydroxychloroquine
• One (1) copy of The Oxford Textbook of Medicine: Infections
• One (1) box of white index cards
• One (1) box of multi-colored index cards
• Four (4) 128oz bag of dry black beans
• Four (4) 128oz bag of dry red beans
• Two (2) 5 gallon plastic Jerrycans
• One (1) Camping propane grill
• Two (2) extra propane tanks
• One (1) C-steel and flint
• Twenty-Four (24) feet of paracord
• Five (5) Emergency Rescue Blankets
• Two (2) aluminum camping trowels
• One (1) fixed-blade knife with leather sheath (to be kept in the teacher’s lockbox unless we’re using it for a lesson/survival!)
• One (1) copy of The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Hope you all have a great end to your summer, see you on September 1st!

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