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🎒 What Your Child's Middle & High School Teacher Actually Wants
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items After 20 years teaching middle and high school, these are the supplies I genuinely appreciate students bringing to class. They're practical, durable, and make learning easier—without wasting money on trendy items that rarely get used.
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✏️Writing Essentials
🫧Hygiene & Sanitize
🖥️Electronic Support
💗Teacher Loves
✏️Writing Essentials
This is a highly recommended pencil sharpener for teachers in the know. It keeps students from shoving pencils into a sharpener and getting the lead stuck.
Electric, Auto Eject Pencil Sharpener
All teachers would recommend Ticonderoga pencils pre-sharpened as their favorite pencil donation. So many pencils are cheap and keep breaking when sharpening. These would be the best classroom supply.
Ticonderoga: The World's Best Pencil
Erasable highlighters are a great school supply item because students will make mistakes and then demand an entirely new paper to start over. This saves paper and erases easily.
Pilot FriXion Light Pastel Erasable Highlighters, 36 Pack
These are my favorite pens because they are erasable and come in many colors. Many teachers only accept work in blue or black ink to be able to read student work, so these are very helpful. If a student makes a mistake, they can erase it easily witho...
PILOT Frixion Erasable Pens, 6 Black + 4 Refills
So many teachers allow cheat sheets for tests on 3x5 cards, but most students do not own any and tend to realize this the morning of an exam. Having a supply of these is highly recommended.
300Count 3x5 Colored Ruled & Blank Cards
Secondary teachers love colored pencils and students always complain that there are no skin colors available, only the most basic colors. These Color of the World colored pencils help show representation of all cultures, especially in my World Histor...
Crayola Colors of the World Colored Pencils - 6 Packs
This is a fantastic pencil sharpener that has lasted for years in my classroom of middle and high school students. It's very heavy duty and holds a great deal of shavings. A teacher would absolutely love this sharpener.
X-ACTO Teacher Pro Electric Pencil Sharpener
All secondary teachers only want college-ruled lined paper. Wide-ruled is for Elementary school. So many high school students show up with wide-open and so many teachers don't accept it.
College-ruled Lined Paper
🫧Hygiene & Sanitize
Teachers live receiving hand sanitizer because students go through it very quickly. It's also important to get the 70% alcohol because anything lower is sticky.
Germ-X Hand Sanitizer 70% Aloe & Vit E 1Lx4
Classrooms are honestly a breeding ground for bacteria and it's so easy to spread the flu or cold. My classroom goes through at least 16 wipes every Friday morning to clean their tables, but students know where to find them for regular messes (right ...
Clorox Disinfecting Wipes, 75 Count, 3 Pack
🖥️Electronic Support
Students so often come to school with an uncharged Chromebook or laptop, so it can make a really interactive lesson inaccessible. Teachers should always have extra chargers for these students to ensure equal access.
65W USB C Laptop Charger for HP Chromebook
I love using my classroom doorbell as a simple and easy way to get students' attention. This one is especially amazing because it has 16 different sound options such as Happy Birthday and students would love that.
Classroom Wireless Doorbell with Remote
💗Teacher Loves
Teachers who want a creative, beautiful space for learning love Hobby Lobby. They have amazing classroom decor and essentials to make students feel calm and supported. Starbucks is nice, but we love Hobby Lobby.
Gift Cards - Hobby Lobby
It might be surprising, but secondary teachers also love receiving flowers from parents and students. Elementary teachers receive them during Teacher Appreciation and your Secondary Teachers love them too. 💗
Flowers, Flower Delivery, Fresh Flowers Online – 1-800-Flowers.com