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Back-to-School Essentials for a Big Family
16 items
By
Joe Taormina
Six kids, six supply lists, one cart. How we do back-to-school without the chaos or the credit card hangover.
One per kid, name written inside, replaced only when they die.
Durable Kids Backpacks
Survives a year of locker drops and bus floors.
Hard-Sided Lunchboxes
Color-coded per kid. Lost bottles are a budget line item.
Insulated Water Bottles
Buy the 100-count. You'll still run out by March.
Bulk Pencils & Pens Box
One color per kid = homework sanity.
Folders & Binders Multi-Color Set
Schools ask for 4. Life requires 40.
Glue Sticks Mega Pack
They vanish. Science cannot explain it.
Scissors Multi-Pack
For the older kids' actual studying era.
Highlighters & Markers Set
Contains the pencil chaos to one zippered zone.
Pencil Cases
Every teacher's list. Send extras, earn goodwill.
Tissues & Disinfecting Wipes Bulk
The pair that lives in the backpack all year.
Headphones for School Chromebooks
Chase and Peyton run their own schedules now — mostly.
Planner/Agenda for Teens
Six kids of lunches = a mountain of plastic saved.
Reusable Snack Bags
Free — homework help, printing, and a quiet place to study.
Williamsburg Public Library
Free — the actual lists, straight from the source.
School Supply Lists — District Website
Free — one wall calendar runs the whole school year.
The Family Command Calendar
