Yesterday my daughter found out who her first grade teacher will be...so I guess it's time to start thinking about heading back to school. Last year we ordered all of our school supplies through Schoolhouse Supplies, which I strongly encourage you to do if your kids go to Ainsworth, Alameda, All Saints, Irvington, Laurelhurst, Rieke or Stephenson elementary schools. Instead of going to a bunch of different stores searching for supplies (and our list is pretty long this year), you just go to the Schoolhouse Supplies Web site, find your child's school (from the above list) and grade, then place your order. The supplies are delivered directly to the school! The cost is competitive with big box stores, plus you are supporting a fantastic organization that provides additional supplies to teachers at no cost to them (since most teachers pay as much as $300 out-of-pocket for supplies). Hopefully if more and more parents use this convenient online service, Schoolhouse Supplies can keep adding more schools to the mix!
I know that shopping for back to school supplies used to be this big, special outing when I was growing up, but now the schools just put all of the supplies together and dole them out to students. They don't get to pick their own folder or pencils; everyone uses the same supplies. Frankly, I'd rather spend my time shopping for pants with reinforced knees for my kids (because they seem to blow out after a couple of months!) than shopping for school supplies.
I got the supplies today at schoolhouse. So easy.
Posted by: lilah | 23 July 2008 at 06:03 PM
Your post really makes my comfortable for back to school shopping.
Posted by: Angel Gabriel | 26 July 2008 at 12:41 AM