If necessary, please know that financial assistance for supplies can be made available by contacting the principal, Dr. Anders at (518) 377-0156, or by email at wanders@niskyschools.org.
Kindergarten Supply List
Please label all supplies.
- 2 – 24 packs of Crayons (unscented)
- 20 Glue sticks (Elmer’s disappearing purple preferred)
- 1 Children’s Scissors
- 12 pack-colored pencils (Sharpened)
- 10-pack-classic colors broad line markers (Crayola preferred)
- 24 Pre-sharpened pencils
- 1 Plastic pencil box
- 2 Folders (plastic with 2 pockets is preferred)
- Cap erasers
- 4 pack dry erase markers
- Dry eraser or sock to wipe off boards
- 1 Headphones (please no ear buds or headphones that need to charge)
- Labeled bag of extra clothing (shirt, pants, underwear, socks)
Optional
- Play-Doh: traditional size containers
- Ziplock type bags (sandwich, quart and/or gallon size)
- Tissues
- Individual packs of snacks to share (e.g. pretzels, goldfish etc. NO fruit snacks please.)
- Baby wipes
- Lysol type wipes
- Paper towels
First Grade Supply List
Our general policy is all supplies will be communal. If your child has a special pencil box or item, please label it. As supplies arrive to the classrooms they will be turned in, sorted and grouped, then distributed as needed/at teacher discretion. Please label folder, notebooks, and lunchbox.
- 1 box Ticonderoga pencils, #2, sharpened please
- 1 pair of Fiskars child size scissors
- 3 boxes of Crayola crayons (24 count)
- 6-8 small glue sticks
- 1 pair of headphones to keep at school (please label and place in a large Ziplock bag)
- 1 hard plastic pencil box
- 2 hard poly plastic folders (yellow and blue)
- 1 pack of post-it notes
- 3 containers of Play-Doh
- 3 Expo (dry erase) markers (black only)
- 1 box of markers
Optional
- Tissues
- Disinfecting wipes/baby wipes
- Sandwich or gallon sized Ziplock bags
- Egg/nut individual free snacks
- Soap/sanitizer
Second Grade Supply List
Please label desk supplies with a permanent marker and bring supplies on the first day of school.
- 2 boxes #2 high quality pencils, sharpened (no mechanical pencils. Ticonderoga brand sharpen best)
- 2 wide ruled composition notebooks
- 1 box of markers
- 2 boxes of 24 pack crayons
- 1 package of dry erase markers (blue or black)
- 1 dry erase eraser
- 4 large glue sticks (purple works best)
- 1 pair of scissors
- 1 pencil box or pencil bag to store supplies in
- 1 pair of plug-in headphones
Optional
- Disinfectant wipes for desks and tables
- Tissues
- Quart or gallon-sized plastic baggies
- Bulk snacks
Third Grade Supply List
- A backpack
- Water bottle (locking/closing – no open straws)
- Headphones with wires (no bluetooth, no earbuds)
- 12 No. 2 Ticonderoga yellow pencils (sharpened)
- 2 regular size Elmer’s glue sticks (no jumbo sticks please)
- One pack of 24 Crayola crayons (no jumbo packs please)
- 3 different colored chisel tip highlighters (pink, yellow, blue)
- 5 pack black EXPO dry erase markers (skinny/fine tip)
- 1 pack of looseleaf, lined paper
- 1 child size scissors
- 2 composition notebooks
- 1 hand held pencil sharpener (plain, no design/toy ones)
- 4 different colored plastic folders (blue, green, yellow, free choice of color)
Community supplies (optional)
- Tissues
- Clorox wipes
- Hand sanitizer
- Plastic zip top bags (gallon size)
Fourth Grade Supply List
Individual Desk Supplies
- 24 sharpened high-quality pencils (no mechanical please)
- Two packages of black fine-point dry erase markers
- Sock or dry-erase eraser for personal whiteboard
- One package of 10 or 12 colored pencils (please do not send larger pack)
- One subject marbled composition notebook
- One pair of headphones/earbuds to remain at school
- At least two boxes of tissues
- Pencil pouch for desks (NOT a box)
Optional supplies for donation
- Roll of paper towels
- Hand sanitizer
- Clorox or Lysol wipes
- Sandwich-sized Ziploc bags
Fifth Grade Supply List
Please be sure your name is on all supplies.
- (24) Sharpened #2 pencils (no mechanical)
- (1) 5 Subject Red Notebook for reading
- (1) 5 Subject Blue notebook for math
- (1) handheld pencil sharpener
- (1) Set of colored pencils
- (1) Set of markers
- (2) Thin black sharpies
- (1) Folder of your choice (Work In Progress folder)
- (1) Blue folder for math
- (1) Package of wide-ruled loose-leaf paper
- (1) Wide-ruled marble composition notebook (no plastic covers, please…this will be your Writer’s Notebook)
- (1) pair of ear buds or headphones for personal use in school
- Pack of expo markers
Optional community supplies
- 2 boxes of tissues
- 2 hand soaps
- 2 containers of disinfectant wipes
- Pack of Sharpie Markers (multicolor)
- Pack of sticky notes
(K-2) Communications Classroom Supply List
- Backpack
- Pencil box
- 1 box of pencils
- 10 glue sticks
- 2 package of crayons
- 1 package of washable markers, classic colors
- 1 package of black dry-erase markers
- 1 dry marker eraser (or sock)
- 1 pair of Fiskars blunt-tip scissors
- 2 highlighters
- 1 box of paint sticks
- 4 boxes of tissues
- 3 containers of Play-Doh
- 2-3 containers of Lysol disinfecting wipes
- 1 pack baby wipes
- 2 rolls of paper towels
- 2 boxes of Ziploc bags (sandwich and gallon size)
- Change of clothes in a Ziploc bag (please label with name).
*Note: If your child is potty training or has a tendency to need to change, please send two to three changes of clothes along with a wet/dry bag to send wet clothes home in. (Amazon has washable, wet/dry bags that can be reused) - Water bottle labeled with child’s name
Optional
- Shaving cream
- Bag of beans/rice
- Pony beads
- Kinetic sand
- Clothespins
- Sensory fidgets
- Paint sticks
- Dot markers