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Coal City Elementary School supply list for 2025-26 school year

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Here is the school supplies list for Coal City Elementary School students for the 2025-26 school year.

Students should also have tennis shoes that will be kept at school. Children who have difficulty tying their shoes should have Velcro shoes. Slip-on shoes and shoes with zippers can be a safety issue.

2nd Grade

1 pair of scissors

8 glue sticks

1 small bottle of glue

2 boxes of 24 crayons

1 set of (8-12) washable “classic colors” markers

2 boxes of 4 Expo dry erase markers (skinny)

1 fine-point Sharpie marker (labeled for art)

1 dry-erase eraser

1 16-color Crayola watercolor set (labeled for art)

1 box of colored pencils

3 highlighters

3 dozen #2 pencils

2 large erasers

1 inch/centimeter ruler

1 pencil box

3 sturdy pocket folders

1 higher-quality stereo headphone removed from original packaging and labeled in

Ziploc bag (no earbuds or wireless)

1 small personal pencil sharpener (with a closed compartment for shavings)

PE shoes (label with name)

Third Grade

1 box of 24 crayons

1 box of colored pencils

1 4-pack highlighters—assorted colors

1 set of 8-12 Classic Colors Markers

1 16 color Crayola watercolor set (labeled for art)

2 fine-point Sharpie markers (1 labeled for art)

2 boxes of 4 Expo dry-erase markers, thick

1 dry-erase eraser

2 large glue sticks

3 dozen #2 pencils

1 large eraser

1 inch/centimeter ruler

2 sturdy plain pocket folders

1 pair of pointed scissors

1 pencil pouch-no hard-case pencil boxes

2 spiral notebooks, 70-page (different colors)

1 higher-quality stereo headphone labeled in a Ziploc bag (no earbuds or wireless)

1 personal mini pencil sharpener (optional)

PE shoes (label with name)

Michael Urbanec

Michael Urbanec

Michael Urbanec covers Grundy County and the City of Morris, Coal City, Minooka, and more for the Morris Herald-News