High School Supplies List 2025-2026

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High School Supplies List for 2025-2026

Optional Materials→  These materials can be borrowed from the school, if needed.

Laptop:  All high school students may bring a laptop to school but must abide by the computer use agreement and individual classroom rules.  Laptops will be available for students to borrow for the year (please fill in the appropriate form in PowerSchool).  Laptops for school use should not be iPads.  In 11th and 12th  grades, see the additional requirements for laptops below:

For 11th and 12th grades: Laptop with Microsoft Office capability (Word/Excel/PowerPoint) and Chinese compatibility installed. 

    1. It can’t be an iPad or applications-based computer like a Chromebook. It does not have to be fancy but must have a USB port. 

    2. We have Office 365 accounts for students if they need them. Please contact the school to receive a password for Microsoft Office. 

    3. Students who have submitted paperwork and qualify for free/reduced lunch can apply for a loaner computer on the school website via PowerSchool. Power School Portal Link. Please email Ms. MacPherson by JULY 31 if you need a computer. 

Calculator:  For grades 9 and 10, students should have access to graphing calculator, specifically a TI-84 plus calculator or variants of the TI-84 (e.g. TI-84 plus Silver Edition, or TI-84 plus CE), but to keep things simple no other calculators will be supported in the classroom.  Please do not purchase the TI-Nspire.  The school will provide TI-84 plus calculators for those students in grades 9 and 10 who do not have their own.  https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instruments-TI-84-Graphics-Calculator/dp/B0001EMM0G .

For grades 11 and 12th grades, we require that each student purchase a TI-84 Plus calculator (or a TI-84 Plus Silver Edition or a TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition) prior to the beginning of the school year.  

  1. The school will lend a TI-84 Plus calculator for the two years of IB to any student who receives free or reduced lunch through the school. However, you must contact the main office and Ms. MacPherson by July 31 so that we can purchase the calculator prior to the beginning of the school year.  

  2. Do not purchase a TI-Nspire. The TI-84 Plus calculator is the only one students will be allowed to use for all testing. https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instruments-TI-84-Graphics-Calculator/dp/B0001EMM0G

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ALL Grades 9th-12th

ALL Students General Materials:

  • Sticky notes: large packet

  • Pocket file folder for each class.  (Large enough for many handouts)

  • College-ruled loose-leaf paper for homework

  • Blue or Black Pens, Pencils & Erasers

  • A package of multi-colored highlighters

  • Laptop: optional for 9/10 students, but requirement for 11/12.  See requirements above.

  • TI-84 Plus calculator: optional for 9/10 but a requirement for 11/12.  See requirements above.

9th Grade

Chinese: 1” binder with binder dividers

                1  spiral notebook

               prepare College-ruled loose-leaf paper for notes and work in class

9th Biology:  *No spiral notebooks needed for Bio.  

  • One 2” Binder, with 6 divider tabs

  • One pack of college-ruled loose-leaf paper

  • One folder dedicated only to Biology 

Algebra 1: 

  • 2 spiral notebooks (or 1 multi-subject spiral notebook)

  • A sturdy pocket folder or a ring binder for storing/organizing papers

  • One pack of graph paper

  • A basic ruler (6 inch or 12 inch is fine)

9th Geometry: 

  • One spiral notebook

  • A ring binder or sturdy folder

  • A glue stick

*All other classes require 2 spiral notebooks (different colors) & pocket folder FOR EACH CLASS.

10th Grade

Chinese: 1” binder with binder dividers, In addition to the 2 spiral notebooks, prepare College-ruled loose-leaf paper for notes and work in class

English: 

  • Wide-ruled or college-ruled composition book, 100 sheets (200 pages) 

10 Science: Both Chemistry & Physics require the graphing calculator below.

  • Chemistry Semester: One 2-inch binder w/ plastic cover (no notebooks) with pocket insert.

  • Physics Semester: One 2-inch binder w/ plastic cover with pocket insert, note paper

10th Geometry: 

  • One spiral notebook

  • A ring binder or sturdy folder

  • A glue stick

*All other classes require 2 spiral notebooks (different colors) & pocket folder FOR EACH CLASS.

11& 12th Grades

IB Chinese: 

  • 1” binder with binder dividers, In addition to the 2 spiral notebooks, prepare College-ruled loose-leaf paper for notes and work in class

IB Physics:

  • One 2-inch binder w/ plastic cover with pocket insert, 4-5 dividers, and blank lined paper or 2 spiral notebooks

IB Chemistry:

  • One 3-inch Binder w/ Plastic Cover, 1 pack Divider Tabs, and a pocket folder

IB Biology:

  • One 2” binder OR a pocket file folder, notebook if you want to but not necessary 

  • Dividers with tabs for separating units if you choose binder (7 for SL, 12 for HL)

IB Environmental Systems:

  • One 2” binder OR a pocket file folder, notebook if you want but not necessary 

  • Dividers with tabs (9) for separating units if you choose binder 

IB Business:

  • One 3” binder with 5-6 dividers and blank lined filler paper

IB Literature

  • Folder for handouts

  • Spiral-bound notebook

  • multi-colored highlighters

IB Theater:

  • Composition notebook with blank, ruled, or grid paper (instead of spiral notebooks)

IB Psychology:

  • In addition to 2 spiral notebooks & folder, please get RED & GREEN pens and a 3” binder

IB Math Applications SL:

  • One 2-inch binder w/ plastic cover with pocket insert, 4-5 dividers, and blank lined paper or 2 spiral notebooks

Continued on the next page with information about computers and calculators. 

All other classes require 2 spiral notebooks (different colors) & pocket folder FOR EACH CLASS.