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Senior High Supply Lists

2026/2027 Supplies

This list may be incomplete; teachers may provide students with a list of additional items on the first days of class. This list was updated July 7, 2026.

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Community Supplies

These items should be dropped off on Registration Day or the first day of school.

  • 4 pack of Expo brand dry erase markers (various colors; for teacher use)
  • 3 reams of computer paper (1500 total sheets)
  • By last name:
    • A-L: 3 large boxes of facial tissue
    • M-Z: 2 large containers of disinfectant wipes
Personal Supply

Please note that other than the items listed under community supplies, all students are expected to have their own supplies of the following items. Supplies for specific classes may be needed in addition to these general supplies; those classes are listed below. Some supplies may need to be replenished throughout the year.

  • A personal computing device for use at school and home (Chromebook, PC, or MacBook recommended; tablets may also be used, though phones may not)
  • A journaling Bible (either NIV or NASB); returning students may continue to use their journaling Bible from previous years
  • Backpack or book bag (rolling backpacks are not allowed)
  • College ruled, loose leaf paper (not spiral)
  • Magnetic tape for locker décor (scotch tape is not allowed)
  • Book covers for textbooks (teachers will let students know which books must be covered)
  • ¼″ graph paper (for all math classes, chemistry, and physics; no spiral bound paper)
  • Notebook (for all math classes; to take notes)
  • TI-30XIIS (for students Algebra I through Geometry) or TI 84 Plus (this more expensive model works for all math classes and is required for classes higher than Geometry); NO Casios, please
  • 12-inch ruler with metric measurements
  • Colored pencils
  • Markers
  • Highlighters (required for several classes; students may benefit from having more than one color)
  • Scissors
  • Glue sticks
  • Thin-tip dry erase markers (various colors)
  • #2 pencils (and a pencil sharpener) or mechanical pencils with lead — these should be taken to every class
  • 3×5 index cards (optional, but particularly recommended for learning services students and speech class)
  • Students may wish to have a pencil bag to carry items from class to class

Specific Class Supplies (listed alphabetically)

For language arts classes, please purchase exact copies of the books listed. No digital copies.

Note: Amazon links are provided purely for your convenience. They are not affiliate links, so FRCS makes no money if you purchase the books using them. You are welcome to purchase the books wherever you like.
Algebra
  • Binder
American History / Government and Civics
  • Spiral notebook with lined paper
  • Pocket folder
American Literature

Summer reading: Into the Wild by Jon Krakaeur

  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Anchor Books; 1st edition (February 1, 1997)
  • ISBN-10: 0385486804
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385486804
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications; Unabridged edition (April 13, 1995)
  • ISBN-10: 0486284999
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486284996
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories by Herman Melville

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics (April 26, 2016)
  • ISBN-10: 0143107607
  • ISBN-13: 978-0143107606
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O’Connor

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux; reprint edition (January 1, 1965)
  • ISBN-10: 0374504644
  • ISBN-13: 978-0374504649
  • Link to buy on Amazon

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Paperback: 162 pages
  • Publisher: Readers Library Classics (February 25, 2021)
  • ISBN-10: 1954839243
  • ISBN-13: 978-1954839243
  • Link to buy on Amazon

 

Anatomy
  • 1″ 3-ring binder with dividers
  • Ink pens in several colors (more than just black, blue, and red)
  • Disposable gloves (sizes M, L, and XL — even students who wear a S should bring a box of M, L, or XL — we have plenty of S gloves already, but all students need to bring a box of gloves for the community supply)
AP Biology
  • 3-ring binder with eight dividers
  • Ink pens in several colors (more than just black, blue, and red)
AP Calculus
  • Textbook: Finney, Demana, Waits, and Kennedy. Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic, 4th Edition (AP Edition); ISBN: 0133178579; ISBN-13: 978-0133178579; available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0133178579/)
AP European History
  • 1″ binder with dividers
  • Textbook: Jackson J. Spielvogel’s Western Civilization since 1300, 9th Edition (ISBN: 1285436695; ISBN-13: 978-1285436692; Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; available on Amazon)

 

AP Language and Composition
  • 2″ binder with 5 dividers
  • 1 composition notebook

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

  • Paperback: 143 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics (March 25, 2003)
  • ISBN-10:  9780142437339
  • ISBN-13:  978-0142437339
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: One World; Reprint edition (August 18, 2015)
  • ISBN-10: 0812984965
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812984965
  • Link to buy on Amazon

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Scribner (November 17, 2020)
  • ISBN-10: 1982149485
  • ISBN-13: 978-1982149482
  • Link to buy on Amazon

AP Literature and Composition
  • 2″ binder with 5 dividers

Summer reading: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications; Reprint edition (October 13, 1993)
  • ISBN-10: 9780486278070
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486278070
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Beowulf (Seamus Heaney, translator)

  • Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; Later Printing edition (February 28, 2001)
  • ISBN-10: 0393320979
  • Link to buy on Amazon

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Modern Library; Reprint edition (August 12, 2008)
  • ISBN-10: 0812969103
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812969108
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (October 17, 2006)
  • ISBN-10: 0060850523
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060850524
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson

  • Paperback: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications (July 1, 1990)
  • ISBN-10: 0486264661
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486264660
  • Link to buy on Amazon

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

  • Paperback: 768 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (August 31, 2004)
  • ISBN-10: 014044792X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140447927
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics (January 16, 2018)
  • ISBN-10: 0143131842
  • ISBN-13: 978-0143131847
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Grove Press; 1st edition (May 17, 2011)
  • ISBN-10: 080214442X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802144423
  • Link to buy on Amazon

AP US History
  • 1-1/2” 3-ring binder with dividers
  • 1 spiral notebook
  • 1 pocket folder
  • 1 highlighter
  • Textbook: The American Pageant: A History of the American People, 17th edition, by David M. Kennedy and Lizabeth Cohen (ISBN: 1337616222; ISBN-13: 978-1337616225; available on Amazon)

 

Art
  • Drawing pencil set
  • 9 x 12 sketchbook
  • Kneaded eraser OR a white vinyl eraser
  • 12 or more various sized paint brushes (big and small)
  • 1 glass jar (for water/cleaning brushes)
  • Empty plastic paint palette
  • Sponge (Sculpture & Ceramics class only)

 

Bible
  • Grades 9-11: Personal journal — in addition to the required journaling Bible listed under Personal Supplies (seniors are given a journal as part of Senior Seminar)
  • Freshmen: The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith by Tim Keller (any PHYSICAL edition; no digital versions)
Biology/Honors Biology

This list pertains to both Biology and Honors Biology.

  • 1″ 3-ring binder with dividers
 
British Literature

Composition notebook (wide-ruled)

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

  • 432 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster (April 24, 2012)
  • ISBN: 1451669410
  • ISBN-13: 978-1451669411
  • Link to buy on Amazon
 

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

  • 166 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications (January 1, 1994)
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 0486282112
  • ISBN-13‏: ‎ 978-0486282114
  • Link to buy on Amazon

 

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books (December 16, 2003)
  • ISBN-10: 0399501487
  • ISBN-13: 978-0399501487
  • Link to buy on Amazon

 
Civics
  • 1-1/2” 3-ring binder with dividers
  • 1 spiral notebook
  • 1 pocket folder
  • 1 highlighter
 
Earth Science
  • 1″ three-ring binder with dividers
 
Geography/Ancient Civilizations
  • 1″ binder with dividers
 
Geometry
  • Protractor
Grammar & Composition/Honors Comp

Spiral notebook
Folder
Composition notebook (wide-ruled)

 

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial (March 5, 2002)
  • ISBN-10: 0060935464
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060935467
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster (January 1, 2004)
  • ISBN-10: 0743477111
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743477116
  • Link to buy on Amazon
 
Physics
  • Subscription to WebAssign homework site ($15/year); students will receive instructions for setting up their accounts in class
Spanish
  • 2″ 3-ring binder
  • 200 flash cards
 
Speech & Debate
  • Spiral notebook with lined paper
  • Pocket folder
 
US History
  • 1″ 3-ring binder with dividers OR a spiral notebook with dividers
Weightlifting
  • Closed-toe athletic shoes (no flip-flops, Crocs, clogs, etc.)
  • Athletic attire
 
World Literature (Honors)

Summer reading: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

  • Paperback: 209 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books (September 1, 1994)
  • ISBN-10: 0385474547
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385474542
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial (September 12, 2000)
  • ISBN-10: 0618074511
  • ISBN-13: 978-0618074518
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Night by Elie Wiesel

  • Paperback: 120 pages
  • Publisher: Hill and Wang
  • ISBN-10: 9780374500016
  • ISBN-13: 978-0374500016
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Cover of Night by Elie Wiesel

Silence by Shusaku Endo

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Picador Modern Classics
  • ISBN-10: 1250082242
  • ISBN-13: 978-1250082244
  • Link to buy on Amazon

cover of Silence by Shusaku Endo

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster (October 8, 2013)
  • ISBN-10: 1451694725
  • ISBN-13: 978-1451694727
  • Link to buy on Amazon

World Literature

Summer reading: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

  • Paperback: 209 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books (September 1, 1994)
  • ISBN-10: 0385474547
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385474542
  • Link to buy on Amazon

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Lev Tolstoy

  • Paperback: 88 pages
  • Publisher: Independently published (March 1, 2019)
  • ISBN-10: 1798500620
  • ISBN-13: 978-1798500620
  • Link to buy on Amazon

The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Chosen Books (January 1, 2006); 35th Anniversary Edition
  • ISBN-10: 9780800794057
  • ISBN-13: 978-0800794057
  • ASIN: 0800794052
  • Link to buy on Amazon

Silence by Shusaku Endo

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Picador Modern Classics
  • ISBN-10: 1250082242
  • ISBN-13: 978-1250082244
  • Link to buy on Amazon

cover of Silence by Shusaku Endo

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster (October 8, 2013)
  • ISBN-10: 1451694725
  • ISBN-13: 978-1451694727
  • Link to buy on Amazon

World History
  • 1-1/2” 3-ring binder with dividers
  • 1 spiral notebook
  • 1 pocket folder
  • 1 highlighter