School Supply and Textbook Lists

The following is a list of all SY2023-2024 supplies and texts that must be purchased for each listed class. Please note that up until the first week in July, lists are subject to change.
Please note: Lower School t-shirts will be purchased by WCA and billed through FACTS at an approximate cost of $15 per child.

You can Download and print a hard copy of these lists HERE (LS only available at this time).

Lower School

Kindergarten
  • 2 Bottles of hand sanitizer 

    2 Pairs of scissors 

    16 Small Elmer's Glue Sticks (Elmer’s Work Best)

    2 Boxes  Crayola 8-count primary color markers 

    4  Boxes of Crayola 24-count crayons (Normal size crayons, please)

    (*Crayola is superior and lasts longer)

    2 Primary Journal composition books 5/8 inch ruled  (Green w/spiral)

    2 Packs of colorful construction paper (Varied sizes are appreciated!) 

    Pack of 24 pencils (sharpened)  

    Lunch Size Paper Bags (Boys)

    Paper Plates Pack of 100 (Girls)

    4 Dry erase markers (Expo are superior)

    Paint shirt (Adult old T-shirt is fine) 

    Change of clothing, including two pairs of extra underwear and socks (this can be  non-uniform)

    2 Hand Soap 

    1 spill proof water bottle


    Please note:

    Some supplies may need to be replenished throughout the school year. 


    *Fun Friday & Special Events– We will have Fun Friday events each week.  A sign-up sheet for supplies will be communicated before the event, and you will be able to donate as you can. 


    Art Class: 6 Giant Elmer's glue-sticks: Please label ART
1st Grade

Bookbag (non-rolling)

Leak and spill proof water bottle to use in class

1 Art Shirt (an old adult t-shirt is fine)

Green Wide Ruled Notebook (for sight words)

Red Writing Composition Notebook (for writing)

24 pencils

12 Elmer’s glue sticks

Clipboard (please label)

1 - paper folder with 2 pockets

2 - boxes of Crayola crayons

2 - packs of Crayola markers

1 - 4 pack of Dry erase markers

1 - large zipper supply pouch or pencil box

16 Count watercolor paint set

1 - Package of cap erasers

2 - large pink erasers

1 - pair of blunt tip Scissors

1 - hand sanitizer

1 - bottle of Elmer’s school glue

Change of clothes

Composition Notebook

Dry-erase boards

1 - Fun pillowcase- this will be cut and sewn into a chair pocket; please bring this the first day of school or before so I can make it. 

 

Art Class: 6 Giant Elmer's glue-sticks: Please label ART

2nd Grade

2nd Grade 

  • art shirt (old adult t-shirt) 
  • leak/spill-proof water bottle (for use in the classroom)
  • 2 2 pocket folders
  • 6 - single subject notebooks Pacon with pink and blue baseline journals
  • pencils  24 count Ticonderoga 
  • pencil  box 
  • Crayons (Crayola preferred) 24 count
  • Markers (Crayola preferred) 12 count
  • colored pencils 12 count Crayola
  • 4 - big pink erasers 
  • 1 - package of pencil top erasers
  • 4 - glue sticks
  • liquid glue Elmer’s
  • ruler (inch and centimeter).
  • 4- dry erase markers
  • scissors
  • small whiteboard
  • 1 - pack of highlighters 4 count multiple colored (pink, yellow, blue, and orange 
  • 1 clipboard This type of clipboard
  • one package of construction paper 


Art Class: 6 Giant Elmer's glue-sticks: Please label ART

3rd Grade
  • 1 pair earphones/earbuds (inexpensive)
  • leak/spill-proof water bottle (for use in classroom)
  • clipboard (may be reused from past year)
  • 1 art shirt (old adult t-shirt)
  • 1 binder (2" ring)
  • 1 supply box for desk
  • 1 small desk pencil sharpener (with cover)
  • 2 dry erase markers
  • 1 ruler (inch and centimeter)
  • 4 spiral notebooks 
  • 2 composition notebooks (different colors)
  • 2 packages loose-leaf paper (wide ruled)
  • 7 folders (2 pockets)
  • 1 pack highlighters (thin preferred)
  • 12 Elmer’s glue sticks
  • 1 Elmer’s glue
  • 12 pack colored pencils
  • 1 set 5-tab dividers
  • 1 package of 2 post-it notes (square)
  • 1 hand-sanitizer (small)
  • 1 pack blue pens (erasable)

 

*We will be doing several projects throughout the year that require the following supplies.

Students do not need to bring these in on the first day of school, but please have them on hand at home for future projects:

 

2 - tri-fold poster boards

3 - regular size white poster boards


Art Class: 6 Giant Elmer's glue-sticks: Please label ART

4th Grade

6 - spiral notebooks

2 - composition notebooks

2 - packages of loose-leaf paper (wide ruled)

1 - binder (2" ring)

6 - folders (2 pockets)

1 - pack of pencils (mechanical or regular)

1 - small desk pencil sharpener (with cover)

1 - pack of blue pens (erasable)

1 - red pen

12 pack colored pencils

2 - pink erasers

1 - pair scissors

2 - dry erase markers

1 - ruler (inch and centimeter)

1 - pack highlighters

2 - Elmer’s glue sticks

1 - Elmer’s glue bottle

1 - package of 2 post-it notes (square)

1 - pack of index cards

1 - supply box for the desk

clipboard (may be reused from last year)

1 - pair of earphones/earbuds (inexpensive)

leak/spill-proof water bottle (for use in the classroom)

1 - art shirt (old adult t-shirt)

 

*We will be doing several projects throughout the year that require the following supplies.

Students do not need to bring these in on the first day of school, but please have them on hand at home for future projects:

2 - tri-fold poster boards

3 - regular size white poster boards

 

Music: 1" Presentation Binder (meaning the kind with a clear vinyl pocket on the front and back covers into which title pages can be slipped inside.) The color of the binder doesn't matter.

 

Art: 2 Soft packs of wet wipes and a pair of age-appropriate scissors to be kept in the art room

5th Grade
  • Pencil box to hold all supplies in the classroom at desk
  • 2 - Packs #2 Pencils pre-sharpened or mechanical
  • 1 - Pack of Pens (erasable, blue or black ink)
  • 1 - Pack of Colored pencils
  • 2 - yellow highlighters
  • 1 - black Sharpie/ permanent marker
  • Glue (1 white or clear liquid, OR 3-4 glue sticks)
  • 1 - Pack of Expo markers
  • 1 - Pack of Highlighters
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • 6 - composition notebooks, any color (please no multi-subject notebooks)
  • 4 - folders, any color
  • 1 Package Loose Leaf Paper (wide-ruled) 
  • Headphones for use with Chromebook
  • 1 Refillable Water Bottle

 

Project Supplies to Keep at Home:

  • 2 - posterboards
  • 1 tri fold board for science fair
  • Pack of markers



Music: 1" Presentation Binder (meaning the kind with a clear vinyl pocket on the front and back covers into which title pages can be slipped.) The color of the binder doesn't matter.

 

Art: 2 Soft packs of wet wipes and a pair of age-appropriate scissors to be kept in the art room

Upper School 

Students should acquire all required textbooks by no later than Aug 11. 
Math
Math Fundamentals, Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Algebra II/Trigonometry, Statistics (Smith)

MYP Math (6thGrade through Algebra II/Trig)

1- 1½-inch 3-ringed binder - preferably for Math only as we will have lots of notes

5 - notebook dividers 

Graphing paper (8th grade and up) 

Pencils

Expo Markers (several)

Dry Erase marker eraser

Lined. loose-leaf paper

Composition Notebook

  *NOTE: We will be utilizing the free online calculator Desmos



PreCalculus: 

Either a binder with loose-leaf paper or a notebook for taking notes (graphing paper would be helpful but not necessary)

Pens, pencils, highlighters; whatever is preferred for taking notes

Scientific calculator (see the following link for IB’s calculator policy: IB Acceptable Calculators)

Precalculus with Limits 4e by Ron Larson and Paul Battaglia (ISBN: 9781337271059)

 

SL Math Approaches and Analyses

Either a binder with loose-leaf paper or a notebook for taking notes (graphing article would be helpful but not necessary)

Pens, pencils, highlighters; whatever is preferred for taking notes

Scientific calculator (see the following link for IB’s calculator policy: IB Acceptable Calculators)

Mathematics Analysis and Approaches for the IB Diploma Standard Level (ISBN: 978-1292267418)


HL Math Approaches and Analyses

Either a binder with loose-leaf paper or a notebook for taking notes (graphing paper would be helpful, but not necessary)

Pens, pencils, highlighters; whatever is preferred for taking notes

Scientific calculator (see the following link for IB’s calculator policy: IB Acceptable Calculators)

Mathematics Analysis and Approaches for the IB Diploma Higher Level (ISBN: 978-0435193423)

 
 
Science

Science Fundamentals:

 

  • Earphones/Headphones

  • 2" binder 

  • Pack of notebook paper (3 hole punched)

  • Pack of graph paper (3 hole punched)

  • Binder dividers (at least a set of 5)

  • Ruler

  • Pencils/Pens

  • Colored pencils

  • Erasers

  • Glue sticks/White Glue

  • Scissors

  • One tri-fold poster board for your end-of-the-year science fair project

 

Textbook purchased through the school.

 

Life Science: 

  • 2-inch binder 
  • Pack of lined notebook paper
  • Pack of graph paper
  • Binder dividers (at least a set of 5 for each unit)
  • Scientific calculator (the same as for math)
  • Ruler
  • Pencils/Pens
  • Colored pencils
  • Erasers
  • Glue sticks//tape
  • Scissors
  • One tri-fold poster board for your end-of-the-year science fair project
  • Earphones/Headphones
  • Index cards//post it notes

MYP Life Sciences: a Concept-Based Approach: ISBN: 978-0-19-837008-6

 

Physical Science:

  • 2-inch binder 
  • Pack of lined notebook paper
  • Pack of graph paper
  • Binder dividers (at least a set of 5 for each unit)
  • Scientific calculator (the same as for math)
  • Ruler
  • Pencils/Pens
  • Colored pencils
  • Erasers
  • Glue sticks//tape
  • Scissors
  • One tri-fold poster board for your end-of-the-year science fair project
  • Earphones/Headphones
  • Index cards//post it notes

 

Textbook purchased through the school.

 

Earth Science:

  • 2-inch binder 
  • Pack of lined notebook paper
  • Pack of graph paper
  • Binder dividers (at least a set of 5 for each unit)
  • Scientific calculator (the same as for math)
  • Ruler
  • Pencils/Pens
  • Colored pencils
  • Erasers
  • Glue sticks//tape
  • Scissors
  • One tri-fold poster board for your end-of-the-year science fair project
  • Earphones/Headphones
  • Index cards//post it notes

Textbook purchased through the school.

 

Biology:

  • 2-inch binder 
  • Pack of lined notebook paper
  • Pack of graph paper
  • Binder dividers (at least a set of 5 for each unit)
  • Scientific calculator (the same as for math)
  • Ruler
  • Pencils/Pens
  • Colored pencils
  • Erasers
  • Glue sticks//tape
  • Scissors
  • Earphones/Headphones
  • Index cards//post it notes

Pearson Baccalaureate International ISBN-13: 9781447959007

 

Chemistry:

Either a binder with loose-leaf paper, or a notebook for taking notes

Pens, pencils, highlighters; whatever is preferred for taking notes

Scientific calculator (graphing function not necessary for this course, but you may use it in other courses) (see the following link for IB’s calculator policy: IB Acceptable Calculators)

Glencoe Chemistry: Matter and Change (2017)

ISBN: Hardcover: 9780076774609, Ebook: 9780076774708

 

Physics:

Either a binder with loose-leaf paper, or a notebook for taking notes

Pens, pencils, highlighters; whatever is preferred for taking notes

Scientific calculator (see the following link for IB’s calculator policy: IB Acceptable Calculators)

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems (2017)

ISBN: Hardcover: 9780076774760, Ebook: 9780076774838

 

HL Physics:

Either a binder with loose-leaf paper or a notebook for taking notes

Pens, pencils, highlighters; whatever is preferred for taking notes

Scientific calculator (see the following link for IB’s calculator policy: IB Acceptable Calculators)

Physics for the IB Diploma Coursebook 6th Edition (K.A. Tsokos) (ISBN:978-1107628199)

 

HL Biology (2y):

2-inch 3-ring binder

Graph paper

Notecards

Whiteout

8 dividers

Loose-leaf paper

Metric ruler

Scotch tape

Colored pencils

Pearson Baccalaureate International ISBN-13: 9781447959007

Humanities- English

Lang/Lit 6

1- Spiral Bound Notebook with 3-sections

1- Pack 3x5 Notecards

1- Course Folder

1 - 4pk Colored Highlighters (4 colors)

Pencils and Pens

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson ISBN: 978-1416905868

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen ISBN: 978-1416936473

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick ISBN: 978-0439668217 

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle ISBN: 978-1250153272

Restart by Gordon Korman ISBN: 978-1338053807

 

Lang/Lit 7

1- Spiral Bound Notebook with 3-sections

1- Pack 3x5 Notecards

1- Course Folder

1 - 4pk Colored Highlighters (4 colors)

Pencils and Pens

A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen ISBN: 978-0545682442

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne ISBN: 978-0385751537 

Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan ISBN: 978-0142422861

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park ISBN: 978-0547577319

The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis ISBN: 978-0440414124

 

Lang/Lit 8

1- Spiral Bound Notebook with sections

1- Pack 3x5 Notecards

1- Course Folder

1 - 4pk Colored Highlighters (4 colors)

Pencils and Pens

Refugee by Alan Gratz ISBN: 9780545880831

Easy Grammar Plus 

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson 

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (No Fear Shakespeare Edition)



Lang/Lit 9

1 - Composition Notebook

1 - Binder (2")

1 - 5pk Divider Tabs

1 - pack 3x5 Notecards

1 - Course Folder

1 - 4pk Colored Highlighters (4 colors)

Pencils and Pens 

Notebook paper (college or wide ruled)

Laptop 

The Perfect English Grammar Workbook: by Lisa McLendon The Bible 

Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer 

Macbeth by William Shakespeare (No Fear Shakespeare) 

Life of Pi by Yann Martel 

Solo by Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess 

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

Homegoing  by Yaa Gyasi

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds (The MIT Press) 

 

Lang/Lit 10

1 - Composition Notebook

1 - Binder (2")

1 - 5pk Divider Tabs

1 - pack 3x5 Notecards

1 - Course Folder

1 - 4pk Colored Highlighters (4 colors)

Pencils and Pens 

Notebook paper (college or wide ruled)

Laptop 

The Perfect English Grammar Workbook: Simple Rules and Quizzes to Master Today's English by Lisa McLendon The Bible

Beowulf: New Verse Translation

The Odyssey Homer by  Emily Wilson

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Othello by William Shakespeare (No Fear Shakespeare)

 

Lang/Lit 11

1 - Composition Notebook

1 - Binder (2")

1 - 5pk Divider Tabs

1 - pack 3x5 Notecards

1 - Course Folder

1 - 4pk Colored Highlighters (4 colors)

Pencils and Pens 

Notebook paper (college or wide ruled)

Laptop 

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ISBN: 9780060883287

Selected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes ISBN: 978-0679728184

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe ISBN: 978-0385474542

 

Lang/Lit 12

1 - Composition Notebook

1 - Binder (2")

1 - 5pk Divider Tabs

1- pack 3x5 Notecards

1 - Course Folder

1 - 4pk Colored Highlighters (4 colors)

Pencils and Pens 

Notebook paper (college or wide ruled)

Laptop 

Persepolis by Marjan Satrapi ISBN: 978-0375714832

Selected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes ISBN: 978-0679728184

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf ISBN: 978-1954525009

Hamlet (No Fear Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare ISBN: 978-1586638443

Humanities- History, Government, Geography

Grade 6: US History to 1865

1- Spiral Bound Notebook with 3-sections

1- Pack 3x5 Notecards

1- Course Folder

1 - 4pk Colored Highlighters (4 colors)

Pencils and Pens

Textbook purchased through the school.

 

Grade 7: US History 1865 to Present

1- Spiral Bound Notebook with 3-sections

1- Pack 3x5 Notecards

1- Course Folder

1 - 4pk Colored Highlighters (4 colors)

Pencils and Pens

Textbook purchased through the school.

 

Grade 8: Civics

1 - Composition Notebook

1 - Binder (2")

1 - 5pk Divider Tabs

1 - pack 3x5 Notecards

1 - Course Folder

1 - 4pk Colored Highlighters (4 colors)

Pencils and Pens 

Notebook paper (college or wide ruled)

Laptop 

Textbook purchased through the school

 

Grade 9: World Geography

Pens/Pencils

2/3 Notebooks for the year

2 - packs of index cards

Textbook purchased through the school

 

Grade 10: US Government

Pens/Pencils

2/3 Notebooks for the year

2 - packs of index cards

 

Grade 11: History of the Americas, year 1*

Pens/Pencils

2/3 Notebooks for the year

2 - packs of index cards

Rights and Protest: IB History Print and Online Pack: Oxford IB Diploma Program by Peter Clinton and Mark Rogers 

People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn 

Apostles of Disunion - Charles Dew

Federalist Papers 

 

Grade 12: History of the Americas, year 2* 

Pens/Pencils

2/3 Notebooks for the year

2 - packs of index cards

Racial Migrations: New York City and the Revolutionary Politics of the Spanish Caribbean by Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof

Becoming Julia de Burgos: The Making of a Puerto Rican Icon by Vanessa Perez Rosario

Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano

I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchú and Elisabeth Burgos-Debray

Bible

6th Grade: 

  • School Laptop
  • Composition Book
  • Bible (NIV or NET recommended)
  • Pencils
  • Pens
  • Highlighters

 

For Projects:

  • Poster Board 
  • Markers
  • Glue and/or Tape

 

Please note: 

Some supplies may need to be replenished throughout the school year.

 

7th Grade:

  • School Laptop
  • Composition Book
  • Bible (NIV or NET recommended)
  • Pencils
  • Pens
  • Highlighters

For Projects:

  • Poster Board 
  • Markers
  • Glue and/or Tape

Please note: 

Some supplies may need to be replenished throughout the school year.

 

8th Grade:

  • Pencils, pens, highlighters, sticky notes, and 3x5 index cards 
  • Large spiral notebook for class notes or binder with loose leaf paper
  • A copy of the Bible (ESV preferred, but not required). There will be multiple reading assignments from the Bible throughout the year. 

 

9th Grade:

  • Pencils, pens, highlighters, sticky notes, and 3x5 index cards 
  • A binder with loose-leaf paper. 
  • Encountering the New Testament by Walter Elwell and Robert Yarbrough. It does not have to be a new copy, a used copy will work just as well. 

ISBN-10: 0801039649

ISBN-13: 978-0801039645

  • Bible (ESV preferred, but not required). 



10th Grade:

  • Pencils, pens, highlighters, sticky notes, and 3x5 index cards 
  • A binder with loose-leaf paper. 
  • Bible (ESV preferred but not required). 
  • Old Testament Survey 2nd Edition, by Paul House and Eric Mitchell
  • ISBN-10: 0805440364
  • ISBN-13: 978-0805440362

(Please purchase a copy of the course textbook. It does not have to be a new copy; a good used copy will work just as well.)

 

SL Christian Philosophy (IB Course)

  • Pencils, pens, highlighters, coloring pencils, sticky notes, and 3x5 index cards 
  • Large spiral notebook or binder with loose leaf paper
  • Please acquire the following books for our course. 
  1. A copy of the Bible (ESV preferred but not required). 
  2. Allan Bloom, The Republic of Plato (This is not a required purchase since an online version is available if students do not mind reading an online text.)  

ISBN-13: 978-0465094080

ISBN-10: 0465094082

  1. IB Philosophy: Being Human by Nancy Le Nexet, Guy Williams, Chris White and Daniel Lee

ISBN-10 : 0198392834                                                                                  ISBN-13 : 978-0198392835

 

Christian Apologetics

  • Pencils, pens, highlighters, sticky notes, and 3x5 index cards 
  • A binder with loose-leaf paper. 
  • Please purchase the following book(s)
  1. C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity. (If you would like a hard copy of the book, you are free to buy a copy, but it is not necessary if one does not mind reading the text online). 
  2. Bible (ESV preferred but not required)
World Languages

French I

  • *Discovering French Today! (1st Edition, 2012)
    by: Holt McDougal
  • Laptop or Tablet
  • Headphones
  • Composition Book
  • Pencils
  • Pens

 

French II 

  • *Discovering French Today!:Student Edition Level 2 (1st Edition, 2012)
    by: Holt McDougal
  • Laptop or Tablet
  • Headphones
  • Composition Book
  • Pencils
  • Pens

Please note:  Some supplies may need to be replenished throughout the school year.
*Available on amazon.com new or used

 

Spanish 1,2,3, Intermediate Spanish 

  • Notebook paper in binder for notes
  • Pencils
  • Pens
  • Laptop/Tablet
  • Texts will be supplied

 

Elementary, Intermediate and DP French 

  • Notebook paper in binder for notes
  • Pencils
  • Pens
  • Laptop/Tablet
  • Texts will be supplied
Electives

DP Music Exploration & Application

  • Instrument (on as needed basis)
  • Laptop or Tablet
  • Headphones
  • Composition Book
  • Pencils
  • Pens

MS Music Performance & Exploration

  • *Violin
  • Laptop or Tablet
  • Headphones
  • Composition Book
  • Pencils
  • Pens
Please note:
Some supplies may need to be replenished throughout the school year.
*We recommend purchasing your own instrument or renting one from a local music store such as Amory Music, located in Williamsburg. WCA has a very limited number of violins for students to rent. If you are interested in renting a violin from WCA, please contact meisingerc@williamsburgchristian.org knowing they are subject to availability.

 

Art (Reynolds)

 

6th - 8th Grade: 

1 - 8.5x11" sketchbook (see Amazon ART sketchbook) labeled white with full name on the front

1 - pair of Fiskars scissors, sharp tip 8"

 

9th - 12th Grade:

1 - 8.5x11" sketchbook (see Amazon ART sketchbook) labeled white with full name on the front

1 - canvas art pad of 10 sheets 16'x20" canvas primed pad

 

9th - 12th Grade ADV ART: 

1 - 8.5x11" sketchbook (see Amazon ART sketchbook)

1 -canvas pad 16"x20" set of 10 ( see canvas pad)

1 - personal set of Prismacolors ( must be Prismacolor for pigment) Prismacolor personal 

1 - pair of sharp-tip scissors

 

Personal Finance

Pens, Pencils

Notebooks

Calculator

 

Physical Education
Please purchase the Physical Education Uniform available on https://flynnohara.com/shop/williamsburg-christian-academy-va015/

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