While in school, the best supplies were always
- A good, multi-subject notebook with pockets separating the subjects (even better if the pockets had a diagonal cut to them instead of straight pocket — easier to get papers in and out.)
- A mechanical pencil that would easily clip into the spiral biding of the notebook (would need spares, of course)

Today, it’s a good 8.5X11 BnR notebook. Nothing better for a notebook laying flat and having good, quality paper!

We like/need: tablet paper, pencils, a TI calculator, folders, and crayons!

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My favorite back-to-school item when I was in elementary school were Blue Horse pads and filler paper, because you could collect the coupons and get prizes. I grew up in Alabama, and according to the little history at the link below, these were made by an Atlanta company, so it may have been mostly a Southern thing.

http://bcyesteryear.com/fulltext.php?article=70

My favorite back to school items were the Mead Five Star notebooks.

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My favorite supply was the Bic 4 color pen, I was a geek before it was cool

My favorite back-to-school item was back in the early 80′s, the first nice mechanical pencils I got, Pentel P205s. I still have those pencils even now, although they are missing their clip.

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Must have school supply when I was a kit was the Trapper Keeper!

Hope you don’t mind that I put all these together…

1.) My favorite school supply has always (believe it or not) been the plain old regular composition notebook… So many uses! Agenda, planner, homework book, doodle board, idea wall… XD
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I always loved getting all the neat different pens of course

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The New Sharpie Pencils are my must have!

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Must have: Trapper Keeper!!!!!

I tweeted.

http://twitter.com/AngryNinja224/status/21062642491

I always have to buy a truckload of Post-Its. You can never have too many Post-Its. Oh and pencils. I get at least four or five new pencils, depending on what’s the latest models, same goes with pens.

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Pilot G-2 Pens. Best supply ever.

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I love love love the Sharpie Grip pens and really need to get my hands on some in the orange/purple pack…..

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My favorite back to school accessory was a new planner/agenda!

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And for entry #2, it was always about the notebooks for school supplies.

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My must-have/favorite back to school item was a mechanical pencil with a good rubber eraser so I could draw all day! Couldn’t concentrate without my mechanical pencil (never needed sharpening, so I never had to stand in front of class to do this, thus avoiding embarrassing myself)!

When I was a student, I always loved those Zebra M-301 mechanical pencils. My tastes have changed since then, however.

Love me some Kuru Toga with Alpha Gel grip!

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Back in the olden days, back to school meant those bright yellow #2 pencils. Dixon Ticonderoga’s or Mongol’s were the brands of choice back then.

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I have a like on the facebook Office Max page with my name on it.

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And there’s a Tweet out there:

http://twitter.com/greatscott/status/21069772178

My favorite school supply is Sharpie products, especially the new pens. I also love any new art supply product.

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Here is my Twitter reTweet:
http://twitter.com/andymcnally/status/21071133219

Good luck everyone

Gotta have my Moleskine cahiers and Jetstream pens… and my Kuru Toga if there’s a math-y test =). And I’m on the mailing list.

Duo tang folders are my favorite back to school supply. I don’t know why, but they always seem hard to find every other time of year.

I “like” Office Max at FB (name Cathy Russell).

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we love notebooks

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Favorite “must have” back to school supply: Pentel Energel Retractable Pens a close second place to my new Uni Kuru Toga pencil.

I liked the office max page on Facebook (Derek is my real name)

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I tweeted! http://twitter.com/PearlMom/status/21073990985

I am a subscriber to the newsletter and read it all the time!

I really like Sharpie Products.

Must have (from back in the day!): A new binder with notebook paper and dividers with color tabs!

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My must haves have always been new notebooks and pens. This year I treated myself to a Livescribe Echo Smartpen and 4 new notebooks.

I’m all about basics — I must have a high quality spiral notebook with paper that takes ink well.

Also, I recently signed up for the newsletter…

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Just “liked” the OfficeMax FB page under Teresa Ozoa.

I always loved the notebooks and the pens. Ok, I still do. I may be a mom now, but I still love buying “school supplies”

I tweeted: http://twitter.com/nafyboocs/status/21080738551

My favorite must have items is backpack

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I always had a bunch of single subject notebooks, and a bunch of Bic pens in blue and red. And Pee-Chees, heh.

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My favorite thing to buy for school was a fresh box of crayons. Oooooh the aroma, haha.

I like Office Max on FB as “Jay Cee”.

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my ultimate ‘must have’ school supply was a backpack. thankfully back then we were able to take backpacks to school. nowadays, not so much for some schools.

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and my tweet!

http://twitter.com/lynnetteann3/status/21088124282

TY!
lynn

I always need to get a Moleskine planner and some new shiny pens to go along with it for the school year!

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I’m a teacher, so at the top of my list every fall is a couple of packs of purple pens. I use them to grade papers.

Best office supply to start the new school year? A Moleskin weekly notebook that begins in July and goes until Dec of the subsequent year. It’s really a must have for anyone but necessity for those in school.

Just clicked on “like” at office max facebook with my name, Marco Ramirez.

Already on the newsletter list, now just hoping I win!

I liked the cool mead notebooks with all the different covers to pick from. No doddles on the covers yet…!!!

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My favorite back to school items were the sharpie markers

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I tweeted http://twitter.com/PlumSage/status/21096900553

TI 84+ Calculator

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My must have school supply is the TI Nspire Calculator!

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my name is Jonah Rabb on facebook!

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I tweeted it!
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My favorite back to school supply was a Trapper Keeper notebook.

My planner is my favorite. I use it so much, and I don’t know what I’d do without it.

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I don’t know if I had only 1 must have favorite for back to school, but the Trapper Keeper was definitely high up on the list…along with a bunch of different colored pens.

my absolute must have back to school supply was hmmm.. those five star multi subject college ruled notebooks. Gosh were they handy and durable.

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Wow. This is very generous. I hope that I win. Thanks!

My favorite “must have” back to school supply is ink for the inkjet printer. I think gremlins drink it when the lights go out. **sigh**

Thanks for the chance to win!

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Must-have: a whole box of nice Uniball pens – either the Signo DX or the 207 Micro.

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and I just liked the OfficeMax Facebook page. I don’t really wanna put my full name on a comment though so please feel free to disregard if necessary. Alternatively my email address on this comment is my name on facebook (first.last@gmail.com)

Right before the school year started I loved getting a new notebook, pens, and pencils. I had everything ready to go in my backpack. I would always arrange and rearrange where the paper in my 3-ring binder was to go and sharpened all my pencils perfectly.

Somehow, a couple of weeks into the school year, everything had turned to chaos.

My favorite supplies were my Uniball Vision pens. I would then proceed to decorate all my book covers

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Every year, I would score dozens of college-ruled spiral notebooks for 10¢ a pop. One for each class, then a bunch just left over for whatever else I wanted to do during the year.

I am now quite liking the OfficeMax Facebook page! You can see when you find Evan Fryer on Facebook.

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And lastly, I tweeted about this contest:

http://twitter.com/ebfryer/status/21151181347

(crosses fingers)

Favorite must have: a new pen, especially a rollerball.

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A win here would really help with getting through my school supply list!!!

My favorite must have school item is different color hi liters!

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My favorite school supplies back in the day were Trapper Keepers, which may date me a bit but at the same time those things were awesome! Form and function, and usually themed with a movie or band that sounded much better when I was in grade school!

Must have: Lamy Al-Star Fountain pen.

My favorite back to school item was always a new backpack.

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Every year, I get myself a new box of Dixon Ticonderoga #2 pencils!

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hmm… must have would be the zebra Sharbo X ><

love this pen

I loved getting a new planner before school started. i always had to decide if i wanted a pre-printed one or a blank mini notebook to diy. When schools provided a planner, i went crazy with the Mod Podge and magazine images.

Second to the planner was new pens. shocked? hehe

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I twittered, er tweeted http://twitter.com/DIYSara/statuses/21230313297

#1: Favorite must-have — ultra-fine point pens

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I loved my old Trapper Keeper with a Pentel mechanical pencil.

As an instructor, I must have the Sharpie accent highlighters to begin school.

I like the OfficeMax FB page and I’m on there as M. David Marler

I already subscribe to the newsletter and enjoy reading each issue.

My favorite item was a nice pencil case to keep all my stuff in.

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Liked your facebook page as Christina Kim

Pens and notebooks, I always run out of both.

Pilot G-2 0.38mm (Black) = Must have!

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My fav school supply was the pens. Absolutely loved getting new pens, colorful things that I could play with. Or notebooks!

By far, best back to school supplies for me are mechanical pencils. I just can’t get enough of them! I’m new to the site and I’ve already read a lot of great stuff on here. Thanks again!

I would love to gat something like this. So many cool new products out there and just so much time to try them.

My favorite back-to-school supply was Elmer’s paste..I love the smell of it.

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New pens, needle nose of any brand, were a favorite. And the 3/4 size three subject notebooks also had to go in the shopping basket. Now, it’s a fountain pen and Rhodia Dot Pad for me!! oh, almost forgot the Tul Markers – I love the retractables.

I have now liked the Facebook page.

I signed up for your newsletter and it said I had already done that, but I’ve never received an email. Maybe now I am really signed up.

Things needed for back to school: Binders, new pens and pencils, and great highlighters.

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I tweeted too (:

http://twitter.com/angelkiss31788/status/21282604104

My fave musthave was lots of new pens!

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Mine was those staedtler fineliner pens in the fun case/stand. I rarely use them, but frequently make the case transform into a stand and stare at it.

The BA II PLUS PROFESSIONAL Texas Instrument calculator.

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My favorite back to school was and is my kids favorite is a new bookbag gotta go back in style !!

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3 subject Notebooks are a must have for me

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I tweeted the contest
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My must have item is computer paper and printer ink. We homeschool and use tons of both.

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My must have back to school item is Highlighters in yellow, pink and blue. I love to highlight important materials in my notes, so that I can go back and study them.

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My daughter’s must-have back to school supply is a planner. She is starting middle school.

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When I was in school [70s & 80s] I always bought a small memo pad to keep track of assignments in an ad-hoc way. I also was always on the quest for good pens, but all that was available it seems were ball-points. Gel had not yet been invented, and liquid rollers were not that good yet or were too expensive. The quest continues but now the problem is too many choices rather than too few.

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My favorite item was pens with green ink, I loved writing with green ( my favorite color) ink.

I liked the facebook page and my name is Elaine Kontra. thank you.

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I tweeted here > http://twitter.com/Lanieekat/status/21348549636

Always ALWAYS had to have a shiny new binder

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My must have back to school supply: Sharpie pens of course!

I always liked to have new notebooks and colored pencils.

5 star notebooks were the thing to have for me back while i was in school

I liked Office Max on FB and my name is Rosa Medina

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I love this site and the newsletter.

Always had to have a new Pee Chee – I know that’s dating me!

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I “like” you on facebook (tai cavalcanti)

most important thing was pen and binder

In elementary school, my girlfriends and I always got matching binders that we’d carry around school. It was majorly important!

Must have for back to school, a new lunch bag.

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I must always purchase an exorbitantly priced disposable pen for the beginning of each school year.

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trapper keeper.

Big Chief tablets and Bic Banana markers were my favorite parts of back to school shopping! I guess that really shows my age!

A high quality mechanical pencil. I had a new one every year until my last 3 years of college, where I found the best pencil ever.

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My favorite back to school supply was, and is, a new spiral-bound, college-ruled notebook, with pockets…although I coveted the Trapper Keeper in elementary school. This is so ingrained that when I was accepted to my graduate program, my first thought was “I need a new notebook.”

Naturally, if one has a new notebook, one must also need new pens in various colors.

tweettweet *crossing fingers toes eyes* http://twitter.com/abitnerdy/status/21500073606

When I was a kid, I LOVED getting new crayons every year!

My favorite was the Trapper Keeper.

I loved getting a new Swiss Gear backpack and cheap, cool-looking mechanical pencils like ones from Paper Mate every year. Those were the days.

Being the owner of a site by Nerds, for Nerds and About Nerdy things, you would think I would go with the stereotypical pocket protector, but in actuality, my favorite supply item was and still is a good planner. That little paper tool helped me stay on track with my assignments, school trips and events, dates/get togethers, and – yes this may be nerdy – comic book and genre movie release dates.

After having so many electronic planners and “intelligent” phones just blow up and erase all my info over the years, I still use a paper planner to keep track of my life. I just buy one small enough to fit in my wallet now.

Technology is cool, but sometimes excessive.

By the way – I love your site. Cool stuff.

http://www.UberNerdNation.com

Oh by the way – I am already a subscriber to the newsletter – thanks.

my favorite supplies are new pens and mechanical pencils, i’m always looking for some new ones

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My favorite back to school supply: Jet Stream pens.

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here’s my twitter entry: http://twitter.com/stankit/status/21718350860