All MS students should have: • A backpack without wheels (must fit in locker) • One reusable water bottle with name written or labeled • A soft pencil case (with the following: two pencils or mechanical pencils and lead, two blue pens, two black pens, two red pens, a set of colored pencils, one pencil sharpener with trash container, four highlighters of different colors, one glue stick, two erasers, and a six-inch ruler) • PE Uniform (purchased at ACS) • Portable Hard drive to be used at home for regular back up data (Grades 7 and 8) • Performance Attire: Students in band or choir will receive (free of charge) one green “ACS Middle School Music” Polo Shirt. Students must have black dress pants or knee-length skirt and black dress shoes (no sneakers) prior to the first performance. • A laptop bag or neoprene sleeve, headphones (Earbud model are recommended – should fit in a pencil case) Grade 6

Grade 7

• A hard plastic shell (case) for a 13-inch MacBook Air without retina display • Package of Crayola or similar markers • For the 2016-17 school year, ACS is purchasing all other school supplies for Grade 6 students.

• One three-ring binder, 2” size (this one binder will hold material for all core classes) • Five tabbed dividers for binder • Two packages three-hole loose-leaf paper • Two-subject spiral notebookw/pockets for Language Arts • A Mac Laptop

Grade 8 • • • • • • • • • • • •

Two large 3-ring binders Dividers for 3-ring binders Large package of loose-leaf, lined A4 paper that can be held in a three-ring binder Bound graph paper notebook One ELA notebook TI 84+ calculator (Latest is “C” edition) Ruler, pencils, pens, eraser and pencil case Compass and protractor Several packets of sticky notes A Mac Laptop Multiple bound graph paper notebooks Metal Magazine rack (optional)

Note: you can get 3-ring binders at All Prints in Abu Dhabi Students are encouraged to have supplies on the first day of school. Additional supplies may be requested after the year begins, especially in encore and language classes. Any additional supplies will be available in Abu Dhabi. American Community School of Abu Dhabi Middle School Supply List 2016-17

Sample laptop bags:

Sample laptop Hard case:

Sample Graph Paper: