PeachyDoodle Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I'm cleaning out and getting ready for the new school year and I just don't know what to do with all of dd's work from last year! We still have room in most of our binders, so we can just continue to add to them. But what about -- for instance -- her math notebooks? Part of me just wants to toss them, but they represent so much hard work (for both of us) that I haven't been able to do it. So, what do you do with previous years' schoolwork? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 If its one-sided, it gets recycled. The boys use them for scratch work, writing and drawing. -- After its been used on both sides, we use it once more for a Summer bonfire! If its math work that is not graded/checked, I make them check it for errors and call it "Summer Review", but I'm evil like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 Hmm... we don't do a portfolio. That would make it easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldilocks Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Most of it gets thrown away. I only save the history and science notebooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I just use those banker's boxes you can buy at Staples. Everything for both kids goes in one at the end of the year- field trip brochures, my weekly planning sheets, and of course their school work. We have one box for every year up in the attic (9!) Storage is not an option for us but YMMV. I'll recycle it all when they graduate. ;) Connecticut doesn't have any requirements, but I figure I'll hang on to them just in case we're ever questioned or the regulations change. It did come in handy this summer when I was putting together a transcript for DS's application for community college classes; I just pulled out the last two years' boxes and they had everything I needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I only save their portfolios. Now. I used to feel guilty getting rid of the rest. Now that we're going into year 8 with multiple kids, not so much, lol. If you don't have to do portfolios, maybe just go ahead and do them for your own sake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilma Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Recycle! Would you, as a grown up human, really want to wade through your math papers from eons ago? I sure wouldn't. It *might* be fun to keep a few of each. But then again, maybe not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Recycle. I kept it for a few years, half-afraid that someone would show up and demand that I prove I've been teaching something :D. But now I just toss it, except for some special art projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeacherZee Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Throw it out!!!!!! Says the girl who just chucked a load of HER old school work as her parents are moving and they are making us make decisions on our stuff!!!!!!!!!!!! :p :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I take it all out of the binders. I tie each subject's papers together in a bundle with yarn. The workbooks get tied into the bundle with the loose papers. I keep it for a year. After a year, I think to myself, "Why'd I keep this?" and I recycle it. I know I'll end up recycling it eventually, but I just can't let it go right away. Like you said, OP, it's just too much work to toss right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicheleinMN Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I put all their work in a 9 x 13 envelope with the student's name and year and grade, then I put them all in a banker box. (But please note: I have horrible hoarding tendencies!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I keep writing and some drawings--things that reveal a bit of who they are at this age. I chuck the spelling workbooks and math workbooks into recycling. At this point I'm keeping a lot of texts--things they may want to use as references (grammar, Latin), etc. After high school I'll probably get rid of more stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFaerie Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I just use those banker's boxes you can buy at Staples. Everything for both kids goes in one at the end of the year- field trip brochures, my weekly planning sheets, and of course their school work. We have one box for every year up in the attic (9!) Storage is not an option for us but YMMV. I'll recycle it all when they graduate. ;) Connecticut doesn't have any requirements, but I figure I'll hang on to them just in case we're ever questioned or the regulations change. It did come in handy this summer when I was putting together a transcript for DS's application for community college classes; I just pulled out the last two years' boxes and they had everything I needed. I put all their work in a 9 x 13 envelope with the student's name and year and grade, then I put them all in a banker box. (But please note: I have horrible hoarding tendencies!) I do a combination of these. Loose papers from binders, etc. as well as weekly schedules, printed report cards, etc. get put into large envelopes and labeled with each child's name, grade, and school year. I do the same thing with my records, answer keys, etc. Then the envelopes, workbooks, spiral notebooks, etc. get put into a banker's box, labeled and stored in the basement. So far, I have everything all the way back to kindergarten. Space isn't an issue for me, so I'll probably end up keeping everything until they're into (perhaps even through) college. I'm just a wee bit paranoid about it, afraid I'll toss it and then end up needing it for some unfathomable-at-the-moment reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 My boys pick what they want to keep and the rest goes to thrash. They tend to pick writings and drawings. I do have their annual standardized test results filed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 With consumables, I tear off the front page of the workbook and three hole punch it and put it in the binder with a representative sample of other work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 We don't have to have a portfolio or anything in my state. I used to keep all the previous year's work, then sort it and keep a few samples of writing and neat things they did. Now, I don't even keep last year's. I keep a few things I really like and recycle the rest. My oldest is starting high school in a few weeks. He will be attending an online, public school option. They didn't want to see anything. So, I realize now I'm saving stuff just for me. I need lots less. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Anything deemed "special" is kept in a file folder in the cabinet. They have stuff in there from K. Anything else is pitched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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