School papers everywhere!

3 of the five are now in public school. The older twins are in first grade and the boy is in kindergarten. I used to take pride in how organized I was but I must admit school papers is proving to be a challenge.

How do you manage all the papers that come home from school?

Here’s what comes home to us:

  • Homework for the week
  • Worksheets they completed at school
  • Extra credit work
  • Flyers about school programs
  • Forms to sign
  • Art projects
  • School Newsletters
  • Classroom newsletters
  • Sign up sheets for volunteering, supplies
  • Special project instructions
  • Award tickets
  • School calendars
  • Meal calendars
  • Invitations

On top of this we get emails from the school, calls from the school and emails from the teachers.

I should mention I work full time so I only have the evenings and weekends to manage this. At the moment we are using gmail, google calendars and of course an incoming basket to manage the piles of paper to be sorted through for what we should keep or toss.

I would love to hear your ideas on how to improve our school paper organization. I am hoping to have a system down before the two little ones start school in a couple of years!


About Us

We have five children  including 2 sets of twins.. Currently ages 7,7,5,2,2. That’s 2 fraternal twin girls, a single boy, followed by 2 identical twin girls. Life After 5 – kids that is, has definitely changed.