Class Act: Former Teacher Gives Away Free School Supplies

As the month of May sets in, Chicago-area schools are winding down for the summer.

But a former teacher from Arlington Heights recently posted an offer online that might have teachers and parents already looking ahead to the next school year.

Last week, Kari Castor posted the following message on her Facebook page, following up with a posting over the weekend on the popular social media and news platform, Reddit:

Castor has been providing photos of the available items on her Facebook page, too. That includes classroom staples, such as markers (these have been claimed; the cat was never part of Castor's offer) …

to fare with a bit more personality, such as these posters that celebrate Halloween …

or these classroom wall hangings that use some familiar faces to promote reading.

If you're a teacher interested in stocking up on supplies for next year before the bell rings to close out the last class of this year, you better hurry. Castor has been marking the supplies that have been snatched up already, and that list of items is growing.

Supplies that aren't claimed will be donated to Goodwill, Castor says.

Go to Kari Castor's Facebook page or Reddit post to find out what's available and to contact Castor.

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PHOTO: Some of the classroom supplies former teacher Kari Castor is offering for free. The stickers, glue sticks and paper in this photo already have been claimed. (Kari Castor | Facebook)