[header] How to organize your school desk [title] Take everything out of your desk. [step] Lay things out on top of the desk so that you can see most of it. You may have to pile things up a little bit, but that's okay for now. 
Once it's all laid out, you can see what you had in your desk and begin to sort through it. [substeps] If you don't have quite enough room on top of your desk, you can set some of the things on your chair, on the floor, or on a nearby table.