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Helpful Resources for Parents and Students

Popular Educational Resources

Dr. Math - Tutoring site that allows students to email questions and get responses.

Merriam Webster - The most comprehensive dictionary on the internet.

Test Taking Survival Tips - Good tips and tricks for acing exams.

Kid's Click - Search Engine for young students.

Yahoo Kids - Website dedicated to youth.

Encyclopedia for Kids - Free Encyclopedia for reference.

Word Whiz - Helps students build vocabulary and study skills.

Color Atlas - Unique maps for geography fans.

Reading List for Students

Summer Literacy Adventure – Join students all across Florida as they take on the Summer Literacy Adventure Challenge and pledge to read everyday.

Reading is Fundamental Booklists – Digital resources to promote literacy.

Take 20 Resources – Age appropriate activities that helps to develop highly skilled readers.

Just Read, Families! – Suggestions to help build your child’s reading skills.

College Bound

Explore Your Career Options - An interactive website from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.

The Princeton Review - Great test preparation and practice resources.

Find the Right College for you - Learn about which colleges are similar to your interests and your strengths.

Test Practice with Coach - Standards based test preparation for kids, parents and teachers.

Students.gov - Student gateway to the US Government.

Getting Ready for Campus Visits: A GEAR UP Handbook for Providing Campus Visits for Middle and High School Students adopted from Washington State GEARUP. Includes best practices and resources to help plan meaningful on-campus experiences. Contains replicable, customizable tools.

Explore Your Career Options- An interactive website from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.

The Princeton Review- Great test preparation and practice resources.

Find the Right College for you- Learn about which colleges are similar to your interests and your strengths.

Test Practice with Coach- Standards based test preparation for kids, parents and teachers.

gov- Student gateway to the US Government.

My Career Shines for Middle and High School - Florida Shines. A comprehensive education and career planning system that will help you succeed in the increasingly competitive global economy.

Fun Educational Games

Free Rice - Quiz game where correct answers help raise money for global hunger.

View the Earth from Space - View Earth from the Sun, the Moon or from any of a host of satellites in orbit.

Cheap Carl's Car Insurance Presents: The Mad Math Grand Prix - Math based racing game that helps improve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills.

Be an A+ Math Ace - Math games based on bingo and hidden pictures, and a variety of flash cards.

Fun Trivia Games - Fun interactive quizzes.

Resources for Parents

http://www.pta.org - Parent Teacher Association Webpage.

Great Schools.Org - A middle school parents' preparation for college guide.

Health Insurance Online - A database of health information for kids and adults.

Read, Write, Think - Resources to help parents with their child's literacy.

Middle School Web Resources - Valuable information for both parents and teachers.

US Dept. of Education - Search for student aid resources by state.

Financial Aid

Scholarships . View this list of scholarship opportunities for middle school students.

Money for College. The Florida Department of Education Office of Student Financial Assistance offers a variety of student financial aid. Use this guide to learn how you can begin finding and applying for money to finance your education!

Foster and Homeless Youth- The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) compiled a list of available resources to assist Foster and Homeless Youth with locating community resources for the purpose successful completion of higher education.

Florida Reach? This website and resource guide centralizes resources available to youth and alumni of foster care in Florida.

Undocumented Students- Resources to assist undocumented students with finding free money for college.