SHS LIBRARY

Parent Resources

SHS Subscription Databases (Big6, Encyclopedia Britannica, Ebsco with Magill's Online Literature and History Research Center, Newsbank, Digital Curriculum, KLRN Connect, Annals of American History, World Data Analyst, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary and World Book Online)

For Home Access, visit the SHS Library Circulation Desk for username & password.

College/Career Information for Parents

College for Texans

Texas Scholar Program

TEA Student Guide to Graduation

Communication

Listening Skills

Talk with your Kids about Tough Issues

Talking with Kids about News

Drug & Alcohol Education Commonsense Strategies

ESOL Resources

Interesting Things for ESL Students

Health Resources

Children's Safety Zone

Household Products Database

Multi-Subjects

Awesome Library

Blue's Clues for Parents

Fact Monster (Interactive activities on a variety of topics, including Spelling and Geography)

i Know that!

KidChef (Cooking activities with children)

No Child Left Behind (Information and sites related to this national education initiative)

Parenting in a Digital Age

Family Education Network

National Coalition for Parent Involvement

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Reading

America Reads! (Available in Spanish)

Guys Read (Reading initiative for boys)

International Children's Digital Library

Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learner

Parent's Choice Award Lists

Parent's Choice on Graphic Novels

Read & Rise (Literacy program from the National Urban League)

Reading Planet

Reading Suggestions K-3

PBS Parents

Science

TryScience (Virtual field trips, experiments for ages 8 - 15)

Study Skills

Teaching Study Skills to Children

Teachers & Families (Preview site from TeachersFirst.com)

Note: I hope you find these links useful. Please, if you have found other websites that have been useful to you and your children, share them! Send an e-mail to me with the links.

Thanks,

GayLynn Reynolds, SHS Librarian