Academic Resources for Families

Great Resources for Middle School Parents and Students

Most 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 Lists for Students

• Pearson Youth Reading List - Pearson Recommended 6-8th summer reading

• Book Suggestions for the Entire Family - List for great books separated by category and age range

The Future - Getting an Early Start on Careers and College

• 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

• Solomon's Admissions Consulting - a consulting firm to help students get into the college or university of their dreams!

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

Students With Disabilities

• http://www.add.org/ - Attention Deficit Disorder Association

• http://www.ldresources.com/ - Learning Disability Resources

• http://www.ncld.org/ - National Center for Learning Disabilities

• http://www.fcsn.org/ - Federation for Children with Special Needs

For Minority, First Generation Students

• http://www.educacionsuperior.org/ - education information in Spanish

• http://www.uncf.org/ - United Negro College Fund

• http://www.aihec.org/ - American Indian Higher Education Consortium

• http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/index.html?src=mr - Department of Education/Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs