HELPFUL LINKS


www.myfuture.com Non-college career choices that enable you to uphold a job without much college experience.

www.mapping-your-future.org

www.khake.com/page51.html: Career and College Planning Web Resources

COLLEGES

www.collegeboard.com Online college search, SAT preparation and registration.

www.fastweb.com Online customized college search with nearly 4,000 detailed college profiles.

Website for Georgia Colleges & Universities www.gacollege411.org All about Georgia colleges and universities: search, compare, link to websites, review Georgia financial aid information, etc.

www.collegeview.com

www.khake.com/page51.html: Career and College Planning Web Resources

www.petersons.com

www.usg.edu/ga-easy

www.eaglelink.sas.edu.sg/highschool/Guidance/College/college

SCHOLARSHIPS

www.fastweb.com Online customized scholarship search with 600,000 scholarships worth $1 billion.

www.gocollege.com

www.collegenet.com

www.collegeboard.com

www.college-scholarship.com

www.free-scholarships-and-financial-aid.com

www.coca-cola-scholarships.org

www.fafsa.ed/gov Federal student aid.

www.gsfc.org/MAIN/dsp_main.cfm Georgia Student Financial Commission

www.act.org/truman Harry Truman Scholarship Foundation for students who have outstanding leadership potential. Also for students who plan to pursue careers in government or public service and wish to attend graduate school.

http://www.studentswithoutmothers.org/index.html This is a scholarship for students who do not have a mother due to death, abandonment, etc.

http://www.scholarshipcoach.com A "virtual college coach" to help find and win college cash.

www.khake.com/page51.html: Career and College Planning Web Resources

EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN SERVICES

www.cec.sped.org: Council for Exceptional Children
A national organization providing resources, information and support for parents, teachers and administrators of students with disabilities.

www.chadd.org: CHADD
A national organization serving individuals with Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder.

www.glrs.org: Georgia Learning Resources Services
A statewide network of seventeen resource centers offering free services to parents and teachers of children with disabilities.

www.gpat.org: Georgia Project for Assistive Technology
A federally funded project of the Georgia Department of Education providing a range of technical support services in the area of assistive technology to teachers and students.

www.ideapractices.org: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
A partnership of four national projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs to deliver a common message about IDEA.

www.nichey.org: National Information Center for children and Youth with Disabilities
A resource sharing information about disabilities with parents, teachers and practitioners.

www.disciplinehelp.com:
Resource of tips and techniques for improving student behavior.

www.interventioncentral.com:
Offering free tools and resources to help school staff and parents promote positive classroom behaviors and foster effective learning.

www.plainsense.com:
Helps with everyday health/mental/emotional questions that individuals may have by clarifying general definitions, giving strategies and helping to alert one if medical attention is necessary.

MATH

www.math.com

www.glencoe.com/sec/math/index.html: This is an online study guide for Math textbooks for the following courses: Applied Algebra, Applied Geometry and Advanced Algebra Trigonometry.

RESEARCH


At school, use the "Spectrum" icon on your desktop to utilize the Media Center's resources.

Access Atlanta: www.accessatlanta.com

Ask Jeeves: www.aj.com

Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper: www.accessatlanta.com/ajc

Census Bureau Home Page: www.census.gov

City of roswell: www.ci.roswell.ga.us

Dogpile: www.dogpile.com/index.gsp

Georgia Net State of Georgia: www.georgia.gov

Google: www.google.com

The New York Times on the Web: www.nytimes.com

The following web sites require a user id and password for use at home. Please pick up a bookmark of these user ids/passwords from the media center:

Gale Resource Center Bronze: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/rosw15353

Grolier Encyclopedia: http://www.go.grolier.com

Galileo (over 100 databases): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/high-school/fultonschools/search/

GCIS (GA Career Information Center: http://www.gcic.edu

Web Feet (Database of educational web sites): http://www.webfeetguides.com/index.html

Visual Thesaurus (an on-line dictionary and a thesaurus): http://www.visualthesaurus.com/online

SCIENCE

www.glencoe.com/sec/math/index.html: This is an online study guide for Science textbooks .

TESTING

http://www.testprepreview.com: Source of free practice tests including SAT, PSAT, ASVAB, ACT and many others.

http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/curriculum/testing/eoct_guides.asp: Georgia Department of Education Study Guides for the End of Course Tests.

http://www.usatestprep.com: Assistance with the Georgia High School Graduation Test. See your counselor or the Media Center for login ID and password information.

http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/curriculum/testing/ghsgt.asp: Help for the Georgia High School Graduation Tests, among other helpful testing information.

http://www.studyguidezone.com/ghsgttest.htm: Help for the Georgia High School Graduation Tests.

http://www.studyguidezone.com/sattest.htm: Help for the SAT Test, including the Writing section.

http://www.studyguidezone.com/acttest.htm: Help for the ACT Test.

http://www.studyguidezone.com/psattest.htm: Help for the PSAT Test.

MISCELLANEOUS

www.gadoe.org: Georgia Department of Education website filled with a wealth of information that is helpful for students, parents, employees and anyone seeking information on Georgia education.

www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslsp.html World Languages help.