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Awards & Scholarship Opportunities
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- The deadline has passed for this contest, but keep checking back for the 2013 contest dates.
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- The 2013 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is open for submissions. Deadline is January 4, 2013.
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- American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) is seeking applicants for the Accenture American Indian Scholarship.The Accenture American Indian Scholarship is comprised of American Indian and Alaska Native incoming college freshmen who exhibit leadership, community spirit, academic achievement and collegiate promise in the areas of engineering, computer science, operations management, management, finance, marketing and other business oriented fields of study. Applicants must be members of a US federally recognized tribe or verify ¼ or more descent. Applicants must possess a 3.25 GPA at the end of the 7th semester of high school and be enrolling as a full-time degree seeking freshman in the fall.
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- The Act Six Leadership and Scholarship Initiative is the Northwest's only full-tuition, full-need scholarship for emerging urban and community leaders who want to use their college education to make a difference on campus and in their communities at home.Important News• Start your application today to ensure that you have enough time to submit complete and high quality materials by the October 23, 2012 deadline.
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- The American Indian College Fund was established in 1989 to provide scholarships to American Indian students attending tribal colleges and to fund and create awareness about the community-based accredited tribal colleges and universities that offer students access to knowledge and skills alongside Native culture, language, and values. The American Indian College Fund also provides scholarships to students attending non-tribal colleges and graduate students attending all colleges.
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- Scholarship Application Deadline: April 4, 2013
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- Applicants must demonstrate financial need and be a resident of Washington State with close social and cultural ties to an American Indian Tribe. Applicants must also be enrolled as a full time student in an in-state public or independent college/university by the Fall term 2012.
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- The mission of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) is to substantially increase the representation of American Indians and Alaskan Natives in engineering, science, and other related technology disciplines.
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- 1,100 students will each receive a $1,000 scholarship. If you’re a 9-12 grade student who plans to attend post-secondary education, have solid grades and are involved in community service or have work experience, we encourage you to apply!
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- Catching the Dream, formerly known as the Native American Scholarship Fund, makes grants to Native college students and works to improve Indian schools.
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- Get your student's college paid for by signing up by June 30 of the student's 8th grade year.
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- The Leadership 1000 Scholarship Application is now open! The online application can be completed on our website, and must be submitted by Monday, April 1, 2013.The Leadership 1000 Scholarship is open to all students across the state who will be enrolling in college fall 2013 as a freshman, sophomore or junior and who meet the eligibility criteria listed on our website.Generally, students who attend a community or technical college are not eligible for the Leadership 1000 Scholarship. However, this year, students who attend community or technical colleges may be eligible if they meet the City of Destiny and/or the Tacoma Public Utilities criteria. Please see the website for further information.Please contact either Vickie Rekow or Jilian Ryan at College Success Foundation at 877.655.4097 if you have any questions.Thank you!Vickie RekowDirector, Scholarship Services
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- Indian health programs need dedicated health professionals — people like you who envision a career with a purpose and mission and who are willing to commit to working in American Indian and Alaska Native communities where they can truly make a difference.The IHS Scholarship Program will begin accepting applications for the 2013 – 2014 academic year in December 2012. Read the Application Handbook [PDF - 3500KB] to familiarize yourself with the information you will need to apply for one of our three scholarships.
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- The League of World War I Aviation Historians is a nonprofit organization chartered with furthering the study of aviation history encompassing the World War I period. To this end, the League sponsors the annual Mike Carr Student Paper Competition. This essay competition is open to high school, undergraduate and graduate students attending any accredited educational institution.
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- Lowe’s will award up to one hundred forty (140) $2,500 scholarships to high school seniors who intend to enroll full-time in an undergraduate course of study in the U.S. for the 2013/2014 school year
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- The NSDAR awards multiple scholarships to students showing dedication to the pursuit of degrees in diverse disciplines including history, law, nursing, and education.The DAR Scholarship Committee awards scholarships to qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, sex or national origin. All multi-year scholarships, typically renewable up to four years, must be for consecutive years of attendance at an accredited college or university in the United States. The only exception is the American Indian Scholarship that is available for students pursuing vocational training.
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- Indian Country Today Media Network’s Education- Scholarships page is an essential online database Native and American Indian scholarships available to students. The Scholarships page is a comprehensive listing containing vital Native and American Indian grant and scholarship information relating to Tribal Colleges and Native American Studies. This dynamic database is an imperative tool to help guide all Native and American Indian students seeking economic assistance for college entry and graduate-level programs.
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- Nordstrom is excited to award $10,000 scholarships to 80 outstanding high school students to help them achieve their dreams of going to college. The Nordstrom Scholarship recognizes students across the country for their exceptional scholastic achievement and community involvement.
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- The O Wines Opportunity for Success Scholarship supports low-income, capable young women so they can achieve their greatest potential through education. Each scholarship is $20,000 and is awarded in $5,000 increments annually over four years to each recipient who continues to meet eligibility requirements. Apply online now!
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- The O Wines Opportunity for Success Scholarship supports low-income, capable young women so they can achieve their greatest potential through education.
Each scholarship is $20,000 and is awarded in $5,000 increments annually over four years to each recipient who continues to meet eligibility requirements.
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- Applications are due December 12, 2012, Palmer Scholarship is for Low Income Minority Students that live in Pierce County. It is a 4 year, need-based scholarship that includes a mentor!! This scholarship is not for the typical 4.0 student;
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- Pride Foundation provides post-secondary educational scholarships to current and future leaders in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ), and straight ally community from or studying in Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Washington.Since the program began in 1993, donors and volunteers have helped Pride Foundation award nearly $2.7 million to more than 1,100 scholars – making it one of the largest LGBTQ scholarship programs in the country. In collaboration with our scholarship partners at the Greater Seattle Business Association, we are proud to support LGBTQ and straight ally students! Together, we offer over 50 different scholarships, but only one application to complete.Students who have been stigmatized or isolated because of their sexual orientation or gender identity often lack critical family, financial, and community support. Too often individuals of great promise give up because they do not believe success is possible.Pride Foundation also recognizes students who may not identify as LGBTQ, but who have contributed to the LGBTQ community. These may be the children of LGBTQ parents, or just friends of our community whose leadership skills that have demonstrated leadership in advancing LGBTQ equality.
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- The SAA first created the Native American Scholarships Fund in 1988 to support Native people who are interested in studying archaeology.
The Native American Scholarships Fund is an endowment established to foster a sense of shared purpose and positive interaction between archaeologists and Native Americans. Scholarships are open to all Native peoples from anywhere in the Americas, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Indigenous Pacific Islanders.
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- Through its Education and Leadership Development Program, the Jackie Robinson Foundation provides scholarships of up to $24,000/four years to minority high school students showing leadership potential and demonstrating financial need to attend an accredited 4-year college or university of their choice.
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- Smarter Scholarship Matches
Whether you're looking for a scholarship or looking to provide one, theWashBoard.org makes it simple. We connect students with relevant scholarships in one stop - saving everyone time and making sure scholarships don't go unused.
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- Scholarships are awarded to recipients who will attend accredited schools: Four year colleges or universities, Two year community colleges,Vocational technical schools, or Trade schools.
Scholarship award levels: Five thousand dollars ($5,000) for recipients attending four year post-secondary institutions, Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for recipients attending other post-secondary institutions
The criteria for a scholarship grant: Based on financial need,
Must be first-time entering freshman, Completion of high school education within Washington State, Public high school diploma,
Private high school diploma, GED issued within Washington State
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- The Governors’ Scholarship for Foster Youth is a scholarship program that helps young men and women who are currently in an open dependency court order in Washington State, or an open dependency tribal court order, continue their education and earn a college degree. Eligible students must meet specific criteria.
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- The award was created by the Washington State Legislature in 2011 to address rising tuition at Washington college and universities. It's a public-private partnership funded initially with $5 million from the state of Washington. Boeing and Microsoft have committed $50 million combined. 3,000 scholarships are available for high-demand fields such as health care, science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM). The awards are $1,000 per year and renewable up to five years. This scholarship is available to college students or high school students (as long as a diploma or GED is obtained by August 30, 2012) who plan to attend a Washington State college, university or community college. All students must have a cumulitive GPA above 2.75, submit the 2012-2013 FAFSA and have a family income less than 125% of median family income. This goes above and beyond the state need grant which reaches families with 70% of the median family income.
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- Scholarships of two thousand dollars ($2,000) are given to recipients entering four-year post-secondary institutions. One thousand ($1,000) dollar scholarship will be awarded for community colleges, voc-tech schools or other accredited institutions. Washington State PTA scholarships are awarded on the basis of:
1) financial need
2) academic performance
3) leadership & community service
College Prep
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- Brown University, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University and Rice University have traveled together for many years to speak to students and their families about college admissions. We do so because our institutions, at their core, are similar. We all offer students a broad-based liberal arts curriculum, committed to providing every student with a well-rounded education in social science, humanities, mathematics and science. We are all residential colleges; the vast majority of our students live on campus, so much of our students' education takes place outside of the classroom. Lastly, we all practice highly selective admissions; each of our schools seeks not only a class that is strong academically, but a class that is diverse in every way and one with dynamic students who will enrich their campus intellectually, extracurricularly and personally.
Join Brown, Chicago, Columbia, Cornell and Rice for an information session for prospective students and their families. Sessions include a brief overview of each institution, information on admissions and financial aid, and a chance to speak informally with admissions representatives. You must register to attend. We look forward to meeting you around the country this fall!
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- Exploring College Options is a special recruitment program sponsored by the undergraduate admissions offices of five of the country's leading universities: Duke University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford University. During the spring or fall of each year, the Exploring College Options group will visit all 50 states, Puerto Rico, USVI and the District of Columbia. At each event, representatives from the five universities will conduct brief slide presentations about their institution and answer your questions about the sometimes-mystifying world of college admissions. You will learn what distinguishes one fine university from another, what competitive colleges look for in the selection process, and what you can do to enhance your college application.
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- The LEAD SUmmer Business Institute (SBI) is a 3-4 week program that provides you with an opportunity to take exciting classes in finance and economics with world-renowned professors. LEAD introduces high school juniors from diverse communities with strong academic credentials and demonstrated leadership skills to challenging careers in business.
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- March 2 Success provides FREE educational materials to help students. We provide materials to help prepare students for college with SAT/ACT practice tests and a series of videos to simplify the admissions and financial aid process. We provide students with customized lesson plans designed to help them focus on areas of need, allowing them to skip through what they already know. These programs can help students with their grades, passing state required exams or as a refresher for students who have been away from school for a while.
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- The purpose of Na-ha-shnee is to encourage Native American High School students to pursue Health Science degrees and to prepare themselves for the future. Native American male and female students who will be entering the 10th, 11th, or 12th grade in the fall of 2013 are invited to apply. Students must have a 'C' average in math/sciences and a strong interest in the health careers.
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- College Prep Workshop
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- HOIST is a program run by the Native American Student Center at the University of Idaho that encourages Native American high school students to pursue post-secondary education and careers in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. It is a 6-week college preparatory program that runs from mid-June through mid-July and coordinates activities for students throughout the academic year.
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- Are you currently a high school sophomore or junior interested in learning what the nursing field is all about? Do you want to know how to get into nursing school? Apply to participate in the University of Washington School of Nursing's Nurse Camp 2012! This FREE week-long day camp is geared toward increasing access and opportunities in nursing to minority and low-income high school sophomores and juniors.
Nurse Camp 2012 will take place from June 25 - June 29, 2012.
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- Welcome to the University of Washington Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)
The Summer Medical Dental Education Program (SMDEP) is a six-week enrichment program for talented underrepresented students interested in medicine or dentistry. It is designed to meet two important objectives, involving several components:
•Communications
•Biology (micro and general)
•Chemistry (organic and general)
•Biostatistics
•Physics
And more!
•Cultural Competancy
•Current Events
•Social activities and receptions
•The sights of Seattle
•Fourth of July picnic
•Weekend daytrips
SMDEP Admissions season begins November 1st, 2012.
SMDEP Admissions deadline is March 1, 2013.
UW SMDEP dates: June 24 - Aug 2, 2013.
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- Yale Information Session
M. Bowen Posner, Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions, will discuss academic programs, residential colleges and campus life, admissions, and financial aid. The session will be held in the Great Hall.
All are welcome to attend. Please bring family, friends, and your questions about Yale.
Cultural Awareness
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- Native & American Indian News, Articles, Culture, Events and More
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- The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe is a federally recognized Indian tribe whose membership is composed of descendants of the Duwamish and Upper Puyallup people who inhabited Central Puget Sound for thousands of years before non-Indian settlement. The Tribe’s name is derived from the native name for the prairie on which the Muckleshoot Reservation was established. Following the Reservation’s establishment in 1857, the Tribe and its members came to be known as Muckleshoot, rather than by the historic tribal names of their Duwamish and Upper Puyallup ancestors. Today, the United States recognizes the Muckleshoot Tribe as a tribal successor to the Duwamish and Upper Puyallup bands from which the Tribe’s membership descends.
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- A cultural center celebrating, educating, nurturing, and honoring the heritage of all urban Native Americans living in South Puget Sound.
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- Read the Puyallup Tribal Newspaper online.
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- The Fred Oldfield Western Heritage & Art Center is dedicated to the preservation of his dream of sharing his love of life, his Western Art, and the history of the American West. As an interactive learning center it celebrates and promotes this dream for all generations.
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- The "House of Welcome" Longhouse Education and Cultural Center is a public service center at The Evergreen State College. Built in collaboration with Northwest tribes, it is the first building of its kind on a public campus in the United States. The Longhouse is a multi-purpose facility, able to serve a variety of educational, cultural and community functions. Founded upon a vision of hospitality and service, it is a gathering place for people of all cultural backgrounds to teach and learn with each other.
Education Support
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- Online, Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help
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- Math Fact Cafe includes math worksheets, flashcards, time, and money problems. The focus of the site is on the elementary grades, K-5. The site allows visitors to access hundreds of pre-generated math worksheets or use awesome worksheet generators to create custom worksheets to meet a child's specific needs.
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- The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere.
All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.
A library of videos covers K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reaches into the humanities with playlists on finance and history. Each video is a digestible chunk, approximately 10 minutes long, and especially purposed for viewing on the computer.
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- Are you a Math Magician?
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- Create Your Own Interactive Games plus pre-made and design your own games.
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- Sheppard Software designs educational software and online games with these goals: 1) To add sound and visual effects to make learning fun and more memorable. 2) To design games with many difficulty levels so that players will continue to be challenged no matter how far they progress. 3) To provide games that will exercise players' brains.
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- The Youth Center offers employment services, education services, social services, weekly programs, and a drop-in center for teens ages 13-18. *For information only, not Puyallup School District sponsored.
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- HOIST (Helping Orient Indian Students and Teachers) is a program that is run by the Native American Student Center at the University of Idaho that encourages Native Amercian high school students to pursue post-secondary education and careers in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. HOIST holds a 6-week college preparatory program that runs from June-July and coordinates activities for students throughout the academic year.
Financial Aid
Indian Education
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- A new Title VII Student eligibility form is now available from the Office of Indian Education. The 506 Form is used by Indian Education formula programs to document Indian heritage of participating students. To download this file follow this link to the Indian formula resource page.
K-12 Websites
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- Reading and Language Arts resource—in and out of school.
Miscellaneous
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- The University of Arizona's School of Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS), an ALA-accredited program, invites you to share in a unique opportunity to prepare for a career as a librarian or information professional with focus on Latino and Native American communities.
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- Victoria McKinney, a Waller Road Elementary School sixth-grader in teacher Ngoma Howard's classroom, reads the iconic I Have a Dream speech.
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- CEO Spencer Proffer establisher 25 Space Camp Scholarships for Aboriginal and Native American Children. They can apply for free scholarships to Space Camp. This scholarship program is open to applicants age 9 – 11 who are available to attend a weeklong Space Camp in 2012.
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- Current high school student grade 9-12 (including graduating seniors during the 2011-2012 school year) living in Washington, Oregon, Idaho or Alaska are encouraged to apply for any of the five programs offered.
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- Check out the many volunteer opportunities at Youth United and United Way of Pierce County.
Parent Resources
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- How to qualify
To qualify for $9.95 a month Internet service and a low-cost computer, your household must meet all these criteria:
1.Be located where Comcast offers Internet service
2.Have at least one child eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program
3.Have not subscribed to Comcast Internet service within the last 90 days
4.Not have an overdue Comcast bill or unreturned equipment
How to apply
1.Call 1-855-8-INTERNET (1-855-846-8376) to request an application
2.We will mail you an application. Complete and return it, along with lunch program documents from your child's school
3.We will notify you by mail about the status of your application. Allow 7-10 days for a response
....Attention educators, community partners and civic leaders: See how you can play an important role in bringing affordable Internet home to more people.
Learn more..How to get connected
Once you are approved, we'll mail you a welcome package with everything you need to set up your Internet service and receive our free Internet training. If you choose to purchase a low-cost computer, your welcome package will provide details.
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- Helping families in Washington state find programs and resources.
Websites For Elementary Grades K-5
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- An interactive set of games designed to build upon each other.
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- Funbrain offers free educational games, online books, and comics. Funbrain, created for kids age preschool through grade 8, offers more than 100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy. Plus, kids can read a variety of popular books and comics on the site, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amelia Writes Again, and Brewster Rocket.
Websites For Lower Elementary: Grades K-2
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- Help Garfield catch the most fish, and in the process practice your beginning and ending sounds.
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- Be sure to check out all your favorite PBSKids shows like Word Girl, Between the Lions, Super Why, Sid the Science Guy, Maya and Miguel and more. Many activities don't all require reading abilities, but some do.
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- Sort the pictures into the correct box based on the beginning-letter sounds, short-vowel sounds.
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- Perfect for pre-readers and beginning readers, this site takes a systematic phonics approach and combines it with phonemic awareness practice.
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- Fun site for kids
Websites For Upper Elementary: Grades 3-5
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- Presented by the Library of Congress, students will get caught up in the interactivity of the site as they Meet Amazing Americans, Jump Back in Time, Explore the States, Join America at Play and See, Hear and Sing. Check it out.
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- Check out this site with reviews and recommendations as well as sections devoted to popular book series.
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- While it shares some content from the PBSKids site geared toward younger elementary students, this site has a look and feel to engage the over 8 crowd. In addition to PBS character sections (Maya and Miguel, Word Girl) there are terrific sections dedicated to the American Experience: Wayback, Democracy Project, History Detectives and more.
Websites: Grades 6-8
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- Check out Cool Math to practice pre-algebra and algebra.
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- Created by a math teacher this site offers games that require specific and complex skills, logic puzzles and an amazing supply of word problems. The games use manipulatives to help make even the most abstract math concepts clear.
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- Complete more than four dozen activities - puzzles, mysteries, quizzes, etc. -- to earn your
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- Take a closer look at these engaging online exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution covering art, science & nature, history & culture, and people & places.
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- Check out this site for hundreds of book reviews, information on the most popular series, lists of the best graphic novels and the Ultimate Reading List. Everyone can find a good book on this site.
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