Great Resources for Middle School Students and Parents - in part supplied by: The National Collegebound Program
NJ State Youth Resources
NJ Parent Link
www.njparentlink.nj.gov
NJ Parent Link Older Siblings
https://www.njparentlink.nj.gov/njparentlink/developmental/older/
NJ Parent Link Child Care & K-12
https://www.njparentlink.nj.gov/njparentlink/childcare/choices/
NJ Parent Link Special Situations
https://www.njparentlink.nj.gov/njparentlink/services/special/
NJ Parent Link COVID-19 Family Resources
https://njparentlink.nj.gov/njparentlink/current/covid-19.html
NJ COVID-19: Coping, Challenges, Crises Intervention & Support
https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/youthhelp
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
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 https://staysafe.org/teens/ Staysafe.org's Online Teen Safety Guide
Students or People 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
http://www.rain.org/~medmall/resources/community/handicapables/index.html - a comprehensive guide for people living with disabilities, with a goal to help make the federal grants available to seniors, veterans, and people with cognitive and physical disabilities
http://www.expertise.com/home-and-garden/home-remodeling-for-disability-and-special-needs - home remodeling info. for people with disabilities.
For Minority, Low-Income, 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