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| MyPyramid.gov |
| One size doesn't fit all. MyPyramid Plan can help
you choose the foods and amounts that are right for
you. For a quick estimate of what and how much you
need to eat, enter your age, sex, and activity level
in the MyPyramid Plan box. |
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| College
Board.com - MyRoad |
| Beginning in 2005, all high school students
who take the PSAT/NMSQT will have free access to
MyRoad - the College Board's on-line college, major,
and career planning exploration tool. |
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Take
a validated personality assessment to get
a detailed report on your personality type |
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Explore
a list of suggested careers and majors that
fit your personality and strengths |
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Search
for colleges by location, major, cost, and
much more |
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Find
out what students and professionals have
to say about their choices |
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Get
tips on applying to college and succeeding
in high school and beyond |
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Create
an online portfolio for college and career
planning |
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| http://www.classroomplus.k12.pa.us/ |
| ClassroomPlus
is a $9,000,000 statewide initiative that provides
grants of up to $500 to parents of children who
are struggling in reading and math. Children
in kindergarten through ninth grade are eligible
to participate in the program if they score at
the basic level or below-basic level on the PSSA
or in the bottom half of state-approved tests. |
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| http://www.pde.state.pa.us |
| Recognizing that parents are children’s
first and most important teachers, the PA Department
of Education plans to use this space to make it
easy for parents to find some of the most useful
resources on our web site. |
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| Helping Your Child Become a
Reader |
| Other than helping their children to grow up healthy
and happy, the most important thing that parents
can do is to help them develop their reading skills.
This booklet offers pointers on how to build the
language skills of young children, from infancy to
age 6,and
provides numerous activities to boost children’s
love of reading. It includes a list of typical language
accomplishments for different age groups,suggestions
for books children will love, and resources for children
with reading problems or learning disabilities. (Available
in English and Spanish.) |
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| Helping
Your Child With Homework |
| Homework can help children to develop positive
study skills and habits, improve their thinking and
memory abilities, and encourage them to use time
well, learn independently and take responsibility
for their work. This booklet helps parents of elementary
and middle school students understand why homework
is important, and pro-vides suggestions for helping
children complete assignments successfully.(Available
in English and Spanish.) |
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| Helping
Your Preschool Child |
| How well children will learn and develop and how
well they will do in school depends on a number of
things, including their health and physical well-being,
social and emotional preparation, language skills
and general knowledge of the world. This booklet
highlights techniques parents can use to encourage
their children to develop the skills necessary for
success in school and life by focusing on activities
that make learning fun. (Available in English and
Spanish.) |
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| Helping
Your Child Through Early Adolescence |
| Learning as much as possible about the world
of early adolescents is an important step toward
helping children through the fascinating, confusing
and wonderful years from ages 10 to 14. Based on
the latest research in adolescent development and
learning, this booklet addresses questions, provides
suggestions
and tackles issues that parents of young teens generally
find most challenging.(Available in English and Spanish.) |
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| Helping
Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen |
| Just as children must be taught to read and write,
solve math problems and understand science concepts
and events in history, so must they be guided in
developing the qualities of character that are valued
by their families and by the communities in which
they live. This booklet provides information about
the values and skills that make up character and
good citizenship and what parents can do to help
children develop strong character. It suggests activities
that parents and school-aged children can do to
put those values to work in their daily lives and
tips
for working with teachers and schools to ensure that
they act together to promote the basic values they
want their children to learn and use. (Available
in English and Spanish.) |
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| Helping
Your Child Learn Mathematics |
| Our increasingly
technological world demands strong skills in math,
not only in the workforce but also in every-day life,
and these demands will only increase over the lifetimes
of our children. The major portion of this booklet
is made up of fun activities that parents can use
with children from preschool age through grade 5
to strength-en their math skills and build strong,
positive attitudes toward math.(Available in English
and Spanish.) |
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| Helping
Your Child Learn Science |
| Every day is filled
with opportunities to learn science—without
expensive chemistry sets or books. Parents don’t
need degrees in chemistry or physics to help their
children
learn science. All that is needed is a willingness
to observe and learn with them and, above all, to
make an effort and take the time to nurture their
natural curiosity.This booklet provides parents of
children ages 3 through 10 with information, tools
and activities they can use in the home and community
to help their child develop an interest in the sciences
and learn about the world around them. (Available
in English and Spanish.) |
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| Helping
Your Child Succeed in School |
| :Every child
has the power to succeed in school and in life and
every parent, family member and caregiver can help.
This booklet provides parents with information, tools
and activities they can use in the home to help their
child develop the skills critical to academic success.
(Available in English and Spanish.) |
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| Put
Reading First:Helping Your Child Learn to Read |
| This brochure, designed for parents of young children,
describes the kinds of early literacy activities
that should take place at school and at home to help
children learn to read successfully. It is based
on the findings of the National Reading Panel. |
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| Questions
Parents Ask About Schools |
| This publication provides answers to commonly asked
questions on topics such as getting ready for school,
monitoring school, helping with reading and working
with schools and teachers. It is recommended for
parents of elementary- and middle-school-aged children
who want to help their children learn and succeed.
This
brochure suggests effective ways parents can support
their children’s education. The research-based
tips in this publication provide both practical guidance
and valuable information about a range of topics.
(This booklet has both Spanish and English text.) |
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| Reading
Tips for Parents |
| This English/Spanish bookmark is for parents who
want to encourage their child to read. It suggests
activities to help children become effective readers.
The bookmark also provides Web addresses for the
U.S. Department of Education, and the Department’s
toll free number, 1-800-USA-LEARN. |
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| Grow
Parent Website |
| Welcome to the Grow Parent Website! This fall,
parents and guardians throughout Pennsylvania received
reports
about their children's recent
standardized test results in Reading and Mathematics.
On this website, you will find more information about
what you can do to help your child grow. We hope
you enjoy the Grow Parent Website. |
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| Library
in the Sky |
| The Library in the Sky is a database of interesting
and useful educational Web sites for those involved
in education. Find the information you want through
the Search, User Tabs, by Department, or Materials.
Currently there are 1584 educational Web sites
listed in the Library in the Sky. Search the entire
database
of resource links, or narrow your search to those
Web sites that will most likely be of interest to
you. |
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| D.A.R.E. |
| “The New D.A.R.E. program is setting the
gold standard for the future,” says Charlie
Parsons, Executive Director of D.A.R.E. America, “Prevention
inside the 21st century school house will need to
be diverse, accountable, and mean more things to
more people, particularly with the safety issues
that have emerged since Columbine and terrorist alerts.
That’s one reason why every New D.A.R.E. officer
is also being trained as a certified School Resource
Officer (SRO).” |
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| It’s
All About U |
It’s
All About U is a campaign designed to educate
children, schools, families and the Allegheny
County community about the importance of mental
health and role stigma plays in preventing not
only treatment but simple dialog. The campaign
is being administered by the county’s Community
Connections for Families program (CCF) and will
pilot its work in five schools throughout Allegheny
County.
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| Scholarship.org |
| The goal of this website is to educate students
about scholarship access and the necessary requirements
for achieving maximum financial aid. In addition,
we provide our information free of charge to help
students avoid scholarship scam artists and misleading
authors who promise "secrets" to what is
essentially publicly available information. |
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