Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
Contains information regarding state legislature, graduation requirements, WASL and Iowa test information, school report cards, state curriculum and more.

Finn Hill Junior High School
Located at 8040 NE 132nd on Finn Hill, just up the street from Thoreau.

Juanita High School
Located at 10601 NE 132nd St. This is the feeder school from Finn Hill Junior High and Kamiakin Junior High.

Don't know where to start? Try one of these recommended sites:

• MidLink Magazine is an electronic magazine for kids in the middle grades.


• Visit the White House and see what's up for kids.


• WWW: Best of the Web


• Weather - check out the area's forecast with radar and satellite images. Plus a link to NBC news.


• Legos - all the budding architects should check this site out.


• Mac Best of Shareware


• Internet Scavenger Hunt


• EdWeb: The On-Line K-12 Resource Guide

Resources for Kids

Science
	Bill Nye the Science Guy See what Bill‘s up to in his lab!
	NASA Quest: Robin Whirlybird (Grades K-4) Learn about rotorcraft in an interactive storybook.
	NASA Quest: Future Flight Design (Grades 3-7) Design air transportation and aircraft systems.
	NASA Quest: Astro-Venture(Grades 5-8) Search for and design a habitable planet.
	NASA Quest: PSA - Personal Satellite Assistant (Grades 5-8) Explore math and physics with a robotic helper.
	NASA Quest: What’s the Difference? (All Grades) Interactive software allowing side-by-side comparisons.
Math
	Math Brain Teasers Recommended for grades 3-8
	Lemonade Larry How much does the lemonade cost? Check out your math skills.
	Math Brain (On FunBrain.com)
	Math Games (On Primary Games.com)
	Cool Math 4 Kids Loads of math games!
Reading & Grammar
	KidsWeb An internet Digital Library
	Reading Brain (On FunBrain.com)
	Children's Literature Web Guide Internet resources related to books, for children and young adults
	Authors and Book Series: Sharon Creech (author) Harry Potter series Beverly Cleary (author) Little House on the Prairie series Junie B. Jones series
	Book Adventure Also see Thoreau’s web page for our participation in this program!
	Giggle Poetry Funny poetry just for kids!
	Seussville

News and Government

• Washington State Government - find out all about our wonderful state and its government.


• The Newsroom - links to many news sources of the day. Worth a look to find out what's up in the world.


• KOMO TV - check out the news of the Northwest.

References and Periodicals

• Encyclopedia - this is an encyclopedia being constructed by volunteers. Do you consider yourself an expert on a topic? You can even add an article yourself!


• TIME - see the issues from 1994 - present.


• KCLS - see what the King County Library System has to offer.

Resources for Teachers

• Mr. Donovan's collections of links to research and writings on technology in education.


• Resources for Teachers


• Technical Support


• Washington Social Studies


• Puget Sound ESD


• K-12 Lesson Plans (includes CNN, Astronomy, L.A., Math, etc)


• Athena - science/teacher project collaboration


• Classroom uses of the Internet