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Parents Page

Welcome to Golden Ring Parents' Page!

brought to you by the Library Media Center

 

Our goals:

  • keeping your child safe while using electronic tools in this digital age;
  • keeping parents/guardians informed in ways to help children succeed. 

 

                                                                      

Fee-based Databases

 

 

Summer Reading Recommendations: (no links available)

 

PTA: (no links available)

Board members

Become a member

 

Clubs and Organizations within West Towson Elementary: (no links available)

 

Internet safety:                         

Internet Safety (F.B.I. Publication)

safekids.com

Media Awareness Network

http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexFL.htm

Online safety by Yahoo! kids

Dangers Children Face Online (Dateline Article)

WiredKids.org

 

 

Cyberbullying:

Cyberbully Alert

A Parent's Guide to Cyberbullying (About.com)

Cyberbullying Suicide: How Do You Protect Your Kids? 

 

Internet filters: (Commercial Products available to parents)

Spector Pro               "Keeping You Connected to Your Little Westie."

NetNanny                                                                                              

Filtering Software: top ten reviews

 

 

 BCPS

Baltimore County Public Schools:

2010-2011 Calendar

Baltimore County Student Handbook

Monthly Learning Calendars for Families

The Parentmobile

The Resource Centers for Families and Schools

Parent Support Services

Office of Special Education Parent Resource

 

Community:

Board of Education Advisory and Stakeholder Groups

Community members are encouraged to support Baltimore County Public Schools through participation in a wide range of Board of Education Advisory and Stakeholder Groups. Read the brief descriptions of these groups and links for additional information such as contacts and upcoming meeting dates.

Education Advisory Councils of Baltimore County

Since 1972, the Advisory Council members have served as both informed advisors to the Board of Education and as liaisons to the communities they represent.

School Partnerships

Volunteer Opportunities

Baltimore County Public Library

Overlea : Card catalog, research databases, calendar of events, 24/7 help from a librarian, etc.

 

Sites to Help Parents Help Their Children

This site provides assistance for parents in reading, math discipline, family, general school work, internet safety, planning for the future, summer learning, and Spanish. It also has a myriad of sites for kids.

MSA Assistance:

 Information and practice to better prepare students for the Maryland State Assessment

 

 

Children's Literature Support:

Children's Book Reviews

Booklist, Children's Literature, Horn Book Magazine, School Library Journal, and more

Newbery Award Books

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Caldecott Award Books

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

 

 

 

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