Project and Community Links

Classes

Bradley University --offers programs for area students such as summer reading skills and World of Wonder gifted student summer camps

ICC -- College for Kids program - 2 summer sessions of fun and educational activities for middle grade students

Peoria Park District -- after school, weekend and summer classes for students

Flores Music --offering classes, instruments and more in Peoria and Pekin

Kidder Music -- classes, instruments and music books for Band and Orchestra students

Salvation Army Youth Programs -- ages 4-15 Cheerleading or Self-Defense classes 309-670-0378 

Summer Band & Orchestra -- ages 8-18 Learn to play a variety of music, from jazz to country, while performing at a variety of locations in central Illinois. Students are grouped by skill level. Call 681-2861 (offered through the Peoria Park District).

Homework Help

Khan Academy online -- free online video library offering assistance with math and science

The Math Page --free online instruction in algebra and other maths

Study Guides and Strategies -- with help for math, english, research, etc.

Accelerated Reader Program -- see which books have AR quizzes, number of points and the book level

Renaissance Learning Home Connect -- parents can check their student's progress in AR

Animal Project - for facts about animals and nature

PBS for videos on nature, science and animals                 

birds.cornell.edu - every bird call online, habits and photos

DK Find Out -- online content from DK about, science, math, geography, human body, etc.

Flight Project - all kinds of science facts

Code One online magazine about planes/jets from Lockheed Martin

Africa Projects

African Voices info from the Smithsonian

Decades project:

History and Social Studies - site with videos, links and papers on history and current events

usa.gov  - access to laws & regulations, statistics, census data, government libraries

IL labor data and statistics  - business, marketing and workforce info -the bottom part has labor market info

Kids games and World Factbook published by the CIA! -has flags of the world for your Country Projects

census.gov  -  for maps, data, population and economic info

City Data - information about cities,towns and states

Food Timeline - what people were eating- Did you know animal crackers came out 3 years before New York had pizza?

American Rhetoric  - speeches, famous or not

French --This links to the RHS French teacher's resource page. She really has a lot to offer those who want to practice French 

Mango Language Lab- The Peoria Library website links to this and will help you brush up on French or Spanish

Tween Tribune - Spanish -- current events in Spanish

Study Spanish - practices

Mango Language Lab- The Peoria Library website links to this and will help you brush up on French or Spanish

Multiple Languages -- lists of verb conjugations,vocabulary and quizzes in French, Spanish, etc. (really fun) 

BBC Languages  -- language lessons, quizzes, crosswords