Teens' Page
Colleges & Scholarships •
Fun Stuff •
Health •
Homework •
Jobs •
for Parents •
Reading •
Schools •
Starting Points •
Writing •
Blogs & Zines
Kids' and teens' book discussion clubs in the event calendar
Starting Points
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Internet Public Library Teen
Pages
- Good comprehensive site with sections on music, health, zines, "dating and stuff," computers, sports, etc. Features "Career Paths" to help you think about careers, and the A Plus Research and Writing Guide, to help you with your writing now.
Public Library Teen Sites
- Berkeley Public Teen Services
- Santa Clara Teen Library Services
- San José Public Library Teen Web
- Teen Services at San Francisco Public
- Toronto Public Library
Local Schools
- Santa Rosa City Schools
- Names and address with links to schools with web pages.
Schools of Sonoma County
- From the Sonoma County Office of Education, contact information for each school, School accountability report cards, STAR test results, and statistics about public education in Sonoma County.
Homework
Jobs & Careers
- Sonoma County Youth at Work
- Part of the Sonoma County Job Link site, this page features information on local youth employment services, education and scholarship information, and links to local high schools, information about college application, local mentoring programs and more.
California CareerZone- Good for career reports and for your own personal planning. Check out potential jobs from a database of 900 occupations with information on wages, worker attributes, job characteristics, and links to 300 videos that give a snapshot of the featured occupation. We like the Reality Check option that can help you decide how much education you need to get a good job, and how much money you will need to earn to live well.
Jobs & Careers Page- From San Jose Public. Good list of California-related and general job assistance sites.
SCL Careers Page- Lots more information on career choice and job sources on the Library's Careers & Jobs Page.
Colleges
& Scholarships
- WIReD: College
- Good web page with links to colleges, universities, scholarship websites, and information on applying for college and financial aid. From the San Jose Public Library.
FAFSA Online- The first step in applying for most financial aid.
I Can Afford College.com- From the California community colleges. Apply here for scholarships and other financial aid.
Fastweb.com- Free scholarship information service.
College Admissions- From About.com. Comprehensive set of links on every possible topic relevant to college admissions.
College Source Online- "Over 12,800 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover original page format including 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools."
SAT Preparation- Quiz yourself and review vocabulary.
Health
- Go Ask Alice
- From Columbia University's Health Education Program. Archives of questions and answers on topics ranging from health and nutrition to drugs and sexuality.
Teen site from UASA Sonoma County- Myths & facts, what to do, things to know. From United Against Sexual Assault of Sonoma County.
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TeensHealth - From the KidsHealth project of the Nemours Foundation.
Teens' Page- On MedlinePlus, from the National Institutes of Health.
Teen Health Home Page- Put together by the medical students at Dalhousie University.
Teen Health- From the DMOZ open directory project - sources submitted by volunteers.
Writing
- Creative Writing for Teens
- From the copious pages for teens at About.com. Great links to everything relating to writing from spelling, to publishing to writing tips from published writers.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant- A step-by-step helper for planning and organizing your writing.
Blogs and Zines
- Teen Ink
- Magazine, blogs, book series and website written entirely by teens.
Wiretap- An "online resource for socially conscious, active youth." A source for alternative news and information "to educate and empower young people."
Gurl.com
GirlTech
Teen Voices- Magazine written by and for teen age and young adult women.
Fun Stuff
- Fun on the 'Net
- Picks for fun from San José Public.
Sonoma County Regional Parks- Information about using our local parks, including information about hours, activities and weather, special events and festivals, job opportunities and more. (There's more information on state and national parks, and campgrounds and camping on the Community Resources page.)
Reading
- Good Reads for Teens
- Sonoma County Library's booklists from Teen Read, Richie Partington's recommendations, and more.
- YALSA Booklists
- Features the best books for young adults, including the alex awards, paperbacks and audio books. From the Young Adult Library Services Association.
Recommended Young Adult Reading- From the St. Charles Public Library. Suggestions for reading based on genre and interests.
Resources for Parents
- Parents' Guide to the Internet
- From the U.S. Department of Education.
Coping in Unsettling Times- From the National Association of School Psychologists: advice on helping children and youth cope with loss, grief, natural disasters, parents called to active duty, times of crisis.