A high school, multi-district program to prepare students for most aspects of living on their own including basic living and working skills through hands-on activities and practical work experience. Emphasis is on employability and developing a work ethic as well as basic academics.
Search Engines:
Search resources for Kids
One Key
Ask Kids
Yahoo Kids
Dib Dab Kidsafe Search Engine
Yahoo
Google
Museums - World
Library of Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Louvre
Chicago Institute of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Museum of New Zealand
Virtual Library Museum Pages
Museums Online
Museums - Local
Dallas Museum of Art
Kimbell Museum (Ft. Worth)
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Ft. Concho (San Angelo)
Fort McKavitt (Ft McKavitt)
Grace Museum (Abilene)
Frontier Texas (Abilene)
Research:
Simple English Wikipedia
Dictionary
English Spanish Dictionary
Academic Kids Encyclopedia
Research with online encyclopedias and almanacs
Fact Monster
Awesome Library
Dead People Server
News
CNN
San Angelo Standard Times
Concho Valley Homepage
San Angelo Live
Abilene Newspaper
Yahoo News for Kids
Scholastic News for Kids
Campaign K-12
Current Events
USA Today US National News
USA Today World News
USA Today Health News
USA Today Science and Space News
USA Today Life News
Reuters News
Google World News
Yahoo US News
Yahoo World News
Yahoo Entertainment News
Yahoo Sports News
Yahoo Science News
Scientific American Space News
Scientific American Everyday Science News
Archaeology and Paleontology News
NASA Breaking News
Government
US Government information for kids
Tom Green County Library
Tom Green County Voter Registration and Elections Office
Selective Service
U.S. Government
U.S. Government Branches and Agencies
Federal Citizen Information Center
The White House
Emergency Preparedness
GeoMac Wildfire Support
IRS Online Classroom
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Texas State Government
Texas Emergency Management Situation Reports
Texas Department of Transportation
Weather
The Weather Channel
National Weather Service (NOAA)
San Angelo Radar
San Angelo and Area forecast
Jetstream NWS Online School for Weather
Active Fire Map
Weather Wiz Kids Quiz
Tornado Videos.net (Reed Timmer's site)
Chaser TV
Volcano Cams
Earth Cams
Science
Dr Bailer's Science Lessons
Science Daily News
Live Science (Everyday Science)
Do Science (experiments)
How Stuff Works
Scientific American
Action Bioscience
Monarch Watch
NASA and JPL
NASA TV
NASA Ustream Channel
NASA
Space Shuttle to Human Spaceflight at Nasa
NASA Mission Page
Jet Propulsion Labratory
Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
NASA Educational Materials Search
NASA Events Calendar
Astronomy and Space
Daily Galaxy (news)
Astronomy picture of the day
Amazing Space
Star Constellations
Star Lore
E-Sky
Driver's Ed
Driving Directory (Practice Driving Tests)
Drivers Ed to Go (Go to Game Corner)
History
Outline Maps
History Channel
History Place
History Net
History and Politics Outloud
MacroHistory
Maps for Free
Nation Master
Factbites
US History.org
Travel and History
State Master
World History Archives
International World History Project
United States Holocaust Museum
American History
Storm the Castle
Reading
Creativity Portal
100 Words
Literature What Makes a good Short Story?
Scholastic Book Talks and Discussion Guides
Encyclopedia Mythica
Athenaeum
Middle English Texts
1062 Vocabulary Words
Reading is Fundamental
Poets.org
Poet's Corner
Writing
Writer's Guidelines Database
Writer's Resource Net
Web English Teacher
English Club
Writing Fix
NPS Novel Ideas
Book Reviews
Kids Reads
Library Thing
Good Reads
Barnes and Noble Booksellar
Amazon.com Bookseller
Speculative Fiction Database
SF Site
Authors
Ray Bradbury
Rachel Caine - Morganville Vampires
Bruce Coville - Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher
Official Site of Diane Duane's Young Wizard's books
Neil Gaiman - Coraline
Hank the Cowdog - John Erickson
James Herriot
Junie B Jones - Barbara Park
Peg Kehret - Hideout
Madeline L'Engle - Wrinkle in Time
Lois Lowry (Giver series)
Ben Mikaelsen - Touching Spirit Bear
Jenny Nimmo - Charlie Bone Series
Rangers Apprentice - John Flanagan
Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson
JK Rowling's Official Harry Potter Site
Louis Sachar - Holes
Michael Scott - Nicholas Flamel Books
Chris Van Allsburg - Mysteries of Harris Burdick
David Weisner - Tuesday
ebooks
Project Gutenberg
Online Literature Library
Internet Public Library
Literature Network
Online Books Page
Paul V Sherlock Center for Disabilities (Write with Symbols like books)
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
Internet Movie Script Database
Tom Green County Library - Ebooks and Audiobooks
Math
Math.com
webmath
Math Quizes
Math Power
Math Goodies
Math Playground
American Mathematical Society (Math could be your job!)
Math World
Art
Graph Paper to print
Art Renewal Center
Matropolitian Museum of Art
Art History resources on the web
Using Blender
Blender for Beginners 24 min
Blender for Beginners 1 hr 22 min
Blender for Beginners pt 1 - 37 min
Blender for Beginners pt 2 - 2 hours
Going to Work
Workforce (Work in Texas)
Got Resume Builder
Researching Careers
Careers.org
Career One Stop
Writing your first resume
Zoom Info (info on companies and people)
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Career Info Net
Careers.org
Schools and Colleges
Fairview Schools Website
Wall ISD
Federal Student Aid
Howard College - San Angelo
Texas State Technical College
TSTC Admission Application
Eastern New Mexico State University
Austin School of Massage
West Texas A&M (West Texas State)
Lessons
Khan Academy
Pete's Powerpoint Station (Free Powerpoint Presentations)
Health
West Texas Medical Associates - Pollen Report Page
Centers for Disease Control
Vaccine Adverse Reporting System
Fruits and Veggies More Matters (fruits, Vegetables and nut databases)
Hobbies and Crafts
Knots on the Web
Learn Caligraphy
Do It 101 Caligraphy
Crochet Pattern Central
Cross Stitch Pattern Central
Knitting Pattern Central
Macrame Patterns
World Wide Quilting Page
Quilt Patterns from History
New Pathways Into Quilting History
America's Quilting History
Events and Entertainment
San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo
North Texas Irish Festival
Clan Heritage Society (Midland)
Official Peanuts Website
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
Recipes
All Recipes
All Recipes - No Bake cookies
Food Network
Recipe Source
Chow.Com Recipes
My Recipes
Food Timeline
Gode Cookery (Medieval Recipes)
Software and computer stuff
Zabaware - home of Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader (free download)
Oddio Overplay
Teacher Stuff
Education Service Center Region XV
TEA Main page
Texas Assessment Data Portal
US Department of Education
George Lucas Education Foundation
Quiz Hub
Education World
Education Week News
Lesson Plans and Teching Strategies
Teach-nology
Federal Resources for Education Excellence
Lesson Planz
Paula's Special Ed Resources
Kids Connect worksheets
Dept of Ag Online Ed and Self Study Courses
Social Studies Sites for Teachers
Character Education resources
English E Books (books rewritten at a lower reading level)
Trait Writing
Writing Prompts
Using English
ABC Teach Writing Basics
Folger Shakespeare Library Teaching Resources
Technology Rich Learning Experiences for High School Students
People's Physics Book
Free Math Worksheets
Little Strivers Free Worksheets
Online Workshops in Cyber Safety
Scholastic Books - Book Fairs
Linked In (networking for professionals)
Practical Money Skills
Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Science
NWS Educational Materials
Study Guides - Mostly Literature
Bibliomania Study Guides
Book Rags Study Guides
Enotes Literature Guides
Study Guides for the Great Works of Literature
Gradesaver Study Guides
Sparknotes (free quizes)
Novel Guide (free study guides)
Teaching Materials to buy
Walch Publishing
Dover Publishing
Wieser Educational Materials
Steck-Vaughn
Sunburst digital
Edupress
For more information about our program you can reach us at our classroom
Post graphic by Sly. The original Miles VTP page created 28 April 1998. Program moved to Water Valley VTP and revised 22 Sept 1999. Then, became the SSC VTP page 25 April 2002, Program moved to Fairview August 25, 2008.