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:
Pandia Kids and Teens Search Engine
Kids Search Tools
Search resources for Kids
One Key
Ask Kids
Yahoo Kids
Dib Dab Kidsafe Search Engine
Museums - World
Library of Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Victoria and Albert Museum
Egyptian Museum
Chicago Institute of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Museum of London
Museum of New Zealand
Virtual Library Museum Pages
Museums Online
Museums - Local
Dallas Museum of Art
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Ft. Concho (San Angelo)
Grace Museum (Abilene)
Frontier Texas (Abilene)
Research:
Dictionary
Academic Kids Encyclopedia
Research with online encyclopedias and almanacs
Kids Connect Encyclopedia and Reference Materials
Fact Monster
Awesome Library
News
CNN
San Angelo Standard Times
Concho Valley Homepage
Yahoo News for Kids
Scholastic News for Kids
Campaign K-12
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
White House Kids Page
Emergency Preparedness
GeoMac Wildfire Support
IRS Online Classroom
Texas State Government
Texas Emergency Management Situation Reports
Texas Road Conditions Maps
Weather and Science
The Weather Channel
National Weather Service (NOAA)
San Angelo Radar
Weather Channel Interactive Radar Map - San Angelo
National Fire Weather Page
Active Fire Map
Weatherbonk Weather Cams
Weather Wiz Kids Quiz
NASA
Space Shuttle
NASA Mission Page
Jet Propulsion Labratory
Astronomy picture of the day
Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
Science News Yahoo
Science Daily News
Live Science (Everyday Science)
Do Science (experiments)
How Stuff Works
Scientific American
Amazing Space
Action Bioscience
Volcano Cams
Earth Cams
Star Constellations
Star Lore
E-Sky
NASA TV
NASA Feed
Houston Chronicle Space News and Occasional video feed
History
This Day in History
History Channel
History Place
History Net
History and Politics Outloud
MacroHistory
Maps for Free
Nation Master
Factbites
US History.org
Travel and History
Outline of US History
State Master
World History Archives
International World History Project
United States Holocaust Museum
History.UK
Humanities (Reading, Writing, Art and Literature)
Web English Teacher
English Club
Writing Fix
Creativity Portal
100 Words
Literature What Makes a good Short Story?
NPS Novel Ideas
Encyclopedia Mythica
Athenaeum
Middle English Texts
Reading is Fundamental
Writing as a Job
Writer's Guidelines Database
Writer's Resource Net
ebooks
Project Gutenberg
Online Literature Library
Internet Public Library
Literature Network
Text Library
Online Books Page
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
Internet Movie Script Database
Math
Math.com
webmath
Math Quizes
Math Power
Math Goodies
Math Playground
American Mathematical Society (Math could be your job!)
Math World
Art
Art Renewal Center
Timeline of Art History
Art History resources on the web
Art Lex (dictionary of artists and art terms)
Going to Work
Workforce (Work in Texas)
Researching Careers
Careers.org
Career One Stop
Advice on Resumes
Writing your first resume
How to write a cover letter
Cover Letters and Other Job Hunting Letters
Work.Com (How to guides for small business)
Schools and Colleges
Fairview Schools Website
Wall ISD
Federal Student Aid
Howard College - San Angelo
American Commercial 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)
Other Sites of interest:
Web Wise Kids (Internet safety)
George Lucas Education Foundation
Zabaware - home of Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader (free download)
MoreFM Radio from Auckland New Zealand
West Texas Medical Associates - Pollen Report Page
Hobbies, Events and Entertainment
JK Rowling's Official Harry Potter Site
Official Site of Diane Duane's Young Wizard's books
Oddio Overplay
Official Peanuts Website
Lone Star Spirits
World Wide Quilting Page
Quilt Patterns from History
New Pathways Into Quilting History
America's Quilting History
Needlework Links
Crochet Pattern Directory
North Texas Irish Festival
Tiny Tears Trailers
Recipes
All Recipes
All Recipes - No Bake cookies
Food Network
Recipe Source
Chow.Com Recipes
My Recipes
Food Timeline
Historic Recipes
Recipes on the Net
History.UK.Com - Historic Recipes
Gode Cookery (Medieval Recipes)
TAKS Practice
Online Study Guides
Online release tests for practice
Teacher Stuff
Education Service Center Region XV
TEA Special Education Page
TEA Main page
US Department of Education
TAKS-M
Quiz Hub
Education World
Education Week News
GEM - Gateway to Educational Materials
Lesson Plans and Teching Strategies
Teach-nology
Federal Resources for Education Excellence
Lesson Planz
Social Studies Sites for Teachers
Social Studies Lesson Plans
Character Education resources
Trait Writing
Kim's Corner for Teacher Talk (ELA site)
Writing Prompts
National Adult Literacy Database Canada - Literacy Materials
Using English
ABC Teach Writing Basics
Folger Shakespeare Library Teaching Resources
Misc
Scholastic Books - Book Fairs
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)
Teaching Materials to buy
Kids in Between
Walch Publishing
Dover Publishing
Wieser Educational Materials
Steck-Vaughn
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.