Parent Resources
The following is a list of resources for parents. Check back often for updated resources.
Summer Reading Drive
10,000 Readers in 10 Weeks!
Read 25 minutes a day, complete the reading log and turn it in at one if the locations listed below.
Every entry into the Summer Reading Drive qualifies your family to win a brand new car donated by Capitol Auto Group.*
Drawing will be held at The Back to School Community Pep Rally (Downtown Salem) First Wednesday, September 1, 2010, at 6 p.m. *Need not be present to win
Link to Reading Log(PDF)
Link to Suggested Books Gr K-5
Link to Suggested Books Gr 6-8
Link to Suggested Books Gr 9-12
Reading for All: 555 Court St NE, Room 3120, Salem
Salem Keizer Education Foundation/Where the Sidewalk Begins: 233 Commercial St NE, Salem
Boys & Girls Clubs: All Salem/Keizer Branches
YMCA: 685 Court St NE, Salem
Roth's Fresh Markets: All Salem/Keizer Branches
First Tech Credit Union: State Street Branch
Capitol Auto Group: 2711 Mission St, Salem
Salem Public Library: All Salem/Keizer locations
Statesman Journal Media: 280 Church St NE, Salem
KINK: 1501 SW Jefferson, Portland
Read More on Statesman Journal :
VOLUNTEER INFORMATION & INSTRUCTIONS
Photo Gallery
Get Away Today Vacations
Book your vacation at www.getawaytoday.com to get great deals and help support SKEF.
Coping with Natural Disasters:
Helping children feel safe
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Moms like Me
Register and meet with other Moms from your area.
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Scholarship Season Begins for Oregon Students: One application for more than 400 Scholarship Programs
The Oregon Student Assistance Commission (OSAC) has announced the opening of its scholarship application season. The state agency administers more than 400 private scholarship programs and public grant programs to help students finance their college education. Searching and applying for these scholarships is free, according to Vicki Merkel, Scholarship and Access Program Director at OSAC. Students can search and apply online for all 400 scholarships using OSAC’s electronic application known as the eApp, available at www.GetCollegeFunds.org.
To help students apply online OSAC produced the 2010-11 Oregon Scholarship eApp Workbook and sent copies to all Oregon high schools, colleges, libraries, and employment offices. The workbook and a detailed scholarship catalog are also available online. The workbook also includes a worksheet that mirrors the eApp and is designed to help students prepare information before entering their data online. It helps minimize errors that can lead to applications being rejected and provides an efficient way to transfer information and a list of scholarships to the online application. Last year 99% of students applied online however students without internet access can request a paper application by contacting OSAC at 800-452-8807.
The Chalkboard Project http://www.chalkboardproject.org
Launched in 2004, the Chalkboard Project is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working to unite Oregonians to make our K-12 public schools among the nation’s best. We aim to help create a more informed and engaged public that understands and addresses the tough choices and trade-offs required to build strong schools.
Chalkboard is the first initiative of Foundations for a Better Oregon, a collaboration of six of Oregon’s leading foundations
Reading for All http://www.reading4all.com/index.asp
The Marion County Children & Families Commission promotes “Reading for All” as a method to support student success, a necessary component for lifelong success. When all students learn to read and see the adults around them reading, they will be more likely to develop the kind of critical thinking that will help them to stay in school, succeed in life, and contribute positively to the community.
The Hands Project
To educate each person in every community about their moral and legal right to live free of abuse and violence. The Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Project is an effective tool and a key piece in the puzzle of abuse and violence prevention education.
Enrichment Academy Scholarships
To apply for a scholarship, click here.
Get smart about Kids and Media!
Go to www.commonsensemedia.org to get free information about how to help you raise smart, responsible kids.
Great web sites for kids!
First Lego Robotics www.usfirst.org
ExploraVision Awards www.exploravision.org
Oregon Academic Decathlon www.orad.us
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams http://web.mit.edu/inventeams
Earth Watch Institute www.earthwatch.org
High Five Challenge www.high-five.com
National Ocean Sciences Bowl www.oceanleadership.org/link/nosb
BPA Science Bowl www.bpa.gov/corporate/education/sciencebowl/
Murdock Trust Charitable Grants www.murdock-trust.org
Toyota TAPESTRY Grants www.nsta.org/pd/tapestry/
Science in Africa www.armadaproject.org
Science in Antarctica http://tea.armadaproject.org
"Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation."
— Ernie Fletcher
Try to Learn Something New Every Day.
