Listed below, with a brief synopsis, are a number of links that may be useful to you. If you have any suggestions or want to let us know what you think Contact Us.

 Online Reference Center - Alberta Governement (LearnAlberta.ca)

Alberta Learning has licensed the online resources linked from this site for you and your children (i.e., the license covers the use of these resources by students in publicly-funded elementary and secondary schools in Alberta as well as by their parents).

Through the Online Reference Centre, you and your children will be searching databases of published resources; this lessens the risk of inadvertently coming across inappropriate material. As such, the Online Reference Centre can help your children find reliable, up-to-date information for school assignments and projects.

Your children can search the Online Reference Centre from school or from a computer elsewhere using their userID and password located on page 12 in their students agenda he/she obtained during their library session. Remember, due to the licensing agreement, it is IMPORTANT that ONLY you and your school-age children use these resources.

 DiscoverySchool.com

DiscoverySchool.com is rich with features that are helpful for aiding parents to help their children. This site offers a multitude of helpful resources such as product reviews, educational advice, study tools, school resources and more.

 Encarta for Parents

Site offers a myriad of information pertaining to issues surrounding education, parent resources, learning milestones, Smart parenting tips, helful links and more.

 Canadian SchoolNet

This is s showcase of projects done by schools across Canada. The Network of Innovative Schools is a SchoolNet project. Tom Baines is a Network of Innovative Schools member from 2000.

Curriculum Handbook for Parents (www.learning.gov.ab.ca)

Offers links to key publications and resources for parents concerning Alberta curriculum.

Calgary Health Region

Information for parents concerning health issues, i.e, "Health Topics" including teen drug use and how to talk to your child about drugs, milestone development, asthma and more.

Canadian Parents On-line

A comprehensive website listing many resources from helping a teenager develop self-discipline, add/adhd to forum discussion from a parenting point of view. As well, this site has a specific area dedicated to Tweens and Teens and their issues.

Child & Family Canada

Child & Family Canada, is a unique Canadian public education website. Fifty Canadian non-profit organizations have come together under the banner of Child & Family Canada to provide quality, credible resources on children and families on an easy-to-navigate website. The managing partner of the consortium is the Canadian Child Care Federation.

Telus 2 Learn

"Are you looking for parenting resources on the web? Or are you interested in locating web resources to support you and your family as you move online? Or are you simply looking at ways to help your child use Internet resources effectively? Here are some great starting points for parents interested in tapping into the Web..."

Bullying Help Site

This is a site created by a teacher that has won awards for its quality and informatoin on the topic of bullying in schools.

Media Awareness

This is a site that has information for parents and students on the new media of TV, radio, and the internet.