Help your child be a wise consumer of information, spot fake news, and explain the news to kids. Resources at this site are specifically designed for tweens and teens and their parents.

Have a concern about what your children are using their smartphone for? How much screen time is appropriate? What is cyberbullying and should I worry?

Visit Common Sense Media and look under Parent "Tips and FAQs" for answeres to these questions and more.

Scroll down to "High School" for information about all of the standardized tests and required assessments that students may encounter during 9th through 12th grade. 

Use the menu on the left to view our district's testing calendar, district and individual school's state report card, ways to prepare for AP courses/exams, and other useful information from the Accountability & Assessment Department.

Common Sense Media provides a wealth of resources, including information on internet safety and digital citizenship, for helping you and your child navigate our digital world. This site also provides age-based and educational ratings and reviews for movies, games, apps, TV shows, websites, books, and music.

This website provides information for parents and families about what their children should be learning in school from the SCDE Educational Oversight Committee.

Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks
Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for you to enjoy.

ReadWriteThink is sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Literacy Association. The site's mission is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials. A great resource for

For grades 9-10: http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/grade/9-10/

For grades 11-12: http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/grade/11-12/

The Lexile^® Framework for Reading is a scientific approach that places both the reader and text on the same developmental scale, making it easy to connect your child with books targeted to their reading ability. Lexile measures help ensure your child is on the path to academic success.

https://lexile.com/parents-students/

Find books within your child's Lexile range.

https://fab.lexile.com/

Anyone can learn computer science!

Code.org® is an education innovation nonprofit dedicated to the vision that every student in every school has the opportunity to learn computer science as part of their core K-12 education. We expand access to computer science in schools, with a focus on increasing participation by young women and students from other underrepresented groups.

Easybib free accounts assist users with creating citations in MLA format for research papers. The paid version also offers additional citation formats, and plagarism and spell check options.

Translate words or text from one language to another with the Google Translate App.

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and provides these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects.

Follett Destiny allows you to search your school library catalog for resources. Login with your Office 365 credentials to place books on hold, renew items,and utlize our ebook  collection.

http://aiken.follettdestiny.com/

Your local public library is an excellent resources for a variety of materials, including online books.

ABBE Library Homepage

ABBE Digital Branch- a resource for ebooks, audiobooks, and multimedia.

http://www.abbe-lib.org/digital/index.asp

Need a Library Card?

http://www.abbe-lib.org/librarycards.asp

http://www.adlit.org/

AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers.

Looking for great teen books? Look no further than YALSA's Book Awards and Selected Booklists.

While these books have been selected for teens from 12 to 18 years of age, the award-winning titles and the titles on YALSA's selected lists span a broad range of reading and maturity levels. We encourage adults to take an active role in helping individual teens choose those books that are the best fit for them and their families.

http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook

http://www.scasl.net/young-adult-book-award

The SC Book Award is a state program open to all students. These titles of a variety of genres and levels are chosen by a committee made up of librarians, teachers, parents, and kids. Students are encouraged to read at least three titles and vote for their favorite by the end of February each year. Each year's winner is chosen by high school students from all around the state of SC.

Titles on the SCYoung Adult Book Award Nominee lists are a good choice for both avid readers, and reluctant readers searching for interesting teen lit.

HOSA Medical Reading provides Secondary and Postsecondary/Collegiate members with
the opportunity to improve their reading comprehension and understanding of special topics related to leadership development and the health community. This competitive event shall be a written test consisting of information and knowledge gained from reading
the selected books each year. Competitors will apply, analyze, synthesize and/or evaluate the reading material in a multiple choice test plus one tie-breaker essay question. This event aims to inspire members to be proactive future health professionals and utilize the knowledge gained from reading medical and leadership
books.