MediaCenter
Welcome to Hornet's NestMediaCenter. We have over 2000 books for our students to read. There are many areas to select from: everybody or picture books, fiction chapter books, paperback books, biography books, and nonfiction books. We also have a variety Accelerated Reader (AR) books from all genre. AR books are read by students and then tested on the computer for reading comprehension. The students increase comprehension and earn points. These points are cashed in for prizes at the end of each semester. We encourage our students to read every day. We read to succeed at Hornet's Nest Elementary!Below are links,selected by the media specialist, to safe sites for students and parents you can use while surfing the Internet at home.
Welcome students. Below you will find super sites that you can use both at home and at school. Click below on to explore the different sites just for you. Enjoy!
Yahooooooooooo
This site has a large collection of educational links for children ages 7-12 that are screened for child safety.
Cool Science for Curious Kids
This site provides fun science activities and experiments that you can do at school and at home when exploring science.
Homework Help
This site provides helpful homework tips to help you with useful worksheets included.
Question Quest
This site is a place for you can ask any question related to almost any topic.
Listen and Learn
This site is a place where you can enjoy hearing a story and have fun with reading.
Math Madness
This site has lots of cool math games you can chose from to explore different math activities.
A Look At History
This site gives Black History facts for each letter of the alphabet.
Factoids
This site has links to many science, social studies, math, and games activities that will delight you for hours.
By Kids For Kids
This site is a place where you can share your ideas and inventions.
Discovery Kids
This site is an interactive place to explore all sorts of fun things from the Discovery channel.
Kid Approved
This site has results of kid tested items that you must see!
Great Sites for Kids
This site is a collection of links for students that are educational and interactive for children of all ages.
Kids Konnect
This site is a directory of links for children screened and compiled by educators alphabetically or by subjects into organized tables.
Welcome wonderful Parents! You can invest in your child's education by clicking on one of the helpful links below. Each link takes you to a helpful site that will increase your knowledge base as a Parent. They are must sees for Parents of children that use computers andtechnology.
Scholastic for Families
This site is a place where parents and students can work together, both early learners from infancy to age five as well as school age learners, grades kindergarten to middle school.
Test Taking Tips
This site offers test taking tips for you to help your children prepare for standardized test.
Homework Help
This site includes tips and strategies for assisting your children (K-12) with homework help.
Safety for Kids
This site is "your family's guide to making the Internet and Technology fun, safe, and productive.
Get Net Wise
This site has links to educate parents about risk kids face online and how to use the Internet safely.
Sites for Parents
This site includes hundreds of websites rated by popularity that you can use to work with your kids and more.
Kid Source -Homework
This site includes an article for parents of elementary and junior high school-aged children describing family concerns about homework and tips for the whole family.
Today's Parent
This site describes different educational issues you may encounter with your school-age children.
School and Home Connection
This site offers articles that present you with information about the schools and teachers.
Super Sites for Parents
This site includes a collection of sites for parents to help them with their child's educational experience.
Media Awareness
This site is a game that teaches young students how to identify online predators and a teacher's guide with lesson ideas.