Links and Resources
Board of Education
South Orange-Maplewood Board of
Education
http://www.somsd.k12.nj.us/
The official site of the Board. Find out who they are, when they meet,
what they do, and how you can participate in meetings. Also contains links
to sites for each school in the district.
Character Education Links
Character Counts!
http://www.charactercounts.org "
... a nonpartisan, nonsectarian coalition of schools, communities and
nonprofit organizations working to advance character education by teaching
the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility,
fairness, caring and citizenship."
Ethics Resource Center
http://www.ethics.org
"Our Goals: Inspire individuals, both children and adults, to act ethically
towards one another.--Inspire institutions to act ethically, recognizing
their role as transmitters of values.--Inspire individuals and institutions
to join together in fostering ethical communities."
Character Education Partnership
http://www.character.org
"The Character Education Partnership (CEP) is a nonpartisan coalition
of organizations and individuals dedicated to developing moral character
and civic virtue in our nation's youth as one means of creating a more
compassionate and responsible society."
Community
Maplewood Online
http://www.maplewoodonline.com
Find listings of events, merchants, schedules, etc., as well as a community
bulletin board (sometimes controversial!).
Maplewood/South Orange Community Coalition
http://www.twotowns.org
An introduction to our towns, emphasizing their social and cultural diversity.
Maplewood Library
http://www.maplewoodlibrary.org/
Visit their new online calendar
of events and research
databases in addition to the online
catalog and much more.
South Orange Library
http://www.youseemore.com/southorange/default.asp
MyMapleWood.com & MySouthOrange.com
http://www.mymaplewood.com
http://www.mysouthorange.com
Associated with the News-Record, these sites offer local news, as well
as classifieds and merchant listings.
South Orange-Maplewood Education Foundation (SOMEF)
http://www.somef.org/index.html
Revitalized in 1999, the South Orange-Maplewood Education Foundation
(SOMEF) has embarked on an ambitious campaign to raise meaningful sums
to provide the kind of education we all want for the children of this
community.
Homework Help
Maplewood Memorial
Library--Specially for Kids Page
http://www.maplewoodlibrary.org/homework.html
A variety of resources for kids on the web, on such topics as math, mythology,
and (of course) New Jersey!
EduPuppy - http://www.edupuppy.com/
"Everything for early childhood education--preschool to grade 2." A commercial
site with links to resources all over the web, on topics including art,
animals, literature, and science.
EduHound - http://www.eduhound.com/
An expanded version of EduPuppy, with resources for grades K-12.
Kids
Place at the Newark Public Library
http://www.npl.org/Pages/KidsPlace/Sites/homework.html
Newark Public Library's pick of great homework sites.
Multiple Intelligences
Overview and articles on Multiple Intelligences
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/mi/front_mi.htm
This resource from New Horizons for Learning, includes Intelligence in Seven Steps by Howard Gardner, Ph.D. interview with Gardner about the eighth intelligence the "naturalist".
Basic MI Theory
http://www.ibiblio.org/edweb/edref.mi.th.html
Multiple Intelligence Theory defined and explained. Some answers to frequently asked questions on the subject.
Concept to Classroom: Tapping into multiple intelligences
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/month1/
A teachers workshop on multiple intelligence featuring a well rounded
explanation of the concept and a large list of multiple intelligence resources.
Multiple Intelligences--Gardner's
Theory
http://ericae.net/digests/tm9601.htm
An article discussing multiple-intelligence theory and its use in the
classroom, with suggestions for additional readings.
. . . and more
Recycle your used Printer Cartridges & Cell Phones
... and earn money for Seth Boyden!
You need to toss them anyway, why not toss them in the box in Mrs. Troman's office and let the money help our kids?
Helping
Children Cope with Tragedy
http://www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/tragedy/index.asp
Some simple things to do to make children feel secure.
