The Edition Issue One 2012-2013 - My High School Journalism ...

Websites Every High School Students Needs to
Know About
by Carlos Martinez
High school can be a stressful time for all students regardless of the class load so getting help is
crucial to getting through high school unscathed. The following is a list of websites every high
school student should know about regardless of grade or age.
First of all is http://easybib.com/ an easy and free website that helps students
with their bibliographies. Generally in Anderson teachers will ask you to use MLA
format, but many students have either forgotten or never learned how to form correct
bibliographies. Easy Bib will help you organize your bibliography regardless of wether
your source is a book, newspaper, journal, website and much more.
Secondly the SAT determines a big part of what college you get into, so any help you
can get is a necessity. Fortunately there’s www.collegeboard.org, a website completely
devoted to the SAT. It includes the SAT question of the day which are old test questions
from previous years. Even if you’re a sophomore or freshman, devoting one minute
each day to answer the question will astronomically increase your score. An added
bonus for all of you who have smart phones, there is an app that College Board has
made that is called the SAT Question of the day which is a convenient way to prep for
the SAT.
Next another great website that can educate you about colleges and careers is http://
www.princetonreview.com/. This handy website offers you the opportunity to visit
the websites of many colleges so you can start getting an idea of what colleges you
would like to apply to well before you even need to. If you decide that you are better
at the ACT than the SAT this is the website with tips and tricks for the test as well as
where you will be signing up to take the ACT.
One of the most important websites on this list is Naviance which can be accessed
through the Anderson High School website. This is where you sign up for college
visits, update your resume, check your class rank, check emails sent from the school
and much much more. You can sign in using your student ID for both the username
and password. Go to http://www.succeed.naviance.com.
Lastly, https://gradespeed.austinisd.org/pc/ is the website that you can login to
check and monitor your grades and attendance for all 8 of your classes. Freshman,
check often and early and make it a habit. If your teacher puts in a wrong grade it’s not
going to help much if you don’t check until the next six weeks, so this website should
be bookmarked and not ignored. It also helps you keep up with work you are missing.
The Edition is online! The print magazine is
going to be limited to features articles. The online
Edition is going to contain more timely material,
since it can be updated frequently. The QR code
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