Events and Resources
Events
Fall Book Fair: HRMS Scholastic Book Fair will be Oct. 17 - Oct. 21 2022
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/hollyridgemiddleschool
Copy and past the above website in your browser to shop the Book Fair online. The online shopping link will be available till Oct. 30. All proceeds will benefit our school library.
Thank you!
RESOURCES
Library Catalog: You can now access our library catalog system (Destiny) on your WakeId portal. Simply click on the Follett icon and our library catalog will appear.. Students can see if books are in before they arrive to school.
Wake County Public Library - Visit the WCPL to download some great ebooks to read during the pandemic! http://www.wakegov.com/libraries OR https://wakegov.overdrive.com/
Follett Destiny Discover Library Catalog - You can now access our library catalog through your WakeID portal. Simply click on the Follett icon and you are in. Destiny Discover has a GREAT link called NCWIseOwl. These are approved educational sites for students of WCPSS. A great site for research and homework help.
www.ala.org/greatsites - An annotation of great web sites for kids.
https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/middle-school-reading-apps-and-websites - a great site that shows many free middle school aged reading sites and apps.
http://ncwiseowl.com - A great resource for some free ebooks! A great online reference/encyclopedia resource site for North Carolina students and teachers. Username/Password from home is: wiseowl21
www.kids.nationalgeographic.com - learn all about geography and animals
www.storylineonline.net- Have some of your favorites stories read to you by movie stars
stories.audible.com - They are not offering this site for FREE to help online learning/reading during the Pandemic. Take advantage of all these great novels and listen to some great stories.
VIrtual Reality Field Trips: Visit these site for some great Virtual Field Trips: http://howtohomeschoolfor free.com/huge-list-of-virtual-field-trips/
https://www.weareteachers.com/things-to-do-during covid/
PBS - Public Broadcasting Service - UNC/TV Kids
https://www.unctv.org/unctv-at-home-learning/
www.coolmath.com - practice your math skills and play games at the same time.
www.bibme.org, www.easybib.co and www.citationmaker.net - These sites will help you write bibliographies for all those wonderful sources you need to site for your research papers.
http://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12 - Check out the great resources available from NBC Learn!
Five ways to spot fake news: Watch the video clip so you can learn how to spot news that is not real. When researching, it's important to report credible information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2AdkNH-kWA
https://qz.com/1175155/a-special-class-how-to-teach-kids-to-spot-fake-news/?utm_source=YPL&yptr=yahoo
What is Copyright and Fair Use?: Watch the video clip so you can learn about copyright and fair use rules. You need to know these before you copy and past quotes, images, data from the internet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suMza6Q8J08
Fall Book Fair: HRMS Scholastic Book Fair will be Oct. 17 - Oct. 21 2022
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/hollyridgemiddleschool
Copy and past the above website in your browser to shop the Book Fair online. The online shopping link will be available till Oct. 30. All proceeds will benefit our school library.
Thank you!
RESOURCES
Library Catalog: You can now access our library catalog system (Destiny) on your WakeId portal. Simply click on the Follett icon and our library catalog will appear.. Students can see if books are in before they arrive to school.
Wake County Public Library - Visit the WCPL to download some great ebooks to read during the pandemic! http://www.wakegov.com/libraries OR https://wakegov.overdrive.com/
Follett Destiny Discover Library Catalog - You can now access our library catalog through your WakeID portal. Simply click on the Follett icon and you are in. Destiny Discover has a GREAT link called NCWIseOwl. These are approved educational sites for students of WCPSS. A great site for research and homework help.
www.ala.org/greatsites - An annotation of great web sites for kids.
https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/middle-school-reading-apps-and-websites - a great site that shows many free middle school aged reading sites and apps.
http://ncwiseowl.com - A great resource for some free ebooks! A great online reference/encyclopedia resource site for North Carolina students and teachers. Username/Password from home is: wiseowl21
www.kids.nationalgeographic.com - learn all about geography and animals
www.storylineonline.net- Have some of your favorites stories read to you by movie stars
stories.audible.com - They are not offering this site for FREE to help online learning/reading during the Pandemic. Take advantage of all these great novels and listen to some great stories.
VIrtual Reality Field Trips: Visit these site for some great Virtual Field Trips: http://howtohomeschoolfor free.com/huge-list-of-virtual-field-trips/
https://www.weareteachers.com/things-to-do-during covid/
PBS - Public Broadcasting Service - UNC/TV Kids
https://www.unctv.org/unctv-at-home-learning/
www.coolmath.com - practice your math skills and play games at the same time.
www.bibme.org, www.easybib.co and www.citationmaker.net - These sites will help you write bibliographies for all those wonderful sources you need to site for your research papers.
http://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12 - Check out the great resources available from NBC Learn!
Five ways to spot fake news: Watch the video clip so you can learn how to spot news that is not real. When researching, it's important to report credible information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2AdkNH-kWA
https://qz.com/1175155/a-special-class-how-to-teach-kids-to-spot-fake-news/?utm_source=YPL&yptr=yahoo
What is Copyright and Fair Use?: Watch the video clip so you can learn about copyright and fair use rules. You need to know these before you copy and past quotes, images, data from the internet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suMza6Q8J08