School

• La Canada Flintridge Educational Foundation
• La Canada Unified School District
• Spartan Boosters
• California School Library Association
• Great Schools: LCHS Profile
• Released test questions from the 2003, 2004, and 2005 California Standards Tests (CSTs)

Community

• Assistance League of Flintridge
  (summer school, drama)
• Crescenta-Cañada YMCA
• La Canada Flintridge (City Website)
• La Cañada Flintridge Public Library
• La Cañada Valley Sun
• Roger Barkley Community Center
• Small Book of Big Issues

Articles of Interest

• Kids confused about copying rules - and they're not alone (regarding copying music)
• Start the Year Right: Parent-to-Parent Advice from Education Researchers
• A damaging lesson for college-bound kids: Good deeds require a payoff
• MySpace presentation information (from April, 2006 PTA meeting, presented by Kathy Hernandez)
• 23 Tips for Raising Drug-Free Kids
• How California Ranks: A National Perspective
• "Preventing Perfectionism in Children" by Joan Franklin Smutny (National PTA website)
• "A Nation of Wimps" in Nov./Dec., 2004 issue of Psychology Today
• Bullying Article by Dr. Roy Mayer. As seen in Feb. 18, 2005 Intercom.
• "What Teachers Hate About Parents" article in Feb. 21, 2005 issue of Time Magazine.
• Backpack Article From WebMD
• CNN Money Best Places to Live:
  La Canada Flintridge
• Disaster Preparedness Checklist from RedCross.org

Education

The following sites were referred to by Kevin Buchanan at the 2/05 PTA meeting:

• STAR Writing Test Scoring Rubric
• CST (California Standards Test) Questions

Sports

• A.Y.S.O. Region 13
• Girls' Basketball Camp
• Gladiator Football
• La Cañada Jr. Baseball / Softball
• La Cañada Sports (all local sports)

Family-Friendly
Media Reviews

All Media:

• CommonsenseMedia.org: Includes reviews of movies, tv shows, games, music, websites, and books. Allows parents to search for appropriate content by age and media. This excellent website is a one-stop shop for screening your child's media input.

Movies:

• Screenit.com: Uses a matrix of 15 factors ranging from Alcohol/Drugs to Violence to show what a movie includes. Also describes in detail what a movie includes. The site also has artistic reviews, allowing a parent to say, "Why would you want to see this lousy movie anyway?"
• ParentPreviews.com: Grades movies on an A-F scale. Includes a list of video alternatives.
• PluggedInOnline.com: Includes sections on the Positive and Negative Elements in a movie, as well as Spiritual Content.
• KidsInMind.com: Grades movies on three scales: Sex & Nudity, Violence & Gore and Profanity.
• Dove.org: Lists only approved movies. Includes age recommendations.
• Kids-In-Mind
• Grading the Movies
• Film Values
• NY Times Family Movie Guide
• Teach With Movies

Video Games:

• ParentPreviews.com: Grades games on an A-F scale. Search by platform.
• GamerDad

Music:

• PluggedInOnline.com: Includes summary of an album's Pro-Social Content and Objectionable Content.
• For music lyrics, just type in the name of the song (in quotes) and the word "lyrics" to Google.

Homework Help

• Citation Machine - Helps you format citations
• LA County Library On-line Tutor
• Helping Your Child With Homework
• Best History Web Sites

Other Links

• California State PTA
• CA State PTA - Advocacy
• Child & Family Web Guide
  (parenting resources,
  compiled by Tufts University)
• EdSource Online (CA Education Issues)
• Ethics Project
• Families First's Ten Resolutions for Parents
• Family Watchdog (see where offenders live near you)
• FlyLady.com (organizing)
• GoCityKids (travel)
• Middle School (Family Education.com)
• No Name Calling Week
• President's Volunteer Service Award
• Raising Your Teenage Daughter (Family Education.com)
• Super Size Me
• Roadmap to Healthy Foods in Schools