Student Resources
Instructional Continuity
LA Unified is committed to ensuring the health and well-being of students and staff and providing a safe, secure learning environment for all. In the event of a school closure, please refer to the following resources (linked below: Student Preparedness) to help you continue your learning while at home.
Get Organized
- 7 Tools Students Can Use to Manage Group Projects
- Back to School Guide to Some Awesome Apps and Resources
- myEdu.com Keeps Track of Your Classes, Grades, and Schoolbooks
- myHomework Helps Students Keep Track of Assignments
- Thinkbinder: Create & Organize Study Groups Online
- Three Tools Students Can Use To Collaboratively Organize Online Research
Pay for Your Education
- Smart Track College Funding
- L.A. Cash for College: lots of workshops and information
- TuitionFundingSources.com posts new scholarship information everyday to their social media profiles.
- Valley Talent & Music Scholarship Program
- L.A. Federal Credit Union Scholarship Information (Flyer)
- 5 Scholarship Search Sites To Help Students Get Financial Aid
- CFPB Rolls Out Tool To Help Students Comparison Shop For Financial Aid
- How to Better Manage Your Student Loans and Graduate with Less Debt
- ScholarPRO Helps Students Find Scholarships
- Student Loan Hero Organizes Your Massive Student Loan Debt and Helps You Pay It Off
- Tuition.io Consolidates All Your Student Loans for Simple, Easy Management
Summer Opportunities
- Information on obtaining a work permit please see the documents below.
Study
- How to use Google Squared to Research Essay Topics (for Students)
- Thinkbinder: Create & Organize Study Groups Online
- College Board
- Webinar on Changes to the SAT
College Readiness
- Get Me to College
- How to Create a Great College List
- Collegewise.com: “Our college counselors help high school students find, apply to and attend the right colleges for each student.”
- Consumer Reports has a special section of their website on Finding the Best Colleges for You. There are lots of downloadable resources, and options for both English and Spanish.
- California Online Colleges & Universities (dedicated to providing free higher education tools for current and future college students and their families)
- College Essay Guy, Podcast episode 106 – Colleges that Change Lives: Great Schools You May Not (Yet!) Know About
- Access College is a weekly radio series dedicated to providing the public with better information about college admissions and better access to higher education: www.thecolledge.org/access-college:
There are two ways to listen to Access College anytime:
- Access College Archives — Simply click on this link, scroll down the page and click the green arrow of the show you’d like to hear. The show will begin playing immediately. www.thecolledge.org/access-college
- Download Access College podcasts on iTunes — Click the link to iTunes Preview, find the show(s) you would like to podcast, click “View in iTunes”, which will bring up your iTunes account (if you don’t have one, you will be asked if you want to create one), this will trigger the automatic download to your account. Once you have the show downloaded to your iTunes account, you can podcast it on your phone or iPod or transfer onto a CD or USB on your own.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/colledge-radio/id904752025?mt=2