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Photo Credit: Mary Hierholzer, Photographer

After completing the first half of his Algebra II final, sophomore Nick Avery, right, comes face to face with math teacher Michael Fenton, left, at lunch, May 20. As Fenton directed the Nerf gun at Avery, journalism adviser Greg Stobbe witnessed the scene in terror. However, in an act of mercy, Fenton chose not to fire at Avery. For more lunchtime photos, check out It's mine! and...

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Award-winning online high school newspapers

Berkeley High Jacket Online - Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA

Blue and Gold Today - Findlay High School, Findlay, OH

Clarion - Riverside-Brookfield High School, Riverside, IL

Dart News Online - St. Teresa’s Academy, Kansas City, MO

Harker Journalism: Winged Post & Talon - The Harker Upper School, San Jose, CA

HiLite Online - Carmel High School, Carmel, IN

Knight Errant - Benilde-St. Margaret’s School, St. Louis Park, MN

Penn Points - Penn Manor High School, Millersville, PA

SMES Express - St. Margaret’s Episcopal School; San Juan Capistrano, CA

smnw.com - Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, KS

The Communicator - Community High School, Ann Arbor, MI

The Harbinger Online - Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, KS

The Paly Voice - Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA

The Rider Online - Legacy High School, Mansfield, TX

Trident - Corona del Mar High School; Newport Beach, CA

TRNWIRED - Prince George High School, Prince George, VA

Uproar - Mansfield High School, Mansfield, TX

Wayland Student Press Network - Wayland High School, Wayland, MA

Westlake Featherduster Online - Westlake High School, Austin, TX

Bible study

Bible Gateway - Read and research scripture

Crosswalk - Bible study guides

Eliyah Lexicon - Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

College/financial aid info

California Colleges - A comprehensive location that allows you search and explore information on any California college

Christian College Mentor - The starting point for anyone considering a Christian college

College Board - This is an online home of the SAT test. Register for the test or just answer the question of the day. You can also search for any college in the nation on this site

CSU Mentor - The starting point for any of the 23 schools in California State University system. This includes Fresno State.

FAFSA - Complete your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) online here

FastWeb - A free scholarship search service that contains over 600,000 scholarships worth more than $1 billion dollars

Pathways - The starting point for anyone considering and of the 9 University of California schools, such as UCLA or Cal Berkley

Photo Credit: Valerie Adams, Guest Photographer

The FC concert band participated in many activities while on their trip to Southern California to compete in a music festival, April 22-23. While visiting Azusa Pacific University, Frank Daniel, '11, left, met up with 2009 FC alumnus Nathan Hinajosa, right. For more information, read the April 28 article Concert band attends music workshops, Biola festival or check out Send 'em over!...

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Entertainment

CCM - Christian entertainment

IMDd - Internet Movie Database

Music Force - Arguably a top rated resource for Christian music

Rotten Tomatoes - Movie reviews

Screen It - Reviews of the latest movies

Spotlight on Entertainment - Christian entertainment

Information

Almanac - An online almanac

American Civil Liberties Union - The American system of government is founded on two counterbalancing principles: that the majority of the people governs, through democratically elected representatives; and that the power even of a democratic majority must be limited, to ensure individual rights.

Encarta - Information presented in an encyclopedic fashion

Encyclopedia - Information on anything

Google Search - Search the web

Maps - Find your way to the places you want to go

Muckraker: Center for investigative reporting - At the CIR, they practice journalism that cares more about correcting injustice and abuse of power than making a profit.

National Public Radio - NPR is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming.

Newseum - The interactive museum of news including 400 front pages of today's news, quizzes and exhibits.

Quotes - An online quote database

Student Curriculum in Photography - Student Curriculum in Photography is an online resource for students of all ages who are wanting to improve their photography skills.

The New York Times Learning Network - Connections for students, teachers and parents. This is a free service.

U.S. Department of Education - A site designed to promote educational excellence for all Americans

Journalism

ASNE High School Journalism - Home of the National Edition and high school newspaper links

Columbia Scholastic Press Association - CSPA has been providing students with high school journalism/conference education since 1927

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund - The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund offers a way for newspapers to link up with universities and other organizations in their areas to teach principles of newswriting and editing to high school and college students who are members of minorities.

Jobs Page - Your link to newspapers careers

Journalism Education Association - Promotes journalism by providing resources and educational opportunities for students/teachers

Journalism Education Association of Northern California - The Journalism Education Association of Northern California, a non-profit organization headquartered in Stockton, CA, is committed to serving scholastic journalism educators and their students. It covers the territory from Bakersfield and Santa Barbara to the Oregon border.

JournalismNet - A news and information search tool

JProf.com - JPROF.com is a web site designed to help people, especially students and teachers, learn about journalism

National Scholastic Press Association - A comprehensive resource for high school journalism

NSPA/ACP student media Soucebook - A directory of links and contact information for resources and organizations of interest to student journalists.

Poynter Online - The Poynter Institute is a school for high school journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists

Poynter's High School J-Guide - A frequently updated site for aspiring high school journalists.

Quill & Scroll Society - International honor society for high school journalists

San Joaquin Valley Scholastic Press Association - Sponsored by the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, SJVSPA is an annual conference, which draws high school students to the Fresno State campus for workshops, critiques and competitions.

Student Press Law Center - An online advocate for student press rights

Tip Sheet for HS Journalists - Links, resources and ideas to inspire student journalists.

Yahoo High School Newspaper Listing - List of most high school newspapers posted online across the nation

Language

Dictionary - Dictionary.com

Rhyming Dictionary - If you want to rhyme and have the time

Thesaurus - Thesaurus.com

Translations - Online language translations

News

Clovis Independent - The only newspaper dedicated strictly to Clovis, California

Fresno Bee - Central California's leading newspaper since 1922

Google News - The top international news taken from many different sources

LA Times Online - Los Angeles Times

New York Times - New York Times website

News Bank - News articles covering current issues and events from a variety of national news sources. (Password required, see library.)

Online newspapers.com - The worlds largest online newspaper directory.

The Mercury News - San Jose Bay Area online news source

Washington Post Online - Washington Post, Newsweek Interactive online

Study helps

Brain POP - Sharpen your study skills

Fresno County Library - The local library

High School Ace - Study helps for many different subjects

Homework Helper - Help with your homework assignments

Internet Library - The online library

Spark Notes - A comprehensive summary of commonly read literature

Study Strategies - How to study effectively

Motivational quote

"The great aim of education is not knowledge but action."

—Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), English philosopher

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