Make-Stuff.com- Tons of easy crafts and fun activities for childrent of all ages. Holiday projects are a great part of this site.

ENature.com - Use the Habitat Finder to find information on wildlife near you. Anything and everything about bird watching, fish, mammals and wildlife. Plan to spend a good deal of time at this site.

Speakout.com- Has this ever happened to you? You're reading the paper, watching or listening to the news, and you come across a story about someone who's doing something you're not too crazy about. Suddenly, that usually passive activist in you jumps up and says, "Man, this is wrong. I've got to talk to someone about this!" Unfortunately, that's usually as far as it gets because (a) it's virtually impossible to get through to that someone who might be able to do something for you. And (b) what if you did? Would they really care about your opinion? Check out this site to voice your opinion.

Online College Fair- During Online College Fairs, students worldwide log on to www.OnlineCollegeFair.com to chat live with college admission representatives, faculty and students. Through virtual Q&A chat sessions, students learn about each institution, including admission requirements, financial aid, major fields of study, and more. Each participating institution hosts its own multi-media chat room. Students can visit as many participating institutions as they are interested in from their home or school computer. These events are free to all students and parents.

Princeton Review Site- Guaranteed score improvement from the test prep experts. The best tools to find and apply to the right schools and much more.

USNews.com Best Colleges Site- This site was highly recommended by many of the Advanced Placement students at the Patchogue-Medford High School

Origami With Rachel Katz - A wonderful site to learn the basic folds of origami. Many Long Island, New York educators have had Rachel visit their classes. Be sure to visit her new site!!

Crayola.com- This site was created with educators in mind. Search for lessons by topic and grade level. Check out the Inspiring ideas link for wonderful thought provoking lessons

Paper U- The home page of Paper U is a bulletin board with papers pinned to it. Each slip of paper is a different topic that will help you middle school students learn everything about paper and how it is made. This is a very unique, interesting site!!

Kindergarten:Make it fun and Watch Them Learn - Four teachers share their enthusiasm for teaching this grade level.

Electricity Online - Very interactive informative ThinkQuest site

Lesson Plans from the Teacher's Desk- This site has great lesson plans for 5th and 6th grade teachers. It uses many interesting themes to have the students learn spelling, reading and writing.

The Teacher's Page- This extraordinary site was created by Susan Stein. Susan teachers second grade at Canaan Elementary school. It has tons of great resources all in one spot!! Thanks Sue!


Patchogue-Medford Public Schools -- Visit the website for Patchogue-Medford, and see the work of our talented student and teacher webmasters -- a good source of information for parents and students in our district. Check out the alumni email page.

Patchogue-Medford Retirees Website -- Lots of valuable information for Retirees from the Patchogue-Medford School District. Visit this site often as it updated regularly.

THE AFL-CIO WEBSITE- News, position papers, research data, and links to a great many labor organizations can be found at this URL.

NEW YORK STATE UNITED TEACHERS - NYSUT, our state affiliate, represents a large majority of the teachers in the state of New York. This site should be bookmarked by anyone with a genuine interest in education.