Student - Parent Resources   Recourse Web Address and Link School District ManateeCounty www.manatee.k12.fl.us SDMC Parent Home Page www.manateeschools.net/parents.html NovelStars www.novelstars.com FCAT Explorer www.fcatexplorer.com College Boards www.collegeboard.com High School Ace http://highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm Wikipedia Encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Reference Desk http://refdesk.com/     FCAT Explorer is a web site, provided by the Florida Department of Education, to assist students to learn FCAT skills in order to past the FCAT Test.  Research on FCAT Explorer has proven that FCAT Explorer will raise FCAT scores.   High School Ace is a web site that provides multiply links in difference high school subject areas.  The links will send a student to high quality educational web sites to discover the information that the student is seeking.  Great Homework Help or Research Work   Wikipedia Encyclopedia is a web site that is online encyclopedia.  Easy to obtain information on a particular topic and lots of links related to that topic.   Reference Desk is a web site that provides facts on each day and news.  Some of facts are: this day in history, thought of the day, quote of the day, birthdays on this day, and pictures on this day.  Research for facts or information on any day in the past is also available. Today current events links are provided to find the latest news. The Department of Education has issued the following memorandum regarding the Florida's Guide to Public High School Graduation 2009-2010.  The memorandum may be viewed at:   http://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-5597/dps-2009-159a.pdf HorizonsAcademy - School Improvement Plan http://www.flbsi.org/0910_SIP/Public/print.aspx?uid=410731 HorizonsAcademy Media Center http://library.imc.sbmc/common/welcome.jsp;jsessionid=80AC8A0B63101EF3710AC31087FC84E6?site=908