Support Resources for Students

Welcome to Take Stock in Children's Student Resource Center - your one-stop guide to high school, college, and careers. I'm Palecia Crawford, a Take Stock in Children high school graduate from Duval County, and now a student at Florida Community College at Jacksonville. Like me, I'm sure you could use some help preparing and planning for high school, college, and the world of work. Do you want to know how to get better grades? Would you like to learn how to pay for your college expenses with "free" money? Well, this Student Resource Center can help you with all of these things and more!

We have a number of very useful documents to assist you. Select the type of information you are looking for from the options below.

Educational Games
We have links to many sites on the Web where you can learn and play at the same time. Check out these sites!

Homework Help
Here we have a collection of websites that you can link to and get help with your homework. There are a lot of subjects covered!

Paying for College
Worried about how you'll pay for your college expenses that are not covered by your Take Stock in Children scholarship? Don't sweat it! Take Stock Scholar Edward DeMoretta provides you with a guide to finding the money you need.

Career Express
Take Stock Scholar Cipeo Walker is a college student who says it pays to figure out your career goals before you get to college. He shows you Florida eChoices so you can discover your work interests and match them to related occupations and more.

The Secret to Getting Good Grades
Would you like to get better grades? Who wouldn't? This guide tells you the secrets of the work smart method. You have to work hard to get better grades, but I can show you the tricks of working smart to make that hard work pay off.

High School Planning Guide
This is a course planner to help you plan your course load each semester and also a short checklist to identify everything you need to do to ensure that you graduate.

College Preparation
This section contains guides to planning for college, finding the right school, and finding additional funding sources to help pay for other college costs.

Helpful Links

www.fastweb.com
www.collegenet.com
www.free-4u.com/minority
www.facts.org
www.knowhow2go.org
www.college.gov
www.brevardyouthworks.org/
www.federalstudentaid.ed.gov/
www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov
www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/SSFAD/bf/

Florida College Admissions Links

University of Florida
Florida State University
Florida A&M University
University of North Florida
University of Central Florida
University of South Florida
University of West Florida
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida International University
New College of Florida
Florida State College Jacksonville
Central Florida Community College
Hillsborough Community College
Santa Fe College
St. Johns River Community College