Student Home

Welcome to the Blaine County School District's student resource page.  We value each individual and make the needs of our students our first priority.  We have provided here a few quick links to make it easier for you to access student applications and resources.

Student Applications

• SKYWARD STUDENT LOGIN
• DESTINY - SCHOOL LIBRARIES ONLINE
• BCSD DIGITAL LIBRARY
• SUCCESSMAKER
• STUDY ISLAND
• NOVELL NETSTORAGE INSTRUCTIONS (Access Files From Home)
• READ 180 **
• BRAIN POP
• BRAIN POP JUNIOR
• BRAIN POP ESPAÑOL
• RENAISSANCE PLACE **
• PLATO **
• EDUCATIONAL VIDEO LIBRARY **

Online Resources

This is a preliminary list of online resources that may help you research topics and expand your learning horizons.

Search Engines

• Google.com
• http://Kids.Yahoo.com
• www.Altavista.com
• www.Go.com
• www.Ask.com
• www.Webcrawler.com
• www.Yahoo.com
• www.Metacrawler.com

Local Libraries

• Bellevue Public Library
• Hailey Public Library
• Community Library
• College of Southern Idaho Library

Databases

Please see your school librarian for user name and password.

• LILI:  LILI (Libraries Linking Idaho) is a state information and resource site sponsored by the Idaho State Library.  It has over 30 separate web pages with hundreds of internet addresses linked to education resources for students, homework help, fun places, teachers, parent information, and much more.
• Elibrary:  Provides full-text articles, multimedia (including pre-evaluated web sites), and more to meet the needs of today's secondary school students.  You can search for newspaper and magazine articles, books, maps, pictures, and radio and TV transcripts.
• Elibrary Elementary:  Provides full-text articles, multimedia (including pre-evaluated web sites), and more to meet the needs of today's elementary students.
• FirstSearch:  A catalog of books held by libraries locally, regionally, and worldwide.
• ProQuest:  Offers full text articles from over 20 national newspapers.  Great for current news items.
• World Book Online:  Online access tools including World Book's Encyclopedia, World Book Kids, Spanish Language Encyclopedia, an atlas, a dictionary, and a special Explore Idaho component.

Reference Websites

• Library of Congress :  The Library of Congress preserves a collection of nearly 121,000,000 items, more than two-thirds of which are in media other than books.  These include the largest map, film and television collections in the world.
• Encarta
• InfoPlease
• www.RefDesk.com
• www.LibrarySpot.com

Citing Sources

• The Columbia Guide to Online Style
• Cornell MLA Citation Style Guide

About Idaho

• State of Idaho Home Page
• Where to Visit in Idaho
• Idaho State Library Sites
• Idaho State Legislature
• Traveling in Idaho

Just for Fun

• Create Your Own Town:  www.CityCreator.com
• Joke for the Day:  http://today.Excite.com/joke.html
• Family Site of the Day:  http://www.FamilyFirst.com

Community Service Options in the Wood River Valley

Please check out Student Community Service Options for a list of local organizations that seek student volunteers for community service.

Discounted Software Purchases

OETC offers discounted products for personal use to the students of member organizations through www.techhead.org.  Purchasing through Techhead requires a valid credit card and manual verification of affiliation with the School District.  A parent or guardian must complete orders for students under 18 years old.  OETC does not provide instruction booklets or tech support, but they do offer low rates for their software.