Resource Information for Parents

• KidsHealth – http://kidshealth.org/parent/
• MedLine Plus – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teendevelopment.html 
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) – http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/facts_for_families
• The National Center for Fathering – http://fathers.com/
• The National Runaway Switchboard – www.1800runaway.org 
• How to Talk to Teens About Really Important Things – www.activeparenting.com or 1-800-825-0060. 
• Shoulder to Shoulder Minnesota:  (Raising Teens Together) – www.shoulderoshoulderminnesota.org 
• Prince George’s County Public Schools - www1.pgcps.org/      

Academic Resources in French

• This site, written for adults, provides interactive French lessons that include speaking, reading and writing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/
• Help your children with French at www.lecturesdefrance.com. Parents can purchase books, CDs, DVDs, etc. in French or bilingual in French and English. Books are classified by students' ages.
• Visual/Picture Dictionary in French at http://www.infovisual.info/index_fr.html
• Le Poisson Rouge.  A site with an interactive encyclopedia, educational games and activities for younger students - http://www.poissonrouge.com/  
• Scholastic Help.  This site is entirely in French but offers great online resources and activities to helps students in all subject areas.  http://soutien67.free.fr/francais/francais.htm
• The Internation Children's Digital Library is a great resource available through a project developed by Dr. Ann Weeks at the University of Mayland. It is a digital library of children's books published by native authors in their original languages. If you visit the site, you will see that Dr. Weeks actually took suggestions from young readers when she and her team developed the website. http://www.icdlbooks.org/
• French classes for Adults -- check the PGCC website for offerings.  http://www.pgcc.edu/Programs_and_Courses/Class_Schedules.aspx

 FOOD BANKS

American Rescue Workers, Inc    301-336-6200
716 Ritchie Road, Capitol Heights, MD 20743
3 meals a day available to all who are hungry
Must be PG County resident with ID and proof of need

Bowie Fish    301-262-8479
PO Box 858, Bowie, MD 20718
Serves anyone in need
Emergency meals & transportation, referrals and aid to disabled and elderly

Brentwood Foursquare Gospel Church    301-864-1176
3414 Tilden Street, Brentwood, MD 20722
Appointment required
Serves anyone in need in Brentwood and Mt. Rainier area

9850 Good Luck Road
Seabrook, MD 20706
Tel: 301-918-8660  301-918-3520 fax

email:  robertgoddardfrenchimmersion@pgcps.org