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Monday, September 30, 2013



 Are you taking the SAT or PSAT this Fall? 
Check out the hints at this link: 

and then...
check out the information and practice tests in this Infotrac data base:
Testing and Education Reference Center:


Wednesday, September 25, 2013


Taking College Board exams?
Click here to see





Mr. Brown's Senior Economics class:
Here are his suggestions for authoratative sites for the information you need for your budget project:

Careercruising for college costs and other info: Career Cruising for college costs

NY Health Insurance for cost estimates: http://www.ins.state.ny.us/ihmoindx.htm
Occupational Outlook Handbook for wages by area and occupation: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm#NY

Cost of living calculator: http://www.bestplaces.net/col/?salary=35000&city1=27460&2=20620

Tax Calculator: compute how much of your paycheck you actually get to take home:  http://www.paycheckcity.com/netpaycalc/netpaycalculator.asp

Wegmans: create a list for grocery shopping: http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/HomepageView?storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&clear=true

CraigsList for housing, cars, etc.: http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html


Welcome to the 2013-14 School Year
at the SWHS Library
It's a new school year and we have NEW STUFF. 
GOOD STUFF!
Look for the magazines you like: read them here & save a little $$
We have added about 200 new books so far and are still ordering.

If you don't see anything that looks good, ask us for suggestions!