Free Digital Resources

Free and reliable K-12 educational resources selected by DCSD librarians.

Colorado History

Colorado Department of Education- Offers primary source sets for elementary teachers and students grades k-6.

Colorful History- Free comic strips by Pop Culture Classroom that educate students about significant and diverse characters and events from Colorado's history.

Current Events

Newsela- Teachers can sign up for a free account through Gmail to access non-fiction content and recent news stories.

PBS Learning Media- Teachers can sign up for the Basic Free Version to access thousands of free, standards-aligned and curriculum targeted digital resources.

Smithsonian TweenTribune- Teachers can sign up for free to curate news articles for their classes to read & take quizzes. All news stories are leveled by grade/lexile.

eBooks

Epic!- Instantly access 25,000 of the best boks and videos for kids (free for educators).

International Children's Digital Library- A collection of digitized children's books from around the world.

Project Gutenberg- Multi-format digital library of eBooks.

Unite for Literacy- Free online access to a global library of age-appropriate picture books in a number of languages.

General Reference

Awesome Library- Organizes 37,000 carefully reviewed resources for k-12 teachers & students.

Digital Public Library of America- Connects people to the riches held within America's libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions.

Internet Archive- Millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Internet Public Library- Authoratative internet resources on a wide variety of subjects.

Health Sciences & Medicine

PubMed- Provides access to MEDLINE, NLM's database of citations, abstracts, and full text related to the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, health care, and preclinical sciences.

Natural Sciences

PubChem- Provides information on the biological activities of small molecules.

Scientific Research

NASA Image and Video Library- 140,000 images, sounds, and video available and publicly searchable online.

National Science Digital Library- Serving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.

Safe Search For Kids

Boolify- Teaches young learners how to correctly use a search engine and refine their searches.

Kiddle- Kid-friendly, Google Safe powered search engine for younger learners.

KidsClick!- Web search designed for kids, with kid friendly results.

In compliance with Titles VI & VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and Colorado law, the Douglas County School District RE-1 does not unlawfully discriminate against otherwise qualified students, employees, applicants for employment, or members of the public on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services. Discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on age, genetic information, and conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth is also prohibited in accordance with state and/or federal law. Complaint procedures have been established for students, parents, employees, and members of the public. The School District's Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator to address complaints alleging sexual harassment under Title IX is Aaron Henderson, 620 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, [email protected], 303-387-0127.

Outside Agencies

Complaints regarding violations of Title VI, (race, national origin), Title IX (sex, gender), Section 504/ADA (handicap or disability), may be filed directly with the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, 1244 North Speer Blvd., Suite 310, Denver, CO 80204. Complaints regarding violations of Title VII (employment) and the ADEA (prohibiting age discrimination in employment) may be filed directly with the Federal Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 303 E. 17th Ave., Suite 510, Denver, CO 80202, or the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 1560 Broadway, Suite 1050, Denver, CO 80202.

NOTICE OF DESTRUCTION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS

Special Education records which have been collected by Douglas County School District related to the identification, evaluation, educational placement, or the provision of special education in the district, must be maintained under state and federal laws for the period of five (5) years after special education services have ended for the student. Special education services end when the student is no longer eligible for services, graduates, or completes his/her educational program at age 21, or moves from the district. This notification is to inform parents/guardians and former students of Douglas County School District's intent to destroy the special education records of students who exited special education services as of June 30, 2016. These records will be destroyed in accordance with state law unless the parent/guardian or eligible (adult) student notifies the school district otherwise. After five years, the records are no longer useful to the district, but may be useful to the parent/guardian or former student in applying for social security benefits, rehabilitation services, college entrance, etc. The parent/guardian or eligible (adult) student may request a copy of the records by requesting the records at this link ( Douglas County School District Transcripts and Records Requests ).

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