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Find new ways to liven up the classroom and encourage kids to want to learn. Westchester County’s laundry list of resources makes it easy to research topics such as Fit Kids, the dangers of steroids, DWI laws, local history; or youth safety. See how your school or community group can get a professional map created from data collected as part of your own research project. Get help finding scholarships or special educational programs. Learn about visiting Westchester’s recycling facility, veterans museum, or a nature center or look into borrowing the Enviroscape. Watch educational videos produced by the county’s award-winning team of videographers.
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Use Mapping Westchester County at school or from home to find a location, identify nearby facilties such as schools, post offices and hospitals, and identify unique environmental features.
The Virtual Archives website relates various aspects of Westchester County's history through the display of primary documents. Although it does not include activity packets, educators can easily devise their own based on the materials available on the site.
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Cyberbullying is when kids or teens harass, tease, or spread harmful or illegal statements or materials about others via the Internet or cell phones. Learn how to keep children safe by watching this video.
Here is a one-stop place to get information about teen driving — how and where to go to get your license, the different kinds of driving licenses, and the importance of seatbelt use.
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