Now with faculty email addresses and supply lists for 2012-2013 school year.

Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade	Pre-School Special Areas Guidance Support Staff Administrative Offices Handbook

On a hilltop overlooking the Roanoke Valley, we offer a broad array of educational programs and services in our renovated and expanded facility in Vinton, Virginia.

Learn more about our active PTA at HLHPTA.com!

View our Virginia School Report Card from the Virginia Department of Education.

CONTACT US

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Principal: Mrs. Susan Brown Assistant Principal: Mrs. Peggy Stovall H. L. Horn Info HOTLINE: 966-7093 School Closing/Information: 562-6000 Roanoke County Public Schools Website

1002 Ruddell Road Vinton, Virginia 24179 Phone: 540-857-5007 Fax: 540-857-5062

LIBRARY MEDIA

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Destiny Search - H. L. Horn Library Collection

Book Reviews - read about good books to find your great read!
Read Kiddo Read or Kids Reads
Write your own book review: NYPL - Kids Reviews or World of Reading
How to write a book review

TumbleBooks - hear and read books online

Guys Read - Help boys find stuff they like to read

Have a Public Library card?
Find and request books from the Roanoke Valley Public Library.
Find It Virginia lets you find information from many of the web's best databases--advertisement free!

INTERNET

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This group of selected internet resources are divided into elementary and advanced levels. The Roanoke County databases are paid for by the school district and accessible from any networked computer in a county school. The selected search engines are available to all.

Internet Databases	Elementary		Advanced
	Product	Features	Product	Features
General Reference (including magazines, almanacs, etc.)	Children's Dictionary/Thesaurus	American Heritage Children's Dictionary, and others (Grolier)	Unabridged Dictionary/Thesaurus	American Heritage, 4th Ed. (Grolier)
	InfoTrac Kids	easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.	InfoTrac Junior Edition	periodical database designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books
Health	Health and Wellness Resource Center	find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc.
Encyclopedia	World Book Kids	quick-reference kid-friendly encyclopedia arranged by popular topics	World Book Student	encyclopedia, research tools, dictionary, featured biographies, today in the news
Everything!	Find It Virginia For use at HOME For use at SCHOOL	Find information from many of the web's best databases. Use your public library card number to use the databases from home.
Search Engines & Directories	Elementary		Advanced
	Product	Features	Product	Features
	Yahoo! Kids	child-appropriate internet search directory	Google	full-featured search engine
	Boolify	graphical help for effective Boolean web searching	Google Wonder Wheel	follow the instructions for concept-mapping web searching
	Ask for Kids	find previewed sites and use multiple search engines with one search	AltaVista	search for websites and images (with "family filter")

ACCELERATED READER

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We currently have over 5500 reading practice quizzes as part of our Accelerated Reader reading program. Use these lists for your reference at home or at the public library.

Updated December  2011

Title List	A - C	D - H	I - M	N - S	T - Z
Author List	A - C	D - H	I - M	N - S	T - Z
Reading Level List	0.4 - 1.9	2.0 - 2.9	3.0 - 3.9	4.0 - 4.9	5.0 & up

GREAT WEB SITES

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General

Camp Virtual - 50+ recommendations with the highest Learning Ratings for kids age 2-17

ToyTheater.com - a GREAT new site full of educational activities and GAMES!

ScrubClub & Henry the Hand - great handwashing websites

Internet Safety with "Professor" Garfield

Mountains of the Roanoke Area - multimedia from Roanoke.com

Geocaching.com - join the adventure!

Secret Builders - a safe virtual world to explore with quests, puzzles, and games.  Have an adult sign you up for free.

Scholastic's Websitings - fun, free online games

MarcoPolo - internet content for the classroom

Scholastic - Great fun and resources for families, kids, and teachers.

ActivityTV.com - watch hundreds of videos showing kids and parents how to do fun activities with cooking, origami, cheerleading, crafts, LEGO, science, magic--and much more!

Passport2Play - get active with these fun games from around the world.

Sheppard Software - lots of fun games in many subject areas

Math

Johnnie's Math Page - interactive math tools, activities, and fun

Create a Graph - easy-to-use graph making website

The Great Piglet Challenge - an interactive game of earning, saving and spending (read the directions by clicking on the green arrow on the right)

Virtual Math Manipulatives - Utah State University's awesome Pre-K - 12 math site

Timez Attack - free version of excellent video game that teaches multiplication of 2s -12s; requires safe download of software from Big Brainz.

Language Arts