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Resources for Students: Click on the links to access these sites. TeenBiz3000.com TeenBiz is an interactive, online web site that provides students with current event news stories. This web site includes activities that promise to improve reading and writing abilities for student users. This service is available to Liberty High School freshman and sophomore students. If you lost or need to obtain a username and password, please see Mr. Henecker NiceNet.org This is a web site for teachers to create online discussion forums for their classes. It is a free service that is great for posting questions, discussion topics, homework, and other course information. Electronic Dictionary Don't know what a word means? Try here! Electronic Thesaurus Need to find the right word? Start here! RhymeZone Great for finding rhymes for poetry! Won't find ryhmes for "orange," though. Discovery.com Great site for information on a broad range of topics. Smithsonian Online Almost like visitng the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Online Writing Lab from Purdue University Everything you'll need to help you write any type of assignment. Great for teachers and students alike! Grolier Online Great site for all kinds of educational resources, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, and current events. TurnItIn! This subscription is available for all Liberty High School faculty and students. Students, see your teacher for information on registering for this program. Teachers, see Mr. Henecker if you need information on how to register your class. Hudson County Community College Library As part of our partnership with Hudson County Community College, all Liberty High School students have full-access to the library facility and the Open Computer labs. Use this link to connect to the online research database. Some subscription databases require username and password information. Please see Mr. Henecker or contact the library's Help Desk for more information. Wallenberg Foundation The Wallenberg Honors Program is designed to honor the memory of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat in Hungary during World War II, whose heroic efforts saved the lives of 100,000 Jews who would have perished in concentration camps. In the past two years, Liberty High School has received honorable mention (2006) and a student (Thomas Davila) who represented Hudson County by being selected as the winner of the 2005 Wallenberg Honor Award.