Welcome to the Teen Page!
Follow us on: Instagram Facebook Twitter
Good Reads
Check out our Teen ebooks, audiobooks, and movies on OverDrive and download the Libby app.
YASLA Search 4,000+ books, audiobooks, and films from YALSA's book awards and book lists.
School Resources:
Apply Texas Admissions and scholarships applications for Texas institutions of higher education.
Texas CREWS Make an informed decision about your education. Texas CREWS interactive dashboards help you compare Texas public universities, public colleges, majors and career schools based on graduate wages, student loan levels, graduation rates and more.
Gale Resources is one-stop exploratory search platform containing over 1,000 full-text reference titles, plus thousands of images and videos - making it a great starting point for homework and school projects, academic research, job search preparation, and other reference needs. *Ask a librarian for login information.
High School Skills Improvement Resources for building classroom and homework skills in math, English language arts, social studies, science and technology; test prep for STAAR™, TAKS and TSIA2
Learning Express This online test-prep and career development resource is provided through TexShare.
Need money for school?
Check out LendEDU's Guide to College Scholarships.
FAFSA Use the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form to apply for financial aid (grants, work-study, and loans) to pay for college or career school.
Jobs for Teens contains useful information including work permit information, labor laws, jobs for teens by city/state, non-traditional job ideas, and more.
High School Resume - a guide to help teach high school students how to put together a high-quality resume, even when they may not have any prior work experience.
Career Readiness:
My Texas Future There’s a world of possibilities in front of you. My Texas Future helps you expand your options, set your goals, and take action. Explore college and career tools to support you along your journey.
Career Readiness Handbook is designed to help you develop a career path and consider your future employment possibilities as you move through postsecondary education. Topics include the type of careers that exist and the skills needed for them, the steps you should take to find a satisfying career, and how you can leverage curricular and co-curricular activities into marketable skills.
Health:
Teen Health & Wellness Updated for today's teens with articles on dating violence, depression, gender identity, opioids, school safety, stress, trauma, vaping and more.