TexQuest X-Press

Happy School Library Month to our librarian colleagues! Thank you for being our partners and sharing the wealth of knowledge found in TexQuest. We appreciate all you do!

It's that time of year when testing is almost over and students are looking forward to the summer break. Britannica has some fantastic resources to help educators keep students engaged in learning and exploring.

Activity of the Month - Engage in a trivia challenge with your students on a variety of topics

Poetry Hip Hop Playlist - Expand literacy through the poetry of hip-hop

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month - Invite your students to pay tribute to our AAPI community in the U.S. with this curated collection.

As you are thinking about the upcoming 24-25 school year be sure to check out all of the wonderful Gale Training Tool Kits! Our folks at Gale have been busy creating training tool kits for every resource. The tool kits include videos, slide decks, activities, and more. Don't recreate the wheel when Gale has already created high quality resources that are turnkey ready!

You can find all training toolkits on the Gale Support site: https://support.gale.com/training/browse/toolkit

Learn360 recently added more videos from Mazzarella Media, Visual Learning, Makematic, and NewsHour Productions. Great titles on robotics, sustainability, mental health, volcanoes, and more! Visit Learn360 for the full list of recently added titles.

As usual, EBSCO has added more interactive resources to LearningExpress!

• Thirteen new interactive games in the Math & Science Center on human body systems such as the nervous system, endocrine system, and more!
• New eBook on AP® English Language and Composition Exam Study Guide
• Career Exploration Center - Program entrance exam on the Human Body

Be sure to check out the Promotion Kit found on the EBSCO LearningExpress provider support page where you will find premade items such as flyers, bookmarks, shelf talkers, posters, and handouts.

ProQuest has added three additional Issues to the pro/con list of issues, for a total of 84 issues.

• Climate change
• Daylight savings time
• Renewable energy

Last newsletter we informed you about the addition of the comprehensive Phonics & Phonological Awareness Collection, featuring 25 carefully crafted book lists by TeachingBooks, designed to spark kids' love for reading while building strong phonics skills. They have taken it a step further and added printable worksheets for extended instruction!

Looking for a fun activity to ease the end of year wiggles? Be sure to visit the TeachingBooks blog about Reader's Theater where you will find the perfect activity that will help students practice fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary!

As we prepare for the next school year, we have a few announcements about our amazing TexQuest program.

• Thanks to TSLAC, there are no changes to the cost of TexQuest for the 2024/2025 school year. Cost will remain at $0.29/student!
• All current resources available through TexQuest will remain as is for the 2024/2025 school year.

TexQuest is a statewide digital resources program that provides anytime, anywhere access to high quality, authoritative digital resources to all educators, students, and students' immediate families in Texas K-12 public schools and open enrollment charter schools. Supported, in part, by appropriations from the Texas State Legislature, Texas districts pay a small per student membership fee to gain access to TexQuest resources from the providers listed on this page.

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission administers all aspects of the TexQuest program and is responsible for the selection and coordination of all TexQuest resources, as well as district invoicing.

Education Service Center, Region 20 serves as the TexQuest Support Center and is responsible for help desk, technical assistance, outreach, communication, and training to support the program.