Sites gathered for your convenience. Have a site that is useful? Please send it my way! suzinoyes@williamewood.com
GreatSchools.net
Not only can you read what other parents are saying about the schools, there are tons of great articles WORTH reading.
GasBuddy.com
http://www.gasbuddy.com
Locate cheap gas with real time information from consumers.
Introin.com
http://www.introin.com
Provides information about the availability of rentals as well as an evaluation of the buildings and their landlords.
Walkscore.com
http://www.walkscore.com
Provides a "walkability" score from 1-100 based upon the convience of various businesses to the residents, income mix, parks and public space, nearby schools, bike paths, accessibility for the disabled and convenience of the mass transit.
Google Alerts
http://www.google.com/alerts
Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. Some handy uses of Google Alerts include: monitoring a developing news story, keeping current on a competitor or industry, getting the latest on a celebrity or event, keeping tabs on your favorite sports teams
Picasa
http://picasa.google.com/
Picasa is free photo editing software from Google that makes your pictures look great.
Sharing your best photos with friends and family is as easy as pressing a button!
Google Images
http://images.google.com/imghp?hl=en
Search for images. Very neat. Type in a topic and see what comes up.
Craigslist
http://www.craigslist.com
Online Yard Sale, home search, etc!
National Home Search
http://www.relohomesearch.com/
Search Everywhere!
Local Public Schools:
Virginia Beach: http://www.vbschools.com/
Chesapeake: http://www.cpschools.com/index.php
Norfolk: http://www.nps.k12.va.us/
Portsmouth: http://pps.k12.va.us/
Suffolk: http://www.spsk12.net/