George Washington High School

The mission of George Washington High School is to educate all students in a safe learning environment, which promotes student self- direction both academically and socially. Located in Charleston, West Virginia, GWHS has been named a WV School of Excellence, West Virginia Exemplary School, and National School of Excellence. George Washington is widely known for its rigorous academic program, innovative modular scheduling, and emphasis on student responsibility and self-direction. George Washington High School students have archived a total of 13,829,857 URLs.


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George Washington High School
http://gwhs.kana.k12.wv.us/

This is our school website. We have a special class at school dedicated to updating and maintaining the website.

The documents archived in this collection represent websites we access routinely in our daily life or websites which have captured information that shows what we do on a day to day basis. This collection contains 6,411,443 URLs.

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  • http://8notes.com/
    This site has free sheet music and tabs for guitars and other instruments. It is a great place to go if you want to learn a new song and already know how to play the instrument.
  • http://abcnews.go.com/
    The homepage for ABC network news. This is one of the major ways I get my information about what is going on in the world.
  • http://addictinggames.com/
    Addicting Games is a great website if you don't want to do your work in class. They have all kinds of games that you can play on the computer, and it makes a great procrastination tool.
  • http://answers.yahoo.com/
    This is a place where you can ask questions on the interent and other people will answer them. Sometimes you get good answers, and sometimes you get stupid ones.
  • http://bigten.cstv.com/
    This is the homepage for the Big Ten athletic conference. Even though the name is the Big Ten, there are actually eleven schools in this conference: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, and Wisconsin
  • http://coca-cola.com/
    This is the homepage for coke. Before this year our school used to sell coke products in the vending machines. This year the school board made a rule against selling soda at school, so we don't have coke anymore.
  • http://dell.com/
    GW uses Dell computers in most of our computer labs. They make and sell desktop and laptop computers.
  • http://duncanracing.com/home.phtml
    Duncan Racing sells and promotes different ATV products.
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_High_School_(Charleston,_West_Virginia)
    This is the wikipedia page for our school. Oftentime students edit our page to include their own contributions to the school.
  • http://espn.go.com/
    ESPN covers all kinds of sports. The website has up-to-date information on scores, trades, and anything else going on in the wide world of sports.
  • http://etnies.com/footwear/
    Etnies is a popular brand of shoe. Lots of skaters wear these shoes.
  • http://facebook.com/
    Facebook is a site that I use to communicate with my friends. You can use facebook to send messages, post pictures, and all kinds of other stuff. Lots of people at school have facebook profiles and use the site regularly.
  • http://Glencoe.com/
    Glencoe is a textbook publisher. They publish several of the books we use at school, like Health.
  • http://globalgrind.com/
    Global Grind is the world according to hip hop. This site has sections on music, entertainment, culture, gossip, news & politics, and careers.
  • http://globalgrind.com/source/64.90.166.18/193659/beyonce-offers-to-sing-for-barack-on-inauguration-day
    This portion of global grind talks about Beyonce offering to sing for Barack Obama's inauguration.
  • http://go.hrw.com/
    This is one of the websites for our English book.
  • http://gwhs.kana.k12.wv.us/
    This is our school website. We have a special class at school dedicated to updating and maintaining the website.
  • http://gwhs.kana.k12.wv.us/staff/lilleyk/
    This is the section of our school page dedicated to our awesome counselor, Mr. Lilley.
  • http://hollister.com/
    We have a Hollister store in our mall. Lots of students shop there.
  • http://intajuice.com/
    Intajuice is a chain of stores that sell smoothies and other drinks. Randy Moss who plays for the New England Patriots owns Intajuice, and he is from this area. Students at GW like to go to intajuice in downtown Charleston if they have free time during the school day.
  • http://kroger.com/
    Kroger is the major grocery store in our area. Some students from school work at the store as bag boys and cashiers.
  • http://miniclip.com/
    miniclip.com is a free game website. They have diffent types of games that you can play alone or with friends.
  • http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hqblog
    This is the web site for Barack Obama. He started the site during his 2008 campaign for president, it was a really useful tool for communicating with voters.
  • http://newgrounds.com/
    This is a site I like to visit after school to play games and watch movies.
  • http://omg.yahoo.com/
    This is a yahoo site with all the latest in celebrity gossip!
  • http://pacsun.com/
    PacSun is a store in our mall. They sell clothes and shoes, and lots of students at GW shop there.
  • http://photobucket.com/
    Photobucket is a site I use to organize my pictures and to share them with my friends. You can use the site to make different slideshows and do other cool things with your pictures.
  • http://remington.com/
    Remington is America's oldest gunmaker. I use this kind of gun when I go hunting with my dad and uncle.
  • http://tayzonday.com/
    Tay Zonday is a youtube celebrity. He has lots of videos on youtube and has won many awards for his performances.
  • http://virco.com/
    This is the company that made the desks in our school. The desks are little tables with separate chairs. They are hard to move around and uncomfortable.
  • http://walmart.com/
    WalMart is a big store that sells everything. It is open 24-hours a day, and during Homecoming week students go there really late at night to get decorations and things for school.
  • http://wchstv.com/newsroom/fugitivefiles/
    One of the local news stations does a segment called the Fugitive Files. Each time on the fugitive files, the news people do profiles of different criminals who are on the loose. They also encourage viewers to call in with any tips they might have to help catch the criminals.
  • http://www.abercrombieandfitch.com/
    A&F is one of the places I like to shop. The clothes are kind of expensive, but I really like them.
  • http://www.actstudent.org/
    This is the website used for registering for the ACT college admissions test. The site also has lots of other helpful information for students including how to prepare for the test and how to plan for your future.
  • http://www.ae.com/
    This is the website for American Eagle. We have an AE store in our mall, but you can also use the website to shop online. AE is a brand that appeals to a wide variety of students at GW.
  • http://www.apple.com/
    Apple is a company that makes Mac computers, the iPhone, and the iPod along with other iPod accessories. Lots of students at school have iPods and like to listen to their own music whenever they can.
  • http://www.apple.com/iphone/
    The iPhone is the best phone. You can use it as an iPod as well as as a phone. Also you can download lots of cool apps that are fun to play with and useful too.
  • http://www.bebe.com/gp/home.html
    Bebe is a brand that is popular with girls at my school. They make cute t-shirts and other clothes that girls really like.
  • http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/index.jsp
    On this website, you can find the top ranked songs, albums, artisits, etc. in America, listed in numerical ranking. I use this website whenever I'm looking for new songs to download to my Ipod. I must say that it is very helpful when it comes to my music selection.
  • http://www.break.com/
    This site has free videos, pictures, and comedy comedy for guys. This is one of the places I go online when I'm looking for distractions.
  • http://www.channel1.com/
    Everyday after morning announcments our school shows Channel 1 a news program geared towards teenagers. Lots of the homerooms don't pay much attention to the program, but sometimes the stories are interesting.
  • http://www.claygoldendeliciousfestival.com/
    The Clay Golden Delicious Festival is a local festival to celebrate the state fruit, the golden delicious apple. The festival takes place in September of every year, and there are lots of different things to do at the festival.
  • http://www.cmt.com/
    Country Music Television. This tv station plays music videos and shows other funny tv programs.
  • http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/
    This section of the CNN website has information on the latest in entertainment. From stories about American Idol to popular movies, you can find lots of information here.
  • http://www.collegeboard.com/
    The College Board is responsible for a lot of the tests we have to take in school. On this website you can register for the SAT and find information about how to get ready for the test. The College Board is also in charge of AP tests, and you can find information about those tests here, too.
  • http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bingbin/
    This is a great list of random facts. I don't know if all of these are true, but the information is certainly interesting.
  • http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/home/index.jsp
    Dicks Sporting Goods is the largest sports store in our area. They carry a wide variety of sporting goods and clothing for all kinds of sports including: golf, hunting, and fishing.
  • http://www.dogpile.com/
    Dogpile is a great research tool. According to its website, "Dogpile puts the power all the leading search engines ? Google, Yahoo!, Live Search, and Ask ? together in one search box to deliver the best combined results. The process is more efficient and yields more relevant results." I find that it is a great way to find answers when I need them.
  • http://www.eastbay.com/
    Eastbay is a sporting goods company. You can order whatever you need from the website or the catalog.
  • http://www.ebay.com/
    eBay is an online auction house. I have used this site to find good prices on electronics and clothing.
  • http://www.edline.com/
    Edline is a site our school uses to help students keep track of grades. Teachers can also use edline to post assignments for students.
  • http://www.famousvh1friends.com/
    This is a place where you can go to see information about and pictures of all of the people who are on reality shows on vh1.
  • http://www.footlocker.com/
    Foot Locker is one of the shoe stores in our mall. It is a good place to buy sports shoes, especially for basketball.
  • http://www.google.com/
    Google is a popular search engine. My favorite part about google is that on different holidays and for special events the google logo changes to represent that event!
  • http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/botticelli/
    Here are some paintings by one of my favorite artists. We learned about the Renaissance in history class.
  • http://www.johnmccain.com/splash110408.htm
    John McCain ran for president in 2008 against Barack Obama. In the 2008 election, WV went for McCain.
  • http://www.juicycouture.com/
    Juicy Couture, a brand of clothing that makes shoes, jewelry, handbags, etc. is one of my favorite brands for accessories. I frequently visit this website to view their latest trendy fashions. I love everything this site has to offer.
  • http://www.laurellkhamilton.org/
    Laurell K. Hamilton is one of my favorite writers. She writes books about vampires.
  • http://www.mtv.com/
    This is the site for MTV. Originially MTV was Music Television and showed lots of music videos. Now it is mostly real tv shows. Some popular shows on MTV are The Hills, True Life, and Real World
  • http://www.nickjr.com/
    Nick Jr. is the little kids portion of Nickelodeon. Most kids at school grew up watching Nick Jr. and because of this lots of inside jokes and silly comments made at school relate to the content of this tv station.
  • http://www.nike.com/
    Nike is a popular brand for shoes and other athletic gear.
  • http://www.pmbc.com/fact.html
    This list of "useless" facts is interesting to read. It is updated pretty regularly and new facts are added.
  • http://www.ralphlauren.com/home/index.jsp?camp=AVEA_SEARCH_YAHOO_BroadPoloBrandBrand
    Lots of people at school like to wear polo clothes. They have a lot of clothes for guys and girls, and are best known for their shirts.
  • http://www.sn.schule.de/~lessing/hp/index.html
    This is the webpage for my home school in Germany. I am in the United States this year as a foreign exchange student.
  • http://www.sparknotes.com/
    Spark Notes has summaries and other helpful information for a lot of the books we read at school. Teachers get mad if we only read the spark notes, but some kids do that anyway.
  • http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_275005710.html
    This is the newspaper in Fairmont, WV a town located about two hours north of Charleston.
  • http://www.usatoday.com/
    USA Today is a national newspaper. The articles in this paper are easy to read and cover news on the national level as well as special interest stories from around the country.
  • http://www.verabradley.com/Site/Home.aspx
    Many girls at school enjoy carrying Vera Bradley purses and other accessories.
  • http://www.walmart.com/
    The weather channel website is very useful in my day to day life. This website lets me know what the weather is going to be in the next week. It is a great website for weather related information.
  • http://www.weather.com/?from=globalnav
    This website is very helpful to me because it lets me know what the weather forecast is going to be for future days. If there is a chance of severe weather, I can just conveniently log on to this site and find out. This website features weather maps, beach forecasts, flight cancellations, and traffic reports.
  • http://www.wheresgeorge.com/wrapper.php?page=topstates
    This website is designed so that people can track how far money travels. The site is named for George Washingotn on the $1 bill. On the site you enter the serial number of a bill and it will track the bill's location everytime someone enters that serial number.
  • http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/
    WSAZ is one of our local news networks. They are affiliated with the NBC network. This station covers news in Charleston as well as the Tri-State (WV, OH, and KY) area.
  • http://www.wvapply.com/
    This site has lots of good information on the colleges in the state of West Virginia. Students can use this site to explore their options.
  • http://www.wvu.edu/
    West Virginia University is the largest school in the state. Many students from GW attend WVU following high school graduation. Also, attending WVU football games is a popular weekend activity for many students in our area.

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WVU Mountaineers Fan Site
http://www.wvumountaineers.net/

This is the Mountaineer Hompage. You can look at their schedule back to 1909 to present. You can also look at the Bowl games and Championships that WVU has been to. Also, you can see which Mountaineers made it to the NFL.

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YMCA
http://www.ymcawv.org/

The Y is a fun place, and it is very family oriented. Everyone of all ages can attend and do different workout programs for recreation.

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