Back-to-school shopping can add up fast. But before you spend money on a tutor or another book, there\u2019s a resource many families already have access to: the public library.<\/p>\n
San Diego Public Library offers free, in-person homework help at ten locations, Monday through Thursday, from 3 to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
And if getting to a library isn\u2019t possible, there\u2019s free online tutoring available 24\/7, including help in English and Spanish.<\/p>\n
Emily Derry, supervising librarian of youth and family services at the San Diego Public Library says the demand for those services has grown as school libraries and after-school programs face their own funding pressures.<\/p>\n
“After school care after school programming is so expensive,” Derry says. <\/p>\n
There\u2019s also a resource designed specifically for San Diego Unified students. The Student EXCEL Card is available to TK through 12th grade students in non-charter district schools.<\/p>\n
It comes with no fines or fees, and can be used for books, e-books, online resources and free tutoring.<\/p>\n
But if you\u2019re not a San Diego Unified student, getting a regular library card is just as simple, in two minutes its done and that card opens up a lot more than just the books on these shelves.<\/p>\n
You can use it for digital books, online databases, classes and tutoring.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s especially relevant now that school is back in session.<\/p>\n
The library also has reading programs for younger kids, STEM and STEAM activities, and resources to help teens with things like SAT and ACT prep, college and job applications.<\/p>\n
All of it comes as libraries continue to operate with fewer hours after city budget cuts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really wanna make families aware that the library is not just about books, it’s all of the resource,” Derry says. “There’s a plethora of resources at the library\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
So if you\u2019re looking for a book for class, a place to do homework or help with an assignment, the library may be a good place to start and you don\u2019t have to spend money to use it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back-to-school shopping can add up fast. But before you spend money on a tutor or another book, there\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-448169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}