The Renton School District subscribes to netTrekker, an award-winning Internet search engine for school use, that is aligned with state standards.

NetTrekker offers over 180,000 educator-selected resources that are grade appropriate and meticulously updated and maintained. Access high quality resources customized for Elementary (K-5) or Secondary (6-12). Get a powerful teacher's aid right at your desktop, and give your students a universe of relevant information.

Additional features:
Dynamic Timeline - teach history in a whole new way by showing the cross-curricular connection between important eras, famous people, events, arts and innovations during a specific period.
Save Your Search - send search results to your students for a particular assignment or save for use later.
Refine Search - target your search to find lesson plans, learning exercises, primary source documents and more.
Current Events - bring current events into your classroom daily with over 600 periodicals and more than 3,000 domestic and international newspapers.

Teachers, students, parents, and other staff members may create an account. Simply go to http://school.nettrekker.com. Click the register button on the upper left corner and follow the directions. You will need to select a school building from the list provided. Once registered, you can access it from school or home.