AFIA Distance Learning Resources
AFIA has always provided many online learning and support materials for students to access 24/7, and this commitment to our families will continue during this uncertain time. This page will be a resource for students of all grade levels to receive AFIA support and continue learning at home. As we continue monitoring the situation, we will update this page with further guidance regarding both online and offline learning opportunities. The head of school and facilitators will be in direct contact with families via the email addresses provided to AFIA.
Inquiry: Explore Your World
While students are home, we will be taking advantage of the strengths of AFIA’s inquiry learning model. Rather than merely sending worksheets home, we will be encouraging all students to explore their world with guiding questions that help them unpack relevant issues via genuine inquiry learning.
The resources below open a world of opportunities for AFIA students to explore and research topics meaningful to them:
- Britannica School (K-12)
Student username and password: jhwtexquest
In Britannica School, students can conduct research using thousands upon thousands of searchable encyclopedia and journal articles, images, videos, audio clips, curated primary sources with curriculum relevance, detailed maps, editor-recommended web sites, learning games, a world atlas, and a wealth of how-to research tools. - Gale Research (K–12)
Student username: j015808
Student password: jhwtexquest
Gale connects students of all grade levels to quality information they need to explore topics for assignments and topics relevant to them. They’ll find videos, news articles, encyclopedia entries, and more in an easy-to-use tool that helps you finish inquiries in social studies, science, language arts, and more. - Learn 360 Video (K-12)
Student username and password: jhwtexquest
Learn360 is your solution to scary and irrelevant YouTube videos popping up in student searches! Learn360 is the premier streaming digital delivery service for the K–12 education market. Teachers, students, and parents can stream high-quality, full-length videos, video clips, teacher guides, activities and worksheets, music tracks, sound effects, speeches, audiobooks, newsreels, images, maps, fact sheets, timelines, science diagrams, and more! - National Geographic Kids (K-8)
District username: Inspire Academies
District password: jhwtexquest
Engage young students and broaden their horizons with reputable, authoritative, age-appropriate digital content that brings them the world in a way they’ve never seen before. National Geographic Kids will take them on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. - The New York Times in School (6-12)
Student username and password: 200375814
The New York Times Replica Edition brings you and your students the complete daily newspaper online, exactly as it appears in print. In addition, the Replica Edition provides a wealth of tools to enhance the online reading experience: read in newspaper view or article view, listen to articles, read or search 30 days of back issues of The Times — including Saturdays and Sundays, and print articles formatted for 8 /2″ x 11″ paper.
K–12 Core Subject Resource Links (Skills-Based)
Facilitators will point students to utilize specific core-subject resources below. Be sure to reference your child’s facilitator’s weekly instruction. The district has vetted these resources and chosen them due to high alignment to state learning standards.
If your child needs help logging in, please have them contact their facilitator.
Elementary School
Learning Plans
Facilitators will be in regular contact with families through email and Microsoft Teams. They will be sending learning plans containing rich guided-inquiries, along with instructions for core-subject skills practice. If you have any questions about the material, you can contact facilitators directly.