Homework Center Help

The Oxnard Public Library is pleased to offer virtual homework help to students! As both the libraries and the majority of schools are closed at present, we will be offering homework help to students in kindergarten to 12th grade via Google Apps (i.e. Jamboard, Meet, Docs, Slides), email or phone. We can only offer homework-specific assistance, so please bring your assignment. Practice reading, with our homework helpers listening and guiding students, is allowed if the reading practice is assigned by a teacher. Bilingual help (i.e. in Spanish and English) is also available.

To request homework help, please contact us by email at HomeworkCenter@Oxnard.Org or by phone at (805)385-7535.

Guidelines for Homework Help:

Please bring your homework assignment.
If it is a longer assignment (like an essay or report), we may ask you to share it with us in advance.

Please meet our homework helpers at the designated time.
If a student doesn’t connect with staff within 10 minutes of the start time, you will need to make a new appointment.

Please have any needed apps installed before your homework help session.
Our staff will let you know what apps are needed, if any, on your device, before your session. Please see below for technical information on this, or contact our homework help staff directly.

Registration/Intake Form

We request your help with securing grant funding for our library by filling out a registration or intake form. We will email the form or take your info over the phone. You only need to do this once for the rest of the school year. Please note that all information given is confidential and protected, and it will not be shared with anyone else besides a parent or legal guardian except as dictated by law. You will still get help if you don’t fill out an intake form, but by completing one you help us secure federal grant funding for many of our library services, and the library will be very grateful for your assistance!

Technology

We are adaptable to a wide-variety of computer technology. We are compatible with most current Android, Windows and iOs devices on the market. Most students will want to have access to a microphone and camera to get the most out of their homework help sessions, though these are not required.

We use a variety of Google apps and services to communicate. Access is available to all for free. Sign-up for a Google email, and you will have access to all the services that we also use to deliver homework help.

Our communication tools are email, phone and the following Google apps: Jamboard, Meet, Slides and Docs.

To use the above Google-suite apps, you’ll need a Google account. Please visit here to learn how to set a free one up if you don’t already have one: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/27441?hl=en
Free apps are also available in Android and Apple versions for tablet and mobile device. Please go to your app store for more details.

last updated September 17, 2020