Winter Programs

Hey guys. Happy New Year.
We have started back teen programs for the year. We have our Teen Time every Thursday from 5:00 to 6:00. It is open to all 6th through 12th graders. We make crafts, play games, or just hang and talk.

The Anime Club meets every Third Tuesday from 5:00 to 6:30. Come watch anime and discuss manga with other 6th through 12th graders. Feel free to bring your own anime.

Fall Programs

I hope everyone has had a good first couple of days of school. I can't believe how fast this summer went by. We will begin programming again in September. We are going to change things up a little bit. We will meet each Thursday from 5:00-6:00. There will be a craft, games, or something going on during that time. It will be different each week. Come make the craft or just to hang out. The Anime Club will meet on the Third Tuesday from 5:00-6:30pm. I hope to see you at some of our programs.

Teen Thursdays

Well, school is back in session. I know you aren't happy about that, but we are because that means fall programming starts. We will be doing Teen Thursdays again at the library. There will be a program every Thursday around 5:00. Here are the programs for September:

Sept. 3 (5:00-6:00)-Make and Take Craft-Rubber Band Bracelets
Sept. 10 (6:00-8:00-Movie-17 Again (rated PG-13)
Sept. 17 (5:00-6:30)-Anime Club
Sept. 24 (5:00-6:00)-Book Discussion-Schooled by Gordon Korman

All programs are Free and open to all 6th through 12th graders. Come join us for the fun programs.

End of Summer Reading

Hi guys. Sorry I have been bad at blogging lately. We finished Summer Reading on July 16 with a pizza party. We played Mario Kart and had a great time. Pics from all the programs will be put up soon. We are taking the month of August off to get ready for Fall programing. There will be programs for teens every Thursday starting around 5:00pm. We will be doing crafts, watching movies, watching anime, and having book discussions. If you have any requests for programs, please let me know. I can't wait to see some of you at our Fall programs. Remember they are FREE and open to all 6th through 12th graders.

April Programs

Hey guys. Here are the programs that we are having in April:

April 2 (4:30-5:30)-Teen Advisory Club
*we will make Popsicle stick photo frames and talk about summer movies and programs*

April 16 (5:00-6:30)-Anime Club
*bring your anime to watch; also we will be discussing what else you want to do with the club*
*will be during Spring Break but come if you can*

April 23 (6:00-8:00)-Teen Movie-Quantum of Solace
*watch the new James Bond movie; it is Rated PG-13*

April 30 (4:30-5:30)-Book Discussion-Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
*books will be at the Children's Desk to check out*

All programs are FREE and open to 6th through 12th graders. Please come and join us if possible

Teen Programs

The Teen Advisory Club will meet this Sunday, the 9th, at 3pm. Come help choose the programs, movies, and books for January and beyond. We will be making CD Dreamcatchers on the 13th from 4:30 to 5:30.

On the 20th, we will have an All Things Twilight party. Come discuss the books, play trivia, and other things before the movie comes out. We will be in the Children's Program Room from 5:00-6:30pm.

Teen Read Week Programs

Next week, October 12-18, is Teen Read Week. We have a couple of programs planned to go along with the theme Books With Bite. On Tuesday, the 14th, we will make Gock puppets. Make sock puppets that look as Goth as possible. You can go as crazy as you want. It will be from 4:30-5:30pm in the Children's Program Room. On Thursday, the 16th, we will watch the 1931 Dracula. Bela Lugosi plays Dracula in this classic. It is one of the movies that started the horror movie genre. It will be from 6:00-8:00pm in the Main Meeting Room. All programs are FREE and open to all 6th through 12th graders. Please join us for these fun programs.

*don't forget to go to www.ala.org/teenstopten and vote for you favorite books of 2007/08*

Old School Game Day

This Wednesday many of you only have a half day of school. Come by the library for some fun from 1:30 to 3:00. We will have an old school game day where we will play old board games such as Sorry and Monopoly. We even have the new Monopoly World version. Feel free to bring your own board games also. Come hang out and have fun in the Children's Program Room for a couple of hours.

September Programs

Hi guys. We have finally planned all the September programs. They are:

• 14th (3-4pm)-Teen Advisory Club
  
• 15th (5-6pm)- Book Discussion-Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements (copies are in the Teen Area)
• 18th (6-8pm)- Prom Night (Rated PG-13)
• 24th (1:30-3:00pm)- Old School Game Day. Play old board games and hang out with others your age. Feel free to bring any of you old games
• 30th (5:30-8:00pm)- Iron Man (Rated PG-13) Watch the movie the day it comes out on DVD

All programs are FREE and open to all 6th through 12th graders. Please come join us for these programs. Permission slips needed for those under 13 for movies.

Summer Reading's Over

Hey guys. Well we have finished another summer reading program. It was the best one ever. We had a lot of fun and got to learn many new things. Pictures will be added soon. We will be starting programs again in September.

Summer Reading

Summer reading began this week. We had a good group at the Egbe Kilimanjaro music program. We have movies on Tuesday at 2 and programs on Thursdays at 3:30. Join us for all the programs. Don't forget to pick up your reading packet to get prizes for reading this summer.

Summer Reading Registration

I wanted to remind everyone that summer reading registration begins tomorrow, May 1, and goes until Friday, May 30. Programs are on Thursdays at 3:30. Here are a list of the programs for the summer:

• June 12-Egbe Kilimanjaro Caribbean Music
• June 19-Sweetgrass Weaving ***Limit 25***
• June 26-Mime workshop
• July 3-Movie
• July 10-Comic Drawing with Dave McDonald
• July 17-Origami

We will also be showing movies on Tuesdays at 2:00. Permission slips are needed for those under 13 to attend the PG-13 rated movies. Our summer movies are:

• June 10-National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Rated PG)
• June 17-The Eye (Rated PG-13)
• June 22-Definitely, Maybe (Rated PG-13)
• July 1-Spiderwick Chronicles (Rated PG)
• July 8-Vantage Point (Rated PG-13)
• July 15-College Road Trip (Rated G)
• July 22-Step Up 2: The Streets (Rated PG-13)
  

April Things

Just wanted to let you know about our April programs. We will have our Teen Advisory Club meeting on Sunday, April 6th. We will be choosing movies for the summer and what books to use for the book club. We will have an altered books workshop on Tuesday April 8th at 4:30. Take old books and create something new out of them. The movie will be Sydney White on Tuesday April 22 at 6:00pm. Please come and join us for these programs

Teen Tech Week

Next week, March 2-8, is Teen Tech Week. It is a week to promote technology and services to teens in the library. The theme this year is Tune In @ Your Library. We will be having music based events all week. The programs are FREE and open to all 6th through 12th graders. They will begin at 5:00pm unless otherwise stated. Here is what will be happening next week:

Monday, March 3-CD Dream Catchers (we will make dream catchers out of old CDs)

Tuesday, March 4-Podcasting (learn what podcasting is and how to add to your blog or MySpace)

Wednesday, March 5-CD Swap (bring in those gently used CDs to trade with others)

Thursday, March 6-Movie-School of Rock (Rated PG-13)

Friday, March 7 (2:00-4:00pm)-Gaming (we will have a PS2 with DDR, a PS2 with Guitar Hero and a Wii with Wii Sports to play in the meeting room)

February stuff

Here are the programs for the month of February:

The performers that were to come on the 8th cannot make it. Instead, we will watch the movie Stomp the Yard. It is rated PG-13 so permission slips will be needed for those under 13. It will be in the main meeting room and start at 2:00pm. Many students do not have school that day so come join us for the movie.

We will have our Teen Advisory Club meeting on the 10th. We will be discussing programs for April and for the summer. Any 6th through 12th grader is invited to attend.

We will show the movie Bridge to Terabithia on the 19th. It will begin at 6pm in the main meeting room. Refreshments will be provided.

January Programs

Happy 2008!! Just wanted to let you know about the teen programs for this month.

We will be having our Teen Advisory Club meeting at 3pm on the 13th. If you would like a say in what programs and movies are held at the library, come and join this group. We will discuss programming for March and April, choose some books, and talk about a name for the group.

On the 15th, We will be making beeswax candles from 4:30-5:30. You can take home whatever you make.

On the 22nd, we will watch the movie Transformers. If you are under 13, you will need a permission slip signed by a parent.

Refreshments are provided at all events. Come join us for fun at the library this month.

Teen Advisory Club

We will have the first meeting of the Teen Advisory Club on Sunday (December 2) at 3pm. Anyone in the 6th-12th grades is welcome to participate. We will choose the movies for January and February, discuss programs, and start thinking about a name for the group. Please come if you are able.

Don't Forget

Programs begin this week. We will be having a craft day on Friday from 4-5. Refreshment will be provided and you can take home anything that you create. On Saturday, from 2-4:30, we will be showing the movie We Are Marshall. It will be in the main meeting room and refreshments will be provided. Come join us for both of these events.

Summer Programs

We have now completed two weeks of the summer reading programs. The storyteller and chinese painting programs were great. Don't forget that we have more programs to come. They are:
June 21-Craft Day
June 28-Blues music
July 5-Movie
July 12-CSI
Feel free to come to any of these programs.

The movies left for the summer are:
June 19-Daddy's Little Girls
June 26-Ghost Rider
July 3-Pride
July 10-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
July 17-The Bourne Supremacy
Come to these movies on Tuesday nights also.

Don't forget to pick up your bag from the Children's area and write down all that you read. The required reading for school DOES count.
Hope to see you at the programs.

Summer Reading Programs

We have finished programming for the school year. Registration for summer reading will begin next week, starting on May 1. We will be registering the entire month of May and programs will begin on June 7 at 3:30. There will also be teen movies on Tuesday nights, starting June 5, usually at 6pm. I have not gotten finalized the list of movies yet. If you have a request, please let me know. I hope that this will be a great summer.