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Events & Programs STEM 

Exploring the Night Sky

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments coloring, school age, science, space, STEAM, tweens

On Thursday, February 27, we had a special astronomy festival for the whole family! People of all ages got to

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Book clubs 

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon: Read Around the World travels to China

January 24, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments china, read around the world, tweens

Read Around the World is a new book club we’ve started for 3rd – 5th graders. Each month the kids

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STEM 

Using Computer Science for Good — Kids’ Coding Club and Computer Science Education Week

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments coding, STEAM, tweens

Yesterday, to celebrate Computer Science Education Week, we focused on learning about one of the newest trends in computer science:

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Arts & Crafts STEM 

December Craft: Jewelry Workshop for Kids

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments holidays, jewelry, teens, tweens, volunteers

Monday’s jewelry making workshop for kids had a very special guest instructor. Kaitlyn was once a kid who came to

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Book clubs STEM 

Read Around the World Book Club: The Parker Inheritance

November 22, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments STEAM, tweens, young readers league

Last night we had our first Read Around the World book club meeting, and our book was The Parker Inheritance

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Writing 

Writing Hidden Histories for our Young Reader’s League Writing Contest

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments contest, history, tweens, young readers league

Last week our Kids’ Writing Workshop focused on hidden histories and flash fiction, to help kids develop entries for our

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Announcements & News Arts & Crafts 

Winners and Honorable Mentions for our Fractured Films Art Contest

August 31, 2019September 5, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments art, contest, school age, teens, tweens

On Saturday, August 31st we had a reception honoring the winners and honorable mentions of our Art and Writing Contests.

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Uncategorized 

“Triassic Park” by Joel Mason Griffin: 1st Place

August 31, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments contest, dinosaurs, fiction, school age, science fiction, tweens

Read the story that won 1st Place in the Children’s Category for our Fractured Films Writing Contest–a Triassic take on

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Writing 

“Fairytale Avengers” by Diego and Mateo Fernández: 2nd Place

August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments contest, fairytales, fiction, school age, tweens

Read the story that won 2nd Place in our Fractured Films Writing Contest–a fairytale take on the Avengers (or an

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STEM 

Webpages Designed and Coded by Kids!

July 26, 2019July 26, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments coding, tweens

Over the summer, kids came three times to Pasadena Public Library to learn the basics of HTML and CSS code

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