Teen Advisory Board

October 18, 2014

TAB members present:  Haneen, Julia, Chris, Kara, Michelle; absent: Sarah, Jerry, Ben

 

AGENDA

The Fair – Nov. 15

  • Chris will be in charge of the Demo Area- specifically the Little Bits
  • Julia will oversee metal etching
  • Michelle will oversee circuits/light up cards

Teen Zine has been released!  Discuss plans for the next one.  Take volunteers for article submissions.

  • Character Design article – Julia
  • Creative Power article – Julia
  • Book clubs (8) recaps – Kara
  • Teens Top Ten – Kara
  • Murder Mystery article – Haneen
  • Sarah will oversee layout
  • photographs taken by Teen Zine team- first meeting soon

Halloween event

  • Haneen has finished the murder mystery scripts; she’s still working on the completing the map and is midway through completing all the clues!
  • Discuss volunteers for the roles and for the night.
  • Chris will help market the event by distributing flyers to his classmates.

Announcements

It’s the end of Teen Read Week.  We gave away 121 teen books.  Hopefully, we can extend the giveaway to all the branches next year.  We received eleven writing contest entries.  Extra autographed copies of the Maze Runner (which was this month’s book club book) were awarded to TAB.

A teen was observed using the new Teen Zine as a reader’s advisory tool.  He was going down the list and placing books on hold!

Because of the excellent work Kara has demonstrated on assembling the Teens Top Ten article, and her continual work on book reviews, I have asked her to become my teen review partner for Voya magazine.  Kara will be assigned pre-published books to review, and her review will appear beside mine in the magazine.  Extended reviews will continue to be published on our blog.  Congratulations Kara!

And a big thanks to Chris who facilitated the last Anime Afternoon event!

Next meeting:  test out winter activities (DIY snow globes, diy tshirt screening); preliminary Summer Reading discussion; create game board for Spring Teen Tech Week challenge