Teen Advisory Board 9/5/15 Present: Lauren (note taker), Bella, Maya, Julia, Madison Agenda 4-5:30pm ID Tags Summer Reading 2016- Sports and Games No gift cards next year? prizes archery lessons surf lessons game tickets dinner with a famous person in Pasadena apple watch photoshop head phones books stationery […]
Espeon – Song Parody Contest 1st Place
Published on :Song Parody Contest 1st place by Charlotte Dekany, Grade 8 Brief explanation of the lyrics: A Pokèmon Trainer is battling the Champion of the Pokemon League in Pokemon X/Y. He has her down to her last fighting Pokemon, but he’s down to one himself – an Espeon that […]
I Can’t Dig This Hole – Song Parody Contest 2nd place
Published on :Song Parody Contest 2nd place by Quintin Hollomand, grade 8 This song is based on Holes by Louis Sachar. I Can’t Dig This Hole by Quintin Hollomand, grade 8 Parody of “Can’t Feel My Face” by The Weeknd And I know he’ll be the death of me […]
Livin’ in Hooverville – Song Parody Contest 3rd place
Published on :Song Parody Contest 3rd place by Mary Mejia, Grade 12 Livin’ in Hooverville by Mary Mejia, Grade 12 Parody of “Nine in the Afternoon” by Panic at the Disco Into the streets is where we are Feeling as low as one can ever know Yeah we’re feeling so […]
Summer Grand Prize Winner
Published on :The grand prize winner has been announced! The winner of the electric guitar is Olivia! Congratulations! The winners of the Song Parody Contest are: (1) Charlotte Dekany, (2) Quintin Hollomand, and (3) Mary Mejia. Stay tuned to this blog to read about their songs. The teen survey will be open […]
Teen Advisory Board — August 2015
Published on :Teen Advisory Board August 1, 2015 Present: Bella, Cady, Chris, Haneen, Julia, Kara, Lauren, Madison, Meep AGENDA 2-4pm Finish Harry Potter scavenger hunt (Haneen & Kara)- finish clues, create worksheet, test out clues, Haneen is in charge of set up Finish wand making details (Kara, Julia, Meep) – paint Ollivander signs, […]
YA Book Club: I’ll Give You the Sun
Published on :I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson Summary: The New York Times Bestselling story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is […]
Sword Fighting — photos & books
Published on :Back by popular demand, the HEMA Alliance presented two medieval combat workshops at our library–one at the La Pintoresca Branch Library on June 18, and another at Central Library on July 25. HEMA works with medieval researchers and martial artists throughout the world to recreate medieval combat as a serious martial art. Our […]
T-Shirt Painting
Published on :Paint a t-shirt. Free hand paint it, or make a stencil. Here’s how to make a stencil: (1) method using curtain panels: http://modpodgerocksblog.com/2009/11/i-finally-screen-printed-with-mod-podge.html (2) method using pantyhose: http://mycalicoskies.blogspot.com/2012/04/52-week-challenge-10-diy-screenprint.html I would recommend a modified version of the curtain panels method. Curtain panels are much easier to fit over the embroidery hoops […]
Summer 6: Monopoly!
Published on :July 19-25 Raffle winners The winners of the sixth weekly raffle are: Grace B., Charlie C., Phoebe J., Vadim L., and Matteo S. This week’s prizes are $15 Vromans gift cards. Events Tshirt painting, sword fighting, acrylic painting, and Monopoly! The winners of the Monopoly tournament went home with […]