Teen Advisory Board December 20, 2014 TAB present: Sarah, Michelle, Haneen, Chris, Andi, Julia AGENDA Teen SRC – game board decisions – decide what we want on there, how it will look, colors, graphics (decided on music scale journey, bright summer colors for cover, same size and fold as 2014’s) […]
Teen Advisory Board — November meeting
Published on :Teen Advisory Board November 8, 2014 TAB members present: Michelle, Kara AGENDA Review Fair – who’s where and who’s coming? Recap of Halloween event (actors, clues, process, changes?) December author event December Winter Break events Planning SRC 2015 “Read to the Rhythm” ~ select posters, talk about event ideas […]
Teen Advisory Board — October meeting
Published on :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 […]
Teen Read Week Book Swap
Published on :It’s Teen Read Week, which means FREE BOOKS! Attendees arrived with their own books and swapped them out with others. In addition, everyone left with a couple of new books from the giveaway cart. Tote bags, bookmarks, and buttons were also given away. Teen volunteers also hung around and played […]
Thirteen Reasons Why — YA Book Club
Published on :Our September YA Book Club meeting was in celebration of Banned Books Week. We discussed Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why, a powerful novel about high school bullying and suicide. The book was released in 2007, and since has been banned from schools for being “unsuitable for the targeted age group,” […]
Teen Advisory Board — Sept meeting
Published on :Teen Advisory Board September 20, 2014 TAB members present: Ben, Chris, Haneen, Julia, Kara; missing: Michelle, Sarah, Jerry AGENDA NOTES Decide on winter break activities, promotional information, and Dec book club book Finish workplan for Halloween event The Fair: Little Bits Instagram – how can we use this? Three […]
Dreams vs. Reality — Writing workshop
Published on :In the spirit of the Teen Read Week theme, “Turn Dreams into Reality,” our September writing exploration focused on blurring dreams and reality. Warm up Each teen writer started with a prompt from the Amazing Story Generator. A flipbook that randomly combine three elements to generate story ideas of all types. It […]
Character Design
Published on :Character Design Workshop by Julia See, age 16 The Character Design Workshop was a week long class where an instructor (Ron Llanos) from Arts Center College of Design came and taught a group of teens, including myself, about the basics of character design. At the beginning of the week, we […]
Summer Selections for Middle School — teen reviews
Published on :Our library teens reviewed a wide variety of books this summer, including a few favorites that are also perfect for middle school students (starting in grade 4). Dork Diaries by Rachel Rene Russell this book is great for young teens that understand the difficulties of being a teenager. These […]
Paws to Read — teen book reviews
Published on :In the spirit of our Summer Reading “Paws to Read” theme, below is a selection of animal stories reviewed by teens. Amulet: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi If you are looking for a book that is entertaining and fun, “Amulet: The Stonekeeper”, is the book. This book is fit […]