TEEN
PROGRAMS
These programs are for students in grades 6-12.
Short Film Contest
YAB is sponsoring a Short Film Contest for Teen Tech Week.
Films may be a maximum of 10 minutes long and have a maximum of 4 people working on it.
Prizes will be awarded to the members of the winning film.
Films must be submitted by Friday, March 5 @ 5p.m. and must have a submission form. Forms & Rules may be picked up at the library or the high school.
A viewing of films will be held on Thursday, March 11 @ 3 p.m.
Digital Game Design Workshop
Tuesdays, March 2 & 9,
2:30-5 p.m. at the middle school.
Beth Gallaway will be teaching participants to use Scratch to download, examine & edit online games.
The workshop will be held in the Middle School in Mod4. Sign-up is for both sessions. Space is limited so please contact Kate at 978-664-4942 or email her to sign-up.
Funding for this workshop is provided by a Federal Serving 'Tweens & Teens Grant
Rock Band Tournament
Saturday, March 27, 2-5 p.m. Prizes will be awarded.
We have a Wii, PS2, Rock Band & DDR! Feel free to bring your favorite games.
Co-sponsored by North Reading Youth Services
YAB (Youth Advisory Board) meets twice a month during the school year and
occasionally during the summer.
Thursday, March 4 & Tuesday, March 30, 3-4 PM
YAB is open to all teens. YAB members help choose books,
CDs, and DVD's, organize programs, and special events.
Email Kate Bell at kbell@mvlc.org to
find out more.
ANIME CLUB
The Anime Club meets once a month during the
school year. Our next meeting is Tuesday, March 23, 3-4:30 p.m.
Email Kate Bell at kbell@mvlc.org to
find out more.
We are members of the
ADVocates (ADV Films) and Operation Anime (FUNimation), so we have some awesome anime episodes
heading our way.
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READING COUNTS BOOKS
Did you know that we have Reading Counts books here at the library? Like the middle school library, the Reading Counts books here are designated by an orange sticker on their spine. The books are inter-filed with the regular paperbacks and hard covers in the Teen Corner on the 1st floor of the library (just like at the middle school library). Some of the books are in the Children's Room on the 4th floor - those are separated and on top of the low bookshelf by the chapter books.
We also have copies of the Reading Counts list on both the 1st and 4th floors. If you can't find a book that you like, we can request a copy for you from another library or recommend a similar title that you may like.
WHAT'S NEW FOR TEENS
SUMMER READING
Teen Grants
Second Annual Summer Art Contest
Winners
Three of the winners posed in the Teen Corner with their work: Hillary Stokes, Adam Sperry, and Ashley Doke.
Second Annual Summer Art Contest Winners
Photography
1st Place: Reflections by Ashley Doke
2nd Place: Ninja by Laura Penney & Salem Willows by Hillary Stokes
Drawing
1st Place: Skin Deep by Julia Stasio
2nd Place: It's Been a Long Day by Adam Sperry
Painting
1st Place: Castle at Dawn by Adam Sperry
2nd Place: Untitled by Kaylin Scher
Graphic Arts
1st Place: Heaven's Devil by Kat Catania
2nd Place: Ellen Page by Adam Sperry
3-D
1st Place: Here Comes the Bride by Kat Catania
2nd Place: The Cross by Amanda Catania
Teens created altered books at a workshop in March.
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TWO FEDERAL GRANTS FOR TWEENS AND TEENS!
The library is pleased to announce that is has received two grants that will benefit teens. Both are from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
The first grant is a two-year $15,000 grant, Serving 'Tweens and Teens to be used to improve services, materials, and space for the youth of North Reading. The second is a one-year, $5,000 Equal Access grant.
The funds will be used to purchase new furniture for the teen section, provide educational and creative workshops, and to purchase new library materials for teens, such as books, graphic novels, audi books and DVD's.
YAB, the library's Youth Advisory Board is helping to make decisions about these new offerings. Please consider joining YAB. It is open to all teens in grade 6 to 12. Please contact Kate Bell: kbell@mvlc.org or call her at 978-664-4942.
All workshops, programs, and materials are brought with federal funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Teens learned all about movie make-up at the workshop led by Erik Rodenhiser in July. The workshop was part of the federal Equal Access 'tweens and teens grant.
Andy Fish demonstrates a manga drawing at a LSTA Tweens and Teens workshop in December.
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Check out more photos from
teen events on the
Teen Links Page!