Summer YA Events

Summer YA Programs 2010

June
Late Night Study Hall for High School students
June 1, June 2, June 3 3:00-10:00. Food donated by Barones, Los Burritos and Noodles and Starbucks coffee served.

READ RECYLE REUSE
June 2 - August 17
Challenge Yourself this Summer with Reading
Win a PJ’s Camera, Homecoming Basket gift basket, Sport Baskets, Free Pizzas, Movies, Books , cupcakes, cookies and more.

Book Buddies
Middle School and High School Book Buddies meet weekly with Younger Buddies at the library to read. Sign up to be an older Book Buddy or a Younger Book Buddy, 4 years to 5th grade. Summer Session: June 21 – August 13, 2009 Orientation June 15 @ 3:00 or June 17 @ 10:00.

Poetry Slam June 19 2:30 -3:30
Watch –Listen—Perform
Poetry & Performance Slam for Glen Ellyn
Bring your poems, prose, paintings, music to open mic at the Glen Ellyn Public Library Teen Scene
An opportunity to express yourself in a variety of forms and styles. Come get inspired – hear poetry & prose
Event is open to ages 13 to 19 year olds. Participate or come and enjoy the show.

GAME DAY
June 22 12:00 – 3:00 Pizza served
Video games, board games, and card games. Sign up to volunteer your gaming expertise or just come and compete or find out what gaming is all about. Middle School and High School

Writing Workshop
Young Adult
Date: 6/30/2010, 7/7/2010, 7/14/2010, 7/21/2010
Start Time: 6:00 PM
End Time: 7:00 PM
Description: Writing Workshop � Come learn a few tips towards being a writer from community member and teacher-in-training Megan Gensler. Taught over four nights, this workshop will cover how to begin writing, character and plot development, how to give (and receive) good feedback and a guide to what resources and communities are available online. Open to teens in grades six to twelve. Please bring your own notebook and (if possible) samples of your own writing appropriate to share with the group.

Location: Teen Scene Room
Presenter: Megan Gensler


JULY

Reuse, Recycle Art Day in the Teen Scene Room
Make a cork board out of wine cork Teen Scene Room July 13
2:30 – 3:30

Get Set for College this Week at the Library July 17 – July 22
PSAT Practice Exam July 17 9:30-1:30
10 Questions ACT Challenge July 19 1:00 – 2:00
2:00-2:30 Pizza served
SAT vs. ACT which test should you take? Compare the differences and see which one is right for you. July 19 2:30-3:30
ACT Practice Exam July 20 11:00 – 3:00
Essay Writing Workshop July 21 1:00-2:00
2:00-2:30 Pizza served
Accepted: Getting into your first choice school July 21 2:30 -3:30
SAT Practice Exam Thursday July 22 3:30 -&:30 P.M.
Registration required for all high school students

August 2010
Middle School Book Talk August 18 4:00-5:00 Last chance to enjoy all those summer reading books before school starts. Come share your favorite books with other readers. Video tape your reviews and see yourself on our website. Pizza served
The Slight Edge August 19 2:00-3:00 what they don't teach you in high school. Middle School students, Pack your back pack for success
Free Workshop for teens on personal development, making decisions to give you an advantage in life. Applicable for college bound students, athletes, rock stars, anyone who wants to succeed in life! We will serve pizza.
Summer Reading Review for high school students August 19 4:00-5:00
Come discuss summer reading books. Find out what other students read over the summer and share ideas for class assignments. Pizza served

Middle School and High School Volunteer over the Summer.
Taking applications June 1 2010.
TEEN BOARD Sign UP 7th – 12th graders come in to sign up or call Allison Harrell@ 630-790-6748

Young Adult Spring Programs Spring 2010

March 9 The Slight Edge: Gaining an Advantage for Life: What they don't teach you in high school. Free Workshop for teens on personal development, making decisions to give you an advantage in life. Applicable for college bound students, athletes, rock stars, anyone who wants to succeed in life! We will provide snacks for Free.
March 11, April 8, May 6 “Snackery Treats to Make and East” from Bells and Whistles at 6:00 P.M
March 11, learn how to make Paninis
April 8 fun appetizers
May 6 bake and decorate
April 14 6:30 Board Room College Application Essay seminar
Learn how to write the perfect college application essay.
registration required
April 17 and May 15 from 10:00 to 2:00 Prepare for the ACT by taking a practice exam with the test prep agency, Kaplan. Please bring No.2 pencils, an approved calculator and a healthy snack.
April 17, 3:00 TEAS and TOES Indulge yourself with Hazel Aquino, owner of Teas and Toes. Middle School and High School Girls bring your Moms or a friend to a relaxing class on Teas and Toes.
April 19, How to pay for college, presented by Kaplan 7:00 in meeting rooms
May 3 6:30 Book Talk Middle School and Pizza 7:30 meet in Teen Room
Talk about your favorite books and eat Pizza
May 3 8:00 Book talk High School and Pizza 7:30 meet in Teen Room
Talk about your favorite books and eat Pizza
Watch for the Summer Reading program
Volunteer opportunities
Teens, Teach the internet to a Senior Citizens
Contact Young Adult Librarian for more info.
Late Night FinalsJune 1, 2, 3
Open until 10:00 p.m Serving food and coffee to high school students studying for finals

An average of 200 students attended Finals at the Library each evening.

Thanks to Barones, Bells and Whistles, Tap House
Grill for donating Food. Starbucks, Caribou, Panera, and Einsteins donated coffee. THANK YOU

First Light by Rebecca Stead

First Light by Rebecca Stead will plunge you into two different new worlds and you'll not want to leave -- Greenland and Graceland. Greenland is where Peter, one of the narrators, moves with his father, a glaciologist, and his mother, a genetic scientist. The family takes off on an expedition where his father studies the effects of global warming on the glacier ice caps. Thea, the other narrator, lives in Gracehop, a world beneath the ice. Peter and Thea meet and their two different worlds start to collide as they begin to understand secrets hidden from them for generations. Stead describes the icy settings and glacial structures with vivid detail and color. After reading First Light, the reader will have a better understanding of the dangers of Global Warming: Steads research is convincing and troubling.

Book of the Month by Maggie Stiefvater

A gripping read from the beginning to the end.


"For years, Grace has been fascinated by the yellow-eyed wolf that saved her from its pack when she was a child. Sam, bitten by a wolf as a boy, is that wolf. Long obsessed with each other at a distance, they finally meet after a wolf hunt (inspired by the apparent death of a local teen) sends a wounded and temporarily human Sam into Grace's arms. Their young love is facilitated by Grace's hands-off parents Once upon a time, I would've leaped at the rare opportunity of curling up with Mom on the couch. But now, it sort of felt like too little, too late, Grace muses), but threatened by two linked crises: the fact that Sam will soon lose the ability to become human and the instability of a new lycanthrope. Stiefvater skillfully increases the tension throughout; her take on werewolves is interesting and original while her characters are refreshingly willing to use their brains to deal with the challenges they face." - Publisher's Weeky (starred review)

TEEN ADVISORY BOARD MEETING

Teen Advisory Board: December meeting

The next Teen Advisory Board meeting is Tuesday @ 6:00pm! We have lots of upcoming projects and programs (programs, preptest, books and more) and we want your help in planning them! Members will receive volunteer hours for attending TAB meetings (you'll get Pizza too!). For teens in grades 7-12. New members are welcome. we are meeting in out teen room on the 2nd floor.

ONCE WAS LOST by Sara Zarr

Faith takes a front seat in National Book Awardfinalist Zarr's ("Story of a Girl") hard-hitting third novel. When 13-year-old Jody Shaw is kidnapped in broad daylight, her abduction rocks the once secure town of Pineview and her church community (A thing like this changes the way you think about everything and everyone, and you can never go back). Her disappearance provides an eerie backdrop to protagonist Samara Taylor's personal drama: her mother's alcoholism, which prompted a four-week stint in rehab, and her father's refusal to focus on anything (his marital problems, the inappropriateness of his relationship with a 26-year-old church member, his parental responsibilities) other than his role as pastor to a flock in need. Sam's questions regarding God's existence (Do you just decide that you do believe, no matter what, and then force your mind shut when doubts try to come in?) and her place in the world feel all-encompassing, aptly mirroring the mood of her close-knit community as they trawl for answers in Jody's case. Beyond delivering a gripping story, Zarr has a knack for exposing human weakness in the ordinary. Publishers Weekly 08/17/2009 pg. 64