Shelter Rock Public Library

Teen Advisory Board (TAB) Meetings

TAB is a volunteer group that consists of young adults in grades 7-12 who work together with the YA Librarian to improve library services for teens and earn community service credit for their efforts.

Potato Chip Taste Test Update!

The results of our May 7th Teen Potato Chip Taste Test are in and the winners are:

Thank you to our teen participants for your ratings and comments as you sampled over 15 types of potato chips.

Events For YAs Grades 5-12

Babysitting and First Aid Workshop

Thursday, June 27, 4-6 PM for Grades 4-12 in the Story Hour Room

Join RN's Joanne Tanck and Georgette Basso who will teach:

• babysitting basics
• how to secure a babysitting job
• entertaining the child

Bring a Cabbage Patch sized doll or stuffed animal for demonstration. Certificate will be awarded to participants. Those over age 12 can look at our list of parents seeking babysitters. Parents are welcome to come to the Teen Room to add their name to the list.

Registration begins on May 30th in the Teen Room

*This list and program are provided as a community service with no endorsement by the library of specific babysitters or parents

Meet the Babysitter

Thursday, July 11th, 7-8 PM in the Story Hour Room

This is a special opportunity for parents & their children who are looking for babysitters to meet teens who have completed a babysitting course. There will be stories, simple crafts and refreshments which will provide children, parents & teens the time to interact. 

Parents and teens can register in the Teen Room starting June 27th.

*This list and program are provided as a community service with no endorsement by the library of specific babysitters or parents.

Summer Reading Program

For YAs Entering Grades 6-12

This year's theme is "Beneath the Surface". Read for fun and explore what lurks below the sea, beneath the surface of history and alternative popular culture. Register starting Tuesday, June 11th and you'll get a summer reading information packet. Receive a small prize when you hand in your first review. Review 3 books and you'll be invited to our Summer Reading Party on August 12th. Look for further details in June about "Beneath the Surface" and other summer events.

Register in the Teen Room beginning June 11th

Book Cafes

For YA's entering Grades 6-12

Join us for lively discussions which explore Beneath the Surface themes solving a mystery and refuting stereotypes. We'll read aloud, share trivia, and enjoy refreshments.

Peeled

In an upstate New York apple community, high school reporter Hildy Biddle investigates a series of strange occurrences at a house rumored to be haunted. This is a fast paced mystery with many themes which lurk beneath the surface of a placid farming community.

Registration continues

Okay For Now

 

Doug Swieteck is a 14 year old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, a difficult father and a louse for an older brother. All odds are stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about John Audubon's birds and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage. 

Registration begins on July 8th.

YA Summer Volunteers

For YAs who are interested in a Summer Volunteer Opportunity at the Library, we will be registering Book Buddies who are entering Grades 6-12 and Summer Reading Program Volunteers who are entering Grades 7-12 starting June 3.

Applications for both Volunteer Programs are limited and will be available starting June 3rd in the Teen Room and must be returned there by June 10th.

Summer Reading Program Volunteers are invited to assist in the children's Summer Reading Program, whose theme is "Dig into Reading". Volunteers must attend a training session. Training Monday, June 17 from 4-5 PM or Tuesday, June 18th from 7-8 PM.

Book Buddies

YAs entering Grades 6 are invited to volunteer on 

Wednesdays in July (starting July 10) from 6:30-8 PM 

Book Buddies will read picture books aloud to children ages 4-6 on Wednesdays and are required to attend a training session on Tuesday, June 25th from 4:30 to 5:30 PM

YA Movie

Thursday, August 1st from 6:30-9:30 PM

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on an "unexpected journey" to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug. 

Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage.

170 Minutes, Rated PG-13

Registration begins July 16th; walk-ins also welcome. Children 11 and under must be accompanied by an adult.