TEENS AND TOTS STORYTIME

Opening day for storytelling at the pool was Tuesday, July1st. Thanks to all who volunteered. Remember to report to the gazebo in the pool picnic area at 1:45 PM.

YAK & SNACK

VAMPIRE HIGH

Registration began on Wednesday, July 9th for the second Yak & Snack of the summer to meet on Wednesday, July 30th at 7 PM. Cody Elliot goes to a new school where everyone is weird. The principal is seven feet tall, the students are tall, wear sunglasses in the winter, are silent and have fangs. This is the setting for Vampire High by Douglas Rees. Join Mrs. Kelly for discussion of this unusual book about unusual teens.

OPEN MIC NIGHT

YA TALENT SHOW

Sign up began July 17th for the YA talent show. Share your gifts of dance, song, jokes, playing an instrument, magic tricks, etc. with your peers. The show will be held on August 4th at 7 PM.

TEENBOSS WORKSHOP

Are you too young to get a job but too old to depend on your parents for money? Do you need financial independence to get spending independence? Perhaps, you should become an entrepreneur. Terry Parrett will give you tips on how to get started in your own business, how to advertise, how to schedule and what to charge for goods and services in this 90 minute workshop to be held on Monday, July 28 at 7 PM. All attendees will receive a CD-ROM packed with goal- setting and planning material, sample advertising and marketing pieces, ideas for different types of teen businesses and more. The workshop is limited to 30 participants. Registration began on Monday July 14th.

DISCOVER THE YA COMPUTER CENTER

YA Computer Center is in operation. The renovations to the Young Adult Room included a Computer Center. Reserved for those patrons in Grades 6-12 there are four computers at the west end of the YA Room as well as a laser printer and a sign up station for reserving the next available computer when all are in use. These computers are available during normal library hours unless no one is available to supervise. This will insure that the computers are used only by the appropriate age group.

Each machine is equipped with Internet Explorer (always filtered), PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word. YA's who need Excel may use it in the Adult Computer Center on the Lower Level. As in the Adult Computer Center, there is a 3 hour limit for use per day, and a limit to 5 pages of free printing. Additional printing needs can be purchased at the Circulation Desk for 5 cents per page up to 20 additional pages.

We invite YA's to use our new Computer Center and ask that they register at the front desk. Anyone under 17 years of age should have a parent sign a consent to use form.

Registration for all YA programs may be done in person at the Young Adult desk, by phone to the Young Adult Librarian (516-742-8405) or by email to mkelly@gardencitypl.org.

Have you tried Live Homework Help yet? Those who have used it, report that it is a life saver. The tutors are helpful and instructive. Frustration over a homework problem is cured in less than a half an hour. Log on through the library's web site, simply use your library card number and you are on your way to solving those homework dilemmas