November & December 2009
Check out these events at your library ~ please register for each program.
For more information, come in, call or email Anna Dunlop, Young Adult (YA) librarian at: yareads@glencovelibrary.org.
HOLIDAY CRAFTS AND PARTY
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, AT 7PM
Looking for that special present? Create great holiday gifts and decorations to give to your family and friends. Learn how to make tin punch shapes, marbleized glass ornaments, decoupage wooden frames and so much more. There will be raffles, holiday food, music and lots of fun!
REGISTRATION: Yes FEE: No
ANYSOLDIER PROGRAM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, AT 11AM
www.anysoldier.com
We are gathering items and letters at the Library to send to the soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. We need help organizing the donations into boxes and bringing them to the Post Office. Your assistance would be welcome and can earn community service credit for you. Any donations to send to the soldiers would also be appreciated.
COLLEGE INFORMATION
In your search for information on colleges, be sure to look at www.college.gov. This website was designed by students and features first-person accounts of those who overcame the challenges of going to college such as peer pressure, lack of family support and financial barriers. This website provides relevant, comprehensive information about why to go, what to do to achieve your dream and how to pay for college or other postsecondary education programs.
2009 YOUNG ADULT SUMMER READING CLUB
The 2009 Young Adult Summer Reading Club (YASRC) was fun! All who participated in the YASRC and read at least two books attended a pizza party at the Library. Each week, if a book were read, there was a chance to win a raffle prize. We are grateful to Emigrant Savings Bank, Glen Cove Cinemas, Henry’s Luncheonette and Confectionary, La Famiglia, Marra’s Downtown Glen Cove, and Staples Glen Cove for their generous donations of these prizes. Thanks also to the YA Book Buddy readers who volunteered their time to be with younger children. For three sessions they read together and then helped the kids with a simple craft. Thanks, too, to the younger children who were great listeners!
Questions? Email Anna Dunlop, YA Librarian, at yareads@glencovelibrary.org
REGENTS EXAM PREPARATION
The Education Department now posts recent Regents exams on the State Assessment website, http://www.nysedregents.org, shortly after being given. Copies of older exams are also available in PDF format from the New York State Library's digital media management system at
http://purl.org/net/nysl/nysdocs/39007765
SPOTLIGHT ON GLEN COVE LIBRARY'S DATABASES
Go to the Glen Cove Library’s homepage at www.glencovelibrary.org and click on the Databases and Useful Links tab. These databases contain great information for young adults and can be used in the Library or from your home computer: Career Cruising, Country Watch, InfoTrac, Informe! (Hispanic reference material,) LitFinder, Opposing Viewpoints and SIRS Researcher, among others.
