Things to Do: Activities and Events for Teens at Gleason
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Special Events
Gleason Public Library hosts special events for teens throughout the year. Have an idea for an event? Email Jennifer. New suggestions are always appreciated!
Upcoming Special Events
There are no upcoming special events scheduled at this time. Please check back soon for updates!
Past Special Events
Past events have included a duct tape program, Name that Tune! game, movie night and book chat, costume party, gaming night, New Moon party, Anti-Valentine's Day party, grand opening of the newly redesigned teen space, and a whodunit night. Be sure to bookmark this webpage to read the details on upcoming events as soon as they are posted!
Duct Tape Extravaganza!
To kick of Fab Fridays (a weekly series of programs for teens), a group of teens made wallets, flip flops, and flowers out of duct tape.
Valentine's Day With a Twist!
! Teens celebrated Valentine's Day by decorating cookies and valentines and making duct tape roses at the library's Anti-Valentine's Day party.
Photo by Mollie McPhee Ho . Posted with permission from The Carlisle Mosquito.
On Friday, the 13 th of November, several Carlisle teens gathered at the library to celebrate the release of the New Moon movie with Twilight bingo, trivia, crafts, and a character costume contest. Visit Gleason's teen blog at teensofgleason.blogspot.com for more pictures!
The cast of Gleason's Mystery in the Library: an afternoon of whodunit. Congratulations to Emma Schofield (the Queen) for correctly solving the mystery, and to Griffin Bishop (Pinocchio) for the day's best costume! More pictures can be found at Gleason's teen blog: teensofgleason.blogspot.com
TOGA (Teens of Gleason Advisors)
Next Meeting: TBD
The next TOGA meeting will be held sometime in the fall once school resumes. It will be an open meeting for all interested 5-8 graders. Check back for updates on the date and time!
TOGA (Teens of Gleason Advisors), Gleason's teen advisory group, gives a voice in the library to Carlisle's 5th-8th graders. Overseen by Jennifer, Gleason's teen librarian, TOGA meets at least once a month to brainstorm and assist in making decisions that will directly impact teens in the library: book selection, event planning, etc. For more information, visit the library's website at www.gleasonlibrary.org, or email Jennifer at jbarnes@mvlc.org.
Window into Wild Universe book club
The next WiWU meeting is TBD
Are you a Carlisle teen in grade 7, 8, or 9? Do you like to read and chat about books? Gleason Public Library's teen book club, Window into Wild Universe, wants you! Lead by Jennifer, Gleason's teen librarian, the club will select a book to read and then meet - with snacks! - to discuss it.
The next meeting of Gleason Public Library's teen book club will take place once school resumes. Check back later for updates!
For more information on this and all teen programming, please contact Jennifer at jbarnes@mvlc.org or visit the library's website, www.gleasonlibrary.org.
Summer Reading
In an effort to boost teen participation in the 2010 Summer Reading Program, "Go Green at Your Library," the library expanded its program offerings to include 7-12th graders. Events for teens included:
- Opening meetings for tweens entering grades 5-8 and for teens entering grades 9-12.
- Two Go Green Bag craft programs for teens entering grades 7-12.
- Closing parties for tweens entering grades 5-8 and for teens entering grades 9-12.
The library also held random weekly prize drawings for teen participants. Winners were able to select a free book! The lucky winners were:
Monica Chen
Amanda Li
Whitney Cook
Lee Bernstein
The decision to offer programming for teens appears to have paid off since teen participation in the summer reading program almost doubled from last year! Once again, teens were the most voracious readers in Carlisle over the summer, reading a total of 44,342 pages.
A special congratulations to our top three teen readers!
Elisabeth Sorrows, the top reader for the second year in a row, read a whopping 6101 pages!
Sarah Means read 5553 pages.
Sam Heinrich came in a close third, reading 5466 pages.
Thanks so much to all the teens who participated in the program and who volunteered at the library this summer!
TOGAzine
TOGAzine is Gleason's literary zine created for and by teens. All fifth through eighth grade students are strongly encouraged to submit their creative, original works of fiction, poetry, art, and photography for inclusion in the online zine. All entries can be submitted to Jennifer.
Early Release Movie: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Tuesday, September 21, 2:00 p.m.
Where are you when an obnoxious older brother, an embarrassing best friend, and your own self-doubt sabotage your existence? You must be in middle school where the grass is not always greener and survival of the fittest takes on new meaning. Join us as one insecure middle-schooler discovers that popularity is overrated in this laugh-out-loud live action adaptation.
Date: Tuesday, September 21st (early release day)
Time: 2:00 p.m. (movie is 94 minutes long)
Place: Gleason Public Library, third floor, Hollis Room. Movie rating is PG. We will provide snacks. Grades 5-8 only. Read more about this movie at the Internet Movie Database. Also, we encourage you to subscribe to the Gleason Public Library enewsletter in order to learn the name of the film in advance. Any questions, please call the Gleason Public Library at 978-369-4898.
Gleason's Teen Blog
teensofgleason.blogspot.com is Gleason’s blog for teens. The blog is moderated by our teen librarian and is a place where teens can share thoughts and ideas about books, activities and the teen advisory board (TOGA). Guest bloggers and book review submissions are always welcome. Please email Jennifer for a book review form if you would like to contribute.
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