Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day! You can celebrate by carrying copies of a favorite poem and sharing them with friends and family. Anyone can stop by the Grove Hall Teen Room to pick up poems to enjoy and share.
Category Archives: Teen Services
Resources for Dealing with Monday’s Tragedy
Posted on April 17th, 2013 by Laura in Teen Services
Mayor Thomas M. Menino has announced the City of Boston will staff a resource and counseling center today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the offices of City Year, 287 Columbus Avenue in Boston.
Staff from Boston Centers for Youth & Families and the Boston Public Health Commission will be on hand to provide information, assistance and counseling services to anyone still needing help as a result of the tragedies during Monday’s Marathon.
If anyone would like to seek assistance by phone, please call the Mayor’s 24 hour hotline at 617-635-4500. To speak to a counselor by phone, please call the Mayor’s Health Line at 617-534-5050. This counseling and resource center has been relocated from The Castle building on Columbus Avenue which served as the Center since Monday afternoon.
Updated information on these and other services provided by the city can be found at the City of Boston website.
Cast your vote for the 2013 Teen Choice Book Awards
Posted on April 6th, 2013 by Mary in Contests, Teen Services
Tags: 6th Annual Children's & Teen Choice Book Awards, ballot, Book Reporter, Teenreads.com, vote
I am on a mailing list from Teenreads.com. (If you love teen books, you should get on their mailing list.) Teenreads.com has helped with choosing the finalists for Book Reporter‘s 6th Annual Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards. You can help choose the finalists by voting at http://www.bookweekonline.com/voting/7-12. There are 5 books and 5 authors. You can choose a favorite illustrator but those are for children’s books but it may bring back good memories to you.
If you click on the Voting Home box on the top of the page it will bring you back to the main page of grade level choices. If you read to your little brothers, sisters or cousins, you might want to vote in those finalist sections.
Voting ends on May 9th and the winners will be announced on May 13th. For more information about the CCBA’s, check this page out http://www.bookweekonline.com/about-CCBAs.
Here are the covers for the books on the ballot:
If you haven’t read these books, they are definitely worth reading.
May your favorite book win….
Poetry with Storybird
Posted on April 4th, 2013 by Laura in Teen Services
Happy National Poetry Month! Today in the Grove Hall Branch Library, teens used Storybird to write visual poems. Take a look at some of their poetry!
by Tatiana
by Alianette
by Amira
Princeton Review Practice SAT Test on April 6, 2013 at the Central Library
Posted on March 29th, 2013 by Mary in Teen Services
It’s that time of year again when teens are getting prepared to take the SAT exam in either May or June. Princeton Review will be coming back to the Central Library this year to offer a practice SAT test on April 6, 2013, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The practice test will take place in the Mezzanine Conference Room.
Students will need to pre-register for this exam at www.princetonreview.com or at 800.447.0254.
Good luck everyone!