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Summer Programs for Teens
Are you too old for the little kid programs at the library? Do you think programs about water are just silly and have nothing to do with you? Well you haven't met the Monday Night Water Your Mind Series yet. For teens with more adult tastes, Monday night at the Sturgeon Bay Library is for you. Every Monday at 7pm, another speaker or speakers address a topic that relates to water in some way.
On July 19th the Neptune's Dive Club will bring on the details of this fantastic underwater sport. All your questions about SCUBA diving will be answered! How do I get started? Where do I dive? Who do I dive with? What will I find? Come find out!
On July 26th the Sail and Power Squadron and the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club will tell all about the joys of Sailing the waters around the Door. It takes some specialized skills to maneuver a sailboat, but the benefits of learning can be spectacular. Come find out all about it.
In August we leave the sporting life and focus on the ecology of the Door. For the more activist members of our teen community, this is a chance to Make Waves by learning a bit more about the area where you live.
August 2nd Mike Grimm from the Nature Conservancy will present a program on the Biodiversity of Door County. Did you know that Door County has more biodiversity than any other county in Wisconsin? Learn what you can do to preserve our natural heritage.
August 9th focuses on the ground beneath our feet. Did you ever wonder why we are still here? Why has the Door County Peninsula not been swept away into the Lake? The short answer is the Niagra Escarpment, a huge stretch of some very tough rock. This is the Year of the Escarpment, so come hear what Bob Boltman has to tell us about this rather special chunk of rock.
August 16th finishes our series with a special session about water quality in Door County. The water you drink, wash and play in is a concern to all of us. What we put in the water comes right back to us, so paying attention to what's in there makes sense, and not just because the water in the tap might taste funny. Learn more about this issue.
The more you read, the more you know. The more you know, the smarter you grow. The smarter you grow, the stronger your voice. When speaking your mind, or making your choice.
It's a cute poem, but it's right, too.
Summer Reading for Teens
Make Waves@the Library this Summer! The signup for the Summer Reading Program has started, so come in and sign up or go to our online signup to get started. For Middle Schoolers, signup still gets you Loot for every hour you spend reading (not to mention CYOA), but for those of you in High School, you can read with the adults for Book Bingo all summer (adults count books, not time). Come in and get something to read this summer and win "Fabulous Prizes" too.
Teens and Adults have programs this summer! Monday nights in Sturgeon Bay we will have a series of programs all with a water-y theme.
Test Your Surfing Skills with an Internet Scavenger Hunt!
Test your tech skills with an internet scavenger hunt. Some are hard, some are easy; you pick. Choose a theme: St Patricks Day, Easter, Sun, Ocean, National Parks, Dinosaur, Museum Mania, Site Searcher, and Random Rambings.
Wii Games at the Library in Sturgeon Bay
One Day Only! Friday March 12th from 9am to 6pm, all ages are welcome to come to the library in Sturgeon Bay to play the library Wii for March, Tech Month. Games include Boom Blox, Wii Playground, Carnival Games, Dance Dance Revolution,Wii Fit, Mario and Sonic at the Olympics, Mario Kart, Star Wars Legos: The Complete Saga, and Mario Party 8.
Tech Month at the Library - TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design)
It's Tech Month at the Library, and we have plenty! But if you want to hear the latest innovators in Technology, Entertainment and Design, visit the TED website and watch one of the short lectures. From the main page you can access all the programs from the TED conferences since they began in 1984. The 2010 conference programs are released steadily, so new programs are coming out all the time. Creative people thinking big thoughts; very interesting stuff, and a great use of technology.
Reading Promotions a Huge Success!
The reading promotions this spring have really brought out the readers in kids all across the county! Both the Milwaukee Bucks Library Reading Challenge and The Disney Princess Classics got kids reading to meet their goals in January and February this year; Southern Door School reports that 33 kids completed 750 pages of reading apiece to win tickets to a Bucks game, and 37 kids read at least 5 books to get tickets to see Disney on Ice at the Resch Center; for them and for all the other kids who participated in these fun incentives programs - Great Job!! Keep reading everybody!
Milwaukee Bucks Read to Achieve Library Reading Challenge in January
Libraries in Baileys Harbor, Egg Harbor and Sturgeon Bay are participating in the Milwaukee Bucks annual Read to Achieve Program for kids in 3rd to 10th grade. The Reading Challenge runs from January 2nd to February 13th 2010.
This program is all about the pages read; at 125, 250, 375 and 500 pages read, kids earn a sticker on their reading record, which you get when you sign up at the library. At 500 pages read, kids recieve an order form for a free ticket for one child (adults must buy a ticket at a reduced price for each free child ticket). The tickets are good for one of two Milwaukee Bucks home games in March.
Kids who choose to read 750 pages or more get an "overtime sticker" and are entered into raffles for an autographed basketball, or participation in the Halftime High Five Tunnel, Kourtside Kids, or Recognition On-Court.