Teens
Summer Reading Bingo
For Teens & Tweens
Entering grades 6 through 12
Signups begin Monday, July 5thHow does it work? Sign up at the Information Desk to receive your bingo card and a free gift. One bingo card per person! You need to read five(5) books of varying types and genres to complete your bingo card. Get five in a row, horizontal, vertical or diagonal. Record the titles and authors of the books you have read, then enter your card into the box in front of the gift basket you would like to win. Don't forget to put your name and contact information on the bingo card!! It's that easy! Winners will be drawn at random on August 6th.
July 12 - Alice in Wonderand
July 26th - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Glass Painting
Tuesday, July 6th @ 3pm
Turn a plain clear glass or vase into something special! Patterns provided, or use your imagination. All materials provided. Click here to register!
Wednesday, july 14th @ 1pm
Bring treasures from your junk drawer to recycle into an art sculpture! Art Smarts instructor Kathy Vincent shows you how! What to bring: old paper clips, washers, screws, twisty ties, bottle caps, etc. Paints and some decorative materials provided. Limited to 16 so click here to register.
Can Tab Belt/Bracelet
Thursday, July 22nd @ 3pm
Create a surprisingly attractive belt or bracelet out of old soda can tabs. All materials provided. Click here to register.
Mask Making Workshop
Tuesday, July 27th @ 4pm & Wednesday July 28th @ 4pm
Join award winning theatre arts instructor Ingrid Schaeffer for this two-part workshop. Work in pairs the first day to create a plaster mask of your own face. Return the following day to decorate and paint it. Click here to register!
Dream Interpretation
Thursday, August 5th @ 6:30pm
Do dreams have actual meanings? Can you control what happens in your dreams? How can you remember your dreams better? Explore those questions, and much more, with Jon Nowinski of the Smoking Gun Research Agency in a fashion especially geared for teens! (Recommended for ages 12+… parents welcome to attend too!) Click here to register!
How to Fund College Without Going Broke!
Trumbull resident, Mike Dailey's excellent class covering how to plan for college expenses, including what it might cost, wise college choice, how to finance more than one child, and the best way to manage the expense. Mike is a certified College Planning Specialist and owner of The College Authority. Registration required.
Have you read a great book lately? Join the and share your thoughts on books with other book lovers! Write a review to be included in the Review Book Trumbull Teen Reviewers. Meetings will be every other Saturday at 4pm at the Trumbull Library. Contact Sandra Miller for membership information.
- Trumbull Teen Times Newsletter
- Trumbull Teen Reviews
- Yalsa Top Ten List
- Margaret A. Edwards Award
- Printz Award
- Nutmeg Award for Teens
Trumbull High School
St. Joseph's High School
Internet sites that you might find helpful and fun!
| Learning Express Library | Unlimited free Internet access to practice tests for the SAT & ACT. Great resources for AP exams, etc. Will need to create a username and password the first time you log in. Use your Trumbull Library Barcode as your username. |
| College Net | College Net offers eight key internet admissions services to help yourself get into college. The site provides convenience to over 1,500 customized internet admissions applications built for college and university programs. When applying to more than one program you save redundant typing since common data travels from form to form. The site also has links to scholarship searching and other college resources. |
| Connecticut History | The website currently contains about 14,000 images of photographs, drawings and prints which may be searched or browsed in a variety of ways, including by keyword, subject, creator, title and date. Geographical sites may be searched using a Digital Geographic Locator developed by the University of Connecticut's Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC). Descriptions of the images are provided in detailed catalog records. Online learning tools created especially for middle and high school students provide suggestions for interpreting and exploring the database. |
| Find the Right College | The best articles, interactive tools and rankings to help you find the right college and financial aid. |
| High School Hub | This is a great site. It's a noncommercial learning portal to high-quality free online education resources for high school students. You'll find interactive learning games, puzzles and quizzes. It also includes subject guides for English, foreign languages, math, science and social studies. |
| Homework Help | Bartleby publishes the classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference free of charge for the home, classroom, and desktop of each and every Internet participant. Since its incorporation in 1999 Bartleby has been meeting the needs of students, educators, and the intellectually curious.Search their database by author, title or subject and get full text of the book you're looking for. |
| InfoTrac Junior | This database is designed for junior high and middle school students. Resources include magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. This is an iCONN database. In Library use - click on the link and then input your 14 digit barcode if required. |
| InfoTrac Student Edition | This database is designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and refeence boks for information on current events, the arts, science, health, government, history and more. This is an iCONN database. In-library use - click on the link and then input your 14 digit barcode if required. |
| Jobs and Careers | Information on getting great jobs, military options, managing your money and other helpful links. Provided by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense. |
| Music for Youth | Music for Youth, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization committed to enriching the lives of young people through classical music. They offer a monthly series of free children's concerts, artists' residencies in local schools, an annual music scholarship, an annual travel adventure in music and art and a benefit concert to raise funds for the outreach activities. Look at their website for all they offer. |
| Occupation Outlook |
The Occupational Outlook Handbook for information on different occupations and careers. |
| Teen Reads | Find out about hot new books, check out interviews with your favorite author or join a book discussion with other teens. |
| No Flying, No Tights | Reviews graphic novels and comics. |
| Movie Information | Find out about a movie at the Internet Movie Database. |
| Teen Health | An interactive site tailored for a young adult's health interests. |
| More Teen Health | U.S. Food and Drug Administration website with health information for young adults. |
| Ultimate Band List | Mega list of links to just about any band, concert information and many other music links. |
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