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Library News

from South Country Library

July 26, 2022

Building community by sharing the wonders of learning, creating, and connecting with one another.

PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES FOR TEENS

These programs are intended for teens in grades 6 - 12 only.

Click here to view the August Calendar

There's still time to register for the

Teen Summer Reading Club

Click here to learn how you can

earn points to win prizes!

Register in the month of July to receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win tickets to the Long Island Aquarium! Drawing will be on August 1st.

(raffle ticket can also be used for other prizes)

Sign up for a

BOOK BOX!

Get a box with

a book to borrow

& goodies to keep!

Let us pick out your next read!

Based on your likes and dislikes, we'll choose a library book for you to check out, and fill a box with themed goodies. Return the library book -- keep the rest! July theme: Beach Reads

July Raffle: Harry Potter

Play our monthly raffle for a chance to win candy! For July -- can you name the Harry Potter character? Play in-person in the Teen Department or virtually here.

Harry Potter Week: Now through July 30

Pizza & a Movie:

Harry Potter and the

Prisoner of Azkaban

Tonight! Tuesday, July 26, 6:00 PM

Join us for pizza as we watch

the third movie in the series.

Click here to register.

Green Screen Photos

July 26, 27, & 28, 1:00 - 4:00 PM

Get your photo taken at Hogwarts!

Scavenger Hunt -- all week long

We've hidden Horcruxes around the library.

Find them all to be entered into the Harry Potter Raffle!

Volunteer Opportunities

Earn 1 hour of community service in each of these programs.

Garden Volunteers

Wednesday, August 3, 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Help us take care of our library garden by planting and tending to the vegetables. Click here to register.

Bookmarks for the Homebound

Thursday, August 4, 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Stop by the YA Department to make bookmarks for our homebound patrons who can not come to the library.

Click here to register.

Click here for more community service opportunities.

Craft Kit: Marvel's Black Panther

Kimoyo Bead Bracelet

Pick-up starts Monday, August 8

Wakanda forever! Put together your very own Kimoyo bracelet in the style of Black Panther. You’ll feel like you’re able to defeat Thanos when you wear it!

Click here to register.

Teen Movie (and Pizza)

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Tuesday, August 9, 6:00 - 8:30 PM

Join us as we watch Spider-Man: No Way Home while enjoying a slice of pizza.

Click here to register.

Teen Book Discussion

Thursday, August 18, 2:30 - 3:30 PM

Truly Devious

by Maureen Johnson

Join us for a discussion of Truly Devious.

Click here to register.

The first 5 registrants get to keep a copy of the book! Books are also available to download from Libby and Hoopla, or borrow a copy from the YA desk.

Synopsis: When Stevie Bell, an amateur detective, begins her first year at a famous private school in Vermont, she sets a plan to solve the cold case involving the kidnapping of the founder's wife and daughter shortly after the school opened. But there's another mystery waiting for her -- one very much in the present.

Battle of the Libraries

Tuesday, August 16, 6:30 PM

Join us for a slice of pizza as we compete against the Brookhaven Free Library to determine who has superior skills in Mario Kart and

Super Smash Bros.

Click here to register.

Please note that this is not being held at

Café Castello as was advertised in our newsletter.

Meet us downstairs in the Community room.

From Brainfuse HelpNow comes the Summer Skills Camp, available for students in grades 3 - 12.

Research shows that even a small amount of time spent on academics over the course of the summer makes a difference.

The purpose of the Skills Camp is not to overwhelm students with a comprehensive survey of each academic topic, but to focus on areas that are academically significant, generated the most tutoring questions over the course of the school year, and do not require a significant time commitment over summer vacation.