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6 Green Street, Kingston Massachusetts 02364 781-585-0517 |
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Teen
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Click on Teen Links to find web sites. ********************Wii Update
The Kingston Public Library and the Teen Advisory Board would like to thank Francis and Dianne Cloran, Ms. McKenna and the Josh McKenna Memorial Foundation for their donations towards the purchase of a new Nintendo Wii.
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Haiti Fundraisers |
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Congratulations to the Teen
Advisory Board for planning a successful bake sale and sidewalk concert
to raise money for Haiti’s earthquakes victims. Through their efforts, and that of many people in the community who donated time, baked goods and monetary donations $525 was raised! (all of which will be sent to Oxfam America). |
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special shout-out to the teens who played music and sang their hearts
out in below freezing temperatures at the Library on February 6th. Thank
you Emily, Alison, Kaylene, Adrian and Brett for your hard work despite
your frozen fingers and instruments! |
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Did you miss the last TAB meeting? Click here to find out what happened. |
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The next meeting of the Teen Advisory Board will be Friday, April 16th at 4:00 p.m. Pizza and refreshments will be served and this meeting can be used for community service credit. Please call the KPL at 781-585-0518 to sign up, or for more information ask for Hannele.
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Check out our teen gallery page for photos from recent teen programs!
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Hey we're listening! Think our Teen section is missing what you want?Let us know! Fill out the Teen Survey and drop it off in the green box on the table in the Teen Space. Help us help you!
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 Have any ideas for programs you'd want to attend? Let us know: hminsk@kingstonpubliclibrary.org |
Looking for something new online? Check out these web sites: |
Books |
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teen book reviews Reading Rants: teen book lists Teenreads: latest titles and book discussion groups No Flying, No Tights: graphic novels |
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Career |
| Occupational Outlook Handbook: Learn about all the different types of careers and how to get involved in them. |
Civil Rights |
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Youth Noise: Nonprofit affiliated with Save the Children Federation, provides teens with a forum to express themselves and take action. Includes message boards and more. |
College Tours online |
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If you're looking for college that's right for you, check out this article from Boston.com try a virtual tour from one of these sites. |
Computer Graphics |
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Scratch: Learn a new computer graphics program and share it with others. |
Consumer |
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Teen Consumer Scrapbook: Sponsored by the Washington State Attorney General's Office and written by teens, this consumer guide addresses topics such as modeling scams, CD clubs, piercing, sports drinks, tanning, driving laws, scholarship scams, and a host of other relevant concerns and issues. |
Cooking |
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Allrecipes.com: More than 40,000 free recipes--all created, tested, reviewed and approved by home cooks worldwide. |
Fun Facts |
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dMarie Time Capsule: Create your own online time capsule. |
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Guinness Book of World Records: Web version of the popular record book. |
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Yahooanswers.com: Share knowledge, help others, earn points! |
Government |
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Student Voices: Teaches teens how to become more involved in local government. |
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Youth at Work: Real World, Real Rights!: Recent court cases involving teen workers and their rights (sexual harassment, discrimination, etc.). From the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. |
History |
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Open Vault: Online access to unique and historically important content produced by public television station WGBH for individual and classroom learning. |
Language |
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Livemocha : Free online language lessons. |
Library |
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TeenSpace: Information on homework, schools, health, money, clubs and organizations. You can also find links to keep you busy for hours--games, music, books, magazines and trivia. |
Pop Culture |
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The Merchants of Cool: The relationship between marketing professionals -- the creators and sellers of popular culture -- and the teenage market, the hottest demographic in America. |
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Microsoft Terra Server: Look through cameras placed all over the globe. |
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Snopes.com : Examines not only the truth or reality behind urban legends, "but also common fallacies, misinformation, old wives' tales, strange news stories, rumors, celebrity gossip, and similar items." |
| The Straight Dope: Archive of over 2,000 questions answered in Cecil Adam's Chicago Reader Column. |
Relationships |
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National Youth Advocacy Coalition: This organization advocates for and with young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans gender, or questioning (LGBTQ). |
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Teenwire: Sexuality and relationship information from Planned Parenthood of America. |
Schools |
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Sacred Heart High School |
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Silver Lake Regional Middle School |
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Silver Lake Regional High School |
Science |
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Mymoon: MyMoon is an evolving collaboration of scientists, artists, and the members of the Net Generation. We will host contests, discussion groups, and live Web-conferenced presentations. Visitors can share their thoughts, creations, and experiences relating to Earth’s Moon through MyMoon groups on Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. |
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Spaceplace.nasa.gov: Games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology. |
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Scijink.nasa.gov: Games, trivia and more on weather. |
Study Guides |
| Spark Notes: Online study guide. |
Writing |
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The Diary Project: Anonymous journal entries in 24 categories including relationships, body image, and self-esteem. |
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Teen Ink: On-line version of the magazine written by teens. |
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Teen Voices: Online magazine which is written by teenage girls for teenage girls. |
© All rights reserved. Town of Kingston, Kingston Public Library. For more information please write to Kingston Public Library, 6 Green Street, Kingston Massachusetts 02364 or email the Library Director at sstewart@kingstonpubliclibrary.org. For suggestions on how we can improve our services, please email kilib@kingstonpubliclibrary.org. The Kingston Public Library is a member of the Old Colony Library Network. |
