Educate ai??i?? Captivate ai??i?? Connect: Eastern Monroe Public Library
January 26, 2016
Living in a smaller town, it feels like there’s barely anything to do when in fact there’s more to discover than what meets the eye. Through the Eastern Monroe Public Library, people can go out, explore their community, and get involved.
On every third Wednesday of the month from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., teenagers can come to the Eastern Monroe Public Library for an after-school program called TAB, which stands for Teens Advisory Board. At these meetings, students come together to plan fun events to hold at the library.
ai???Itai??i??s a chance for them [teens] to bring their energy to the library and bring their ideas to life,ai??? said Ms. Mary Ann Lewis, TAB adviser.
The program runs from September through May. Students in grades 7-12 can join and new members are welcome any time. Stroudsburg High School senior, Brianna Cummings, is on the advisory board.
ai???I love the people involved,” said Cummings. “The teens are very friendly and genuinely fun to be around.ai???
Every year, the library holds a Spring Challenge Reading Competition. Team are formed and each team has to read a list of 45 books in a given amount of time. Teams then face off against each other in a quiz show format. Ai??Prizes are available for winners.
ai???I love working with the teens,” said Lewis. “It keeps me involved with what goes on in teen lives.ai???
Anyone who’dAi??like to join can simply attend a meeting! To be on an email reminder list, send an e-mail to: [email protected]. Please include your name, grade, library, and phone number.
![A Promax Super Jumbo boombox (2014.270.2.1a) used as a prop by the character Radio Raheem in the Spike Lee directed picture, Do the Right Thing. The boombox includes a dual audio casette tape deck, an equilizer section, radio dial, coloured light display, and a pair each of 8 subwoofers, midranges, and tweeters. There are sections of red, yellow, and green electical tape with black ink text on the sides and top of the player. There are also rectangular black, green, and yellow Public Enemy stickers adhered to both the PR and PL side of the player. On the lower back of the boombox is handwritten text in gold ink reading [BROOKLYN, NY / 3/17/90 / To Gene / RADIO RAHEEM LIVES / LOVE, Spike Lee / FIGHT THE POWER]. There is a metal handle attached to the top of the player, around which two braided bracelets (black-and-white 2014.270.2.1b, coloured 2014.270.2.1c) and multi-coloured printed cloth (2014.270.2.1d) have been tied. The rewind button on the PR tape deck has fallen off but is stored with the boombox (2014.270.2.1e). The boombox had an audio cassette in the PR deck that has been removed (2014.270.2.2), titled JAZZ CLUB / Vocal. The cassette is off-white with black text and is printed with track titles, manufacturing information, and serial number. Date: 1980s. Record ID: nmaahc_2014.270.2.](https://shsnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG-2612-1-475x309.jpg)
Mr. Lowenburg • Feb 3, 2016 at 11:08 AM
I’m so happy to see this article promoting public libraries on the front page of the Mountaineer. We are fortunate to live in a community that values libraries. I know that many of you reading this already have a public library card, but if you don’t and would like one, there are two easy ways to get one: come to SHS Library and fill out a short application. We will take care of the rest and your public library card will be mailed to your home. Or, you can stop by the public library and get your card the same day, provided you have ID and a parent along to sign the form.
Once you have a public library card, you can access their HUGE collection of databases to help you with school assignments and personal interests. Plus, of course, you can borrow from their excellent collection of books, DVDs, and other resources.
The poet Jose Luis Borges once said, “I imagine paradise to be a kind of library.”
I think he was right.