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Home Pages! Our new Home School Book Club meets in the Youth Services program room Tuesday March 16th at 1 pm to discuss Adam of the Road. Join us for snacks and discussion of the book. The group is open to homeschoolers ages 8-13. We have several copies of each book club book, so come check yours out today!
Our guest author for the Young Author Reception Monday, March 22 is Santa Fe author Edith Tarbescu, who wrote The Boy Who Stuck Out his Tongue and Annushka's Voyage.
Music and Movement program (M&M) is now here for you on Saturdays! Join us at Mesa Public Library each Saturday morning for wiggles and singing and parachutes and musical instruments and big fun. Kids ages 0-5 are welcome- make sure you bring your parents, so everyone can clap along! Our schedule runs roughly with the public school schedule- we take time off when they do- so check the calendar or call 662-8258 if you have any doubt about a program time or day.
Homework Help:
Students can come by weekday afternoons, Monday-Thursday, to Mesa Public Library or by appointment to White Rock Branch Library for free homework help provided by our expert high school students. The program is recommended for children in grades 1st-8th grade. Get together a group of friends and add a tutor: it (almost) makes studying fun!
Junior Volunteer Program
Our spring volunteer group is busy and working hard! We're so pleased to have so many great kids Students develop work experience for job resumes; they earn volunteer hours for awards or scout badges, etc. Students can earn t-shirts and snacks. Volunteers work with a high school student to make copies, prepare craft materials, run errands, recycle, decorate, make flyers, etc. Please contact the Youth Services area at Mesa 662-8258.
Volunteer form
Great services for parents and teachers too!
Parents, did you know you have an entire library at home and at your fingertips at http://library.losalamosnm.us? The library catalog is online 24/7 to find materials, check your account, reserve books, and access the phenomenal online databases to help kids find science projects, timelines, maps, and more, all arranged in age appropriate sections from K-12. Adult level academic and special interest databases, such as auto repair and genealogy, are available too. Try the brand new Biography Resource Center that features comprehensive biographical information on over 340,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Teachers can visit our website to view our guidelines for class visits and find our Materials Request Form and School Assignment Notification Form, which can help teachers who are doing special units such as historical fiction, biographies, or need extra copies of a particular book. The library can then use these forms and information to have requested and appropriate materials ready for teachers and students as assignments approach.
Also new this year and good for classroom use are our themed “Storybook Kits” which featured ten individual, unique titles about a certain theme (Spanish-English Language Learning, Colors, Seasons, Farm Animals, Behavior/Social Interaction) that can be checked out as one item and used for three weeks.
Teachers and parents (and kids and teens too) are invited to stop by our newly launched Youth Services Reader’s Advisory blog, Check It Out! (http://checkitoutlosalamos.blogspot.com/) which will feature reviews of new material from library staff and library patrons. You can even submit your own reviews to be featured on the site!
Library Behavior
The libraries are for everyone to enjoy. To help make visiting the library a great experience for all patrons, a pamphlet outlining guidelines for appropriate behavior is available at all service desks in both libraries. Kids are always welcome when they want to use library services or attend programs. If children do not intend to use library services, other venues in Los Alamos provide alternative activities for them.
Hours
The hours at both Mesa and White Rock are:
Monday through Thursday 10 AM-9 PM
Friday 10 AM-6 PM
Saturday 10 AM-5 PM
Sunday 12 PM-5 PM
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