Seymour Teens

Spine Poetry 2011

seymourteens — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:39:29 +0000

A Pair of Poets

Once again, the Seymour Teen Writing Group recognized National Poetry Month by creating interesting poems by stacking books. Even the anti-poetry people enjoy this activity.

The Titles Make a Poem

Proud of His Poem

Poetry Can Bring People Together

A Poet With a Strong Voice

A Long Book Poem

Power Poetry

Last, But Definitely Not Least

BRATS Holiday Party

seymourteens — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:20:41 +0000

Always pick the biggest present first!

What do you get when you combine over 30 middle school teens, 8 extra large pizzas, lots of soda and a huge pile of very strange gifts together in one room? We call it the BRATS Holiday Party!

The noise level may have reached a bit beyond what’s normally expected in a LIBRARY, but everyone had a great time at this once-a-year extravaganza.

This is what a baby from a box looks like! Wow! Some really cool gifts! I'm SO happy!

Some gifts are just so glamorous!

Christmas Spirit

Merry Christmas!

TLC Party

seymourteens — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:27:58 +0000

Good friends=Good times

The Seymour Teen Library Corps had their annual Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanza, New Year’s and Everything-Else-We-Forgot celebration on December 13. Pizza and soda go a long way to make the evening enjoyable, and the wacky gift exchange makes the party really interesting!

Just gimme more pizza and leave me alone!

Merry Christmas, Tyler!

Can you believe it? Everyone wants this dog!

Holiday smiles

Lovely TLC Ladies

Christmas in Candy Land

seymourteens — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:44:37 +0000

Gramma Nutt and Lolly

Mr. Mint

Members of the Teen Library Corps transformed into Candy Land characters to present a giant-sized version of the game on the Saturday before Christmas. Players of all ages were greeted by the characters who challenged them to answer questions or complete a task before receiving candy treats. The Chocolate Swamp was very popular!

Gloppy from the Chocolate Swamp

A very friendly face under that sort of scary hood!

Children and parents were invited to make holiday decorations while they were waiting a turn.

Helping Hands

Two Happy Players

The King and His Castle

BRATS Halloween Party for Kids

seymourteens — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:12:29 +0000

These awesome creatures haunted the Ellwanger Room

The BRATS (Brilliant Readers Active in Teen Service) did an outstanding job of hosting their annual Halloween party for kids. 115 people attended, played games, made Halloween crafts and visited the not-so-scary haunted house. Great work BRATS!

Happy Halloween BRATS

A nerd and a princess

Pretty kitty

It's a bunny!

A pretty young witch

Crafts and candy - yay!

Amazing Anime Teens!

seymourteens — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:40:36 +0000

Over 30 teens survived a sleepless night that included costume and drawing contests, flashlight tag, “A Minute to Win It” game challenges, a movie and much pizza and Mountain Dew. What a fun night, even if everyone felt like zombies the next day! Many thanks to our wonderful chaperones – we couldn’t “not-sleep” without you!

Sensational Wolf Wins!

Costume contest winners were voted on by everyone. An outrageously well-

made wolf won for the second year. Way to go, Shea!

Did he win it??? YES!

Drawing Contest

The Cat in the Hat has changed!

Cozy Otaku

Scenes from Summer 2010

seymourteens — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:45:21 +0000

We see so many possibilities!

School has started!

Summer’s over far too soon!

This summer was overflowing with teen activities at Seymour. 97 teens volunteered part of their vacation time to help at the library. 49 of them were Story Partners to younger children. Others weeded the landscaping, kept the shelves in order, helped with children’s programs and our first-ever Amazing Library Race.

Amazing Race Contestants

Amazing Race Amazing Volunteers

The Amazing Race was the highlight of the summer. Lots of work and lots of help from volunteers made the race a big success with the middle-school runners.

The Race never would have happened without our amazing high school volunteers!

Seymour Chefs

Culinary creativity came to the library the night of our Iron Chef competition. Don’t look at these pictures if you’re hungry! There were no leftovers!

Beautiful dessert!

More chefs - cool hats!

A Scrumptious Stack

Teamwork makes a difference!

True Culinary Kings!

The winners!

The summer ended with the teen volunteer no-sleep sleepover…and a sigh of relief from me! It was a great summer, with lots of energy and learning and sharing and caring from lots of great teens…and I’m really glad that I have a year to get ready for the next time!

Summer Volunteer Sleepover

seymourteens — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:32:54 +0000

Click to view slideshow.Reading Rocks at Seymour Library and our teen volunteers rock, too! 97 teens donated time and talents to make 2010 a summer to remember. As a thanks for all they do, volunteers are invited to spend a night in the library: playing flashlight tag, eating pizza, watching a movie, being loud and having fun. A special thanks to the parents who bravely chaperoned our group this time. We couldn’t get no sleep without you!

The Amazing Library Race 2010

seymourteens — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:12:22 +0000

The Race Champions - Chris and Mike!!!

Monday, July 19 was an amazing day for a bunch of amazing teens. 18 teams of 2 raced around the Village of Brockport, solving clues to lead them to their destinations, completing challenges, roadblocks and detours…all on a very HOT and humid day.

Many thanks to the high school and adult volunteers who donated a whole afternoon to supervise the race.

Many, many thanks to local participating businesses who good-naturedly let a gang of kids invade their stores for the afternoon! Ryan’s Big M, Northside Express Mart, Game Players Unlimited, Java Junction, the Green Zone, Seaward’s Candies and the Lift Bridge Book Shop all took part in the race.

Comments from the players: “It was so frustrating!” “I’m SOOOOO thirsty!” “My legs are killing me!”

Would they do it again next year? Everyone said “Yes!!!!”

Second Place Winners

Great Volunteers!

seymourteens — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:16:56 +0000

Crazy Duck Pond Teens

Saturday, June 19, was the Kick Off Fair for Seymour’s children’s summer reading program. Lots of kids registered for “Reading Rocks at Seymour Library.” Adding to the fun were the carnival games, planned by our BRATS group and run by our teen volunteers.

Knock'em down and win a prize!

Teen volunteers ran our registration table, handed out t-shirts, moved many tables and chairs and helped clean up, too. Many, many thanks to our fantatstic helpers!