September TAG meeting notes

Hey YAs,
The Teen Advisory Group met on Saturday.  Here's what we talked about~

We talked about how great the Ice Cream Social was and Miss G thanked everyone who came and shared their ideas.  She also mentioned that anyone who volunteered this summer can get a certificate at the front desk that says how many hours they did this summer.

Then we talked about putting up Halloween decorations in the YA room.  We decided that we would put up decorations on Oct. 13th before our regular meeting.  So we will put up decorations at 12:30 and have our regular meeting at 2:00.  We want to put up some sort of large pumpkin centerpiece in the middle of the room on top of the graphic novels shelves.  We also want to make and put up ghosts and/or bats around the room.

After that, we talked about the upcoming YA programs.  Here is the list Miss G. gave us~

            A. Jewelry Making – Wednesday, Sept. 18^th 7:00

            B. Teen Book Club – Tuesday, Sept. 25^th 6:30pm

            C. Wii Wednesdays will return starting Oct. 3^rd.  3:00-4:00

            D. Teen/Tween Knitting Club – Tuesday, Oct. 9^th 7:00

            E. Teen Cuisine: Halloween Edition – Wednesday, Oct. 10^th 4:30-6:30

            F. Teen Costume Party – Saturday, Oct. 27^th 2:00 

Miss G asked if anyone could help decorate for the costume party and said that coming at about 1:30 would be enough time to do that.  We also talked about how we should vote for the best costumes and what the prizes would be.  We decided that everyone at the party should get a number tag to wear (in case not everyone knew everyone else's names) and that number would be how we vote for the best costumes.  The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners would all get prizes.  We will get four $10 gift certificates as prizes.  1st place winner would get to pick out 2 and 2nd and 3rd would get 1.  The gift certificates we will give out are Dunkin Donuts, Carmine's Pizza, iTunes, and Subway.

Next we talked about our suggestions.  First up was program suggestions. Some of the teens really enjoyed the Belly Dancing classes we had before and wanted to do that again.  Also mentioned was origami, gift wrapping, and Irish step dancing.  

Book suggestions!

Melanie's suggestions:

Sixteen-year-old Dora travels to London to meet Sherlock Holmes, who might be her biological father, and ask his help for her cousin who is being blackmailed over some stolen letters, but although Holmes dies before she arrives, a handsome young detective comes to Dora's aid.

When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo for lost souls, where although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop at nothing--even skinjacking--to break free.

Philip's suggestions:

In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.

Arnie Cunningham is in love with his car. Christine, the car, is in complete control. "Vintage King . . . breathtaking, awesome. Carries such momentum the reader must force himself to slow down.

Hannah's suggestion:

Like her idol Sherlock Holmes, eighth grader Ingrid Levin-Hill uses her intellect to solve a murder case in her hometown of Echo Falls.

Movie & TV Suggestions~

• Covert Affairs (Melanie)
• Storage Wars (Hannah)
• American Pickers (Catherine)
• Teen Titans (Philip)
• Pretty Little Liars (MissG)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (MissG)
• Avengers (Philip)
• How I Met Your Mother (Catherine)
• Roman Holiday (Catherine)
• Hot Rods (Melanie)

Music~

Melanie's Suggestions:

Catherine's suggestions:

MissG's suggestions:

Finally, we added a new section of suggestions...

Video Game Suggestions~

games for the 3DS

Great meeting everyone!

Remember our next meeting is SATURDAY OCT 13 @ 2:00
(or 12:30 if you want to help decorate the YA room for Halloween!)