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September 2019
Silent Library Challenge for Teens
What is Silent Library? Players must complete zany tasks while remaining completely silent. If you laugh, you lose! Are you up to the challenge? Join us in the Community Room at 6pm on Tuesday, September 24th to find out! This program is for teens ages 13+
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Byte Me! – Coding Club for Beginners (Registration Over!!)
Calling all Middle and High School students to join this fun, educational coding club at the North Cobb Regional Library. Using Scratch, a visual programming language developed by MIT Media Lab, participants will be taught how to code from the basics. No prior coding experience needed. Work together and code your own games, stories, and animations! Coding club will meet alternating Tuesdays between 6 PM - 7:30 PM. The December 10 meeting will be a special event where the participants,…
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Mission to Mars @ Mountain View Regional Library
NASA invites the public to send their names to the Red Planet aboard NASA's Mars 2020 rover! The Mars 2020 mission will launch next summer and land on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. The mission will search for signs of past microbial life, characterize the planet's climate and geology, collect samples for future return to Earth and pave the way for human exploration. Join NASA Ambassador Chris Thompson and the Mountain View and be a part of the crew. Chris Thompson is…
Find out more »Tween Drama Club
Join us @ Sibley Library, for our biweekly Tween Drama Club. Tweens ages 8-12 will work with a retired English teacher to learn and practice short skits which will help promote fluency, help readers learn to read aloud with expression and build reading confidence . Call to Register------------(770) 528-2520 Walk-ins are Welcome
Find out more »Bad Art for Teens at Sewell Mill Library & Cultural Center
Leave your art skills and all hope at the door and join us Thursday, September 26th at 2pm for an afternoon filled with bad art! Teens will be given supplies to create some horrible art. At the end of the program there will be a showcase where the teens will vote on the worst piece of art. The “winner” will receive a crown along with bragging rights. No registration is required. All materials will be provided. Ages: 12+
Find out more »SAT Mock Test @ Sewell Mill Library & Cultural Center
FREE Test-like practice without test day pressure. Join us at Sewell Mill Library on Saturday, September 28th at 11 am for a full length proctored mock SAT test. Afterwards you will receive a comprehensive score report to help you target areas in order to improve your real test score. Registration is required. Register using this link: SAT Practice Test and enter the event code: M350938 This program is FREE. All materials will be provided. This program is for students in…
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Teens Chess Club
Calling all TEENS chess fans! Have you ever wanted to learn how to play or just better your game? Come to the Sibley Library for a Bi-weekly Teens Chess Club Learn how to play as a beginner or improve your chess moves with Chess instructor Mr. Gavin Claugus This program is for ages 11 – 17 or Grades 6-12th
Find out more »East Cobb Nerd Science STEM Program
Discuss popular ideas from comic books, video games, movies, and other forms of pop-culture media as we use actual science to measure just how accurate those ideas are. Topics of discussion include, but are not limited to "Just how sharp are Wolverine's claws?"; "Are light-sabers as elegant as they portray in the movies?"; "Super powers and why you don't want them!"; and many more! STEM programs are a great way to get excited about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. This…
Find out more »East Cobb Role-Playing Game Club
Jump into the world of role-playing games by playing one run by our very own game-master Jay. Uncover the secrets of the Forgotten Realms world using the Pathfinder gaming system to make your very own character! Role-playing is super fun, and it's also a great way to pick up visual-spatial learning, cooperation, improvisation, creativity, reading, and math skills. This group is intended for ages 13-17; space is limited to 8 players. Each session will last one and a half hours…
Find out more »Girl Talk East Cobb Chapter
The East Cobb Library is proud to host the Girl Talk East Cobb Chapter. Girl Talk is an organization that strives to make girls confident leaders through peer to peer mentoring programs. Each chapter is a forum for interaction between high school girls (mentors) and middle school girls (mentees). Teenage girls come together and find strength in each other through learning new skills and creating a support network. High school girls develop leadership skills as they guide meetings for middle…
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