The Scranton Library is offering several opportunities for teens to stay busy over the school vacation week, April 15-19. Teens can test their cupcake decorating skills in the library's Cupcake Wars program, celebrate National Poetry Month at the Poetry Party or volunteer to help senior citizens with technology. Here are the details.

 

Cupcake Wars

[naviga:img src="../../exchweb/img/clear1x1.gif" alt="" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.458" width="100" height="103" align="right" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5" /] Tuesday April 16 at 1 p.m.Open to students in grades 5-12Cupcakes will be provided. Decorating supplies provided as well, but you can also bring your own if you'd like. Work alone or in a team of two. Prizes will be awardedRegister

Open to students in grades 5-12

Cupcakes will be provided. Decorating supplies provided as well, but you can also bring your own if you'd like. Work alone or in a team of two. Prizes will be awarded

 

Poetry Party

[naviga:img src="../../exchweb/img/clear1x1.gif" alt="" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.459" width="100" height="90" align="right" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5" /] Wednesday April 17 at 6 p.m.Free and open to all students in grades 5 and up. Refreshments will be served.

April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate at the library's Teen Poetry Party. You'll have the opportunity to share some poems you've written or share poems by your favorite poets. There will also be activities such as:

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[naviga:li]Book spine poetry[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Black out poetry[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Mad Dash Poetry Scramble[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Exquisite Corpse[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Pick a poem for Poem in Your Pocket Day (April 18)[/naviga:li]

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Free and open to all students in grades 5 and up. Refreshments will be served.

Register

Tech Support for Seniors

[naviga:img src="../../exchweb/img/clear1x1.gif" alt="" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.460" width="100" height="70" align="right" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5" /] Wednesday April 17 10:00-11:00 & Thursday April 18 2:00-3:00This program takes place at the Madison Senior Center at 29 Bradley Road. Teens who would like to volunteer on one of these days are asked to call Katie at the library at 203-245-7365 or email her at fargok@madisonct.org

Help seniors citizens become familiar with using technology such as:

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[naviga:li]Creating and sending email[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Facebook[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Cell phones[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Digital cameras[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Skype[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Tablets[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Word processing[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]General computer use[/naviga:li]

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This program takes place at the Madison Senior Center at 29 Bradley Road. Teens who would like to volunteer on one of these days are asked to call Katie at the library at 203-245-7365 or email her at fargok@madisonct.org