February / March 2012
Call the
Information Desk at (516) 766-2360, option 4 for
program registration availability.
Register now at the Information Desk.
Manga Mondays
Discuss your favorite Manga and anime, share
news about the latest books, watch films, and draw
your favorite characters. Refreshments will be
served!
Monday, February 27 // 7-8:30pm
Monday, March 12 // 7-8:30pm
Monday, March 26 // 7-8:30pm
'Tweens: Make Pancakes
Wednesday, February 22 // 7-8pm // Grades 4-8
It's National Pancake Month, so let's learn how
to make old-fashioned pancakes from scratch.
Measure! Mix! Cook! Then add your
favorite toppings.
'Tweens Irish Soda Bread
Thursday, March 15 // 7-8pm // Grades 4-8
Celebrate the Irish in all of us by making
delicious traditional Irish soda bread just in time
for St. Patrick's Day.
Tutor.com
Tutor.com offers a number of different services to
subscribers (you must create an account) in a live one-on-one chat session
available every day from
2pm-10pm:
Student Center:
Get help with homework,
studying for an exam, or understanding today's lesson in Math,
Science, Social Studies, and English. All levels including
AP.
College Center: Whether you're taking college
courses, studying for exams, or looking for a job, their
academic and career tutors can help you.
Adult Education & Career Center: Search for a job,
write an effective resume and/or cover letter, and prepare for an interview with
a career tutor. Pass the Citizenship test or study for the
GED with help from an academic tutor.
ProofPoint Writing Center: Real-time help on reports,
essays, and papers. Tutors explain the writing and
proofreading process.
Also available 24/7 are Homework Resources (thousands of
lessons, worksheets, study guides, and videos to help you),
Test Prep Resources (prepare for the SAT, ACT, standardized
tests in all 50 states, graduate school entrance tests,
civil service, GED, and much more), and Career Resources
(provides live tutors in real-time who will assist
you with your resume and cover letters and
critique your work. It lists jobs within
the New York metro area and provides videos on
interviewing skills plus webinars on writing
resumes and cover letters).
Tutor.com To Go™ for iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch is the
free mobile companion for Tutor.com. Connect to a live tutor
for one-to-one help, review past one-to-one tutoring
sessions, store documents or photos in your Tutor.com
Locker, or browse the resources in our SkillsCenter™
Resource Library.
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RESEARCH DATABASES
If you are doing research for school reports, extra credit, or simply out of personal interest, the Library provides many useful databases that you can access from home as well as in the Library. Go to our
Research Databases page and select your topic of interest, ranging from history and current events to literature, science, health, art, music, biography, and practice tests.
GAME ON!!
Video games for Wii and XBOX360 are located in the Young Adult Department. Oceanside residents (7th grade or older) may check out one title at a time for a 7 day loan period.
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