Beaumont Public Library Jim Shoemaker, Branch Manager PRE-SCHOOL STORY TIME Mondays @ 10:30 All ages December 1 Owls. Stories and an owl craft. Beaumont Public Library System DECEMBER 2014 December 8 - Christmas Mice. Stories and a craft: make a mouse with a candy cane tail. December 15 - Big and Small. Some things grow bigger, some get smaller like the tree in Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry. Make a Christmas tree craft. Maurine Gray Literacy Center Barbara Beard, Branch Manager The Maurine Gray Literacy Center will be celebrating Christmas with a come and go Christmas party on Thursday, December 4. We invite all of our students and volunteers to join us that evening between 5 pm and 8 pm at the Maurine Gray Literacy Center in the lower level of the Main Library at 801 Pearl Street. Bring your favorite holiday dish and enjoy time with other students and volunteers. Come for the entire three hours or just stop by for a little while. We look forward to seeing everyone that evening. 801PearlStreet Monday—Thursday9:00am—8:00pm Friday9:00am—6:00pm 409-838-6606 December 22 - The animals Christmas. Stories of animals celebrating Christmas. Craft - Christmas ornament. December 29 - To be announced. 801PearlStreet Monday—Thursday9:00am—8:00pm Friday9:00am—5:00pm 409-835-7924 The ESL class schedule is: The advanced ESL class is Monday evening from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Miller Library on Dowlen Road. The teacher is Mary Dixon. Beginning ESL classes are held at the Main Library from 6pm to 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. These are taught by Joe Watt and Mary Dixon. Also on Thursday evenings, Joyce Bowman and Barbara Beard are available for Homework Help and Writing Practice for K-12th graders, 6 pm to 7:30 pm at the Main Library. It is easy to register for ESL classes. A registration form is completed at the Literacy Center and the prospective student is interviewed by the staff. There is a small, one time registration fee of $10.00 paid by the student. A very brief assessment is administered by the staff and the student is then placed in the appropriate class. The teacher will be notified and the student can begin Continued on the Back Page R.C. Miller Memorial Library Kunwoo Choi, Branch Manager Children & Families Children ages 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult due to safety concerns. MOMMY & ME IN FRENCH: Storytelling, music & art Ages 2-5 Thursdays @ 10:30! The course is created to encourage learning a second language at a young age. Instructor: Candice Roberts PRESCHOOL PALS STORY TIME Stories, Songs, and Crafts Ages 3-5 Fridays at 10:30! December 5— Christmas Special! Presented by Mrs. Ravey December 12—Stars, Stars, Stars! Presented by Mrs. Manson-Hayes December 19— Big and Small: Some things grow but some things grow smaller, like Mr. Willoughby’s Christmas Tree. HOMESCHOOL BOOK CLUB 1605DowlenRoad Monday—Thursday9:00am—8:00pm Friday&Saturday9:00am—6:00pm 409-866-9487 SATURDAY CRAFTS FOR CHILDREN December 20 @ 2pm-3pm 5-12 years old Create your own personalized Christmas ornaments with Emma! Adult Activities E-BOOK TRAINING Mondays, 11am-1pm Wednesdays, 12noon-2pm ***Registration is required. Need assistance with accessing E-Books/ E-Audiobooks …please contact the reference department to schedule your one/one appointment. ESL CLASSES Mondays, 6pm-7:30pm ***Registration is required. Please contact the Literacy Center at (409)835 -7924 to register. Classes will be held at RC Miller. MATH TUTORING Wednesday, December 3—6:00pm-7:00pm Need help with that math problem? FREE Math Homework assistance is now available! Grades: K-12 Provided by: Lamar University Mathematics Department LEARN FRENCH Thursdays, 1:30pm-2:30pm Instructor: Cathy Nacol JOYFUL SOUNDS Thursday, December 11 @ 6pm Please join the RC Miller staff in sharing and spreading the joy of the season. Enjoy the sound of harps, clarinet, and double bass as Drs. Charlotte and Gary Mizener from Lamar University and students fill the room with sounds of merriment. Light refreshments will be served. Activities & Discussion Friday December 5 Age 5–7 @ 2:00 pm Christmas Soup by Alice Faye Duncan will be discussed Age 8–11 @ 2:30 pm Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park will be discussed Children need to read the book before the meeting. Page 2 LEARN SPANISH II – INTERMEDIATE Tuesdays, 12:15pm-1:15pm Instructor: Gabriella Properzi FREE COMMUNITY YOGA 1st Tuesday of every Month, 5:30pm-6:30pm Ages: 12yrs and older Please join us and learn the health benefits of yoga! ***Bring your own yoga mat or towel. Instructor: Leia Koehler BOOK BUNCH Wednesday, December 17th, 2:00pm-3:30pm The book of the month: Home Repair by Liz Rosenberg B E A U M O NT PU B L I C L I B R A R Y S Y S T E M Tyrrell Historical Library Bill Grace, Branch Manager 695PearlStreet Monday—Saturday9:00am—6:00pm 409-833-2759 http://tyrrellhistoricallibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ Genealogy Days continues to be fully described items offered at the Tyrrell Historical found on it. Each month Library by the local chapter more content is being added members of the Daughters of the clicking on the icon of the library to this site, so the public is enAmerican Revolution and the couraged to visit the site regular- tower. Colonial Dames of the The Tyrrell Historical ly to see what new historical inSeventeenth Century. The Library continues to seek formation may be found on it. sessions are scheduled for the volunteers interested in creating To access the library’s first Saturday of the month and descriptive portal site will be held until April of 2015. metadata related known as Patrons interested in learning to its digital the “Tyrrell either the basics to genealogical portal site as Historical research or noteworthy research well as the Library sources are encouraged to attend writing of Digital these scheduled sessions. descriptive CollecThe archives section of finding aids for tions” via the library recently received its archival the internet several important donations collections. simply type related to historical records. Anyone who in the These donations included the may be following following collections: the James interested in url: http:// G. Bythewood and J.C. Chance volunteering for tyrrellhis- Christmas Party Scene at John Dollinger Jr. Papers; the Montalbano-Latinoeither of these Inc. Fowler Papers; two workthe Julian R. related projects should contact toricallibrary. conGonzalez directly the library branch tentdm.oclc.org/ Photograph manager, Bill Grace, at 833-2759. cdm/. This same Collection; the site can John E. also be Glasgow reached Photograph by going Collection; and to the photographs Beaucontained in the mont Clyde Vincent Public Papers. All of Library this material is Fire Museum of Texas Christmas System Decorations currently being (BPLS) digitized and web site at the will soon appear on the library’s following url: http:// portal site. beaumontlibrary.org/ To date, the portal site of and then clicking on Hotel Dieu Nursing School Students Singing During the library now consists of 53 the Tyrrell Historical Christmas Party archival collections with 14,048 Library link and then Page 3 Theodore Johns Branch Library Gwendolyn Pierre, Branch Manager PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Wednesdays @ 10:30am All Ages December 3 - Owls. Stories and an owl craft. December 10 - Christmas Mice. Stories and a craft: make a mouse with a candy cane tail. 4255FannettRoad Monday—Thursday9:00am—8:00pm Friday&Saturday9:00am—6:00pm 409-842-5223 PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Wednesdays @ 4:30pm All Ages Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank J. Gilbreth Jr., and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey December 3—Gingerbread Man The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart December 10—Jack Frost December 17—Stars Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson Eager by Helen Fox December 17 - Big and Small. Some things grow bigger, some get smaller like the tree in Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry. Make a Christmas tree craft. December 24—Christmas SATURDAY MOVIE MATINEE December 20 3:00pm December 31—New Year December 24 - The animals Christmas. Stories of animals celebrating Christmas. Craft Christmas ornament. December 31 - Old and New Get ready for the New Year with stories and a craft. Call Robin @ 838-6606 for more information. ADULT BOOK CLUB Thursday, December 11 6:00pm HOME SCHOOL BOOK CLUB FOR TEENS Wednesday December 10 @ 2:00pm BEAUMONT BREASTFEEDING COALATION Thursday, December 11 10:00am Read one of the following books and come prepared to discuss your choice. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Page 4 B E A U M O NT PU B L I C L I B R A R Y S Y S T E M Elmo Willard Branch Library Geri Roberts, Assistant Library Administrator ELF ON A SHELF STORY HOUR Ages 2—6 WELCOME 3590EastLucasDrive Monday—Thursday9:00am—8:00pm Friday&Saturday9:00am—6:00pm 409-892-4988 Wednesday, December 17 10:30am New Years Eve Karaoke Party for Kids Activities include • Elf on the Shelf Story Book • Elf on the Shelf movie • Craft • Elf on the Shelf Activities TODDLER STORY TIME Thursdays @ 10:30 0 - 2 year olds December 4 - Owls Stories and a craft. December 11 Mice Stories and a Christmas mouse craft. December 18 Animals Christmas Stories and a craft. December 25 Closed for Christmas Day. January 1 Closed for New Year's Day. FAMILY MOVIE MATINEE Saturday, December 13 @ 2pm HOMEWORK HELP & TUTORING Tuesdays, 4:00pm—5:30pm Elementary School Children Welcome Provided by Westgate Memorial Baptist Church No registration. Help on a first come, first served basis. Not available during school breaks. Wednesday, December 31 2pm—3:30pm To participate the kids must be able to read. Chips & soda iRule Dance Studio Christmas Performance December 18 @ 4:30pm They will share 45 minutes of their Christmas Show. Santa takes you through New York for a New York Christmas. The show has been choreographed by Kelli Barclay, an award winning Broadway Choreographer. Christmas Eve Movie December 24 @ 1pm Get up, get on, & get ready for the ride of your life! It’s Christmas Eve, & you’re about to roller-coater up & down mountains, slip-slide over ice fields, teeter across mile-high bridges & be served hot chocolate by singing waiters more astonishing than you can imagine. You’re on The Polar Express! DECEMBER RAFFLES 1. Bible Origami Kit includes step by step instructions for 9 Bible story scenes & folding paper for 72 models 2. Robert B. Parker’s Cheap Shot: a Spencer Novel by Ace Atkins signed by the author (2 copies will be raffled Borrow 5 items—One entry per person. Select the prize you would like to win. Winner will be notified on New Year’s Eve. Page 5 THE BACK PAGE HOLIDAY CLOSINGS & FRIENDS NEWS DECEMBER 2014 Library Administrator, Paul Eddy Newsletter edited by Geri Roberts, Assistant Library Administrator Phone: 409-981-5911 Fax: 409-212-9383 Email: [email protected] Or [email protected] Beaumont Rich in Libraries http://www.beaumontlibrary.org Christmas Holiday Closings Wednesday, December 24— All branches close at 6:00pm Thursday, Friday, & Saturday, December 25, 26, & 27—all branches will be closed Friends of the Library Book Sale Coming Soon! Thursday, January 8—preview sale for Friends of the Library—12pm—6pm Friday, January 9—9am—6pm Saturday, January 10—9am— 6pm New Year’s Eve Wednesday, December 31 All branches close at 6:00pm NEW YEAR’S DAY Thursday, January 1—all branches will be closed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Saturday, January 17 Maurine Gray Literacy Center (continued) improving their understanding of the English language! GED students are tutored predominantly one-on-one by our paid staff. The registration process for these students is also very simple. The student completes the registration form and is interviewed by the staff. Once the registration fee is paid, a second appointment is scheduled for the student to take a diagnostic test. The diagnostic Page 6 Monday, January 19 All branches are closed test helps tutors determine the approximate grade equivalency in the core subjects covered by the GED. Testing takes about 3 hours and when completed, students return for a third interview. The staff will discuss the results of the diagnostic test and establish a tutoring schedule. Careful consideration is given to the student's needs in determining who their tutor will be. Tutoring is available during our business hours. With the year end quickly approaching, many people will be wanting to get a jump start on the New Year's academic resolutions. Come in and let us help you achieve your goals!
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