enjoy your holiday

Star Wars – Original Trailer

The first movie was released on May 25th, 1977. Here is the original trailer:

Volunteer Opportunities

Yes, of course we opportunities @ Your library, but there are other opportunities as well.

There are bunches of opportunities here through the city of Fremont. I think the internship at the Patterson House looks interesting.

And there is a very new opportunity at Tri-Cities Youth Court; if you have any interest in law it could be fascinating.

emergency preparedness

Well  the CDC  has  been useful in  the past — not  only  are  they  useful if a disease  breaks  out ,  but  they  have helpful  information if  there  is a  hurricane,  tornado  or Zombie Apocalypse .

Here  is a  link  to  Feed  by Mira  Grant,  my  favorite  zombie  novel.  and  there  are  more Zombie novels here.

but if you wish to be more practical , May I suggest The Zombie Survival Guide?

Hooray for Merit Scholars!

Ten  Fremont  students  have  earned  Merit  Scholarships !   Here is  the  Argus article

and the list:

Two Irvington High students: Jinelle Fields for Scripps College in Claremont, and Divya Gowthaman for the University of Southern California.

Three Mission San Jose High students: Akhil Sundar for Washington University in St. Louis, Douglas Wilson for the University of Oklahoma and Joy Xu for the University of Southern California.

Two American High students: Albert Sung for the University of Southern California and Puneet Thiara for Northwestern University.

Three Fremont students attending the Harker School in San Jose: Samir Asthana and Victoria Liang for the University of Southern California, and Roshni Bhatnagar at Northwestern University.

Good Job everyone!  Have some fun this summer before you head off to school!

Dr who theme with Tesla coils

I  saw one  version of  this on line – but I didn’t  know who was in the cage – Adam Savage – how to make my  geeky  heart  flutter !

Maker Faire

I love Maker Fair. That link  is just a list of some of the stuff you couldhave done. and doesn’t include all you could  have  seen . I find the change of season is a good time to start new project and explore new ideas. Now you can find books on crafts, science, green ideas at the library – but there is so much information here. You could look at Make Magazine or Craft . Or you could go here and try one of the library ‘s new on-line classes. . I know I said class, and I am talking about summer . But they are  go-at -your-own-pace and some of these are fun things.

I know we aren’t there yet – but have a great summer exploring new ideas, just because you can

Next week at Fremont

May  26th  4:00-5:00 pm

The Curry  Club 

Risha Krishna is a Fremont resident and teaches Social Studies at Mission San Jose High School.

The Curry Club is a coming of age novel full of 80s pop culture references. It is humorous and presents a story of two girls, one Latina and the other Indian, growing up in Southern California.

May  31st 7:oo- 8:30pm

Finding  the  College that Fits

Learn how to focus on finding a good fit in your college search process. Topics include: the elements of fit-academic, social, and financial; developing your own college criteria; resources for finding new colleges to consider; keeping an open mind and making trade-offs; and timelines.

A free workshop presented by Vicki O’ Day founder of Willows College Consulting, and a member of the National Associationfor College Admission Counseling (NACAC), the Western Association for College Admission Counseling (WACAC), and the Higher Education Consultants Association (HECA).

Call the  Fremont  Information Desk  745-1430  or  email  Beth : ebuchanan@aclibrary.org

more hints for summer

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Strange Tides

How  many  guessed  this  would be this weeks  trailer ?  Since  I  could  watch  Johnny  Depp  read  the phone  book , Here it  is:

and  here  is  a list of the dvds we have with Johnny Depp. I had no idea he did a voice over part in Spongebob Squarepants.