NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS
BOARD
Join us on Tuesday November 15, 2016 at 7:00 PM in the Conference Room for the Annual Meeting of the Library Board of Trustees. Friends, patrons and the public are welcome to attend.
CHIEF
Join us on Thursday November 17, 2016 at 10:30 AM in the Community room for Dr. Gary Hylander’s ‘Hail to the Chief.’ ??On the heels of the 2016??
Presidential Election, Dr. Gary Hylander will take us back to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, where the office of the President and the Electoral College were created. As Connecticut Governor Samuel Huntington stated it was a “new event” in human history. Unanimously elected the nation???s first president, Washington was well aware of his unique position: ???I walk,??? he wrote, ???on untrodden ground.??? Dr. Gary Hylander is a scholar and professor who has taught at Stonehill College and Framingham State University and lectured for many cultural and educational forums including the Norton Institute for Continuing Education (NICE).
Program and refreshments sponsored by the Friends of the Norton Public Library
CODING
Join us on Saturday November 19, 2016 from 10:30 AM-12:30 PM in the Community Room for Coding with Minecraft.?? Learn how to summon lightning bolts with a bow and arrow or build giant rainbows in the Minecraft world with code! Spawn farm animals or monsters instantly and have fun “modding” your world. This workshop introduces coding concepts by showing participants how to build or change the game using a programming language.??
Presented by Thi Sarkis from the Rhode Island Computer Museum.Grades 4 and up. Registration is required and begins on Nov. 7. Please sign up in our registration book near the front desk or by phone (508-286-2696) or email (mruhl@sailsinc.org). Phone and email registrations are finalized once you have received a confirmation from the library.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the H.A. Yelle Elementary School Parent Advisory Board.?? Contact: Meredith Ruhl ?? 508-286-2696 ?? mruhl@sailsinc.org