Schuylerville Public Library News

On July 1st starting at 4pm

Celebrate the start of Summer with free delicious Ice Cream Sundaes provided by Stewarts Shops.

Sign up for our summer events when you stop in, or beforehand by visiting svl.libcal.com

Learn more about our Summer Reading Program and get your first bingo sheets!

No registration necessary --just stop in.

Kids & Teens Age 0-17:

Keep Track of Your Minutes Read with READsquared from 6/30-8/9. All who complete and track 1,000 minutes are entered into all raffle prizes for youth at each 1,000 minute mark.

Also complete weekly Bingo Challenge Sheets from 6/30-8/9 for more chances to win some awesome prizes! Simply pick up Bingo sheets at the Library or print them from our website.

Adults 18 & up:

Each book read will earn you an ticket for one of our raffle prizes and every 1,000 minutes read and tracked on READsquared will earn prize entries for all prizes. Just ask for a raffle ticket each time you complete a book between 6/30-8/9.

*READsquared

Download the free app "READsquared" or visit splny05.readsquared.com to try this fun reading tracker.

Keep track all summer of the titles and authors you read, plus see your minutes of reading climb as you go!

Enjoy reading recommendations based on your previous reads too.

• July 8th @ 1pm: Art with the Wonder Room*
• July 9th @ 11:30am: Kids Concert with Story Laurie*
• July 9th @ 3:30pm: Best & Brightest Magic Show with Jackie the Magician*
• July 10th @ 4pm: Homeschool Curriculum and Material Swap*
• July 16th @ 1pm: Art with the Wonder Room*
• July 18th @ 5pm: Friday Night Nerf Fight
• July 19th @ 10am: Coffee with the Library Director
• July 19th @ 11am: Art Show: Beginning Nature Photography Class
• July 23rd @ 1pm: Painting with the Hyde Collection*
• July 26th @ 11am: Puppet People present: the Three Little Pigs*
• July 29th @ 1pm: Create a BOTS Robot Fin Gripper with Kathy Ceceri*
• July 30th @ 6pm: Wild Irish Acres Dancers Performance*

*registration is required. Visit svl.libcal.com to register!

From June 30 to August 22, Monday through Friday (except July 4) the Schuylerville Public Library is serving free summer meals for kids and teens from 12pm to 1pm.

Grab a sandwich, veggies, fresh fruit, and cold milk every day. *Meals may be eaten on site or taken home this year, based on NYS regulations

No registration required. Available to all children 18 years and under every weekday!

This program made possible by Captain Youth Services. Questions, please call 518-371-1185 or visit captaincares.org

On alternating Mondays at 1pm, starting June 9th, join Miss Brandi for an animal-themed story time with some crafts, songs, dancing and games mixed in.

Geared towards the younger crowd but all are welcome!

Drop in event! No registration required.

*Sensitivity Warning*

There may be elements/talk about the food chain (meat eating/animals eating other animals) and the life cycle (death)

Registration is now open for our summer session! Classes are on Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning on July 8th and ending on August 14th, from 9:30am-11am.

This program is designed for children ages 3.5 to 5. Siblings are also welcome to attend as long as caregivers are available to assist the child registered in the program.

Counting Down to Kindergarten features the academic and social skills your child will need prior to entering Kindergarten. The typical program has a set routine: First, there is a circle time where stories are read, songs are sung, and learning concepts are introduced. Then the children and their adults are free to explore the various stations. Each station focuses on developing various preschool level skills. Some of these skills are: early literacy, name recognition, letter recognition, counting, number recognition, name, letter, and number writing, playing cooperatively, taking turns, exploring through the senses, fine motor skills, and art exploration.

Parents/caregivers are required to remain with their children throughout the program. It is not a drop-off. We expect that adults will assist their child in learning stations and sit with them during circle time until the child is able to follow directions and participate appropriately on their own.

July 11th at 6pm: A Minecraft Movie!

Come at 5pm for a special Minecraft related craft before the movie!

Popcorn and cups for water will be available. Outside food welcome but patrons are responsible for clean up. Children under 7 must be accompanied by an adult.

Book Club will meet on July 23rd at 7pm. Our book for this month is Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. We are reading this book in cooperation with the Old Saratoga Senior's Bookworms. Members are invited to attend their meeting on July 22nd at 11:15am as well. Check out the graphic below for the rest of the year's picks!

If you would like to participate, come by the library and pick up a copy of the book, we have them on hold about a month before the meeting. Registration is not required. We hope to see you there!

Cookbook Club will be on July 16th at 6:30pm and we are cooking out of the book Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat. Copies of this cookbook are on hold at the circulation desk.

If you are not currently a part of cookbook club, but are interested in being on our mailing list, please fill out this form. Or, feel free to make a dish and come by!

Shorts and Stouts, our partnership short story book club with Bound by Fate Brewing will be meeting on Julu 17th at 5pm. Our story for July is "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" by Karen Russell and it can be found here. Come join us for lively conversation, excellent beer, and delicious food at the Bound by Fate taproom!

We will be closed on Friday July 4th and Saturday July 5th.

If you've been by the library in the last couple of weeks, you may have noticed work being done on the house next door.

Thanks to a New York State funded grant, the library is having the house safely abated and demolished in anticipation of hopefully expanding in the next few years.

This demolition work will likely extend through the first few weeks of July. We thank you (and we especially thank our neighbors) for your patience as we pursue this first step in an exciting time of change for our library!

The current library building was constructed in 1968, which was the last time a building referendum was put in front of voters. When built, it served only 1,400 residents and now serves a school district of 10,032 people due to rechartering its service area in 2013.

After extensive public outreach and input, a master plan was developed in 2017 by architects at Butler, Rowland & Mays to meet current and future needs of the community by expanding and renovating spaces. Since then, the Library has made smart use of an endowment, reserve funds and NYS Public Library Construction Grants to complete portions of this master plan, including a 500 sq ft addition, a pavilion, interior renovation and accessibility upgrades to entrances and sidewalks without direct impact on local taxpayers.

The library expansion vote will be held on August 12th at Schuylerville High School

Library usage is growing!

In 2023 the library:

Hosted 650 Programs

Welcomed 37,000 visitors

Circulated 51,000 items

Provided 6,000 people with Wi-Fi

Served 318 Free Summer Lunches

Gave 1,000 people Free Produce

Graduated 30 Preschoolers from Counting Down to Kindergarten

Not to exceed $6,500,000

Advocates’ Fundraising Total $200,000

Average Household Cost:

$87 per year or $7.25 per month

based on $265,000 assessment

Projections by BPD Municipal Finance

based on a 20 year bond

It's a new month, with a new opportunity to learn a little bit about our staff. Each month we ask the staff a question and post the response here in the newsletter. We'd love to hear your response to the question the next time you stop into the library! This month the staff answered the question: "Before you joined the library world, what did you want to be when you were growing up?"

Caitlin: "As a kid, I thought scooping ice cream was the best job!"

Julie: "Once upon a time I thought it would be the bomb to become an orchestra conductor. Not so much to be in control of talented musicians, but more to be front and center when those almighty sounds erupt from the stage."

Holly: "I wanted to be a writer, a librarian, or a teacher as a child. I started writing books around 6 or 7 years old about anthropomorphic animals. At 8 I spent an entire day organizing and making up my own numbering system for my books just so I could pretend to work a circ desk. I also had a chalkboard and would routinely force my cousins to play school with me. Now that I’m grown, I would love to have my own animal sanctuary when I grow up (more)."

Emilly: "An archeologist."

Jessica: "I wanted to be an Audiologist."

Beth: "At about age 4, I decided I wanted to be a clown. Controversial, I know.

Brandi: "I wanted to go into criminal forensics/criminal science. Love me some true crime."

Mary Lou: "I really wanted to be a veterinarian. But when I got to college, I discovered I really loved history. So now I just love pets, of whom historically I have had many!!"

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Saturday 10am-2pm

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