Game Wars Video Game Competition

H.Y.P.E. will host its next Game Wars competition Saturday, June 7, 2:00-4:00p.m.

You can compete for prizes during our monthly Game Wars competitions, the second Friday of each month.

H.Y.P.E. card required for admission.

H.Y.P.E. Teen Advisory Board meeting

Come to the Explorers’ Room at 4:00 on Thursday, June 5, to have your voice heard on teen programs and activities at the main branch of DPL.

The Teen Advisory Board meets the first Thursday of each month. If you can’t join us this Thursday, please come join us in the future.

Free Software Series

The H.Y.P.E. Center kicks off our Free Software Series of classes on Tuesday, June 3, with an introduction to Open Office, a free productivity software package that includes word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation programs. Class runs from 4:00-5:30p.m. Everyone who takes the class can get a free copy of Open Office software to take home.

H.Y.P.E. card required for admission.

Teen Readers' Theater, Tuesday, June 3

Join the talented teens of DPL’s Teen Readers’ Theater for their performance of the original play “Who,” by Toynetta Daniels and Rhiannon Grissom.

These pictures are from earlier Teen Readers’ Theater performances.

H.Y.P.E. Opens!!!

After a great week of family activities, the H.Y.P.E. Teen Center at the main library opened on May 15. Here are some scenes from the ribbon-cutting:

Celebrations continued with a fashion show and dance party on Friday, featuring local designers and Naima, 2005 winner of “America’s Next Top Model.” Naima stayed on for photographs and autographs after the show.




















Saturday featured a festival with vendors and performers, including live broadcasts by WJLB.













H.Y.P.E.’s first Game Wars video game tournament started at 1:00 on Saturday.










For more information about H.Y.P.E. and other teen activities, go to www.dplhype.org. (You can also reach the blog from there.)

Librarian Introduction

I am so happy to be working with the Teens at DPL. I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Oneka Wilson, the teens like calling me Ms.O. I have been at Detroit Public Library for about 3 years now. I've always enjoyed reading and libraries. I grew up in Detroit and graduated from Oak Park High with the library right across the street. I have many fond memories as a teen at the library. I was always the teen being "shushed" by the librarian. Eventually, I studied English at Purdue and decided to get my Masters degree in Library Science at Wayne State University. I'm looking forward to getting to know you. Please stop in and introduce yourself at the H.Y.P.E. Teen Center. We need some great video game players for our Game Wars competitions. We will also have lots of sessions to equip you for excellence like our College Fair Forum and Debate Programs. Please leave comments about what you would like to see at H.Y.P.E. and join our Teen Advisory Board that meets the first Thursday every month at 4 pm. See you soon!

Ms. O

Teen Advisory Board Inspects H.Y.P.E.

The Detroit Public Library H.Y.P.E. Teen Center (helping young people excel) will open May 12-17, 2008. The members of the Teen Advisory Board got a chance to test drive the center after the May meeting.

Miss O showed the room and explained the equipment and services. Teens only! Access to the room will be by special Teen library card.





Steve started up the computers, games, and video.





The Advisory Board members tested everything.

















The Teen Advisory Board meets the first Thursday of each month at 4:00 in the Explorers’ Room. New members are always welcome.

For more information about the H.Y.P.E. opening, go to www.detroitpubliclibrary.org/events/HYPE.htm

Farewell to Miss Rori

Miss Rori is going away! Not far—she’ll be assistant manager of the Children’s Department. And she promises to keep an eye on us and the Teen Center.



We had a party for her at the April Teen Advisory Board meeting. Here are some pictures of our (sad) celebration.

Getting Closer...

The Teen Center is really coming along. The 4 gaming stations are installed, along with 12 PC's and Mac's. The furniture has been delivered, and the sound and lighting has been installed. We're looking forward to the grand opening activities that will take place from May 12-17. Check back soon for more information on the opening events.

In the mean time, please take a look at the latest pictures to see all the progress:

Child Discipline

Do you think spanking a child younger than eight years of age instills discipline or actually teaches the child that hitting someone is an acceptable form of changing behavior?