Summer Reading Tuesdays at the Hyannis Public Library

Hyannis Supporting Our Youth, Inc. will be providing summer reading support for students in grades 3-7 on Tuesdays, July 16th to August 13th from 11am-12pm at the Hyannis Public Library in the Children's Room. 

Any students entering grades 3-7 can join in for help in reading and completing the Barnstable Public School's summer reading worksheets.

Interested in signing up a student? 

Email:

hysoytaskforce@gmail.com

Homework Help Program Volunteer Training Dates

Upcoming Training Dates:

High School Students:   Thursday, September 20th from 3:30-4:30PM 

at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center

Adults: Tuesday, September 25th from 4-6pm 

at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center

We will begin the Homework Help program again this year in October with Homework Help for students in grades 3-5. This year we have added third grade to help Hyannis West Elementary students in their transition from this school to the Grade 4/5 School. 

We will service 28 kids on Monday/Wednesdays and another 28 kids on Tuesday/Thursdays. In addition, we will have a recreation staff person assisting us with students in their recreational activities. We are currently seeking one volunteer per day to step up and be the "coordinator" for that day. That person will coordinate attendance, snacks, manage volunteer and student needs and check students out of the program.

Volunteers may choose different areas in which they would like to serve:

• Homework Help--helping students with their daily assignments and projects
• Skill Building--helping students to work on their English and Math Skills
• Reading--helping students to complete at least 15 minutes of reading per session
• Recreation--helping students be active and learn important skills like working in a team, turn taking and conflict resolution

The program will go from 3-5:30pm. Students will rotate through different areas of the program in groups of 8 (for 4 & 5th graders) and 10 (for 3rd graders). As a volunteer, if your day stays the same (such as volunteering on Wednesdays, etc) you will have the opportunity to forge a meaningful relationship with the children in your group. We noticed gains in academic achievement, peer relations and overall self-confidence with the young people that joined us last year. We will use the United Cultures Room, Shepley Room and various recreational areas. 

Please email hysoytaskforce@gmail.com if you plan to join us as a volunteer this year, your availability--days of the week, and the area in which you might like to volunteer. Also, please forward this post to any friends or relatives that you think may enjoy joining us in this program.

Upcoming Training Dates:

High School Students:   Thursday, September 20th from 3:30-4:30PM at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center

Adults: Tuesday, September 25th from 4-6pm at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center

Hyannis Summer Reading Program for Students in Grades 4 through 7

Summer Reading Help for Students in Hyannis

  

The Hyannis Supporting Our Youth Task Force is providing:

Summer Reading Help for students entering grades 4-7

Students choose, read and complete assignments from the 

Barnstable Public School’s required summer reading list.

Summer Reading will take place on:

Tuesdays & Thursdays

July 10th through August 16th 

11am-12pm at the Hyannis Public Library 

4-5pm at the Hyannis Youth andCommunity Center’s United Cultures Resource Room

Children may feel free to bring a book or choose one when he or she arrives.

To sign up for this free service, email hysoytaskforce@gmail.com or call 508-258-9111, and list the days, times, parent contact information, children’s names and the grade in which he or she is entering in the September. Space is reserved for the first eight children in each time slot.

Next HySOY Meeting Wednesday June 27th from 4-8pm at HYCC

We have suspended weekly meetings for the Hyannis Supporting Our Youth Task Force for the summer--get out and enjoy the good weather.

We will have three meetings this summer:

Wednesday, June 27th from 4-8pm at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center to develop a budget and work on our 501(c)3 status

July--Homework Help

August--Mentoring

Summer Reading Program

The Hyannis Supporting Our Youth Task Force will be hosting a Summer Reading Program this year for students entering grades 4-7. Volunteers will spend one hour per week working with children either 1-on-1 or in small reading groups of the same book to help students complete their required summer reading. If you would be interested in volunteering one hour per week for 6 weeks (July 10-August 16) either Tuesdays or Thursdays 11am-12pm (Hyannis Public Library) or 4-5pm (Hyannis Youth and Community Center) please email us at hysoytaskforce@gmail.com. We will have an Information and Training Session on:

Monday, June 18th at 4pm at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center's United Cultures Resource Room.


Also, we received wonderful donations of books for our summer reading program last year from Greater Hyannis Civic Association and Task Force members and would like to continue to supplement our library at in the United Cultures Resource Room at the HYCC. Students will use these books when they are there and we also use them during the year with our Homework Help program. If you would like to purchase (new or gently used) copies of the following books, or make a monetary donation for books (checks payable to the Hyannis Supporting Our Youth Task Force), please email us at hysoytaskforce@gmail.com.

Thank you so much for your continued support!

Summer Reading Selected List


4th Grade Books & # of Copies Desired:

The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Cleary, 3
Basketball Bats, Hicks, 5
Frindle, Clements, 5
Amazing Athletes Series: David Ortiz, Venus and Serena Williams, Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, David Beckham, Dwayne Wade, Freddy Adu, Maya Moore, Michael Phelps, Lerner Publishing Group, 5 of same person
Martin's Big Words, Rappaport, 5
How Big Is It? A Big Book All About Bigness, Hillman, 5
So You Want to Be President?, St. George, 5


5th Grade Books & # of Copies Desired:

Love that Dog, Creech, 5
Bud, Not Buddy, Curtis, 2
Lost and Found, Clements, 5
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Lewis, 4
The Lightning Thief, Riordan, 3
Artemis Fowl, Colfer, 5
Hatchet, Paulsen, 5
Ella Enchanted, Levine, 5


6th Grade Books & # of Copies Desired:

Among the Hidden, Haddix, 5
The Lightning Thief, Riordan, 3
Hatchet, Paulsen, 5
Maniac Magee, 5
Al Capone Does My Shirts, 5
The View from Saturday, Konigsburg, 5
Bodies from the Ice, Deem, 5
Mummies: The Newest, Coolest, and Creepiest from Around the World, Tanaka, 5


7th Grade Books & # of Copies Desired:

S B. It, Weeks, 5
Hunger Games, Collins, 5
Million Dollar Throw, Lupica, 3
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, Hoose, 5
Swindle, Korman, 5