Lock-In cancelled

Due to low registration, the Teen Lock-In that was scheduled for tomorrow evening is cancelled.  If you have any questions, please give us a call @ 732-583-9100.

October Teen Lock-In

We'll be hosting our Fall Teen Lock-In on Friday, October 21st from 6:30-10:30PM.  Along with our regular activities of gaming, crafts and a scavenger hunt, we'll also be having a special "MAPL Project Runway" event during our lock-in.

Registration and a permission slip are required to attend this event. Registration is available on our website@ http://www.matawanaberdeenlibrary.com/ .

Permission slips are available in the Teen Place and online @: http://www.lmxac.org/mata/lockinpermissionslip.pdf

Permission slips can be returned to the Children's Room or the front desk. Hope to see you there!

Iron Chef MAPL!

At our Lock-In on Friday, August 5th, we incorporated an Iron Chef portion of the evening. All of the teens that attended the lock-in were given the choice of participating and we had 13 teen chefs. The "pantry" consisted of rice crispie treats, twizzlers, maraschino cherries, sugar cones, fluff, colored goldfish crackers, sprinkles, and a few other things. The "secret ingredient" which every chef was required to use, was graham crackers. Each chef made 6 portions so that there could be taste-testing and voting. We had 3 top winners!

Check out the fun that was had in the pictures below!

Candy Olympics!

On Monday, July 18th we had Candy Olympics! We went fishing for swedish fish, did gumball relays, sorted M&M's by their color, and played several rounds of CANDY (BINGO but with the names of different kinds of candy.) A fun time was had by all- and there were even some prizes in the end!


Below: A challenging game of CANDY.

August Teen Lock-In

Join us for our Lock-In on Friday, August 5th from 6:30-10:30PM.


Registration for the Teen Lock-In is available online:

Teen Lock-In Registration



Both a permission slip and registration are required to attend this program.

Teen Lock-In Permission Slip



Permission slips must be handed in no later than Wednesday, August 3rd @ 9PM in order to participate. They can be dropped off in the Children's room or at the front desk. Permission slips are also available in the Teen Place.

Our New Teen Place is here!

On Wednesday, June 15th the furniture for the new Teen Place was installed thanks to the Friends of the Library! A reception to annouce the opening of our Teen Place will be held Tuesday, June 21st @ 6:30PM. All are welcome to attend. While the library will be open for the reception, there will be no computer access of circulation services. Check out the pictures below! But...it's even better in person!

Teen Lock-In

Join us for our first Lock-In to kickoff summer reading with a scavenger hunt, crafts, ice cream sundaes, and gaming! This event is for teens entering grades 7-12.

Registration for the Teen Lock-In on June 24th begins on Friday, June 10th and is available online:
Teen Lock-In Registration

Both a permission slip and registration are required to attend this program.
Teen Lock-In Permission Slip

Permission slips must be handed in no later than Wednesday, June 22nd @ 9PM in order to participate.  They can be dropped off in the Children's room or at the front desk. Permission slips are also available in the Children's room and on the YA table upstairs.