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Every October, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) promotes TeenTober as a nationwide celebration of teen programming and engagement in our public and school libraries. TeenTober combines and replaces YALSA’s previous Teen Read Week and Teen Tech Week celebrations and aims to highlight and promote teen services year-round. Teen services help teens learn new skills, build confidence, and fuel their passions in and outside the library. Library staff are encouraged to use TeenTober to celebrate their teens, promote their services, and raise awareness of the importance of teen services in libraries.
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Haley Gillette is a senior at Avon high school, graduating in 2023. She was born on March 8, 2004 and has 2 siblings; Jerry and Payton. Her parents are Natessa and Dustin. Haley's favorite subject in school is Psychology because she enjoys learning about human behaviors and disorders. Haley challenges herselftoreceivegoodgrades and keeping a good attitude. Haley enjoys spending time with her family and going to work where she spends time with her residents at theWagnerGoodSamaritan as a CNA. The inspirational quote that she lives by is from her dad, “Life is tough my darling, but so are you”! Her favorite subject is Choir because she loves singing as a soprano. The one memory that she will remember from her time at AHS is how helpful the teachers are at Avon High School and they give you a chance to better yourself in anything you do.
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Jessica Streit, born on July 19th, 2005 is a female senior at Avon High school. She lives with her mother Jaime Poignee, her stepdad Jon Newman, and two of her five siblings; Alex and Iris. Alex is a 7th grader this year and Iris is a 1st grader. Their other three siblings, Trinity, Tristin, and Nick have already moved out. Trinity iscurrentlyattendingNorthern State University. Jessica hasonecatnamedLuna,one dog named Chewy, and four chickens which her parents take care of. Her favorite subject in school has always beenEnglishbecauseshehas alwayshadaloveforreading. Themostchallengingpartof being a senior is preparing for college, which includes applying for scholarships and Colleges. She plans on going to Dakota State University for computer game design. After a particularly stressful day at school, her go-to way of de-stressing is usually by playing video games such as Valorant and Minecraft. She also goes to Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) on Friday nights with some of her friends. She is very happy she decided to join D&D last year when it was starting up, because she has made amazing friends since. An inspirational quote she lives by is, “People are not born heroes or villains; they’re createdbythepeoplearound them” By: American Actor, Chris Colfer. She lives by thisquotebecauseitreminds her that there are two sides to every story and you can’t always judge someone by the way they look or act on the outside. Of course, she doesn’tbelievethatabadpast meanssomeonecangetaway withbeingahorribleperson, but it could help with better understanding a person's actions.
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