After attending a fun, three-hour journalism workshop on July 9 at the Palos Verdes Library District (PVLD), a group of 34 local elementary school students has published the Summer 2011 PV Kids News. The 20-page newsletter features book reviews and interviews with stage director Debra Attridge, librarian Michael Barb, and ophthalmologist Raj Dugel. The young [...]
Friday, March 4, 2011
After attending a three-hour, intensive newswriting workshop at the Palos Verdes Library District, a group of 35 local elementary school students has published the Winter 2011 PV Kids News. The 24-page newsletter is the fifth such publication to result from a series of free workshops conducted since July 2009 by the PressFriends community service group, and [...]
Friday, April 2, 2010
Whether you are 6 or 16, you are welcome to submit an article to PV Kids News. PressFriends and the Palos Verdes Library District are offering a kids’ community newsletter to be published two times a year (Fall and Spring). In addition, those kids who attend the PressFriends summer camp (August 2, 3, 4, and [...]
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
On Wednesday December 9 in the Peninsula Center Storytime Room, Bill Barke will perform Christmas stories (‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Grinch, Gingerbread Man) in a funny and theatrical program. Free and fun for the entire family. For more information, please contact the Young Readers desk at (310) 377-9584 x600.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
On August 11-13, the Palos Verdes Library District hosted three sessions of “Operation Kid Print,” a free program conducted by Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-54th District). Lowenthal and her staff helped parents create special forms for their own records that include each child’s fingerprints, physical description, and medical information. Bonnie Lowenthal (third from left) and her staff share a moment with PVLD [...]
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Hear ye, hear ye! All “squires” (boys ages 8-11) and their “lords” (fathers) are invited to learn how young men in the Middle Ages would prepare for knighthood. We’ll learn the rules of courtly conduct and medieval warfare, then engage in a jousting tournament. Join us on Saturday, February 28, 2009 from 3:00 p.m. – [...]
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
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