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JKPL cuts library summer program short
The Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, which has been hosting a summer program throughout the entire summer for years, has decided to cut this year’s program down to two weeks in order to hold an outreach program.
According to JKPL children’s librarian Rosalinda Ulloa, the shorter summer program would allow them to go out to other villages in the CNMI throughout the summer and offer the summer program to children who don’t have the means to make it to the library.
“This is our summer camp completion program hosted by our Joeten-Kiyu Public Library and the reason we did the completion [program] after two weeks only is because we will be doing outreach events as well…we will be going into different villages for the same program for the less fortunate kids who cannot make it here and lack transportation,” she said.
Ulloa said that the outreach will cater to each village for one week and will move on to the next for the remainder of the summer.
“[The outreach] is shorter, about a week. Every week we will have different villages to go to,” she said.
Ulloa said the outreach will strive to offer the same activities offered to the students who participate in the actual summer program at the library.
“We had computer sessions, we did a lot of reading…and we also did a lot of music and movement because we wanted to make sure our students keep themselves fit and in order for them to continue living healthy lives. We also did a lot of gardening…eating healthy, played sports, and we did a lot of arts and crafts,” she said.
Over 100 students completed the two-week 2018 Summer Program and were recognized for their efforts last Friday.
“We have 175 total kids today. We had 88 for the morning session and close to 86 for the afternoon session… the program was for ages 6 to 12 years old,” she said.
Last Friday, the students were treated to a little fun fair organized by the library as an incentive for their cooperation throughout the program.
