Troy Public Library Teen Services

08/12/2024

Are you heading to college? Need help with your college applications? TPL can help!

Participate in the program:
🎓College Prep: How to Make Your Common App A Lot Less Common

Leave the program knowing:
✅ How to tell your story and personality to college admissions
✅ What admission directors are looking for
✅ How colleges evaluate you
✅ How colleges evaluate your application

Learn more and sign up now at: https://troypl.librarycalendar.com/event/college-prep-how-make-your-common-app-lot-less-common-66079

05/16/2024

04/30/2024

Join the TPL Youth Department this summer for some volunteer time! Help with fun programs and give back to your community 😄

⬇️ See details below ⬇️

Now accepting applications from teens ages 14-18 to volunteer in the TPL Youth Department this summer! See more information here: https://troypl.org/information/connect/volunteer.php

07/28/2023

What can we improve upon at TPL? Fill out a quick, 10-minute survey to tell us what you want from your Library: troypl.org/TellUs

05/23/2023

Thank you to everyone that ran for office yesterday in our executive board elections for Teen Advisory Board! You were all amazing 🤩 We’re so lucky to have a great group of teens in Troy!

05/10/2023

Staying Well: An emotional health workshop for teens

Four in 10 teens report they feel “persistently sad or hopeless,” according to a recent CDC survey. If you know a teenager struggling with these feelings, we hope you’ll share this with them. “Staying Well” is a series of four workshops designed to help teens cope with strong emotions, manage relationships, and find meaning and purpose in their lives.

Learn more and register at https://bit.ly/3oCDz8U.

05/10/2023

Wellness Workshops for Teens and Young Adults Experiencing Anxiety

Many teens and young adults are still adjusting to the changes COVID brought into their lives. If you’re one of them, you may be feeling more anxious or avoidant than ever before. Join us for this Stay Well workshop series to learn how to calm those anxious thoughts and care for your whole self.

Register at https://bit.ly/3LiJ05T.

05/10/2023

Coping with Grief and Loss – for teens and young adults

Grief can be difficult for anyone to navigate—and it’s especially hard for adolescents whose lives have already been disrupted by the pandemic. The Stay Well program invites people in their teens and early 20’s facing grief and loss to join us for this supportive workshop series.

Learn more and register at https://bit.ly/3AoRCS9.

05/10/2023

Help the teens in your life navigate career exploration with The Career Center, a new series from the Michigan Learning Channel. Meet professionals from diverse industries, practice job skills, and navigate branching career paths.

The Career Center is hosted by Andrea Pisani, a STEM educator and career and workforce expert. In each episode, Andrea walks students through the process of exploring careers and career pathways. Segments include: Career Exploration, 21st Century Skills, and Career Pathways.

Watch on Detroit Public Television, or online at your own pace, here: https://www.michiganlearning.org/show/the-career-center/

04/20/2023

The Teen Edition of Sushi Rolling was a great success! Thank you Benihana as always it was amazing learning the art of making sushi. 😁

04/17/2023

Talent Show 2023