Nutritional Programming: Food Smarts Kids.

The Bridgton Public Library is partnering with Snap-Ed to offer programming to middle school students to learn more about health and wellness through images. Food Smarts Kids is a learner-centered nutrition education and cooking curriculum, covering several core nutrition principles including eating a variety of foods, choosing whole foods, consuming water more often, and physical activity. Cooking at home from whole ingredients, fresh food, or minimally processed foods are encouraged. These lessons are aligned with state learning objectives to help meet curriculum requirements and are flexible to meet the needs of your schedule and can be delivered in 30 minutes, 60 minutes, or 90 minutes. There are 5-6 lessons per series that can be implemented weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly. The lessons can be delivered in-person, virtual live, and pre-recorded. To register please fill out this form and if you have further questions please feel free to contact us at outreach@bridgton.lib.me.us.

Interlibrary Middle School Book Group

Interlibrary Middle School Book Group

Please join us for this interlibrary middle school book club! We will cover age-appropriate experiences from a diverse list of authors. Themes include exploring sense of self, family, friendships, microaggressions, belonging, mental health, LGBTQ+ identity and more.

This is a safe space for middle schoolers and allies to explore and discuss our book list.  The group will meet twice a month on WEDNESDAYS, and the meeting will be hosted by a different local library each month to hopefully make it more accessible to more area youth.

Please join us for the initial meet & greet Wednesday, September 28th from 3:00-4:00 pm, before the first book discussion group meets in October at the Harrison Village Library. Please contact them for more information: (207) 583-2970