YMCA Healthy Kids Day

Join the library at the East Side YMCA for Healthy Kids Day!

Sunday, April 6

11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m

“Live Homework Help” Demonstration

Thursday, April 10 at 5pm

Live Homework Help" is an online after-school program that connects students to expert tutors for help in core academic subjects. Registration not required.

Hats, Fans, Bustles & Bows

The Fayetteville Free Library presents a Women's History Month Tea: A vintage clothing presentation on the role of women in 19th century society on Thursday, March 20 at 2pm. The program will not only be informative, but also entertaining and interactive. Please call 637-6374 to register.

"Hats, Fans, Bustles and Bows", presented by Mary Jean Bialas of Victorian Whispers, allows the audience to enter the dressing rooms of four distinctly unique women. Each of these women is from a different social class during the Victorian Period. Audience members become part of the program as each woman dresses and prepares to start her day. The scullery maid, the serving maid, the young maiden, and the wife of an industrialist clearly have separate daily concerns, different social expectations, duties, and restrictions. This audience-interactive program deals with the fashions of the time period between 1858-1901 and reflects New York State History.

FFL Local History Department

Irish Dance Performance

The Johnston School of Irish Dance will perform at the Fayetteville Free Library on Sunday, March 9th at 2pm. The event is part of the 2007-2008 Motto Musicale Series. The performance will be followed by a live Irish music "seisiun". The Sunday Musicale Series is sponsored by the Motto Sheet Music Collection and the Friends of the Fayetteville Free Library.

Founded in 1993 by Ann Johnston, the Johnston School of Irish Dance is instructed by Ann Johnston-Sullivan and Patty Wilsch, both certified teachers of Irish Dance. Classes are held in Syracuse, Fayetteville, Watertown, and Utica. The dancers enjoy performing throughout the area year round and competing locally, nationally and internationally. At the end of March, two girls from the Syracuse Class, Colleen Byrnes & Molly Francis and one girl from the Watertown class, Merry Jo Devine, will be traveling to Belfast, Ireland to represent the school in the World Championships.

New beginners are always welcome and there is also a class for adults. Those who are interested are asked to contact Patty @ pewilsch@hotmail.com. All of the dancers are very proud of their heritage and enjoy sharing their love of the dance with the community.

Live Homework Help Launched!

Now Students can connect to Expert Tutors via the Internet at the Fayetteville Free Library

Children and teenagers in Fayetteville never have to be stumped by a tough homework assignment again! Students from 4th grade to 12th grade, and in introductory-level college courses, can simply visit the Fayetteville Free Library or the library’s Web site to get on-demand, free help from qualified tutors. The Fayetteville Free Library now offers Live Homework Help™, an online tutoring service from Tutor.com™ that connects students to expert tutors (at no charge) in math, science, social studies, and English via the Internet. Users must be have their cards linked to Fayetteville’s databases, please call or ask a librarian for more details.

Free Help in Core Subjects

This free service allows students to connect to an expert tutor either from the Fayetteville Free Library or from their home PC or Mac with a library card, Sunday-Thursday 4-10pm and Saturdays 2pm-7pm, and receive homework help from a live tutor via the Internet. Live Homework Help is easy to use. Children and teens simply go to the library’s Web site, click on the Live Homework Help link and then enter their grade level and the subject they need help in. In just a few minutes, students are connected to a tutor in an Online Classroom for one-to-one help in math (elementary, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus), science (elementary, earth science, biology, chemistry, physics), social studies (American history, world history, political science), and English (spelling, grammar, essay writing, book reports).

“We believe that Live Homework Help will have a significant positive impact on the success of our young people, and will remind them to turn to the library as a learning and research resource for years to come,” states Sue Considine, Executive Director, “Our thanks to the Friends of the Library for their generous support of this exceptional program”.

Learn from Expert Tutors in an Online Classroom

Students and tutors can review specific homework questions, as well as subject-specific concepts using features such as controlled chat, an interactive white board and shared Web browsing in the Online Classroom. Tutors can type math equations using a special math tool, share educational Web sites and much more for a rewarding learning experience. All tutors are certified teachers, college professors, professional tutors, graduate, or under graduate school students from across the country. Tutor.com has more than 1,800 tutors available to work with kids when they need help most. Every tutor is certified by Tutor.com and has completed a third party background check.