Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Long Lake Library

Long Lake is a small town nestled in the heart of the Adirondack Mts. in northern NY state. Our public library will be hosting events beginning on April 2 with night sky viewing through a telescope,on April 3,an amateur astronomer will be presenting a power point program about the solar system to grades 4-5-6 students, students in grades k-6 will be invited to create poetry using the theme of stars, planets, galaxies etc. which will be on display at the library, along with grades 4-5 solar system projects, and on April 4, there will be an afternoon workshop guiding participants on how to use a telescope, and during the evening, a Reader's Theater presentation by grades 2-3 using a script created by students in Tunisia(from unawe.org)site, with galaxy snacks followed by the final event, gazing at the very dark night skies in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains! Telescope viewing will occur at the home of our astronomer presenter. We are thrilled to be participating!