Teen Club

https://www.summitlibrary.org/kids/ys-chinese/Teen Club

Chinese Corner: the sound of music

-- Presented by the Teen Club (Jingyi Han, Alison Guo, Alex Jiang, William Jiang, Olivia Yang)

Teen Club @ the farmer's market with grace

Dungeons & Dragons @ Summit Library😃

2023 Summer: Dungeons & Dragons Club

Calling all middle and high school students who love Dungeons & Dragons! Join us at Teen Club's Volunteer-run event, the Dungeons & Dragons Club, where we have prepared an exciting series of gaming sessions for the community's young adventurers. 

From July 13 to August 3, every Thursday afternoon from 5 PM to 7 PM, we'll gather at the library for 4 thrilling D&D game sessions.

No prior experience is necessary, so come and join us for an epic adventure!

Register here:

https://summitlibrary.libcal.com/event/10775308?hs=a


2022 Summer Review

Rubik's Cube Club, Chess Club, community services..., members of our Teen Club had a colorful and fulfilling summer!

Rubik's Cube Corner:

For the fall of 2022, the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, 4:00-5:30pm

Registration: https://summitlibrary.libcal.com/event/8939190?hs=a 

Speedcubing is a hobby where someone solves a Rubik's cube as fast as they can. In this Cube Corner, we hope to bring the joy of cubing to more people and we also hope to expand the cubing community.

As cubing is a progressive hobby, when organizing this program, we will need to split people up into different groups based on their skill level.


At the end of this program, our goal is for everyone to be able to solve the cube. We plan to hold an unofficial competition at the end as well where everyone can experience what a cubing competition feels like.



Our Teen Club Leaders for the Cube Corner:

Evan Yao (WCA ID 2021YAOE02) is currently a freshman at Newark Academy. He is a swimmer and trumpet player and also has many diverse hobbies, including fish keeping and speed-cubing. He learned how to solve a 3x3 when he was seven. When the pandemic started, he suddenly had an abundance of time so he decided to put more effort into this hobby. Over the course of the last year and a half, he has gotten his 3x3 average from 35 seconds down to around 10 seconds with a personal best single of 5.96 seconds, and his personal best average of five being 8.95 seconds. His official average is 12.30 seconds. 


Carson Widjaja (WCA ID 2018WIDJ01) is a current 8th grader at Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School. He enjoys playing basketball, tennis and plays musical instruments such as cello and piano. He learned to solve a 3x3 in 2018, when he was 10 years old. In July of 2018, he attended his first competition where he got a 28.67 average. With much practice over the 3.5 years, Carson brought down his official 3x3 average to 7.59 seconds and has an official single of 6.62 seconds. At home, his best average is a 6.19 and his best single is a 4.26. Currently, Carson averages around 7 seconds. https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2018WIDJ01

Chess Corner:  2nd and 4th Thursdays at 4:30- 5:30 pm.

Chess Corner will continue running for the fall of 2022. 

Organized by the the Chinese Club as part of its teen program which encourages young people to participate in community service, the new Chess Corner will provide all children and teens who are interested in chess a place where they can feel a sense of connection and unity. Additionally, our two teen instructors will strive to promote girls’ participation in chess and will provide a resource to aid young women in a predominantly male field.

If you’re interested in registering for this program, please click on the links below:

We hope that you will join us!

Our Teen Club Leaders for the Chess Corner:


Samuel Zhang (Peak USCF 2146) is currently a sophomore at the Union County Magnet High School and is an active chess player and coach. Samuel earned the Candidate Master Title in 2019 when he was age 14, and is nationally ranked among the top 50 for his age group.

Amelie Chan (Peak USCF 1635) is currently a sophomore at the Union County Academy for Information Technology. Amelie has 5 years of official USCF tournament experience and is ranked 23rd nationally for Top Girls Age 15.

June 2021 Rubik's Cube Fun

June 2021 Meet Richard

July 2021 Ask David

August 2021 Amazing Grace

Summer 2021: Teen Pilot Program

In the summer of 2021, the Chinese Club expanded its membership to middle/high school students. The goals for this teen club are to promote identity awareness among Chinese American pre-teens and teens, celebrate our Chinese heritage and strengthen the bonds among local young Chinese Americans through fun, age appropriate, structured activities and community service opportunities. We aim to guide the kids to find their passions and help them build community.

We successfully launched a pilot program during the summer with 4 themed meetings, covering areas such as community services, high school life & college application, and STEM activities, etc. This pilot program was very helpful for us to find perspective student members and a group of student leaders; identify topics appealing to teenagers; clarify our club goals; and develop organization rules.

 All summer meetings are flexible, friendly, casual, and fun.