Looking for a good place for your teen to hang out after school? Somewhere free and safe?
The Katy Library, 5414 Franz Road, opens its Teen Room every Monday and Wednesday from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Inside the library's meeting room, teens can hang out with friends, chat, eat snacks, play games, watch a movie or use a laptop.
Called the Chill Zone, the Teen Room is open to kids ages 12 - 18. Parents don't need to stay with their teenagers but will be required to pick up kids at the appropriate time.
On Mondays, the library is open until 7 p.m. and on Wednesdays it's open until 8 p.m. so your teens could also hang out in the main library reading magazines, studying or using computers.
The Teen Room is open regularly except next week, March 15-19, due to Spring Break.
Also this week the Katy Library is hosting Teen Tech Week which features an Internet scavenger hunt. Kids ages 12-18 can answer these questions and send in your responses to kt@hcpl.net by March 14 for a chance to win a $25 Best Buy gift card.
To be eligible you'll have to be able to pick up the prize in person if you win.
Find out more about what's going on at the library by viewing the monthly calendar