Teen Summer Challenge 2025: Nightshade Academy
July 2 – August 31
Welcome to TSC 2025! Prepare yourselves for a creepy-cute summer session of completing activities and winning prizes!
Registration
Registering for Teen Summer Challenge is super simple! Go to our Virtual Teen Summer Challenge portal or email us your name, age, and library branch: teensc@virl.bc.ca starting July 2. That’s all!
Attendance
To get started at Nightshade Academy, pick up an Activity Booklet at your local library, or print one using the link in the supplies list below. Even if you are participating through our Virtual Teen Summer Challenge portal, you can use the booklet if you like to check them off as you go.
Nightshade Academy is a self-directed program, so you can do whichever activities you want, whenever you want! You don’t have to do them all, or even a certain number.
Each activity earns you an assigned number of points, and you will receive one draw entry per point. The more points you earn, the higher the probability that you will win one of our prizes in the draws!
Prizes
We are offering lots of prizes this year, so your chances of winning something are excellent!
- LEGO Wednesday & Enid Dorm Room
- LEGO Wednesday
- Wednesday Stained Glass Window Lamp (plastic) – x2
- Wooden DIY Cello Music Box
- Book Nooks – x3
- Werewolf Escape Room in a Box
- Wooden Mechanical DIY Puzzle Box
- Addams Family Polly Pocket- x2
- Addams Family Greyscale Rubik’s Cube
- Noise Cancelling Headphones
- Wednesday Addams Journal – x2
- USB Rechargable Booklights – x2
- 3D Printing Gift Certificates – x20
- Book Prizes – multiple draws per week
Supplies
- Watch the trailer: tinyurl.com/tsctrailer
- Download your Nightshade Academy Activity Booklet here or pick up a hard copy in your local branch.
- Pick up our DIY-to-Go kits at your nearest library or download instructions and templates here: Coming July 2
- Paper Stained Glass Window
- Pastel Goth Eyeball Bat
- Victorian Puzzle Purse Zine
Track your successes via our Virtual Teen Summer Challenge portal or email us your completed activities at teensc@virl.bc.ca.
All entries must be entered into the Virtual Teen Summer Challenge portal or emailed to us by August 31 if you want your points in the draw, and you must be at least 12 years old by this date to win a prize. Please share your creations at teensc@virl.bc.ca with us – seeing what you have done is our favourite part of the summer!
Want to volunteer at your library?
Some of our larger library branches have Teen Advisory Groups! If you are 12-18 and interested in helping plan fun programs for other teens and getting volunteer hours, find out if your library has a TAG: virl.bc.ca/teen-advisory-group