Category Archives: Community Notes

KIDS’ KARATE–Summer Beginners, Fall Beginners

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin in Community Notes, Sports

Girls and boys, entry ages 1st thru 5th grades. Now at Lasell College.

Please see www.kids-karate.org or call (617) 527-8052

Watertown Children’s Theatre presents Oliver!,

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin in Community Notes, Events

Watertown Children’s Theatre presents Oliver!, June 15 at 7 pm, June 16 at 2 pm and 7 pm, and June 17 at 2 pm, Charles Mosesian Theater, Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown. Based on the classic novel by Charles Dickens, this lively musical combines drama, humor, and great music for a fantastic production with participants in Grades K-9 including Newton’s own Rosie Carroll, Gabriela Ettinger, Caroline Hoban, Sonia Joffe, Amelia Kane, Ava Lyons, Rachel Manning, Sara Manning, Myles Murphy, Riley Raker, Jacob Resnick, Thomas Sasdi, Katrina Secinaro, Liam Walsh, Anna Weylman-Farwell, and Nichol Weylman-Farwell. Tickets are $12, and will be available beginning May 22nd through WCT’s website at www.watertownchildrenstheatre.org or at 1-800-838-3006. For more information, call 617-926-ARTS or visit our website.

Think Summer with NCE

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin in Community Notes, Summer Activities

Summer Kids & Teens programs with Newton Community Education are filling fast! But we still have openings in lots of our week-long programs for elementary and middle school kids. Elementary schoolers and younger kids can get artsy in our Lions & Tigers & Bears class, get dramatic in Young Broadway, get into science in any of our Wicked Cool science and engineering programs, or get sweaty in our Soccer & Sports or Flag Football camps. These are just some of our many still-available options. We’ve also added new programs the last two weeks of August, including Wicked Phab Physics Lab, Wicked Wacky Lab Week, and Create a TV Show. Middle schoolers have lots of opportunities to get technical with us this summer: try our new Adventures in IT, Picture Projects, or Music Masterpieces with Garageband classes, for example. High schoolers can get a leg up on the college application process with our summer SAT prep classes or college essay writing class. And of course we have several sessions of Driver’s Ed this summer at both high schools. We have summer offerings for adults too, and kids ages 16 and up are always welcome in our adult classes. For more information or to register, call NCE at 617-559-6999 or visit our website at www.newtoncommunityed.org, where you’ll find our Summer-at-a-Glance chart to help you plan something new and exciting each week.

Abbey Villa Soccer Club

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin in Community Notes, Sports

Abbey Villa S.C. with twenty-four teams has expanded to Newton and offering (2) free soccer clinics for B/G U8 – U12 on 5/25 and 6/1/12 from 5:30pm-6:30pm at Orr Field at 992 Dedham St, Newton, MA.

We will hold tryouts early June for our Newton based Teams. These teams will train and play their home games in Newton!

Email Des Rice for a medical release form at desrice@verizon.net

Abbey Villa Soccer Club “Offering FREE Soccer Clinics”

  • Close contact ball control
  • How to dribble at speed
  • Moves, moves, moves!!

For more information about the club, please visit www.abbeyvillasoccer.com

Help Wanted at NCE

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin in Community Notes, Social Outreach

At Newton Community Education we would like to expand our Kids & Teens program. To do that we need some help. We are looking for an elementary school parent available to work part-time (maybe as few as five hours a week or so) to help plan our Fall program. You would be involved in brainstorming ideas for new programs and recruiting teachers to work for NCE. The ideal candidate for this position is an elementary school parent who has been involved in the PTO and has some awareness of other Kids program offerings around Newton. If you’re interested, please email a cover letter and resume to: lisa_rucinski@newton.k12.ma.us.

Honor Thy Teacher

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin in Community Notes, Events

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” ~ Henry Adams

It’s that time of year again to honor exceptional Newton teachers and staff who have touched your child’s life. The suggested donation is $25 per teacher/staff member. Newton Schools Foundation celebrates Newton Public Schools teachers and staff by:

  • Notifying honored teachers and staff of your gift
  • Listing all honored teachers and staff in the Newton TAB and Patch
  • Sharing honoree names with the Superintendent and Principals
  • Ensuring your donations go to support teaching & learning in Newton schools.

To honor a teacher or staff person go to www.newtonschoolsfoundation.org.

3nd Annual Plant Swap

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin in Community Notes, Events

Sat. May 19th 1-3. 27 George Street (Near Centre and Cabot/Sargent). Let’s do it again! Bring a Plant/Take a Plant: Ferns creeping out of bounds? Hostas growing like weeds? Lily of the Valley taking over your yard? Don’t put those Iris divisions in the compost bin. Trade them in! Use flower pots, milk cartons, coffee cans, yogurt tubs, even plastic bags to pot up your cast-offs. Early drop-offs okay. This is recycling at its best! Exchanges free, but please watch for the box for voluntary donations. This is a project started by a Bigelow student, now at NNHS, to raise money for worthy METCO students. All proceeds go to the METCO Scholarship Fund. Questions: BHoward617@aol.com

ASA Hoops & Nike basketball

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin in Community Notes, Sports

ASA Hoops & Nike basketball is offerings camps in both Newton & Brookline starting June 25th and running until August 31.  These camps are for boys & girls ages 7-17.  The ASA staff takes pride in not just teaching skill development but teaching one how to play the game of basketball.  For more information visit www.asahoops.com/camps or contact Coach Smith at: Coachb@asahoops.com / 617-909-5990

Possibilities in Conversation… monotypes by Vani Chandra Sayeed

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin in Community Notes, Events

Talented Artist and Newton Parent, Vani Sayeed, has an opening of her art exhibit at the Newton Free Library on June 6 from 7:30-8:00. She donates a portion of the proceeds of the sale of her art to Newton Serves.The reception is free of charge, and she would like to invite the community to join her.

Rhythmic Dreams

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin in Community Notes, Summer Activities

Rhythmic Dreams, New England’s elite non-profit rhythmic gymnastics school located in West Newton, is hosting a FREE Summer Program Open House on Monday, May 28th, from 2-4pm. Since 2002, Newton’s “best kept secret” has produced many local and national champions in this beautiful sport for girls, under the expert coaching of former champions from Romania, Ukraine, US and Russia. Stop by on Memorial Day to have fun with ribbons, balls, and hoops and learn tips for improving your flexibility, strength and coordination. This is a great opportunity to see what this Olympic sport is about and to learn more about our summer program or Fall 2012 afterschool program. For more information and to reserve a spot, please email info@rhythmicdreams.com or call 617-233-4493.