Monthly Archives: May 2013

Looking for Participants for Newton’s Memorial Day Parade, May 19

The Newton Veteran’s Council is looking for any interested groups of children to participate in the city’s annual Memorial Day Parade.   A float, a marching band, a sports team, or any other kind of organized group, can march in, or otherwise participate in, the parade.

This year, the parade will be held on Sunday, May 19.  The parade typically commences at 2:00 pm and marches through Auburndale and Nonantum.  The route is about a mile in length. If you are interested, please contact Tom Shoemaker (member of the Veteran’s Council and State Commander of the American Legion), for more information at 617-244-5182.

Newton Community Preservation Cmte meets May 9

The agenda of the next meeting of Newton’s Community Preservation Committee includes:

  • historic burying grounds;
  • Newton’s Capital Improvement Plan & CPA funding process;
  • a discussion with with the Board of Aldermen President & Vice President; and
  • Museum Archives – update on anticipated project costs & schedule

The committee will meet Thursday, 9 May, at 7 pm, in City Hall Room 222. The full pre-meeting packet will be available online beginning May 2.

The next deadline for funding requests for FY14 and FY 15 is June 1.
Projects that submit pre-proposals by this deadline can qualify to submit a full proposal next fall for either fy14 or fy15 funding. Full instructions & read-only forms are online under ‘Guidelines & Forms.’
To request a proposal form or for help in adapting the form for your project, contact Alice Ingerson by phone at 617.529.9337 or by email. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, May 9-11

Theatre Ink and South Stage presents the 30th annual Shakespeare collaboration: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Directed by Ross McDonald with actors from both Newton North and South High Schools.

May 9th and 10th at 7:30, May 11th at 2:00
Seasholes Auditorium, Newton South High School 140 Brandeis Road
Tickets are online at the Theatre Ink website.

During a wild midsummer night, four lovers escape parental scrutiny in the woods and blindly wander into a power struggle amid the denizens of this dreamy land. To complicate matters a motley band of players are readying a performance when magic, mischief, and mayhem ensue. Love, Identity, Parental Authority, Sexuality, Power, and donkey lust (?) are all part of Shakespeare’s most often performed comedy.

Mediatrician coming to Newton

Join Dr. Michael Rich as he discusses the impact of technology on children and teens.  Dr. Rich is the Director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital in Boston. Topics he will discuss include:

  • Strategies and tips to manage children’s use of technology
  • How to fight the “crowd” mentality 
  • Addictive nature of technology as it relates to children with attention issues
  •  Impact of violence and inappropriate content on child development

For more information go to www.northptso.org

May 8,  7:00 p.m.  –  8:15 p.m.
Newton North Auditorium
Light refreshments

The Sunday School for Jewish Studies Open Enrollment

The Sunday School for Jewish Studies is now accepting registrations for grades K-7 for the 2013-2014 school year. The Sunday School is an independent school offering a once-a-week program for children in the greater Boston area for over 40 years. Located at the Oak Hill Middle School in Newton, our school is committed to providing a Jewish education that fosters a strong sense of Jewish identity for children and families with diverse traditions of Jewish observance. Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation is available but not required, and students may enter in any grade. Interfaith and nontraditional families are welcome.

For additional information, please call 617-264-8855 or visit our website at www.SundaySchoolForJewishStudies.org.

Are you ready to Kick, Punt, Pass and Cheer?

The Newton Mustangs offer football and cheer for all children in grades 2 through 8. There are no try outs and all players are placed on teams according to grade.

You can learn more and register now at www.newtonmustangs.org. (registration discount through Memorial Day)

There will be a Kick, Punt, Pass and Cheer Clinic on June 21st – 6:00 p.m. at the West Suburban YMCA. Practice the basics or grow your skills in football and cheerleading. All who are interested in learning about the Mustangs are encouraged to join the clinic. Clinic location: 276 Church St, Newton Corner.

Summer with Newton Community Education

Sign your kids up for summer programs with NCE. We still have openings in Newton Rocks!, Power Programming, Fabric Painting Workshop, Rocket Science, Club Invention, Clay Workshop, and lots more.

We have programs running on Thursday and Friday of the last week of school too! We have half- and full-day programs for kids ages 4-14. Scientists, seamstresses, and sports fans will all find something they love, and all are welcome to join us.

Call 617-559-6999 or visit www.newtoncommunityed.org for more information or to register.

Thanks to all who helped with bake sale!

Beautiful baking reaps rewards!

 

Thank you to the many volunteers and bakers who helped with the Bigelow bake sale! Nearly $600 was raised for the Cyndi Dailey Smith Scholarship Fund (http://bigelowpto.org/the-cyndi-dailey-smith-and-howard-b-smith-scholarship-fund/).

 

Special thanks to Rachel Boloyan, Lauri Perry, Beth Coomber,  Miriam Alandydy, Mary Kathryn Fallon, Becky Manley, Liz Haas, Marla Libraty, Lisa Porter,  Leah Arteaga, Carena Cremin, Lori Seuch, Chris Kjellson, Kim Buckton, Leslie Williams,  Linda Hammer, Joanne Gatnik, Wendy Kritzer, Marian McDonagh, and Vicki Ritterband (and all others whose children dropped off items) for baking and/or volunteering at the bake sale table.

Thanks also to the Bigelow students who helped buy (and even sell!) goodies!

And a special thank you to bake sale coordinators, Julie Bourgoin and Sally Brickell!!