Monthly Archives: January 2018

Vacation Week Drop in Play Space

Looking for a fun place for you and your toddler to spend the morning during February vacation? On Wednesday, February 21st and Friday, February 23rd from 9:30 – 11:00 am, join Time for Partners Art & Music teacher Paula Gannon at a drop-in Playspace at Newton City Hall.

For children ages 18 months to 5 years with a caregiver – make an art project, make some music and make new friends! You do not need to be a registered participant in the Time for Partners class to enjoy this fun vacation program, just drop in! $10.00 per child or $25.00 per family. Any questions, please call 617-796-1540.

Maine Arts Camp Info Meeting/Coffee

Looking for a great overnight summer camp for your creative 9-16 year-old? Please come to the parent coffee this week and find out why Maine Arts Camp could be the perfect choice!

Located on the campus of Colby College, MAC is a small, friendly camp community that is big on empathy and personal growth as well as creative opportunity. With an extensive program of activities covering visual arts, theatre, music, dance, culinary arts, robotics and rocketry, film-making, individual sports and more, and with access to Colby’s state-of-the-art facilities, Maine Arts Camp offers exceptionally high quality instruction across a wide range of interests.

Visit www.maineartscamp.com to find out more. If you would like to attend the informational meeting/coffee at the home of Newton parent Anabel Cable and meet camp director Rick Mades, please RSVP to anabelcable@comcast.net for the address.

January 19th, 8:30 – 10:00 am

Self-empowerment energy courses available

Self-empowerment energy courses taught by Newton resident Malabika Shaw. She teaches how to claim the innate power and direct our energy field towards greater well being. They are a lot of fun. Please click on the link to register.

Harness the Power of Your Energy Field:
This first one is to learn about your multidimensional personality and how best to engage with it.

January 23rd, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Newton South High School

Law of Attraction:
This course is about conscious creation – carving out the shortest route between desire and manifesting by understanding the energetic dynamics and what may be the blocks. Learn to put one of the most powerful Laws of Nature to work to your advantage.

February 6th and 13th, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Newton South High School

Former NSHS Student Offering Tutoring Services

Looking for a tutor that understands the classes and intricacies of Newton Public Schools?

John Deng, a former student at NSHS with a BS, MS in Biology from Brandeis University who will be beginning medical school next year, is now offering tutoring in the sciences(Biology/Chemistry/Physics/Math). He also offers SAT tutoring for both the Reading and Math sections.

With over 2+ years of teaching experience in college and tutoring for students in college and NSHS, he’s an experienced and flexible tutor. In addition, he has personally taken many of the classes that your kids are taking now and thus understands what it takes to do well and succeed.

Please contact John at jdeng112@gmail.com for more information on further qualifications and pricing.

Aquatic Therapy

Michael Dezmin, Occupational Therapist, just started to offer aquatic based therapy for kids of all ages. The skills worked on can be targeted to assist many areas of difficulty that effect school performance including but not limited to:

  • emotional self-regulation skills
  • hand and core strengthening
  • attention
  • executive functioning
  • transitions and routine
  • visual motor/ visual perceptual skills (for reading and writing)
  • ocular motor skills (for reading and writing)

For more information, please click here flyer or contact Michael at michael.dezmin2@gmail.com or 908-565-3281.

Percussion lessons

Joe Lareau has taught in the Boston area for more than 15 years and offers private percussion tutoring with expertise in West African music and dance, drum set, orchestral, and marching percussion as well as elementary piano. Successful with helping children who struggle with understanding, performing, and reading music, he utilizes audio and video examples he recorded while living in Ghana for 6 years.  Joe teaches using techniques that help the student grasp the larger question of “How to be a musician?”

Tutoring can be one-on-one or group sessions.
For more information, please contact Joe at jrlareau@gmail.com or 508-826-9626.

We need help with auction items for the Big Night

The Big Night 2018 fundraising event will take place at the Cambridge Boat Club on March 24th. We hope to see you there for a night full of food, drink, and a DJ. There will also be a silent auction where guests can place bids on donated services and items. This is where YOU can help!

We need 60 items for the Silent Auction.
We are asking that each grade donate 20 items.

Can you donate a vacation house getaway, a gift certificate from your favorite restaurant, sports tickets, host a party or BBQ at your house or ask a business for an item or a monetary donation?

Please contact Chairperson, Meredith Andrews, meredithandrews13@gmail.com or Una Simmons at una@ethannet.com if you would like to donate or have any questions. More information here.

The “Bigelow Outreach Club”

The first Meeting of the The Bigelow Outreach Club will be on Thursday, January 18th, from 3 to 4 pm in Room 111 (Mr. King’s Room)
The Bigelow Outreach Program is a group of students who want to work together to make a difference in our communities and in our world. Last year, this group made Bigelow a sister school to the SEGA School for Girls in Tanzania, and we look forward to continuing this relationship as well as other outreach activities. Come join your fellow global citizens! Open to all students, all grade levels.