Author Archives: Newton PTO Council

Vacation Mini Camps at Rhythmic Dreams

Rhythmic Dreams, a non-profit providing rhythmic gymnastics classes and other after-school programs is offering Mini Camps on the upcoming days. Visit the website or call 617-233-4493 for more information.

Tuesday, November 11, Veterans Day – Kids of all ages and levels (no experience necessary) will have a blast doing rhythmic gymnastics and playing games with us.
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM, extended day until 3:30 PM.

Wednesday, November 26 – Rhythmic gymnastics and games for kids of all ages and levels, no experience necessary! School pick-up may be arranged from local schools. 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, extended day until 6:00 PM.

Sunday, November 30 – After a few days of relaxing, lounging around, and eating delicious homemade food, rhythmic gymnastics, fun, and games for kids of all ages and levels (no experience necessary)! 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, extended day until 6 pm.

Top Shelf by Jody: Personal Organizing – Home & Life

Top Shelf by Jody, a former Newton Public School student. organizes your home and life. From facilitating and unpacking a move, organizing a cluttered closet or room, to planning a small event you’re hosting, Top Shelf by Jody does it all.

My personal organizing and lifestyle management services give busy parents the order they need to feel less stressed in their home and life everyday.

Contact Jody Goodman for a free consultation by email  or 617.699.3407.

Free Drop-In Art & Theatre Workshops, Nov. 15

The Arsenal Center for the Arts & Watertown Children’s Theatre offers free drop-in art and theatre workshops for families on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 10AM – Noon.

Experiment with paint, paper, collage, performance, and movement. Use your imagination to express yourself, make your own special masterpiece, and explore theatre games. Children can also explore the creative world of theatre games with the talented staff of Watertown Children’s Theatre.

 

Next Level Up Tutoring

Help your child reach his or her peak potential when you use a tutor from Next Level Up Tutoring.

Providing the academic support, fundamentals, organizational skills, and perspective that can propel your student forward.
Supporting students from K-12, and can help in all subject areas, including some foreign languages.

Sessions take place in your home. Next Level Up has been working with Newton students since 2009. Please call,781-540-1123, or email for a quick response.

Register: Zervas 5K Turkey Trot, Nov. 22

Registration for the Zervas 5k Turkey Trot is now open!  A fun morning run to support the Newton Food Pantry.

Saturday, November 22, at 9:00AM

Everyone who registers receives a long sleeve tech t-shirt.  Registration is limited to 300 runners so register soon at www.newtonturkeytrot.com .  If you are not a runner but would like to lend your volunteer talents to this great event, sign up on the website

The race starts and ends at Zervas elementary school, 30 Beethoven Ave.  It will be timed by RaceWire and Newton Police will monitor the race course.

Mind Your Manners: Classes at The Etiquette Academy

The Etiquette Academy of New England will be offering winter etiquette classes for grades 2-12 in Newton Upper Falls at Chungdahm ReadWrite, 1254 Chestnut Street. Classes meet on Saturdays from Jan. 10 – March 14.

Improving social and communication skills, projecting confidence, combating shyness, strengthening self-esteem and leadership skills, navigating friendships, resolving conflict, understanding social cues, basic manners and table manners, and more.

Mind Your Manners : Beyond Please and Thank You
{Grades 2-4}
10:00am to 11:00am

Etiquette for Middle Schoolers : Peer Pressure and Beyond
{Grades 5-8}
11:30am to 1:00pm

Etiquette for Young Adults : Social Skills for the Real World
{Grades 9-12}
4:00pm to 5:30pm

For more information call 617.608.3920 or email 

Open House for JCC Summer Camps, Nov. 16

The JCC is hosting an open house for three of its summer camps: Grossman (day camp), Kingswood (overnight), and Kaleidoscope Creative Arts & Science Camp

Sunday, Nov. 16
2:00 – 4:00pm
Leventhal-Sidman JCC, 333 Nahanton Street, Newton

Meet the camp directors and staff and learn details about these three summer opportunities for your children. Register at the Open House for significant  savings on tuition.

Open house is free. All are welcome.

Learn more about the camps:
JCC Camp Grossman: click for website or call 617-244-5124
JCC Camp Kingswood, including Zohar Special Needs Inclusion Program (ages 10-17) and Zohar Special Needs Vocational Program (ages 17-21): click for website or call 617-558-6531
JCC Kaleidoscope Creative Arts & Science Camp: click for website or call 617-558-6523

 

Register now for Newton Girls Basketball

Registration is underway for the upcoming Newton Girls Basketball season, which runs from late November through mid-March.

NGBA is a recreational league for Newton girls with fun for beginners and experienced players alike! Games are played on Saturdays for all grades, starting December 1st and continuing into mid-March.

Grades 3-8 practices are for 1-hour on one evening during the week (Mon-Thurs). You will be able to select one day on the registration form that you are NOT able to practice. There are no weekday practices for Grade 2 and High School. The Grade 2 program is focused on a fun, learning environment.

To register, obtain additional details and to find out more about the league, visit the NGBA website at http://www.ngba.net/.

*Registration fees and Deadlines:

Grade 2 $95 – deadline November 19
Grades 3-8 $125 deadline November 19
High School $95 deadline November 30

* A late fee will apply after the deadline. If the program is oversubscribed after the deadline, your child will be placed on a waitlist and you will be contacted by a grade coordinator.

Newton Family Singers 5th B’day Concert, Nov. 14

For five years, the Newton Family Singers has brought together family, community and music to entertain and delight audiences in the Greater Boston area.

For this special anniversary show, we have chosen our favorite numbers from our past seasons by artists such as Pete Seeger, Cat Stevens, Carole King, The Eagles, Sweet Honey in the Rock and others from the American folk tradition. You’ll hear our most crowd-pleasing, and heartfelt songs that will get you clapping, singing, dancing in the aisles, and will remind you of the joy of community singing, and our powerful musical history.

Sunday, November 16, at 4pm
Seasholes Auditorium at Newton South High School, 140 Brandeis Road.

For information and tickets, please visit us online at www.newtonfamilysingers.org.

Burr Playground Community Build!

Thanks to all of the efforts planning and fundraising, Burr Elementary School’s new playground is set to be built on the weekend of November 7th, 8th & 9th! The Burr community came together in an amazing way last year to raise the funds needed for what will be an incredible playground.

What they need now is help from the Newton Community at large. As ambitious as they are, they are small in numbers and could use help from other PTOs and schools to get this playground out of the boxes and up in the air! The playground will be a community build… all hands on deck (Looking for volunteers 18 and older to build on Friday and Saturday, with some wrap up on Sunday).

Please take a look at the sign up form and put yourself down for some time if you can spare a few hours.  Come together to the build as a group! Make it a family affair or bring the neighbors. Please pass the word along to family, friends, neighbors, Burr alums, coworkers, etc. Everyone is welcome! There are some non-building roles as well – coordinating the volunteers, handing out refreshments, etc.

There will also be babysitting available for school aged children. They can have a fun supervised playdate while you help build a new place for them to play! Email BurrPlay@gmail.com to let them know you’ll be dropping your child off.

Please sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044daeaa29a13-help

Need more details? This link takes you to the playground website: http://burrplayground.com/

Thank you & see you on the Playground!