A Columbus Day school vacation basketball clinic for children in grades K-5 will be held on October 13th from 9:00 am-3:00 pm at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton Street, Newton. Children will develop dribbling, passing and shooting skills and will engage in games with children of similar age and ability. Program is led by youth recreation specialist Peter Sylvester. Cost is $100.00. Open to the entire community. Register at www.bostonjcc.org/columbus or contact 617-558-6456 or sports@jccgb.org.
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Help your students reach their PEAK potential.
Having a strong start to the school year is necessary to provide the momentum needed to succeed in class. Since 2009, Next Level Up Tutoring has been providing Newton families and their students the guidance, fundamentals, organizational skills, and perspective that have been missing.
Their tutors can work with any school age student in any subject area, as well as SAT prep. They also offer math and writing enrichment. Each student is unique, so each tutoring plan must be individualized. Contact them for a quick response or to set up a free consultation. 781- 540-1123 or info@nextleveluptutoring.com.
Father Daughter Dance
Dancing with the Brookline Stars invites you to join a Father Daughter Dance at the Brookline Teen Center for 8th graders and younger. On Sunday, October 12th from 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, share a fun filled evening with your little girl including a DJ, games, food, photographs & more! Semi-formal attire requested.
Purchase tickets online at www.brooklineteencenter.org. Ticket prices are $50.00 per couple and $10.00 for each additional child. Proceeds benefit the Brookline Teen Center.
Auditions for Children’s Chorus
VOICES BOSTON (formerly PALS Children’s Chorus) is currently holding auditions for its 25th season! Students in grades K-12 are welcome to audition for the chorus, which offers vocal training and music literacy in a strong and caring community of peers and teachers. The oldest students also receive training in drama and dance, and have opportunities to participate in tours. Children will gain experience and confidence in this friendly, supportive group as they prepare for and perform multiple concerts a year. For more information and to sign up for an audition, please visit the website at http://www.voicesboston.org.
Preschool openings
Longfellow Laboratory Preschool at Mount Ida College invites you to schedule a visit to their school. Nurturing children since 1969, Longfellow is inspired by the Reggio Emilia Approach, designed to spark your child’s innate creativity and curiosity in a wide variety of curriculum opportunities. Limited spaces still available for fall 2014. For more information call 617-928-4530 or visit www.mountida.edu/Longfellow.
New Theatre Company
A brand new theater company has just been started in Newton. The Newton Nomadic Theater’s mission is to bring high quality, simply staged, reasonably priced, theater productions to unusual performance spaces in all the villages of Newton. The first production, Faith Healer by Brian Friel, will open on September 26th and 27th in Carriage House Violins in Upper Falls. The following weekend (October 43rd and 4th) the production will move to Lower Falls for two nights at Gregorian Rugs. The final weekend (October 10th and 11th) it will move to the chapel of the First Baptist Church in Newton Centre. All tickets are $20.00
For more information or to purchase tickets go to http://NewtonNomadicTheater.org. Please join them for a night of wonderful live theater … and please tell your friends.
Parenting your teen through a Jewish lens
Parenting Your Teen Through a Jewish Lens at Congregation Mishkan Tefila this Fall!
This eight-week program brings together caring parents and expert facilitators. Conversations around Jewish texts lead to explorations of your vital role as a parent. Parents from all backgrounds welcome.
Starting November 5th, meets Wednesdays, 7:30 – 9 pm. For more information visit www.hebrewcollege.edu/parenting or email parenting@hebrewcollege.edu.
Too Busy to Cook?
The best answer to the age old question..What’s for dinner?? Too Busy to Cook LLC is a personal chef service that provides delicious, fresh, healthy, home-made meals that are prepared in your own kitchen. This service is for families and individuals that place a high value on their time and want healthy, high-quality choices for dinner.
Your family’s tastes direct what is on your customized menu. Too Busy to Cook cooks, packages, and labels the meals in your home. Visit the website http://2busytocook.com or email eileenrielly@gmail.com or call 617-309-0454.
YogaBox FREE Open House
YogaBox combines strengthening, conditioning, stretching, core work and cardio for a fun and time efficient workout. They will be using the heavy bag, boxing gloves and wraps, and a yoga mat. You do NOT need to know how to box OR do yoga. Please bring a yoga mat and boxing gloves and wraps if you have them. You can also borrow boxing gloves from Nonantum Boxing Club.
FREE open house on Tuesday, October 7th, 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Nonantum Boxing Club at 75 Adams St
Ongoing classes will be held Tuesdays, 9:00 am to 10:15 (30 minutes of boxing followed by 45 minutes of yoga). Special promotional pricing: $75 for 5 classes (never expires and can be applied to any other class at Nonantum Boxing Club including Heavy Bag and Boxygen). Classes are otherwise $20/drop in.
Questions: Contact Marc Gargaro at 617.340.3700 or info@nonantumboxingclub.com. More here: http://ilovenewton.com/yogabox-open-house/
Hands-on math and science courses for high school students
Magizo is offering small-group math and science classes for students in sixth grade and up. Classes offered include math circles for students in grades six through nine and physics courses for grades eight and up.
Students learn the application (or “the point”) of the material and open class discussions are encouraged. In addition, courses are hands-on and often involve a student elected, group project towards the end of the semester. The fall semester starts on October 4th and registration closes on the 1st. Please visit http://magizo.com for more information or call 617-851-0321.