Lice Aunties-Newton, started by a Newton mom, is now open at 90 Oak Street, Newton Upper Falls.
Headlice treatment in our spotless new treatment center. Free headchecks by appointment, Tuesdays in December and January. More information about the center and in-home services is on the Lice Aunties website.
Check out the Angier PTO’s online auction for some great deals, especially on camps!
Items in the “Angier Community” category are only open to Angier families, but every other item is available to all! The Angier Online Auction is ongoing through December 12th. Proceeds go to Angier PTO.
Did your child struggle with math last year? Do you try to help, only to get upset and frustrated?
Recently retired math teacher with 20 years of experience working with students of all types and ages is available to work with individuals, small groups, and home school groups. We can meet at your location, a library or school library, or at my home. Specialty is working with students from grades 5 through 8.
Contact Philip Wolfson to set up a free, introductory meeting. 617-332-4887 or by email.
School of Rock Boston in Watertown is now accepting enrollments for February Break & April Break Rock Star Performance Boot Camps.
Seeking singers, guitarists, bassists, drummers, and keyboardists between the ages of 8-18 for the weeks of Feb. 18-22 and April 15-20.
Being in a band, record an EP, play a rock show all within a 5-day span! Call 617-923-3434 or email for an application packet.
Watertown Children’s Theatre (WCT) is currently enrolling for its winter production of The Pajama Game, the Tony-award winning musical-comedy. In today’s challenging economic climate, enjoy this romantic comedy that centers around the battle between labor and management over an all important seven-and-a-half cent raise for the workers of the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory!
From retro-costuming, classic vocal numbers and Broadway-based choreography, this production is sure to educate, enlighten, and entertain.
Open to Grades 5-9, this musical features familiar songs like “Hernando’s Hideaway” and dance numbers like “Steam Heat” that will bring parents and audience members back to the Golden Age of musicals. A strong ensemble cast ensures that there will be fun for everyone who participates in this classic show, recently revived on Broadway. Orientation begins December 2, so register your child now for a winter full of musical theatre fun!
For more information and registration details, visit the WCT website.
Family Daycare Setting has openings now for children 2 years old to pre-school, Tuesday and Thursday, 9am-1pm (follows the Newton Public School 2012-2013 calendar).
Warm, loving, caring, energetic, licensed provider. CPR and first aid certified. Convenient location in Newton Centre, off Comm Ave between Centre and Walnut Streets.
Bright, sunny indoor space – 1st floor family room with lots of windows. Great outdoor space – fenced yard with swing set, climbing structure, large digging area, etc. Opportunity for children to develop skills needed for pre-school and being a friend.
Contact Lynda Goldberg for more information – by email or phone, 617.527.2117
Still looking for a team sport to fit your child’s health and fitness needs? Give CrossFit KIDS Boston a try.
Our training is done under the CrossFit Kids model and utilizes three modalities: Gymnastics, Cardiovascular Endurance, and Weightlifting. The program is specifically designed to increase the functional movement capacity of each student. During practice we use specific mobility movements to help establish balance and flexibility. We incorporate games and challenging coordination drills that target agility and accuracy. Cardiovascular endurance and stamina are also an integral part of our program. As each athlete progresses we make assessments and start to add strength, power and speed through a safe weightlifting program.
More information is available on the CrossFit website. Call for a free trial session: 617-935-2902
Kids’ Karate is offering free trial classes at Lasell College on Friday, 12/14, 5-6pm, and Saturday, 12/15, 10-11am.
Registration is open for 7-Week beginners sessions for girls and boys, ages 1st through 5th grade.
More information is available online or by calling Rich Jacobs, director, at (617) 527-8052.
World Unity, Inc., and WROR radio are co-sponsoring the 8th Annual Statewide Poetry Contest on “Equality and Diversity.” Students across Massachusetts are invited to write a poem that best describes their interpretation of equality and diversity. The poem should be about 100 words or less and must fit a 30-second spot. Last day for entry is December 21, 2012. Only one entry per person.
A selection committee made up of educators and community leaders will select three of the most representative poems which will be read by the student and produced into a Public Service Announcement that will air on WROR radio.
Submit your entry to the World Unity website. Please spell out your full name and the school’s principal address including ZIP code.
The Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Laboratory at McLean Hospital is once again recruiting depressed female adolescents (ages 13-18) for a treatment program.
Have you noticed your daughter feeling depressed? If your child is between the ages of 13 and 18 and has been feeling depressed or has been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, she could receive free cognitive behavioral therapy for 16 weeks as part of a research study in the Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Lab at McLean Hospital. For more information, please contact Casey Gardiner at 617-855-4240 or by email.