Category Archives: Education/Enrichment

Your Donations Make Our Students Better Writers

Dear Newton Schools Foundation Supporter:

By donating to Newton Schools Foundation, you can provide funds for even more teachers to participate in this unique professional development experience. For five decades NSF has provided private funding for educational programs that are difficult to address in the school department’s operating budget. Your donation enables NSF to fund:

  • Dynamic new curricula for all students.
  • Teacher training to ensure Newton educators use effective, up-to-date teaching practices.
  • Achievement gap programs and scholarships for low-income and minority students.

The programs, training, etc. span Newton’s diverse student population and impact all of Newton’s 12,000 students. When you give to Newton Schools Foundation you are ensuring that the Newton Public Schools continue to provide your child with the best education in this ever-changing teaching and learning environment.

Please click here to support NSF: Donate

P.S. Thank you so much for your continued support and we hope you join us in making a year-end tax-deductible gift to NSF right now.

Wrap up 2015 with the gift of music at Plugged In

Thanks to the generosity of community members like you and their belief in Plugged In’s mission, the year-end appeal has raised $20,000 of our $25,000 goal. They’re almost there…Can you help them reach the goal?

A gift of any amount will help ensure young musicians looking to better themselves and their communities will have a supportive, creative, and accepting place to do so. Contributions from friends, families, and fans just like you have made 2015 an amazing year filled with friendship, music, and doing good in the worl

When you support Plugged In you are part of providing excellent music instruction, scholarships, tools for teachers, an accepting and diverse community, and much more to any aspiring young musician, regardless of disability or their ability to pay. Your gift makes a real difference in the lives of young people from your community.

Please help Plugged In reach it’s year-end fundraising goal by making your tax-deductible donation today. Click here to donate online. Prefer not to donate online? Mail your gift to Plugged In 40 Freeman Place. Needham, MA 02492.

Thanks in advance for your support. Wishing you a holiday season and New Year filled with good health and music!

Open your heart and home to an International Student

Needed:  a loving host family for an NSHS International Student. Host families provide a warm and supportive home and family environment and students become part of your family. A monthly stipend is offered to all host families.

One of our fantastic exchange students from China who attends Newton South needs a new host family from early January through June 2016 because his current family is moving to Boston. Here is a little about the boy from China:

He is a very mature and independent 16 year old who has a warm smile, enjoys laughing and meeting new people, is inquisitive, and spontaneous. At school he has excellent grades and plays on the basketball team. He is polite, engaged, and engaging and has made many American friends here in Newton.

If you can host this boy through June or even for a short term, please email claudetterowe.educatius@gmail.com or call her at 508 246 7028.

 

Upcoming Teen Events @ the Library

Pasta Making,  December 15th, 4:00 pm, Druker Auditorium

Ever wondered how the professionals make handmade pasta and cheese-filled ravioli? Come learn how they get that great filling inside a ravioli. Have you ever heard of lemon pasta, or black pepper noodles? We will knead and roll out our own pasta, and make homemade ravioli. Teens can take the ravioli home to cook and will be provided with a recipe for a delicious, easy, brown butter sage sauce. Grades 6-12. Register online.

Trivia Nite @ the Library, December 28th, 6:30 pm, Druker Auditorium

Are you a genius at Jeopardy!? A consumer of crossword puzzles? Back by popular demand, come join the fun and test your mastery of useful (and useless) information! Some of your favorite library staff will challenge players with 4 rounds of questions from a variety of categories. Stretch your brain and win great prizes! Come alone or with friends. Teams can be up to 6 people, and we can match you with fellow devotees. Refreshments will be provided. Teens and families welcome. Register online.

In home tutoring available

ActiveMinds Tutoring, LLC: Your source for in-home tutoring. Effective, Personalized and Convenient. All grades/all subjects, including test preparation. Sign your child up today for academic success!

Call: 617-663-5700 during business hours, or 617-227-2225 evenings and weekends.Please visit the web site at www.activemindstutoring.com.

Physics Tutor available

Physics Tutor available for general support, problem-solving skills, SAT II, AP Exam
preparation. She’s a Newton resident and high-school physics teacher with 20+ years of
experience, a former US Physics Team coach, a doctorate with a focus on
problem-solving in physics; an AP Physics Exam Reader, and an AP Physics College Board
consultant.

The sessions in Newton feature an interactive approach, low stress, high efficiency. To see her CV please click here:

http://w2.weston.org/schools/hs/sci/apphy/korsunsky/documents/Korsunsky-CV-2
015.pdf

For more information, please contact: korsunbo@post.harvard.edu

Donate to NSF to Support ALL Newton Schools

Global study. Computer coding. Vibrant writing. Middle school engineering. Social/emotional learning. These are among the many varied and exciting initiatives Newton Schools Foundation (NSF) supports in the Newton Public Schools. And they do it thanks to the generosity of Newton community members like you.

For five decades NSF has provided funding for educational efforts that are hard to address in the school department’s operating budget. As the holidays approach, please donate to NSF so our schools can continue to best serve our kids. DONATE HERE

Your donation allows NSF to fund
• Dynamic new curricula for all students.
• Teacher training for Newton educators on effective, up-to-date teaching practices.
• Achievement gap programs and scholarships for low-income and minority students.

The programs they support span Newton’s diverse student population and impact all of Newton’s 12,000 students. As you make your year-end donations, please include Newton Schools Foundation in your giving. Visit www.NewtonSchoolsFoundation.org.

Beat the New Year Rush. Join the Y in December and Save!

Jumpstart your New Year Resolutions and sign up for a membership at the Y in December. Join any time in December and your first monthly payment isn’t due until January 15, 2016. The sooner you join, the more you save.

Stop by 276 Church Street and the Welcome Center staff can help you get started today.

Something for Everyone – Winter Programs at the Y (Brochure here)
There is something for everyone this winter.  Winter Programs run from January 4th through February 14th. At the Y you’ll find a variety of programs designed to nurture the potential of children and improve health and well-being through all stages of life.

What’s New in the New Year?

· Karate for all ages
· Adaptive sports program called Super Soccer Stars “Shine” program
· Indoor Field Hockey Skills Clinic
· Multi-Cultural Family Choir
· Total Transformation (T2) Challenge
· Targeted Fitness programs for Men and Women

Registration Dates:

· West Suburban YMCA members may register beginning Monday, December 7, 2015
· Non-Members may register beginning Friday, December 11, 2015

Visit www.westsuburbanymca.org or stop by the Y to register.

Financial Assistance is always available for Y Memberships and Programs.
The West Suburban YMCA is a non-profit charitable organization and it is their mission to never turn anyone away due to their inability to pay. Please contact the Membership Department at 617-244-6050 x3653 for financial assistance with membership or program participation.

Leadership Workshop

Lumos Debate is offering a 3 day leadership workshop for middle school students during Winter break. Your child will practice critical thinking, argumentation, and public speaking in a fun and engaging learning environment. These are the leadership skills that will help your child thrive in the world after middle school. Lumos has created games and activities that students absolutely love. Your child is going to have a blast! Guaranteed. Register at: lumosdebate.com/workshop.

1349 Center St, Newton Centre
December 28th – 30th (Mon – Wed), 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Effective College Consulting services tailored to your family’s needs

FUTURE CHOICE College Consulting (futurechoicecollegeconsulting.com) offers a focused, balanced approach to the college selection and application process through hands-on support and guidance. Whether your child is staring down applications at the 11th hour as a senior, or just beginning the higher education exploration process as a sophomore or junior, Cory Alperstein offers a student-driven strategy sensitive to individual personalities and aspirations, based on good information and utilizing an agreed upon plan of action.

Advising includes consideration of academic courses, extra-curricular activities and summer plans as part of an applicant’s story. It also includes focused work on the writing of college essays that will tell that story to admissions officers. Please contact Cory Alperstein for a free 45 minute initial consult today at: futurechoicecollegeconsulting@gmail.com.