Category Archives: Education/Enrichment

Newton Youth Summit, Oct. 11

 

Join 200 teens and adults at a Youth Summit, hosted by Mayor Setti Warren, to help parents and the larger community understand the challenges facing our teens, to have teens authentically express their experiences, and to coalesce as a community to support youth.

Thursday October 11 from 6 to 9 P.M.
Oak Hill Middle School, 130 Wheeler Road

200 adults and teens are expected to attend.  The evening will include comments from teens and Mayor Warren, small group discussions, and an opportunity for all to express their opinion on the most pressing challenges and most significant opportunities for youth in Newton.  

Sponsored by the City of Newton Department of Health and Human Services and The Newton Partnership.  For more information and registration details go to:  www.conta.cc/Qdg5yo or email youthsummit@newtonma.gov.

After-school activities for 6th graders in September

There is an after-school program, open since 2008, for Brown and Oak Hill Middle School students. The Highlands After-School Program provides a safe, supervised, enriching after-school environment that meets the needs of middle school children, with a home base in a lovely building in the heart of Newton Highlands and daily use of the Hyde Gym. Transportation is arranged from the middle schools. Activities include: sports, cooking arts & crafts, field trips, community service, time to hang with friends and homework. Space is limited … enroll today. For additional information contact: Rochelle Acker, highlandsafterschool@gmail.com or call 617-999-4617 or www.highlandsafterschool.org.

Highlands After School Program (6th-8th grade)

Are you looking for after-school activities for your 6th-8th grader in September? There is an after-school program, open since 2008, for Brown and Oak Hill Middle School students. The Highlands After-School Program provides a safe, supervised, enriching after-school environment that meets the needs of middle school children, with a home base in a lovely building in the heart of Newton Highlands and daily use of the Hyde Gym. Transportation is arranged from the middle schools. Activities include: sports, cooking arts & crafts, field trips, community service, time to hang with friends and homework. Space is limited … enroll today. For additional information contact: Rochelle Acker, highlandsafterschool@gmail.com or call 617-999-4617 or www.highlandsafterschool.org

Guitar Lessons this Summer

My name is Dylan Grossman. I will be a freshman in the Fall at Emerson College, studying audio production. I have been playing guitar for seven years and producing music for four. I am looking for guitar students for the summer and have a unique and fun approach to teaching. As opposed to more rigid methods of learning instruments I encourage students to play around and follow their own interests. All levels and ages are welcome. I have a flexible schedule, and the first lesson will be free of charge! Please call or email me for pricing/scheduling or further questions. 617-276-2152 dylan.grossman@yahoo.com

MEET THE ROBOTS

Please join the Newton LigerBots (www.ligerbots.com) for their annual spring event, Meet the Robots taking place at the Hyde Community Center in Newton Highlands on Saturday May 19th from 1-4pm. The event will feature robots from this year’s FIRST Robotics, FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Lego League Competitions. There will also be an underwater robot from the MIT Sea Perch Competition and iRobot will be there with some robots of their own. In addition, there will be a number of STEM (Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering) oriented activities with prizes. All ages are welcome to attend so come on down with the whole family and have some fun learning with the Newton Ligerbots!

Highlands After-School Program–Open House, May 17

Highlands After-School Program has limited openings for September, and there’s still time to sign up! HASP is just for children attending Brown and Oak Hill. We’re hosting an Open House for interested families on Thursday, May 17 from 5:30-6:30PM. at Brigham House, 20 Hartford Street, Newton Highlands. This is a terrific opportunity for parents of 6th, 7th & 8th graders to learn more about the program. Please join us and see the wonderful space that is the home of this terrific program. For more information please contact: Rochelle Acker at 617-999-4617 or highlandsafterschool@gmail.com or visit highlandsafterschool.org

Donations needed for Newton South’s Book Sale

The Newton South Book Sale is around the corner and we need your help!

We need your books: classics, fiction, non-fiction, popular authors, sports, science, psychology, cookbooks, and audio books.
We cannot accept: instruction manuals, textbooks, CDs, movies, travel books or brochures.
Drop off books until May 17, in the POD in the Newton South High School parking lot outside the Wheeler/Goldrick entrance. Mondays and Thursdays mornings 7:15-8:15 am and afternoons 2:30-3:30 pm.  Contact us with any questions:  suzannefreudberg@gmail.com.