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Middle and High School students, parents, and guardians invited

Save the date for a fun, free EXPO at Newton North! Teens and adults are invited to the Just Think: Teens Making Smart Choices expo for participative, informative exhibits; live musical performances; free refreshments; and fun.

Meet 30 community exhibitors who help teens navigate life’s pressures in order to stay safe and healthy. Get information about everything from social media use and pedestrian safety to healthy eating and positive body image to stress reduction and mental health support. Sponsored by the Newton North PTSO.

  • Community resources for teens and families
  • FREE and fun!
  • Treat bags for the first 50 students who come with a parent/guardian
  • Giveaways and refreshments
  • Prize drawing
  • Table tennis challenge
  • “American Ninja Warrior” demo

January 23rd, 5:00 –  7:30 pm
Newton North High School

Stop the Power Struggles! Become Problem Solvers!

Cindy Kaplan, MA, Parent/Family Coach, and Certified Practitioner of the Collaborative Problem Method from MGH, will lead a course on Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS), a strength based neurologically-grounded approach that brings new ideas and hope for helping kids with challenging behavior.

Enjoy tea and coffee along with great pastries while you learn how to strengthen your relationship with your kids and learn to solve “problem behavior” collaboratively.
The Parenting Course will take place at Cafe L’Aroma.

Friday mornings, 10:00-11:30 am starting January 6th. To Register e-mail Cindy at cindy@cindykcoaching.com, or call 617-869-3305. For more information, please visit www.cindykcoaching.com or see this Flyer.

The Tanglewood Marionettes present “The Dragon King”

An underwater fantasy based on Chinese folklore, The Dragon King tells the tale of an intrepid Grandmother who journeys to the bottom of the sea in search of the elusive Dragon King, and the answers to why he has forsaken the land above. A terrible drought has overtaken the land, and all the world has turned brown and lifeless. The Dragon King is ruler over all things water, and the people are beginning to wonder why he has not brought the life-giving rains in such a very long time. Colorful sea creatures, an exciting adventure, and a Dragon King that will knock your socks off! All this and more can be found in this award-winning production.

There are still tickets available for the 1pm show. Tickets $8 in advance/$10 at the door. Tickets available at www.newtoncommunitypride.org  Call 617-796-1540 for more information.

Winter Break Library Programs for teens

Check out these Library programs over Winter Break! There is a lot happening this vacation.

Dream Jars, December 27th, 7:00 pm, Druker Auditorium: Join this Green Art Workshop and get creative with a conscience. Participants will tap into their creativity as they Reduce-Reuse-Recycle. Transform jam jars, chocolate boxes, and tea tins into your own three-dimensional memory collage. Then collect your illustrations, ticket stubs, and dream recordings in your personal time capsule for the New Year. For grades 5-7. Register online.

Trivia Nite, December 28th, 6:30 pm, Druker Auditorium: Are you a genius at Jeopardy!? A consumer of crossword puzzles? Come join the fun and test your mastery of useful (and useless) information! Players will be challenged with 4 rounds of questions from a variety of categories. Stretch your brain and win great prizes! Come alone or with friends. Refreshments will be provided. Teens and adults welcome. Register online.

3D Printing, December 29th, 1:00 pm, second floor Computer Center: Learn how 3D printing works by designing your own three-dimensional creation! For grades 5-7. Register online.

Techcycled Jewelry, December 29th, 3:00 pm, second floor Computer Center: Transform old computer parts into jewelry! You’ll be giving new life to computers parts. Stop by to make something unique. For grades 7 and up. Register online.

Mix & Match Marionettes, December 29th, 7:00 pm, Druker Auditorium: Join this Green Art Workshop where you’ll get creative with a conscience. Participants will tap into their creativity as they Reduce-Reuse-Recycle. In this workshop you’ll forage for found images from calendars, greeting cards, and magazines to find the elements for your assemblage. Play with “cut-up” and collage techniques to create your own one-of-a-kind hybrid dancers. For grades 7-12. Register online.

Belmont World Film Family Festival: January 13th – 16th

Belmont World Film’s 14th Annual Family Festival offers nearly four full days of some of the world’s best films, in English or their native language with subtitles, for children age 3-12 and their families. Many are being screened in the US or on the East Coast for the first time. It might be your only time to see them in New England!

This year’s festival, Where Books Come Alive, features films based mostly on children’s books: from American favorites, including Robert McCloskey’s Make Way for Ducklings, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary, to Johanna Spyri’s Swiss classic, Heidi. There are films about new siblings, friendship in South Korea, Vietnamese immigrants in Germany, Little League Baseball in Uganda, three 12 year-old boys from Brooklyn with a $1.8 million record deal, and so much more!

Aardman’s Creative Director Merlin Crossingham (Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep) is also coming from the UK to talk and sign autographs after a screening of the Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit on opening night and to lead two model making workshops (Shaun the Sheep and Gromit) on Saturday, January 14th (there only a few spots left, so hurry).

Schedule and venues:

Friday, January 13
7:00-9:00 PM Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit + talk and autograph signing with Wallace & Gromit Creative Director Merlin Crossingham. Regent Theater, Arlington

Saturday, January 14
10:00-11:30 AM Aardman Model Making Workshop I: Shaun the Sheep. Belmont Media Center, Belmont
10:30-11:30 AM What’s New from Weston Woods Studios. Studio Cinema, Belmont
12:00-1:00 PM Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Make Way for Ducklings and Other Caldecott Medal Winners. Studio Cinema, Belmont
1:30-2:45 PM Molly Monster with Pat & Mat’s The Vacuum Cleaner. Studio Cinema, Belmont
2:00-3:30 PM Aardman Model Making Workshop II: Gromit. Belmont Media Center, Belmont
3:15-4:45 PM The World of Us. Studio Cinema, Belmont

Sunday, January 15
10:30-11:30 AM Laugh Out Loud with Mo Willems. Studio Cinema, Belmont
12:00-1:15 PM Mr. Frog. Studio Cinema, Belmont
2:00-3:30 PM Fortune Favors the Brave. Regent Theater, Arlington
4:00-5:15 PM Opposite Field + talk with Ugandan Little League Coach Evan Petty. Regent Theater, Arlington

Monday, January 16: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
10:30-11:30 AM Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Brattle Theater, Cambridge
11:45 AM-1:40 PM Heidi. Brattle Theater, Cambridge
2:00-3:45 PM Little Mountain Boy. Brattle Theater, Cambridge
4:00-5:30 PM Breaking a Monster. Brattle Theater, Cambridge

Newton Family & Friends Ski Trip, March 3rd – 5th

Randy Friedman, father of two boys in the Newton schools and  Director of Ski & Travel, an adult ski, sports, and social club in Boston, invites you to join the March 2017 Family Ski Trip.

Bolton Valley is set amidst 5,000 acres of Vermont’s most spectacular Green Mountain vistas with the highest base elevation of any Vermont ski resort. Whether your interest is skiing or snowboarding, telemark or Nordic, backcountry or night skiing or just a relaxing snowshoe in the woods, BV has it all in abundance. Bolton Valley Ski Resort is the perfect location for the entire family.

Trip Includes:
* 2 night’s slopeside lodging at The Inn at Bolton Valley (standard room with 2 queen beds)
* 2-day lift pass
* Daily breakfast buffet
* Saturday night Italian dinner buffet

Cost: $820 for family of 4 (2 adults, 2 children 7-17) in a standard room with 2 queen beds

Adult non-skiers or pass holders may deduct $60 OFF trip price for no lift passes. Child (7-17) non-skiers or pass holders deduct $50 OFF the trip price for no lift passes. Under 4 years old are free, but do not count toward occupancy. 4-6 years old ski free, so deduct $50 for no lift passes needed.

*2 people to a room – $510 (1 adult, 1 child 7-17)
*3 people to a room – $660 (1 adult, 2 child 7-17)
*3 people to a room – $670 (2 adult, 1 child 7-17)
*4 people to a room – $820 (2 adult, 2 child 7-17)

Add $150 for child (7-17) over 4 people in a room
Add $160 for adult (17+) over 4 people in a room

Email Randy at randyhfriedman@gmail.com or call 617-970-3079 for any questions.

Full payment is needed to secure spots.  Make checks out to Seven Travel LLC and mail to Seven Travel LLC; ATTN: Randy Friedman; 7 Parker St; Newton MA 02459. Cancellations before January 13, 2017 are fully refundable. After January 13th, there is NO REFUNDS! Cancellations must be in writing.

IMPORTANT NOTE: ……this is not a chaperoned trip, nor instructions. You must ski with your children or arrange proper care or instruction. Ski school and/or day care are available through Bolton Valley.

For details, pricing, or any questions, contact:

Randy Friedman
7 Travel LLC
randyhfriedman@gmail.com
617-970-3079

NewPAC meeting on December 14th

The next NewPAC meeting will include a presentation on Transition from Elementary to Middle School, with Newton staff members. We will discuss Newton’s citywide programs as well as neighborhood inclusion and support services and will have a panel discussion.

December 14th, 7:30 pm (refreshments and networking starting at 7:15 pm)
Room 210 at the Education Center, 100 Walnut Street

IMPORTANT: Please send an email to rsvp.newtonpac@gmail.com if you plan to attend. Last year this presentation and panel was very crowded, and we may need to move to a bigger room depending on the RSVPs. Please check www.newtonpac.org for any room changes.

Come Join the Parade!!

The Upper Falls neighborhood is having a party to celebrate the re-opening of the Elliot Street Bridge. Everyone, of all ages, is welcome to be in the parade – on one of the floats, in the kazoo choir, carrying one of the giant puppets, wearing one of the giant heads, etc.

If you want to be in the parade, arrive no later than 10:45 to the mill parking lot at the Eliot Street Bridge over the Charles River … or just come and watch the parade. In any case, everyone is urged to bring something loud to bang on – a drum, a pan and a spoon, two metal trash can covers etc.

Giant puppets, giant heads, a real miniature horse, live chickens, an antique fire truck, Santa Claus, kazoo choir, accappella singers, marching band, refreshments – don’t miss it!

December 17th, 11 AM – 12 noon