Category Archives: Community Notes

Newton Little League Youth Baseball Evaluations

Newton Little League will be holding AA evaluations on February 10th at the S.O.A. at Newton North High School. The AA division is made up primarily of players who are league age 9. This will also be the makeup date for AAA evaluations for players that could not attend on January 20th. The AAA division is made up mostly of players who are league age 11 and 10.

This event will be broken into two sessions:

  • Session 1 (6:00 – 7:30pm) will include the following participants:
    All players interested in playing AAA who couldn’t attend the evaluation on January 20th
    All players interested in playing AA with last name starting A-K
  • Session 2 (7:30 – 9:00 pm) will include the following participants:
    All players interested in playing AA with last name starting L-Z

Please plan on arriving at least 15 minutes before the session start time to register.

Newton Little League serves players who reside within or attend private or public schools within the boundaries of Ward, Underwood, Lincoln-Eliot, Horace Mann, Peirce, Cabot, Burr, Franklin, Williams elementary schools.

Little League Age Ranges for 2018
Little League 11 – born between September 1, 2006 and August 31, 2007
Little League 10 – born between September 1, 2007 and August 31, 2008
Little League 9 – born between September 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009

Please register your child prior to the evaluation on the league website:
www.newtonllbaseball.org

Register by April 1st for Kindergarten Soccer spring season

For 25 years, Kindergarten Soccer has been introducing children to soccer in a fun and non-competitive environment where girls and boys develop friendships, learn teamwork and gain confidence. Kids play Saturday mornings at Oak Hill Middle School, April 28th-June 16th.

Pre-K League: for Newton children who will enter kindergarten in Fall 2018
Kindergarten League: for current Newton kindergartners (2017-2018)

Join in and meet other families in your neighborhood! Kindergarten Soccer is a program of the Zervas Elementary PTO since 1993. For more information and for online registration, please visit www.KindergartenSoccer.org.

Private Tutoring Available!

With hundreds of hours of experience tutoring students between 5 and 20 years of age, Kyle Pilachowski, originally from Westford, MA, and now a current sophomore at Boston College, understands the importance of education from an early age and loves to work with children to expand their knowledge, recognize their strengths, and grow intellectually. He has tutored in a variety of subjects including mathematics (algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and areas geared toward elementary and middle school levels), science (biology, chemistry, and earth science), foreign language (Spanish), and business (finance and accounting).

Now majoring in finance and accounting at BC with a 3.9+ GPA while participating in several extracurriculars, Kyle feels a sense of pride watching students grow and learn, achieve academic successes, and gain self-confidence. To connect with him for availability and rates, please contact him via phone at 978-799-8765 or email at pilachok@bc.edu.

Kumon Math and Reading Success

Parents of four Newton Public School alums, Jane Chiong, Ed.D. and Winston Chiong, Ph.D. are the teachers/owners of your local Kumon Center.

They teach young ones from Pre K-12th grade to read, write and do arithmetic. For more information, visit  http://www.newtonkumon.com/ and contact Jane and Winston at 617-244-9540 for a free testing/orientation.

Registration at The Conservatory at Highlands now open!

Happy New Year Everyone! The Conservatory at Highlands had an amazing 2017 filled with open mic nights, performances in the community, rock bands, recitals, recording sessions and more! They’re looking forward to another great year…

Get on track with that instrument you’ve always wanted to learn…with the kindest, most patient teachers around. The Conservatory offers private music lessons in many instruments, including piano, voice, violin, viola, cello, guitar, drums, bass, saxophone, flute, clarinet, trombone, baritone, oboe, ukulele, harmonica and many more. Sign up for rock bands, which meet weekly; or try out the state-of-the-art recording studio with audio production lessons and more!

Sign up for the best music lessons with the best teachers:
Sign Up Here (no commitment necessary) or call 617-903-0944.

It’s also the time of year to start signing up for summer programs! Summer sessions are interactive rock band or chamber group experiences that include playing together in a band, recording in the recording studio, music theory and much more.
Summer Session Rock Bands and Strings Week Sign Up

Feel free to e-mail info@highlandsconservatory.com or visit www.highlandsconservatory.com with any questions.

The Conservatory at Highlands is locally owned and operated and offers a 21st-century music education that is equally inclusive and challenging taught by the best musicians in Boston. The Conservatory is your community music school, where we can all learn and develop the craft of music together. Stop in and check out their cool space at 51 Winchester Street, Newton Highlands.

Newton Girls Softball registration information

Register soon (by January 31st to save $15.00) for Newton Girls Softball, a recreational league for Newton girls in grades K-7. For information and to register, visit www.newtongirlssoftball.org.

NGS welcomes players of all skill levels and will provide your daughter with an experience that fosters positive self-esteem, team spirit, and individual growth through personal achievement and as a team member. Kindergarten T-Ball continues this year. Register now, you’ll be glad you did!

2018 Registration Dates:
January 31st: Deadline to register without paying a late fee.
February 28th: Deadline to register with guaranteed placement and pair-me-with rights. A $15 late fee will be applied.
February 28th: Last day to withdraw and receive a full refund. Sorry, no refunds after this date.
March 1st – April 15th: Still accepting registrations. Player is placed on the wait list, no pair-me-with rights, and a $15 late fee. Openings filled on a first come, first served basis.

Newton Theatre Company presents “Ethan Frome”

Directed by Melissa Bernstein, Edith Wharton’s  “Ethan Frome” gets a reboot in this tender, fluid production that finally gives these well-known characters a chance to speak their minds.

Ethan’s struggle between his obligation to his wife, Zeena, and his love for another has never been more poignant; nor have the voices of the female characters or of the townsfolk ever been as vibrant.

Tickets available online at www.newtontheatrecompany.com $18.00 adults/$12.00 Seniors/$8.00 Students or at the Door: $20.00 Adults/$15.00 Seniors/$10.0 Students

February 1st and 2nd and 3rd, 7:30 pm
February 4th, 2:00 pm

Newton Cultural Center at City Hall
1000 Commonwealth Avenue

Watertown Children’s Theatre presents

“Dracula” – Tickets on Sale NOW! Purchase Online!
Performances February 2nd and 3rd, 7:00 pm and February 4th, 1:00 pm

“Arsenic and Old Lace” – Tickets on Sale NOW! Purchase Online!
Performances February 9th and 10th, 7:00 pm and February 11th, 1:00 pm

Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal Street, Watertown


Reserve your Audition Slot NOW for “Assassins”!

Now scheduling auditions for the spring musical, “Assassins”, for grades 9-12. Please note that this is an audition based program. To schedule an audition, email production.wct@mosesianarts.org.

Positive and fun tutoring available

Former Wellesley Public Schools teacher who is currently working at Winchester Public Schools and MassBay Community College, Haralie Alpert, tutors K-5th grade in reading, writing and math and also works with middle school, high school and college age students in executive functioning, writing, note taking, organizational skills, test preparation, and self-advocacy.

Each lesson is a positive and fun learning experience. Please contact Haralie Alpert, M.Ed., MS at haralie@gmail.com or 617-630-0608.

Mason-Rice Online Auction

The Mason-Rice Elementary School PTO’s annual online auction is now open for bidding! The auction will run through January 30th, with proceeds going to the Mason-Rice PTO in order to support the over 500 students at Newton’s largest elementary school.

Go to www.biddingforgood.com/masonrice!

The auction truly has something for everyone…

  • Summer Camps! Camp Cody, WSYMCA, BC Basketball Camp, Chestnut Hill School, BSC Wellesley, Grossman, Tenacre, Fessenden, Meadowbrook, Babson…
  • Fitness classes (rock climbing, rowing, bootcamp, yoga, etc.), Life Time Athletic passes, Beaver Day School pool membership, Orangetheory Fitness passes, pilates for teens, gymnastics birthday parties…
  • Hotel Indigo overnight stay, museum passes (ICA, Peabody Essex, deCordova, etc.), theater tickets, boat tours, opera tickets, Newton Police Department tour, Wachusett ski lift tickets…
  • Gift cards to many local stores and restaurants…and SO MUCH MORE!

Let the bidding begin!