Please visit the website www.newtonlacrosse.com for more details. Teams and age groups offered this year :
U-9 – Open to 1st & 2nd Graders – Learn to Play
U-11 – Open to 3rd & 4th Graders
U-13 – Open to 5th & 6th Graders
U-15 – Open to 7th & 8th Graders
Select U-13 Sharks- Open to 5th & 6th Graders – Tryout required
Select U-15 Sharks – Open to 7th & 8th Graders – Tryout required
The Newton Schools Foundation appreciates your past support. As year-end is fast approaching please don’t forget to make your annual contribution. Your gift will continue to support innovative teaching and learning across all 22 Newton Public Schools.
In 2013-14, NSF’s goal is to raise $100,000. These funds will build on and enhance district-wide programs to provide for the appropriate space, technology, training and equipment needed to support initiatives and learning environments in areas ranging from science and engineering to literacy and the arts for all of our students.
The Appeal also allows the Foundation to carry out its mission, which is to raise private dollars for public education in Newton. We hope to hit this year’s target of $100,000 with your help and continue to make Newton Public Schools a leader in innovative education.
Your gift has an impact. Please donate by check or online at www.NewtonSchoolsFoundation.org. Thank you for your support!
All gifts postmarked by December 31st are tax deductible on your 2013 tax return.
Happy Holidays from Newton Schools Foundation.
Do you have an older neighbor? Have you ever wondered how they are faring – especially with the cold weather coming on? Newton At Home (NAH) has a Winter Buddy program in which NAH members are matched with a volunteer buddy. The volunteer buddy (that could be YOU) checks-in on their member buddy when they hear that winter weather is coming to make sure that the member is prepared. Then when Mother Nature is paying her snowy, icy cold visits, the volunteer buddy checks-in to be sure that all is well with the member.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer winter buddy, please be in touch with Julie Plaut Mahoney, Coordinator of Volunteers: volcoord@newtonathome.org or call the NAH office: 617-795-2560. Thanks! Please see the website for additional information about Newton at Home www.newtonathome.org.
It may be cold outside but summer is around the corner! Get a head start on planning your teen’s summer by checking out the many interesting local and overnight summer programs listed on TeenLife.com.
Winter vacation is also a great time to do community service! The site lists many local non-profits willing to engage teens as volunteers.
Don’t miss TeenLife’s digital guides (www.teenlife.com/guides) and Life with Teens magazine (www.lifewithteensmag.com)!
Philip Wolfson is a recently retired math teacher with 20 years of experience working with a broad range of students including those who feel stuck, are bored, simply want to improve, struggle with learning disabilities or for whom English is a second language.
His specialty is working with students from grades 5 thru 9. A few of their comments:
“You made it easier to understand math.”
“Working with you was challenging and fun!”
Call or email to set up a free introductory meeting: philwolfson@gmail.com or 617-332-4887
WCT is stil accepting registrations for their Jr. Players program for Pirates of Penzance, and now accepting Kindergarten students! Students in K-2 can perform with the Pirates of Penzance cast and participate in this popular performance based class which meets on Mondays at 3:30 or 4:45 pm.
For more information, visit www.watertownchildrenstheatre.org or call 617-926-ARTS (2787).
Kristi Marsh is the founder of ChooseWiser.com, the author of Little Changes, a breast cancer survivor, and an advocate for safer products. Kristi was a happily married mom of 3 children when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She learned how little she knew about the hidden dangers in her personal care products and she began a journey to become an educated consumer with the help of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, the Environmental Working Group, and the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow. Now she is a nationally celebrated speaker, inspiring others to join the movement for healthier homes and safer communities.
Elizabeth Saunders, Director of Clean Water Action/MA and Coordinator of the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow will join the Q&A. A book signing will follow the program.
January 6th, 7:00 pm
Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St.
Newton North’s award-winning theatre troupe, Theatre Ink, presents: BAD SEED by Maxwell Anderson, from William March’s 1954 novel.
In a small Southern town Little Rhoda Penmark rules the roost. On the surface she is sweet, charming, loved by her parents, and admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling when one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned. Ezra Dulit-Greenberg and Simon Wolfe direct this psychological thriller.
December 11th -14th at 7:30 pm
Little Theatre, Newton North High School 457 Walnut Street, Nortonville
Tickets $7.00 are available on the Theatre Ink website. For questions, please email Adam_Brown <at> Newton <dot> k12 <dot> ma <dot>us
Seven new proposals were submitted in November and requested a total of $4.7 million in CPA funding. The proposals can be reviewed on the CPA website under “Proposals & Projects – Pending.”
Allen House (West Newton) $2 million;
City Archives Strategic Plan $20,000;
City Hall Veterans Wing Historic Artifacts $19,000;
City Hall Accessibility & Acoustics $701,900;
Farlow Park (Newton Corner) $476,780;
Historic Burying Grounds (Newton Centre) $290,207;
Newton Highlands Playground $240,000 design request ($2 million construction request anticipated).
Public Hearings Set for January-February 2014
The public hearing schedule is available on the CPA website, via the “Calendar” link.
For help, contact Program Manager Alice Ingerson at 617.796.1144 or aingerson <at> newtonma <dot> gov.
Space is still available in the Boys & Girls Club’s intramural basketball program for most leagues — ages 6 through grade 8. Click HERE to register.