Category Archives: Sports

Earn Dollars for Newton Schools

Enter a Fall competition to earn donations to five local schools. Earn points for your team by attending sessions, burning calories, and bringing new friends to Cardio High. Each school will receive a donation and the top team will earn a bonus donation.

You can also win free classes, sweatshirts, and gift cards through special challenges.

Not associated with any school? No problem. They’ll assign you to a team, so you can compete and be eligible for the challenges.

The five schools eligible to win donations include:
1.Williams Elementary School
2.Burr Elementary School
3.Angier Elementary School
4.Newton North High School
5.Newton South High School

Ready to join the competition?
Reply to this email with “IN” and name the team you wish to join. If you don’t have a team preference, reply with “IN + assign me” and we will assign you to a team.

Ways to earn points:

  • Check-in to Cardio High on Facebook = 10 points per check-in
  • Tag Cardio High in a post on Facebook or Instagram = 10 points per post
  • Attend a session = 20 points for men/40 points for women
  • Burn calories = points equal to 10% of calories burned during a Cardio High session
  • Refer a new friend to Cardio High = 100 points per friend referred
  • Run in the Paddy’s 5k Road Race wearing a Cardio High t-shirt. T-shirt provided = 100 points

Empowerment Self-Defense for girls in grades 6-8

Girls, get the tools you need to stand up to harassment, bullying, and violence, and discover your power in this supportive environment. You’ll engage in skill-building activities, and group discussion on assertiveness, boundary-setting, and verbal and physical defense and learn strategies like how to speak up, state your needs, and advocate for yourself in a variety of situations.

Fee is $149.00 Register online at newtoncommunityed.org or by phone at 617-559-6999.

Five Tuesdays, October 16th – November 13th, 2:00 – 3:30pm
Day Middle School

Help wanted

Parent volunteers are needed to assist with Newton’s beloved Halloween Window Painting Contest.  Volunteers will collect vendor/store release forms for a few hours during September and October, and also tape up banners on October 25th & 26th on store windows so students know where to paint.

This is a very easy, fun and flexible way to get in your steps and make Halloween spook-tacular for all Newton kids!  Email Lori Lass at lorilass@gmail.com or call 617-332-9694 if you can help.

Donate to the Centre Street Food Pantry and help them reach the goal!

On September 23rd, the Centre Street Food Pantry will participate in The Ride for Food.  It is their biggest community fundraiser, and the money raised allows them to provide hundreds of families in Newton and  surrounding communities with food and other basic necessities.

Please consider donating to the CSFP team to support the riders and help them reach their goal of $25,000.

Here’s the link https://ride.threesquaresne.org/team/166463 m  or donate at www.centrestfoodpantry.org

Basketball & Multi-Sports Clinic

Basketball & Multi-Sports Clinic @ Williams Elementary School with Be Ahead of the Game.

This combined series of basketball and multi-sports clinics will introduce a variety of sports and the basic skills needed to play them along with an emphasis on basketball. Sports include soccer, floor hockey, dodgeball, volleyball, and other traditional and non-traditional games, in addition to basketball. Cooperation and teamwork will be the focus, rather than the competition of the games. Your child will learn proper warm-up games and stretching before introducing new sports, their rules and tactics. This is a great way to get in some late day exercise, have fun, and play many types of games, as well as get ready for the upcoming basketball season.

Thursdays, October 4th – November 15th
6:00 – 7:00 pm, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grades
7:00 – 8:00 pm,  3rd, 4th and 5th Grades

Register Online by September 15th to get the early bird rate of $135.00, thereafter $145.00. Eventbrite registration fees apply.

Open to children from ALL schools.

Kids’ free yoga class at Open House

Have your child try a yoga class during the upcoming open house.. Classes are tailored by age group and taught by well-known educator and yoga instructor, Tracy Affonso, former Newton Public School teacher.

Open House:  September 19th, see times below
Artemis Yoga, 639 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown

Please sign up in advance at this link or call 617-393-3590.

Session is September 19th to December 19th, fee is $169.00 or a weekly drop-in is $15.00, space permitting.

K-Grade 2 (age 5-7),  Wednesdays, 3:30 – 4:15 pm
Grade 3-5 (age 8-10) – Wednesdays,  4:30 – 5:30 pm

Open House and free yoga class for Middle School students

Middle School students are invited to join a free yoga class during the upcoming open house. Specifically geared for busy middle schoolers, this class is a welcome respite and a space to learn how yoga can both build strength of body and mind in a supportive, fun environment. Class is taught by Amy Hrobak, a popular yoga instructor and an experienced middle school counselor (LICSW).

Open House: September 20th, 4:00 pm
Artemis Yoga, 639 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown  Please sign up in advance at this link or call 617-393-3590.

Session is September 20th to December 20th,  Grades 5 – 8 (age 11-14) on  Thursdays, 4:00 – 5:00 pm, fee of $169.00 or a weekly drop-in for $15.00 is available space permitting.

NCE Kids classes at Oak Hill this Fall

Looking for an affordable, conveniently located, after-school activity for your child? Newton Community Education is offering the following classes at Oak Hill this fall:

Archery (Tuesdays grades 3-8)
Chess for Middle Schoolers (Tuesdays grades 6-8)

Click Here for more information about classes being offered at Oak Hill this fall.

NCE offers many other weekday afternoon classes like Fencing, Archery, Flag Football, Babysitting Safety/CPR and more at other nearby Newton Schools, as well as classes for middle and high schoolers. And don’t forget about the adult classes!!

Visit newtoncommunityed.org for a complete listing of the kids and adult fall classes. You can register for classes online or by calling 617-559-6999.

All That Jazz Dance Studio registration now open

All That Jazz Dance Studio is still accepting registration for the 2018-2019 school year. They specialize in building self-esteem and creating a warm, supportive and nurturing environment for all children as they learn the art of dance. The studio is excited to be entering their 21st year of operations and Director Miss Deb Lifson Vogel is a Newton native and currently has children in the Newton Public Schools.

Please call 617-641-0784 today to find out more information or to register or email  missdeb@allthatjazznewton.com.  Visit the website www.allthatjazznewton.com

Open House Dates:  August 30th, 5:30-7:00 pm,  September 5th, 6:00-7:30 pm,  September 6th,  4:30-6:00 pm, and September 9th, 1:00-2:30 pm