Category Archives: Summer

Summer Camp 101: Educational Forum for Parents, Feb. 26

Enrolling your child at day camp or overnight camp is a significant and sometimes complicated decision. This informational evening will assist families who are exploring camping options for their children. It is neither a sales pitch, nor a camp fair, but a unique opportunity for parents to hear from experts in the field.

Camp 101: An Educational Forum for Parents
Wednesday, February 26th
7:00 to 8:30 PM
Zervas Elementary School

A local camp referral agent and four camp owners and directors, representing a day camp and girls, boys, and co-ed overnight camps, will participate. In addition to answering your questions, this diverse panel will address a broad range of topics including:

• benefits of camping
• types of camps available & differences between them
• practical strategies for matching your child to the right camp
• ways to assess your child’s readiness for camp
• questions to ask a camp’s owners and directors
• how camps extend and enrich the work going on in schools

Summer Camp 101: An Educational Forum for Parents

Enrolling your child at day camp or overnight camp is a significant and sometimes complicated decision. This informational evening will assist families who are exploring camping options for their children. It is neither a sales pitch, nor a camp fair, but a unique opportunity for parents to hear from experts in the field.

A local camp referral agent and four camp owners and directors, representing a day camp and girls, boys, and co-ed overnight camps, will participate. In addition to answering your questions, this diverse panel will address a broad range of topics including:

• benefits of camping
• types of camps available & differences between them
• practical strategies for matching your child to the right camp
• ways to assess your child’s readiness for camp
• questions to ask a camp’s owners and directors
• how camps extend and enrich the work going on in schools

Sponsored by the Zervas Elementary School P.T.O.
February 26th, 7:00 to 8:30 pm
Zervas Elementary School
30 Beethoven Avenue, Waban

Newton Youth Players Summer Program

Budding actors and actresses in Newton can still join the cast of “Annie”. The popular resident youth theatre program, Newton Youth Players, has a few openings for the summer production of “Annie”. Directed by Melissa Bernstein, the morning theatre program gives children an opportunity to be part of a summer stock experience. Young actors entering grades 2 through 6 spend their mornings with professionals who specialize in drama, music, scenery design and choreography. This fun-filled three and a half week program culminates in a wonderful musical production. For more information and to register, visit www.newtonyouthplayers.com

Engineering and Logic Summer Camp

Join for a week of intellectual and engaging activities! Participate in engineering challenges, collaborate on science experiments, play strategy games, solve puzzles, create stunning origami and learn how to make balloon animals.

The older students will be learning 3D modeling software and will get an introduction to programming. Program includes field trips to museums and playground time. Take a look at pictures from last year on the website www.engagingmath.org/summercamp or call 617-975-0268.

Open House: February 9th and March 16th, 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Newton Community Farm Summer Classes for Youth

Programs for Pre-school through Grade 9 – Now enrolling !!

Looking for fun filled, hands on, educational classes for this summer? Then look no further! Newton Community Farm has an exciting array of programs for all ages that focus on being outdoors and the growing of food.

Farm Sprouts – Pre-school and Kindergarten
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, 10:00 – 11:00 am,  week of June 16th – week of August 25th. Meets weekly choose your day.

Little Diggers – Students entering Grades 1 and 2
Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 12:30 pm,  week of July 7th and Aug 4th
1 week sessions

Farmer in Training – Students entering Grades 3 – 5
Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 12:30 pm, week of July 7th – week of Aug 25th.
1 week sessions

Socially Aware Young Farmers – Students entering Grades 6 – 9.
Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 12:30 pm, week of July 14th and July 21st.
1 week sessions

For more information and registration details please visit the website at www.newtoncommunityfarm.org/education.  (No classes the week of July 4th.)

Newton Community Farm
303 Nahanton St, Newton

Teen Summer Program Expo

Newton South High School again hosts the annual Teen Summer Program Expo on February 3rd in the cafeteria. Admission is free.

If your teenager needs an enriching and rewarding summer experience, don’t miss this great opportunity to meet personally with directors of more than 80 of the best summer programs in both the U.S. and abroad. There is a wide variety of programs in locations all over the world and at every budget level, including academic enrichment, adventure travel, community service, environmental and ecology, internships, intensive sport instruction, language immersion, arts/theatre/music, college prep and gap year programs.

The Expo can help you efficiently cut through the overwhelming amount of information online and make an informed decision about programming, safety, and supervision. Bring friends if your kids want to find a program together! For more information contact Laura@CampSourceNetwork.com or call 617-244-3316.

February 3rd from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Newton South High School cafeteria
Snow date will be Tuesday, February 4

NewtonPAC Open Board Meeting

NewtonPAC is holding a special open board meeting next week with Dr. Judy Levin-Charns, Paula Black and Maura Tynes to talk about Extended School Year (ESY) summer services for the 2014 summer season. Many parents are making decisions about summer camp now and interested in finding out what programs NPS will offer. The results of the survey done last summer on the 2013 ESY services will also be discussed.

January 16th 9:30-10:30 am
Room 217. Education Center
100 Walnut Street

Bid and Save Money with Countryside PTO’s Online Summer Camp Auction

Countryside Elementary PTO’s 2nd annual online summer camp auction runs  January 13th, 10 a.m. – January 24th, 10 p.m.

Go to www.32auctions.com/csidecampauction2014 and bid on sessions from some of the Newton area’s best day and overnight camps. From general day camps to specialty and sports camp, you can find a great fit for your child. Last year, people won camp sessions at substantial discounts. Now you can give your child a fantastic summer experience and save money!

Sessions are available from:
Beaver (Brookline, MA), Meadowbrook (Weston, MA), Camp Cody (in the White Mountains, NH), LINX (Wellesley, MA), Rivers Day Camp (Weston, MA), Boston College Rec Day Camp (Chestnut Hill, MA), Hale Day Camp (Westwood, MA), Everwood (Sharon, MA), Dedham Country Day Camp (Dedham, MA), Babson Sports Camp (Wellesley, MA), Brimmer and May Summer Programs (Chestnut Hill, MA), Wildwood Camp, Mass Audubon (Lincoln, MA)
Broadmoor Day Camp, Mass Audubon (Natick, MA)

All proceeds benefit Countryside Elementary PTO. For more information, contact Abby Schwartz (abby.m.schwartz@gmail.com) or Gena Hooper (genakhoo@gmail.com).

Angier Online Auction Closeout Sale!

Amazing deals on summer camps and classes – less than half price! The 2013 Angier Online Auction is now officially closed, but there are still a few great items left over, so, before they close out completely, they are offering them for sale one last time at a steep discount. Don’t miss out on this opportunity for huge savings! Please click here to view the list of available items.

All the items will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis at the price listed – no bidding, just a great deal. Please contact angierauction@gmail.com if you would like to purchase any of these items or if you would like more information about them.

New Online Resources for Parents with Teens

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)!