Fall Tree Tour at Newton Cemetery

Newton Cemetery arborist Robert Reardon will guide a tour showcasing the interesting variety of trees and their true colors. The tour will take place rain or shine. Comfortable walking shoes, water, a camera and plenty of questions are recommended.

The tour will last approximately 90 minutes. Meet just inside the main gate in front of the office. Parking is available along the cemetery road or in the chapel parking lot. Free and open to all. For more information, call 617-332-0047.

October 17th,  1:00 pm
Newton Cemetery
791 Walnut Street, Newton

Newton Youth Hockey’s Learn to Skate and Learn to Play programs

Registration is now open.

Learn to Skate  This program is intended for kids who are new to skating or need further work on skating basics. The focus is on having fun while teaching them through games and other activities. They work on getting up, balancing, pushing, gliding and stopping. There is one practice per week. NYH runs two 9 week sessions. The first session starts November 21st at Daly Rink.

Register online: http://assn.la/Reg/?r=4:98927

Learn to Play  This is the introduction to hockey program. Participants need the full complement of hockey pads. The program will build on skating skills, and introduce hockey stops, cross overs, more advanced balancing, stick use and puck handling, etc. Kids are placed into the program based on their birth year. From there, they are assigned teams and will continue with those same teams for the whole season. The program will run for 18 weeks and starts in November.

Register online: http://assn.la/Reg/?r=4:95428

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Aidan Chavez, a sophomore at Harvard, is reaching out on behalf of the Leadership Institute at Harvard College. They are an organization on Harvard’s campus that consists completely of undergraduate students devoted to leadership training and development. Your students are invited to apply to the Third Annual Forum for Leadership Initiatives (FLI) Conference at Harvard University.

Here are some key details about the conference.
● Aimed at high school juniors, seniors and sophomores
● 8:00 am – 5:00 pm conference on Saturday, November 14th at Harvard’s campus
● Structured with workshops and panels for leadership in careers such as business, medicine, politics and technology
● Opportunity to network with and get advice on the college admissions process from Harvard students
● Apply at http://bit.ly/harvardFLI

For additional information, please email Aidan at aidanchavez@college.harvard.edu.

Online High School Tutoring for all levels of Math, Science, SAT and ACT

An NYU Dental Student with an electrical engineering background and more than fifteen years of tutoring experience will help your child not only to improve academically, but also to become confident, and enjoy math and sciences the way she does. She has extensive experience with Newton high school students and would happily provide reference from that area if need be.

Please visit the website to learn more http://azadehzadmehr.wix.com/azi-tutoring.

Soup and Supper Stroll – Please consider hosting

Please consider hosting  a dinner (or the appetizer or dessert party) at our 7th Annual Soup and Supper Stroll – Saturday, November 14.  Have a specialty dish?  Share it with other Bigelow parents / guardians and teachers.  We are looking for people to serve Soup and Supper to groups of 6 or more adults in their homes.  This evening is a really great way to meet other Bigelow parents and one of the Bigelow community’s favorite events.

The evening starts with appetizers at a Bigelow family’s home with everyone attending the “Stroll”.  Here you will find out the name and address of your Soup and Supper host and learn who the other guests are at your supper venue.  After supper, we will reconvene at a surprise location for coffee and dessert.

More information on sign-up will follow in October.

Interested in hosting?

– want to host but don’t want to cook?  – want to cook but not at your house?

All this is possible – please contact us and we will help you make it happen!  Dinner hosts just need to provide soup and a supper dish – no need to make appetizers and desserts.  Thank you!!!!

Contact:  Carolyn Judge at  carolyncjudge@yahoo.com   or Jessica Gilmartin at jessiekgilmartin@gmail.com  Thank you in advance for your support!!

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Creative Arts and Sciences (CASC) Update

Crocodile River Music’s “TRINIDAD 2 TIMBUKTU” is coming to Bigelow on October 7th! 
Trinidad 2 Timbuktu is an interactive musical-geography lesson for students of all ages. Expert musicians take the audience on a journey of thousands of miles and hundreds of years. It begins in Africa, with the music and rhythms that originated there in tribal and ritual drumming. From there, we travel around the world, exploring the calypso, reggae, flamenco, Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban music and dance styles that have blossomed from these African musical roots.  Our musicians will introduce listeners to native instruments and the various languages that mark each genre. They will demonstrate how regional dialects have found their way into the original African language of rhythm and song. Through lecture and discussion, song and dance performance, and opportunities for audience participation, this program invites listeners to see how our very wide world is, in some ways, a very small one indeed.
This program (and many others) is made possible by the Creative Arts and Sciences Committee, funded by your PTO contributions.

Friday Mega Night! Special Volunteer and Social Event at Cradles to Crayons for Middle Schoolers Only!

On Friday September 25th from 7 PM to 8:30 PM, Cradles to Crayons is hosting a special event just for Middle Schoolers.  The event will include a volunteer session to sort and package donated and new clothing, shoes, books, toys and school supplies for homeless and low income children.  An ice cream sundae social, fun party music, snacks and soft drinks will be provided.  Parents are welcome to drop off their middle schooler and friends, or stay and volunteer with other chaperones.  Attendees are encouraged to bring a new set of winter gloves and hats for a child in need.  Also, donations of gently-worn clothing, shoes, books and toys are always welcome.  Cradles to Crayons is conveniently located at 155 North Beacon Street in Brighton.  Parents can RSVP directly to Megan Collins at mcollins@cradlestocrayons.org or call her at 617-779-4732.  For more information about Cradles to Crayons, please visit their website:www.cradlestocrayons.org.

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Book reading / signing

Luke Reynolds, author of THE LOONEY EXPERIMENT* and a 7th grade English teacher in the public school system in Harvard, MA, will be reading from and signing copies of his middle grade novel.

October 9th, 7:00 pm
The Blue Bunny Bookstore, Dedham, MA

*THE LOONEY EXPERIMENT: Atticus Hobart couldn’t feel lower. He’s an 8th grader who is in love with a girl who doesn’t know he exists, he is the class bully’s personal punching bag, and to top it all off, his dad has just left the family. Into this drama steps Mr. Looney, a 77-year-old substitute English teacher with uncanny insight and a most unconventional approach to teaching. But Atticus soon discovers there’s more to Mr. Looney’s methods than he’d first thought. And as Atticus begins to unlock the truths within his own name, he finds that his hyper-imagination can help him forge his own voice, and maybe—just maybe—discover that the power to face his problems was inside him all along.

Friday Mega Night! Middle Schoolers Only!

Special Volunteer and Social EventL Cradles to Crayons is hosting a special event just for Middle Schoolers. The event will include a volunteer session to sort and package donated and new clothing, shoes, books, toys and school supplies for homeless and low income children. An ice cream sundae social, fun party music, snacks and soft drinks will be provided. Parents are welcome to drop off their middle schooler and friends, or stay and volunteer with other chaperones. Attendees are encouraged to bring a new set of winter gloves and hats for a child in need.

Donations of gently-worn clothing, shoes, books and toys are always welcome. Cradles to Crayons is conveniently located at 155 North Beacon Street in Brighton. Parents can RSVP directly to Megan Collins at mcollins@cradlestocrayons.org or call 617-779-4732. For more information about Cradles to Crayons, please visit the website: www.cradlestocrayons.org.

September 25th, 7:00 pm – 8:30pm