Newton’s CPC will meet on April 30th at 7:15 pm in City Hall Room 209. This agenda includes possible funding votes on Farlow Park (CPA request $476,780) and the Historic Burying Grounds (CPA request $208,007).
For additional information, see www.newtonma.gov/cpa: “Committees & Meetings” for the full agenda, “Proposals & Projects “ for the full text of all proposals. Contact Alice E. Ingerson, Community Preservation Program Manager, aingerson@newtonma.gov or 617-796-1144.
The program takes place at MassBay Community College on our Wellesley Hills campus. This program is offered for Middle School Students (entering grades 7 and 8) and they are still accepting registrations.
The program provides middle school students (entering grades 7 and 8) an engaging and hands on STEM experience. Participating students will use creativity and teamwork to explore outer space. This program will provide middle school students an exciting introduction to various STEM careers and allows them to develop new skills. Students will work on small projects collaboratively to investigate, create, and design information relating to “space”. Students will get to work in our science and technology labs and learn to use Math and Science concepts to solve challenges.
For more information on all of the summer 2014 information please go to: http://www.massbay.edu/summer. To learn more and to register for the STEM Summer program please go to: http://tinyurl.com/middle-stem.
Please sign up to help with NEWTON SERVES!! This year we will be repainting the corridor along the courtyard at Bigelow. If you would like to volunteer for this effort please click here to sign up. Refreshments will be provided!!
Please contact Jacquie Arbuckle at jacquieca1052@gmail.com with any questions.
April 29th is Dining for Dollars Night at Bertucci’s to support the Bigelow 8th grade field trips. Bring the attached flyer to the Newton Corner Bertucci’s at 275 Centre Street and Bigelow will recive 15% of any purchase on April 29th. Join friends and family to eat, socialize and support scholarships for Bigelow Students. Dine-in, take-out, or order delivery. Please forward the attached flyer to local friends, colleagues and family, and post it on social media.
Bigelow Middle School Used Book Sale needs your donations! Students, families and teachers, please leave your gently-used young adult books in one of the boxes in the office. A used book sale will be held during lunch periods in April and May. Hardcover books will cost $1, paperbacks, 2 for $1. Please bring only books appropriate for 6th-8th graders, in good condition, no adult or younger children’s books. This is a great way to clean out your bookshelves and support the 8th grade field trips! Donations will be accepted between April 9th and May 5th.
Please contact Deana Lew at deana_l@yahoo.com with any questions regarding Dining for Dollars or the Book Sale.
Dancers will learn the basic elements of Jazz Dance and Hip Hop set to today’s popular music. Along with dance technique instruction, they will be given the opportunity to creatively express themselves through open ended movement. The class will include stretching exercises, progressions across the floor and sequences of age appropriate choreography that will build week to week.
This fun, lively 45 minute class is offered to students who danced with us last season as well as new students. Ages 3 to 5 yrs. on 6 Fridays, 1:15 pm-2:00 pm , $72.00
Class dates: May 2, 9, 16, 30, June 6,13. To register, please follow the link below:
http://www.wabanlibrarycenter.org/category/classes/
Waban Library Center
1608 Beacon Street, Newton
(Early registration – before May 15 – will get $50 discount)
· Computer camps during private and public school breaks
· Broad exposure to computer science. Hands-on and project-oriented
· April public school break camp (April 21-25)
· Summer camps (June – Aug)
· Kapparate camp tuition qualifies for FSA
· General information about camps: https://www.ktbyte.com/camps#campschedules
· Camp registration: https://www.ktbyte.com/home/register
· Contact: inquiry@KTByte.com or 818-748-8848 for questions
· Projects done by previous campers: http://showcase.kapparate.com/about-showcase/
Kapparate Computer Camp Curriculum
· For elementary students age 9-11:
Learn how to do amazing things with your computer, from creating your own website, making audio/video, and game modding. No computer experience required.
· For middle and high school students age 12 and up:
Students spend the first half of the camp learning computer science and programming topics through projects involving music, video, encryption, games and math. During the second half , students do a project individually or in groups, and make a presentation on the last day of the camp. The best project will be awarded a prize.
Come to Countryside PTO’s extremely popular Acappelooza! It’s a family-friendly
a cappella concert, featuring Canada’s premier professional vocal band, Cadence, the
Union College Eliphalets, along with Newton North High School’s Forte and Newton South High School’s Newtones.
General admission: $12.00, Reserved premium seating: $20.00. Proceeds
benefit the Countryside PTO. Acappelooza always sells out, so get your tickets soon
at www.seatyourself.biz/countrysidepto. Questions? Contact annekalis@yahoo.com.
Friday, May 16th, 7:30 pm
Newton South High School Auditorium
Dirty Boys Composting. Get Dirty. Have Fun.
Do you want to start a home composting pile, but not sure how to begin? Have you started composting but not sure if you are doing it right? Are you looking for a meaningful, at-home project for your children?
Two Newton high school students, Grant Berman and Max MacKenzie, will handle your composting needs, including: compost bin purchase, delivery & installation; compost pile jump start with top notch, Newton-bred, red wiggler worms; one family education session; one compost pile check up; and on-call composting consultation. Annual subscriptions begin at $49.
For more information visit: www.dirtyboyscomposting.com or contact Grant and Max at info@dirtyboyscomposting.com.
Families who shop at the Centre Street Food Pantry can really use help over the summer months. Please consider organizing a food drive at your school, book club, office or neighborhood so the Pantry can keep their shelves well-stocked!
Contact:centrestfoodpantry@gmail.com. Many thanks for your continued support.
Newton’s three food pantries are now accepting donations of diapers and wipes for our families in need. Diapers can be a major expense for families and are not available from family assistance programs like WIC and are not an allowed purchase with SNAP (food stamps).
Please consider donating diapers and wipes along with any items you bring to the food pantries. Our local food pantries are: Centre Street Food Pantry, Newton Food Pantry, and the Arabic Baptist Church. More information on the diaper drive can be found at: www.newtonma.gov/diaperdrive