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Join the Newton Family Singers on May 7th as we perform our favorite, family-friendly songs from throughout Springsteen’s career at our next concert: “Land of Hope and Dreams: The Music of Bruce Springsteen”.
The concert is at 4:00pm May 7th at Temple Beth Avodah, 45 Puddingstone Ln, Newton, MA. Tickets on sale now at the NFS website.
There are several kids from our Newton schools that will be performing at this event, singing songs from Bruce Springsteen. https://www.newtonfamilysingers.org/events.html
This season, we’re partnering with Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast,
a Newton based nonprofit providing donor milk to medically fragile infants
in hospital NICUs. The milk bank also provides donor milk to families in
our community who need a safe short-term feeding supplement for their
newborn. Show your support for premature and medically fragile babies by
donating to Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast, and learn more about them at the show.
Celebrate bike month and join others in Newton and across Massachusetts by walking, riding, or rolling to school on Wednesday, May 3!
Bigelow Counseling Department is back with another family learning opportunity. This time, we hope to educate you all about our English Language Learner population, and how we can best support them as members of our school community.
Please join us for this family educational event on Thursday, May 4th at 1:00 pm at Bigelow; you may RSVP here or via the image below.
Bigelow needs you on Sunday, May 7th to help reinvigorate the green areas around the school for NewtonSERVES 2023! It will be a fun day! The event will be open between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm. Drop in anytime and stay as long as you want. Every minute of your time helps!
The volunteer registration deadline is Wednesday May 3rd. Please register now through the following link: Newton Serves Volunteer Registration
All Bigelow families, friends, and neighbors are welcome to help. Please bring water and gardening gloves and tools (if you have them). Thank you!
All are invited to the GELF Fundraising Dinner on Saturday April 29th at 6:30pm at the Wilson Chapel. It will be a fun night celebrating international travel experiences with families who share the same passion. The evening also highlights food from local restaurants, performance by Newton South Jazz Band, as well as stories from former GELF recipients and NPS administrators. With your participation, we’ll be able to provide financial aid for more students to go on future trips.
Tickets are selling fast, and please get yours HERE.
About GELF The Jennifer Price Global Education Leadership Fund (GELF) ensures equitable access for students to participate in Newton Public Schools international education experiences by providing need-based global education financial aid to students whose families cannot afford the cost. GELF opens international doors to students, many of whom have not left the United States, some of whom have never been on a plane and none of whom would be able to participate in these programs without financial aid.
Sat, May 6, 3-4:30, JCC
At this challenging time of escalating antisemitism, join us to celebrate the enduring power of Jewish composers.
Delight in the music of the Jewish composers Felix Mendelssohn, Ernest Bloch, and George Gershwin. Performing the works are Border Colleagues, a collaboration of three virtuosic musicians from Canada, Spain, and US who connect across geographic boundaries to celebrate music-making together.
Tickets: https://www.bostonjcc.org/calendar/honoring-jewish-composers-a-musical-celebration-with-border-coleagues/
Welcome Baby is throwing an epic Birthday Bash to celebrate all of our little ones! Enjoy an interactive musical performance with Evan Haller from Music at the Blissful. Boost your spirits with snuggles from baby animals in the petting zoo. Birthday treats provided for all. Smoothies and bowls available for purchase from the Norwood Juice Bar truck. Please bring a NEW board book to be donated to Birthday Wishes! This event is open to any family with a child 0-2 years old, siblings welcome!
Tickets: https://www.bostonjcc.org/calendar/welcome-baby-birthday-bash/
Grab the whole family and join us for some of the BEST live theatre in the Greater Boston Area. TheatreworksUSA Presents The Pout Pout Fish, a new musical featuring whimsical puppets and live performers. This colorful adaptation of The New York Times bestseller is directed and designed by the acclaimed puppeteers of Acheson Walsh Studios. Great for families with children 3-8 years!
Purchase tickets: https://www.bostonjcc.org/calendar/magic-ark-presents-the-pout-pout-fish/
SEPAC is co-hosting an event with the Newton PTOC (Parent Teacher Organization
Council), FORJ (Families Organizing for Racial Justice), and ELPAC (English Learners Parent
Advisory Council). The event will be held at the Angier Elementary School cafeteria for those who are
able to attend in-person 7:30-9pm and over Zoom:
HTTPS://US02WEB.ZOOM.US/J/83085228831
MEETING ID: 830 8522 8831
We’ll first hear a presentation from Dr. Tessa Charlesworth, a researcher at Harvard who studies how
and why beliefs and attitudes about different social groups can change. Her presentation will
provide an overview of bias in society with respect to various social groups and explore what
research tells us are the best interventions to shift the biases of a society, organization, and
individual. Q&A and then a community discussion to follow.
