Music Lessons at The Conservatory at Highlands! 

Winter is in full swing and nothing makes the winter months fly by like playing music! If you’re starting a new instrument, or looking to develop your skills as a musician, The Conservatory is here to help. Locally owned and operated in Newton Highlands. 
Students beginning new instruments in school benefit greatly from private instruction. 
Our teachers are experienced, patient, kind and supportive. We help musicians of any age reach their goals. 

Sign Up/Inquire Here (no commitment necessary)   

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or call/text/e-mail: 617-903-0944  

info@highlandsconservatory.com

The Conservatory offers music lessons on almost all instruments, including: piano, voice, violin, viola, cello, guitar, drums, bass, saxophone, flute, clarinet, trombone, baritone, oboe, ukulele, and even harmonica! Sign up for parent/student lessons, or record in our state-of-the-art recording studio with audio production lessons and more!

more info:

www.highlandsconservatory.com

The Conservatory at Highlands is locally owned and operated and offers a 21st-century music education that is equally inclusive and challenging taught by the best musicians in Boston. The Conservatory is your community music school, where we can all learn and develop the craft of music together. 

51 Winchester Street, Newton Highlands.

Feel free to e-mail info@highlandsconservatory.com with any questions.

Winter Walk, Roll, Bike and Bus Day – Wednesday, Feb. 2 

There’s no such thing as bad weather—only bad clothing! Show your New England resilience by joining classmates and students across Massachusetts in celebrating Winter Walk, Roll, Bike and Bus Day on Wednesday, February the 2nd.


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Opt-in for At-Home COVID Testing

From the NPS COVID Testing Team:

The Newton Public Schools is shifting its testing strategy away from pooled testing (PCR) and toward at-home weekly rapid antigen tests. This new weekly at-home rapid antigen test is for ALL students PreK-12+ (vaccinated and unvaccinated.)

We expect the new testing program to be implemented the week of February 7, 2022. Below is specific information you will need in order for your student to participate in the new at-home testing program:

  • All families need to “opt-in” to this new testing program. The previous consent form will not apply. 
    • Access the Opt-in form through Aspen parent/guardian account: Aspen 
    • Follow these instructions (link) once you are logged into Aspen
  • An at-home rapid antigen tests kit will be distributed at school every other week. Each kit will contain two tests.
  • NPS recommends that all families conduct a rapid test on TUESDAY of each week. 
  • Here are printed instructions (link) for conducting the test at home. Here is a video tutorial (link) on conducting the test. Translations are included.
  • Only positive results need to be reported to the school. You will complete this form (link) to report a positive result. Nurses will provide follow up information to families, including the date for return to school, following a positive test.

In addition to the weekly at-home rapid antigen testing program, we will continue in-school symptomatic testing for students and staff that develop symptoms during the school day. We will discontinue the Test and Stay testing program and contact tracing. Please be vigilant in checking your student for symptoms, conducting the daily health assessment (link), and staying home when sick.

All testing information can be found here: NPS COVID Testing Webpage.

Second Annual Bigelow Virtual Family Night: Saturday February 5th – 7:30

Join the Bigelow PTO Virtual Family Trivia Night!

All ages are invited to join us for the second annual Bigelow PTO Virtual Family Trivia Night!  Emceed on Zoom by local trivia host James Marohn (Games with James), there will be dozens of challenging questions in a variety of general knowledge categories! 

On Saturday, February 5 at 7:30pm, order your dinner from Blue Ribbon BBQ, 20% from the sales during our Trivia Night will go to the Bigelow PTO, meet-up with your teammates, and compete against other teams for the title of “Bigelow Trivia Champs”! This a fun opportunity to socialize with other Bigelow families, teachers and staff, as well as show off some of your random, obscure knowledge!  Plus prizes for the top two teams and to the team with the “Best Bigelow Spirit.”  

All are welcome!  Register your team name and participants by clicking here:   
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDmbiApE9ao9_dtBWtrXQnG_CdbgOZ4EuMCyyCTCNfY_4lqQ/viewform

Bigelow Online Auction Committee Needs You !

The Bigelow PTO annual online auction will kickstart the last week of March 2022. 

If you have some time to spare and want to make a difference in the Bigelow community, we need you! We’re looking for volunteers to reach out to businesses for donations to the auction as well as volunteers to help the Online Auction Committee assist with the auction process.

Kick-start 2022 by volunteering your time to help strengthen our Bigelow Community.  

If you would like to volunteer or have donations, please reach out to Alexia Giannakopoulos at alexiag5@yahoo.com

English Language Parent Advisory Council Meeting: February 3rd, 2022

The English Language Parent Advisory Council will hold its next meeting on Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.

ELPAC supports ELL families districtwide and collaborates with schools and districts to improve the ELL programming. 

Meetings are held every other month. Interpreters and/or same language groups are provided with RSVP by January 31, 2022. The February 3, 2022 meeting topics are: Newton Free Library Resources & ACCESS Testing.

RSVP to the meeting here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdjxQInxlKSYX_TVwVp5Dr6B4jKC0BBOqXxixNPI91VayV5pw/viewform

Once you RSVP, you will be sent a Zoom link to attend the meeting virtually.

Attached please find translated invitations. Email invitations have also been sent to ELL families from the district ELL office.

Click on the image to download the pdf and view the translated invitation.