Former Brookline and Concord teacher with 25 years experience in grades
PreK-12 is available to support students in elementary, middle and high school academic subjects, study, and organizational skills. Certified Reading and Executive Functioning specialist. Excellent parent and professional references.
Please contact Cynthia Carpenter at 978-952-8871 or cscarp@gmail.com.
ActiveMinds Tutoring, LLC: Your source for in-home tutoring. Effective, personalized and convenient. All grades/all subjects, including test preparation. Sign your child up today for academic success! Call 617- 227-2225 or email info@activemindstutoring.com. Please visit the website at www.activemindstutoring.com.
When schoolwork goes the wrong way!
Their many years of experience in teaching and educational consulting has developed the right way to motivate, the right way to teach, be understood, and be remembered. Y3K tutors special ed. such as ADD, ADHD, Asperger’s, Autism, Executive Function, and gifted, regular ed. and test preparation. In addition to academic subjects, they teach children organizational skills, homework coaching, study skills, and time management.
All subjects and ages are taught. Parents can now receive 25% off the first lesson. Call 781-492-8700 or visit http://www.Y3KTutorInYourHome.com.
Start the Holiday Season off with a cheerful evening of song, hot chocolate and fun! Sing-along with the Stacey Peasley Band – an award-winning band whose music is joyful and playful – as they play your favorite holiday songs. Then, enjoy some hot chocolate courtesy of PhysicianOne Urgent Care, or tea from David’s Tea, and delicious snack bars donated by KIND, as you watch a “Rockettes” performance by Creative Dance Steps Studio.
All of this excitement builds up to the Grande Finale of Mayor Setti Warren flipping the switch that turns the grounds into a twinkling winterland! Please bring a donation for Newton’s Food Pantries. For more information, visit www.newtoncommunitypride.org or call 617-796-1540.
December 1st, 6:00 pm
Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue
The Newton North business students are working on a new, fundraising project: Newtonopoly. Newtonopoly will be similar to the famous board game, but it will represent many local businesses in and around Newton, such as Wegmans, Legal Sea Food, and The Village Bank. The Newtonopoly team has been hard at work preparing for the release, and is happy to announce they are ready to take pre-orders! As a special promotion, if you pre-order, you will receive FREE shipping.
You can pre-order the game with this link: http://newtonnorthschoolstore.com/products/newtonopoly
Winter Programs
Registration for Winter Programs at the Y opens on December 12th for West Suburban YMCA Members and December 16th for Non-members. Programs begin in early January and run through the end of February, including:
· Swimming Lessons for all ages including Parent & Child classes
· Aquatics Fitness Classes
· Sports Leagues and Classes
· Child Care & Sports School Vacation Programs
· Karate
· Music Lessons & Creative Arts Programs
· Personal Training and Small Group Training – including a winter weight loss challenge called “Resolutions”
Visit wsymca.org to register online or stop by the Y’s Welcome Center at 276 Church Street, Newton.
WSBL Men’s Basketball League
A new 10-week season for one of the best adult basketball leagues around begins at the end of the year. Sign up to play as a team or a free agent in our Recreational League (Monday nights) or two Competitive Leagues (Wednesday or Thursday nights).
League includes 10-week regular season plus post-season playoffs, certified officials, online statistics and team jerseys. For more information, contact Cindy Brown, League Coordinator, at cindyb@wsymca.org.
Financial Assistance is always available for Y Memberships and Programs
The West Suburban YMCA is a non-profit charitable organization and it is their mission to never turn anyone away due to an inability to pay. Please contact the Membership Department at 617-244-6050 x3653 for financial assistance with membership or program participation.
Celebrate Newton is Newton Community Education’s annual juried holiday craft fair. Shop locally this holiday season and support more than 50 local artisans selling jewelry, clothing, accessories, pottery, jams, chocolates, soaps, olive oils, cutting boards, greeting cards, and more. The fair will feature many popular artists who return year after year, as well as several new artists.
Come and make a day of it! Food will be available for purchase, and live performances by local musicians will provide a festive backdrop for your holiday shopping. There will even be a staffed arts and crafts room where kids can be entertained while you shop.
Admission $3; kids under 12, free. Net proceeds will benefit Newton Community Education’s scholarship fund. For information, including information about the exhibitors, visit celebratenewton.com.
December 4th, 10:0 am – 4:00 pm
Newton South High School
Most of us have fleeting ideas of what we want for our families. But they remain just that: fleeting. It’s hard to take time to step back and be intentional when we are busy taking care of our kids, working, driving carpools and attending to other people in our lives.
Creating a Vision Board is a way to bring your family together to share your family values as well as your individual interests. You will discover things about yourselves and each other in a totally new ways. If you have already begun to think about being a mindful parent, this is a wonderful way to take another step towards being intentional about your parenting and your life.
You can expect:
Fee is $59 – all materials provided, but you are welcome to bring additional photos, magazines, or images you may wish to use. This workshop is appropriate for parents and their children – ages 5 and up. Space is limited to 8 families, so sign up quickly*. Sign up:
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=208968&stype=-8&sVT=32&sView=day&sLoc=0
Instructor Amy Behrens, M.Ed. is a certified parent coach and educator. Learn more about Amy at http://www.amybehrens.com/
December 4th, 1:30-3:30 pm
Artemis Yoga, 639 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown
*If you don’t get into this one, you can also register for another Family Vision Board workshop at the same location and time on Sunday, January 29th.
December 8th Agenda:
Jackson Road New Senior Housing (Newton Corner), Newton Housing Authority request for off-cycle consideration)
Newton Homebuyer Assistance Program (discussion about possible restructuring)
236 Auburn Street (Auburndale), CAN-DO pre-proposal for affordable housing and historic preservation)
Echo Bridge Historic Railing (Newton Upper Falls and Needham), MWRA pre-proposal for historic reconstruction
The full agenda and pre-meeting packet are available on the program website, www.newtonma.gov, under Committees & Meetings – Current CPC Meetings .
MEETING FORMAT: Please note that no public hearings or funding votes are scheduled at this meeting. The CPC uses pre-proposal discussions to determine whether and when it will consider each project’s full proposal, and to advise project sponsors. For each full proposal it agrees to consider, the Committee then holds a public hearing before voting on whether to recommend funding to the Newton City Council.
December 8th, 7:00 pm
Room 204, Newton City Hall
Media and the Mind
Join an interactive workshop designed to help you understand the effects of media on the brain, learn ways to set limits on media use, and know what to focus on to keep your children happy, self-aware, and healthy. Session Fee is $20, half of which goes to benefit the Waban Library Center. Instructor: Amy Behrens, M.Ed., certified parent coach and educator. Learn more about Amy at http://www.amybehrens.com/
To RSVP and get the signup sheet, please email Amy at amy@amybehrens.com or follow this link: http://www.wabanlibrarycenter.org/parent-coaching-sessions-at-wlc/.
December 13th, 7:30-9:30 pm
Waban Library Center
1608 Beacon Street, Waban