Galit’s Treats with Love offers Israeli homemade pastries such as Challah bread & rolls, rugelach, burekas, jam, cakes & cookies. Gluten free and vegan pastries are also available.
Order online and pick up every Friday 2:00 – 4:00 pm at the Shuman Center @ 675 Sawmill Brook Pkwy, Newton. Walk ins are welcome- depending on merchandise availability. www.galitstreatswithlove.com.
Need a tutor so your student gets off to a good start with chemistry and stays on track throughout the year? The Chem Coach is for you. She is passionate about chemistry and has a degree in chemistry, teaching and industrial experience. Her daughters graduated from South, so she knows the school and wants students to like learning science! Please contact Jean Lindsay-Dwyer at 617-584-8885 or TheChemCoach@gmail.com .
Trivia Nite @ the Library, October 1st, 6:30 pm, Druker Auditorium: Are you a genius at Jeopardy!? A consumer of crossword puzzles? Come test your mastery of useful (and useless) information at our first ever Trivia Night! Some of your favorite library staff will challenge players with 4 rounds of questions from a variety of categories. Stretch your brain and win great prizes! Solo players and teams up to 6 are welcome. Refreshments will be provided. Teens and families welcome. Register online.
Helping Your Child Navigate Life after High School, October 6th, 7:00 pm, Druker Auditorium: Help your child navigate the challenging landscape of life after high school. Nanci Ginty Butler, LICSW, Assistant Director, School and Community Services at Riverside Community Care and Heather Byrns, LMHC, Clinical Supervisor, MSPP INTERFACE Referral Service at Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP) will facilitate. Intended for parents. Sponsored by Newton Youth Services.
Linux for Teens, October 14th, 21st, 28th and November 4th and 18th, 7:00 pm, third floor Rear Arc: This series, for grades 6-12, is an introduction to GNU/Linux operating system. It will cover: the UNIX shell, creating a document, networking, email and encryption, operating system components (memory management, the file system, devices, the kernel), etc. In addition, the class will address the free software philosophy, privacy and data security concerns, and ways to protect personal data and other sensitive information. Assignments will include programming which takes advantages of the operating system features. Register online.
With less than one month until the Municipal Election on November 3rd, the three Area Councils of Ward 5 are jumping into the electoral season on October 4th and producing the first candidate showcase event since the preliminary election.
With 39 candidates to be introduced to the voting public in seven citywide races, the three Councils (Newton Highlands, Newton Upper Falls and Waban) have determined that two events would be necessary to manage the logistics of this unusually large program properly. Consequently, there will be two sessions, both on the same day, designed to bring all the candidates running in Newton’s contested citywide races into public view.
On Sunday, October 4th from 2:00 – 4:30pm the first session will convene at the Hyde Community Center, 90 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands, and will feature introductions and questions for the 22 candidates running for the Charter Review Commission. This session will be moderated by Gloria Gavris, a retired lawyer and lobbyist and the recent author of E is for Election Day, a book for young readers that encourages children‘s interest in electoral politics. Attendees may submit written questions on cards that will be provided.
Later that same day, the second part of this showcase will feature the candidates for Aldermen-at-Large from Wards 2, 3, 5 and 8 and the School Committee candidates from Wards 2 and 5, all of whom are running in citywide contested races. This second event will be held from 7:00 – 9:30pm at the Woman’s Club of Newton Highlands, 72 Columbus St., Newton Highlands. The moderator for this session will be Marjorie Arons-Barron, President of Barron Associates Worldwide, a communications consultancy, and a distinguished print and broadcast journalist, recipient of Emmys and national awards for excellence as editorial director of WCVB-TV, Channel 5. Questions will be taken from the audience.
This is the second time that the Ward 5 Area Councils have sponsored a Candidates’ Showcase. These contested races are citywide and voters in every Ward have a stake in their outcome and can vote for the candidates of their choice in all of them. Meet the candidates and take your measure of them to inform your vote on November 3rd.
Are you someone that believes that all children have the right to be “Safe, Strong and Free?” If so, then join the dynamic team of trained CAP volunteers who are committed to teaching children in the Newton Elementary Schools the skills that they would need to stand up for themselves if faced with a situation involving verbal, physical or sexual assault.
Now accepting applications for the 2015-2016 school year. The next multi-session training begins on October 17th. For more information please visit the website at http://familyaccess.org/family-support/child-assault-prevention/ or email Gail Sommer at gsommer@familyaccess.org.
19 Continuing Education Credits available for MSW’s.
NewtonSTEM.org is a clearinghouse for information relevant to building Newton students’ interest and abilities in Science/Tech/Engineering/Math, both in and outside of school. Now in its fifth year, NewtonSTEM publishes announcements about STEM achievements, events, opportunities, and resources for Newton students, parents, and teachers.
The NewtonSTEM newsletter is emailed every week during the school year. You can sign up here, and you can unsubscribe at any time. For more information, email info@newtonstem.org.
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
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.
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.
Newtonville Village Day will be held on September 27th. For more information, please click here Newtonville Village Day.