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Ligerbots Parents’ Night

Newton’s combined high school FIRST Robotics Team, the Ligerbots, will hold a meeting for parents. At the meeting students and coaches on the team will present what the team is, how the team functions, and how the year will progress. They especially invite parents of new team members, as well as parents who think their children might be interested in robotics, business, and design; parents of returning students are also encouraged to attend, meet the coaches, and learn more about the team’s plans for the upcoming year.

October 29th, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Newton North High School Film lecture hall (the room is located to the left of the Tiger Drive entrance of Newton North, right under the staircase)

Newton Family Singers Turns FIVE!

For five years, the Newton Family Singers has brought together family, community and music to entertain and delight audiences in the Greater Boston area. For this special anniversary show, they have chosen their favorite numbers from past seasons by artists such as Pete Seeger, Cat Stevens, Carole King, The Eagles, Sweet Honey in the Rock and others from the American folk tradition. You’ll hear the most crowd-pleasing, and heartfelt songs that will get you clapping, singing, dancing in the aisles, and will remind you of the joy of community singing, and our powerful musical history. For information and tickets, please visit www.newtonfamilysingers.org.

November 16th,  4:00 pm
Seasholes Auditorium at Newton South
140 Brandeis Road

Newton South’s Empty Bowls Event

Ceramic Bowl Sale, Soup for Dinner, & Jazz at Newton South’s Empty Bowls Event:
Buy hand thrown ceramic bowls, and have soup for dinner at NSHS’ Empty Bowls Event. Over 200 bowls, crafted by NSHS ceramics students, will be sold to benefit the Centre Street Food Pantry.

Select one bowl or more, choose from a variety of soups (prepared by NSHS International Cuisine students), bring soup home for dinner, or enjoy it in the cafeteria while listening to the NSHS jazz ensemble. Take a night off from cooking, and help the NSHS community fight hunger one bowl at a time.

Empty Bowls will be followed by the Newton South Fall Music Concert.  Adults: $10.00, Students: $5.00. All proceeds benefit the Centre Street Food Pantry.

November 6th, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Newton South High School Cafeteria

Newton Free Library Youth Services upcoming events/programs

Success Under Stress
October 27th, 7:00-8:30 pm

Join this discussion about how our perceptions of stress affect our health. We’ll also discuss the topic of stress in The Beginning of Everything. Open to teens and adults. Cosponsored by Newton Youth Services and Newton Free Library. www.newtonma.gov/youth or http://www.newtonfreelibrary.net/

Newton Reads Book Discussion
October 30th, 7:00 pm

Please join in an intergenerational discussion of the Newton Reads book, The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider. Star athlete and prom king Ezra Faulkner’s life is irreparably transformed by a tragic accident and the arrival of eccentric new girl Cassidy Thorpe. Community connection, shared information, and discussion are the keys to promoting good mental health. Join us in this cooperative dialogue to be led by Newton teens.

College Athletics Recruitment Process
November 3rd, 7:00 pm

Take control of the college athletic recruitment process. Learn about when to start looking at colleges, how to contact coaches and what to ask them, the recruitment process, and more. This session will be led by Kate Hurd, a former two-year softball captain at Colby College and member of the NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete team, and coach at Newton North High School and Kim Penney, a two-time Boston Globe and Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Coach of the Year, served as varsity girls’ basketball coach at Reading Memorial High School for fifteen years.

School Assignments: How Parents Can Help
November 5th, 7:00 pm

Learn how to avoid some common pitfalls when helping your kids with writing assignments. Professional writing tutor, Jane Hirschhorn will be demonstrating how to help in a way that is productive, respectful, and allows students ownership of their work.  Jane tutored writing at the Mount Ida College Writing Center. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Tufts University. Her children attend Newton public schools.

QPR for Teens and Young Adults
November 6th, 4:00 to 6:00 pm

Our community has been affected by suicide. Newton Cares: Coalition for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health is working diligently to train as many people as possible in the suicide prevention technique called QPR – Question, Persuade, Refer. The more people who know how to act, the more lives may be saved. Please consider being trained.

Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) teaches ordinary citizens how to recognize a mental health emergency and how to get a person at risk the help they need. Participants will learn how to: Recognize the warning signs of suicide, offer hope, and get help & refer.

This upcoming training is specifically being held for teens and young adults. Please check the website for other upcoming training dates. Cosponsored by Newton Youth Services and Newton Free Library. www.newtonma.gov/youth or http://www.newtonfreelibrary.net/

Please register at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QPRNov6

Teen Depression Workshop
November 12th, 7:00 – 8:15 pm

Learn how to recognize depression in teens and how to help by attending the Teen Depression Workshop from Families for Depression Awareness. The training covers what teen depression is, what are behaviors of concern, how to talk to teens about depression, what are treatment options, where to get help, and what to do if a teen refuses help. This event is cosponsored by Newton Cares: Coalition for Suicide Prevention & Mental Health. Sponsored by Newton Cares: Coalition for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health, Newton Youth Services and Newton Free Library. www.newtonma.gov/newtoncares or www.newtonma.gov/youth or http://www.newtonfreelibrary.net/

Programs held in the Druker Auditorium,  Newton Free Library

Career and Life Coaching

Where are you needing more clarity in your life? Coaching is a thoughtful and fun process to help empower you to work toward your personal and professional goals.  Deb Elbaum is a certified coach who works with motivated professionals in person or over the phone. Contact Deb for a complimentary coaching session at Deb@DebElbaum.com or 617-213-0858.

The Etiquette Academy of New England

Improving social and communication skills, projecting confidence, combating shyness, strengthening self-esteem and leadership skills, navigating friendships, resolving conflict, understanding social cues, basic manners and table manners, and more. Open Enrollment at: www.theetiquetteacademy.org

  • Mind Your Manners: Beyond Please and Thank You
    {Grades 2-4} 10:00 –  11:00 am
  • Etiquette for Middle Schoolers: Peer Pressure and Beyond
    {Grades 5-8} 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
  • Etiquette for Young Adults: Social Skills for the Real World
    {Grades 9-12} 4:00 – 5:30 pm

For more information call 617-608-3920 or email admin@theetiquetteacademy.org. Classes held on Saturdays, January 10th to March 14th, (no classes  2/14 or 2/21)

Chungdahm ReadWrite
1254 Chestnut Street

Halloween candy buy-back

Instead of eating all that Halloween candy, trade it in for awesome toys, books and art supplies at Green Planet Kids in Newton Highlands!

Children ages 2 – 12 are invited to bring in One Pound or more of fresh, packaged candy in exchange for a $5.00 Gift Card to Green Planet Kids! (One Gift Card per child. Child must be present, and accompanied by an adult). Candy will be sent to overseas military troops.

Bring in your candy during store hours November 1st through November 7th.

22 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands
617-332-7841

Singing from the Heart of Harmony

Explore the heart of harmony singing by ear through learning novel and exciting ways to listen. Discover how to create your own harmonies by listening to the rich overtones of crystal singing bowls, chanting together, learning to hear chords, singing in parts, and developing your own harmony paths.  No music theory will be used–it’s truly all by ear and heart!

Instructors: Jan Maier, BSN, MPH,  harmony workshop leader and Joan Caplan, LICSW,  choral conductor, chant leader, crystal singing bowl artist, singer, vocal coach and writer.

Registration: Please reserve your spot in advance, as space is limited. Send requests for reservations or any inquiries to Jan Maier at jemsong@comcast.net. Sliding scale $65-80; sponsored by Vocal Arts Collaborative, a non-profit with the mission to build community through singing.

November 1st, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sue Robbins’ Third Life Studio, 33 Union Square, Somerville

From Safety Officer Dawn Fleming:

I have witnessed parents making U-turns directly in front of the school, pulling into resident driveways to turn around disregarding the child that is walking on the sidewalk. Using the Blue Zone as a personal parking space showing a lack of consideration for other students and parents, double-parking and letting their child or children out of the car into the street instead of letting them out onto the sidewalk.

All of these types of unsafe driving behaviors are being done on a daily basis, defeating the purpose of the Blue Zone and the ability for a safe environment for your child. When you drop your child off/pick up at school, remember it is your responsibility to keep your child and others safe. Parents want to watch their child enter the school and drive away knowing their child’s in the safe environment, what some parents fail to think about is the way they drive away, making a U-turn or driving with excessive speed to work. All it takes is one time for you to hit a child and your life and your family’s life will change dramatically. No one would ever want to hit a child but with the current unsafe driving behavior it can happen to anyone!

The Newton Police Department employs 58 crossing guards for all 15 Elementary Schools, which is more than most cities in Massachusetts. Dropping your child off at school and letting him/her walk across the street without using the crossing guard defeats the purpose of having them there for your child’s safety. We appreciate that the majority of parents are friendly and treat our crossing guards with respect but unfortunately some of our crossing guards have reported that parents have used profanity and have been very disrespectful towards them.

We try to maintain as many crossing posts as required by the number of children crossing with our guards. If the guards are not being utilized that post may be eliminated.
Please remember to drive safely for the well being of all children attending our schools.
Thank you for your cooperation in this very important matter.

3D Animation Academy

Newton Animation & Video’s 3D Animation Academy for Kids next session starts on November 17th. Classes for grades 4 to 6 will be held on Mondays from 3:30 – 5:15 pm and for grade 6 and higher from 6:30 – 8:15 pm. These beginner classes will be pre-requisites for certain intermediate and advanced level courses set to begin in January 2015. Parents are encouraged to read reviews from current students and their parents on the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/NewtonAnimations and watch this promotional video

Newton Animations & Video also runs the Children’s News Network   www.childrensnewsnetwork.com which provides 100% commercial free news and current events video for kids…with video content from the Associated Press.

Any parents interested in enrolling their children in our class can visit our website at www.newtonanimations.com or call us at 781-708-1255.