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Do you have a child between the ages of 14-17?

A scientific team (consisting of a research assistant and a researcher/clinical psychologist) at McLean Hospital is investigating brain network activity and emotion regulation in teens. They are recruiting healthy teens, and also teens who have been feeling depressed or down. Your teen may be eligible!

Teens will answer questions about their thoughts and feelings. Teens will also undergo an fMRI brain scan. Parent permission is required.

The team is hoping to better understand depression and what factors may put some adolescents more at risk for developing depressive symptoms. For more information, please contact Dr. Emily Belleau at 617-855-4245 or ebelleau@mclean.harvard.edu.

See postcard for information: Postcard

Music Lessons and More

Registration at The Conservatory is now open! Sign up for the best music lessons with the kindest, most patient teachers around.

The Conservatory offers private music lessons on many instruments, including: piano, voice, violin, viola, cello, guitar, drums, bass, saxophone, flute, clarinet, trombone, baritone, oboe, ukulele, and even harmonica! Sign up for rock bands, which meet weekly; or try out our state-of-the-art recording studio with audio production lessons and more!

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. Stop in and check them out at 51 Winchester Street, Newton Highlands.

For more information visit www.highlandsconservatory.com or e-mail info@highlandsconservatory.com with any questions.

Sign Up Here (no commitment necessary)  or call 617-903-0944

Worried about the high cost of college?

Want to hear about options for obtaining quality education for lower cost? Come learn about Study Abroad opportunities at Lund University, Sweden!

Megan Grindlay of Lund University, Sweden will present study opportunities (taught in English) and the application process towards the University. If you are interested in looking into obtaining a higher degree at a lower cost compared to American universities, please sign up at https://www.meetup.com/College-Abroad/events/254469566/

September 15th, 10:00 am
Collegewise Greater Boston
1185 Washington Street, Newton

Call Y3K Tutor in your home today

When schoolwork goes the wrong way!

With many years of experience in teaching and educational consulting they have developed the right way to motivate, the right way to teach, be understood, and be remembered.  Y3K tutors special education such as ADD, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, executive function, and gifted as well as regular education and test preparation.   In addition to academic subjects, we 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.

In-home Academic Coaching

Next Level Up is celebrating their 10th year of motivating students in Newton to become the best version of themselves. The experienced academic coaches can help with subjects ranging from all levels of Math, to Writing and Reading, to Physics or Chemistry. With an eye on the future, their processed based, individualized approach will also improve students’ organizational, time management, and study skills. Additionally, Next Level Up provides the undervalued sense of perspective to all of their students.

Email info@nextleveluptutoring.com for call 781-540-1123 for a free initial meeting. Visit www.nextleveluptutoring.com​ for more information.

Common App essay coaching

Recently graduated from Harvard College, Isabel Alexander is available to coach high school seniors in writing their Common App essays this fall. She loves stories — not just those in books, but those we keep inside us; ones that inform the way we make connections and experience the world.

Putting these stories on paper, though, can be daunting — especially when you have to fit your life story into 650 words that aren’t too simple, too pretentious, or (worse yet) cliché.  To boot, the Common App essay seems to beg for a single life narrative.  What if you don’t have one?

Whether you have a solid draft of your college essay or no clue where to begin, she’ll help you brainstorm ways to tell your personal story — the unconventional way.

Credentials include:

  • Highest score (5) on AP English Language and Composition test
  • Perfect score (800) on SAT Writing section

For more about Isabel, visit https://www.isabelalexander.org or email mailto:isabelalexander@college.harvard.edu

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Mayor Fuller will be hosting the 3rd annual ceremonial flag raising at Newton City Hall on September 5th at 5:30 pm. See the flyer here: Flag Raising Ceremony

The event often brings forth a great deal of emotion and sense of purpose. You will hear from families, physicians, non-profits and other neighbors who are part of the childhood cancer community. This beautiful and heartfelt event will help elevate all of the efforts to rid the world of this evil disease.

Newton CPC New Art Center Report and 300 Hammond Pond Parkway/Webster Woods Public Hearing

The Newton Community Preservation Committee will meet to hear a report on the New Art Center’s historic preservation plan and hold a public hearing and potential funding vote on $100,000 for professional services related to the preservation of open space at 300 Hammond Pond Parkway/Webster Woods.

The full agenda and pre-meeting materials are online from www.newtonma.gov/cpa. For assistance contact Alice Ingerson at aingerson@newtonma.gov or 617-796-1144.

September 13th, 7:00 pm, City Hall, Room 204
Please note the unusual day of the week

Boy Scouts

Troop 182 invites all youth ages 10 to 17 to their annual Open House.

Troop 182, founded in 1913, has a proud heritage and is one of the longest serving troops in the country. They are sponsored by the Kiwanis Club in Wellesley and serve youth from Wellesley and surrounding communities including Newton.

Troop 182 is a very welcoming boy-led troop that is proud of its more than 120 Eagle Scouts.  They’ll have snacks and beverages, as well as a Q&A session, an introduction to the Troop and its members, and an overview of the activities they participate in at the Open House.

Attendees should RSVP to Paul Hurney at paulmhurney@gmail.com or Nicholas Hurney at nick.hurney@gmail.com.

September 23rd, 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington Street in Wellesley Hills, conveniently located near the intersection of Rt. 9 and Rt. 16.