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Opera Camp: How to Create an Opera

VOICES Boston and Boston Lyric Opera are offering Opera Camp to singers entering 3rd-8th grade in the 2018-2019 school year.

Learn to create your own musical and try each step along the way! Write your own lyrics and songs. Create sets, costumes, and props. Rehearse and perform your world premiere. Play theater games, act, sing, draw, design and more!

Cost: $500.00 for currently enrolled VOICES Boston Student, $600.00 for non-VOICES Boston Student. $100.00 deposit to register. Registration Deadline: May 31, 2018

Click here to register: http://www.voicesboston.org/join-voices/blo-summer-opera-camp/
For more information, contact Kalee at kburrows@voicesboston.org

Newton Family February Ski Vacation to the Alps

Newton dad, Randy Friedman, of Seven Travel has lined up a family ski vacation to the Alps over February school break. Come join other Newton families and friends as you head to Innsbruck, Austria February 15-22, 2019!

Great skiing, scenery, sightseeing, shopping and much more. Skiers and non-skiers alike will have a blast visiting this historic cultural Capital of the Tirol.

Click http://www.seventravel.org/ and go to Trips.

Science Department Open House

You are invited to the Newton South Science Department Open House. This event will include a wide range of displays of student work in science and engineering as well as student speakers. Please click here for flyer: http://newtonptocouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/ScienceOpenHouse2018.docx

May 31st,  3:30 – 6:30 pm
Newton South, Cutler and Wheeler Science area

Looking for programs for your kids for this summer?

Send them to Newton Community Farm to learn about farming, healthy cooking, and have a great time digging in the dirt, and being outside at Kids at the Farm: Summer 2018,“ a place to dig, learn and grow”.

Experience the beauty and bounty of Newton Community Farm and give summer a whole new meaning! Dig, plant, weed and water. Harvest farm fresh produce and prepare delicious snacks. Feed the chickens, collect eggs and explore the world through the lens of farming and food.

Learn more about the programs: http://newtoncommunityfarm.org/education/summer-summer-programs/

Calling all runners, joggers and walkers!

Come for the run, stay for the fun!

We encourage parents and children to sign up for the Newton Highlands Village Day 5K. It’s a low-key, family-friendly run starting and ending at the Hyde Center in Newton Highlands. Many kids from elementary school to high school run their first 5K at this event which is such a great accomplishment. (It’s also fun to watch kids trying to out sprint their parents at the finish!)

Village Day in the Highlands follows at 11:00 am with all sorts of great activities — from bands to food to booths, face painting and more. Registration is $30.00 per adult, $15.00 per child.

Register online by clicking this link: villageday5k.racewire.com. Online registrations before May 28th are guaranteed a t-shirt in their requested size. Contact Maureen Oates at villageday5k@gmail.com if you have any questions! Happy run!

June 10th,  10:00 am
Hyde Center, Newton Highlands

Summer Camp with Einstein’s Workshop

Come visit the staff of Einstein’s Workshop at the Newton PMC Kids Ride and Waban Village Day to learn more about their summer camp options at Zervas Elementary.

They’ll be on hand for fun activities with the kids and to answer questions about camp classes on Minecraft, Robotics, Coding, and Making & Inventing. They have summer programs in Newton for children entering grades K-6 with half day and full day options available. Students will have the benefit of a highly-rated classroom experience as well as access to indoor and outdoor playspace.

For more information or to register, please see www.einsteinsworkshop.com/summer-camp.

May 20th
Waban Village Day
Newton PMC Kids Ride

Newton’s 1st Annual PorchFest

PorchFest is an afternoon of free music performed outside of people’s homes. Over 100 cities across the country hold PorchFests. Now Newton is holding one too, starting in Auburndale, with hopes the event spreads to include more Newton villages next year.
Click here for the the block schedule and here is a map with bands and locations
This is an all-ages event!

Over 60 musical acts (dancers and storytellers too) are scheduled to perform. There’ll be a diverse line up of local talent from country to pop, classical, reggae, blues, rock, jazz, Latin, R&B, and more.

Bring a chair or a blanket and appreciate music performed on a unique venue, the front porch, (driveways and lawns too!) Parking is available on the Comm. Ave carriage lane, the municipal lot behind The Village Bank, the lot at the Cove, and around Lasell College. Please be mindful of the narrow streets; strolling is the name of the game.

June 2nd, 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm

Auburndale PorchFest is affiliated with the Newton Community Pride and pleased to be part of Newton Festival of the Arts, Spring 2018. Printed versions of Newton’s PorchFest Official Schedule & Map will be available around town in early May.

Understanding the Jewish – Cancer Connection

You’re invited to the Oneinforty symposium provided to educate the community about Ashkenazi Jews’ one-in-forty risk of inheriting a BRCA gene mutation. People who have a BRCA mutation are at high risk for developing ovarian, prostate and male and female breast cancer that, in many cases, can be prevented or detected early.

Come learn about genetic counseling, screening for BRCA mutations, misconceptions about hereditary cancer, how BRCA-positive individuals can manage their risk of developing cancer, emotional support resources available for you and your family and the new BRCA Founder Outreach (BFOR) Study being conducted by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Jewish cancer survivors who have a BRCA gene mutation will also share their stories. Following presentations by each of the panelists listed below, there will be a Q&A session.

This symposium is free-of-charge and open to the general public. Kosher refreshments will be served. Follow the link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/knowledge-is-empowering-understanding-the-jewish-cancer-connection-tickets-42474258651

Questions? Please contact Lauren Corduck at 617-823-3630 or laurenc@oneinforty.org

May 23rd, 7:00 pm
Temple Beth Elohim, 10 Bethel Road, Wellesley

Amy H. Comander, MD
Medical Director, Auerbach Breast Center
Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Lauren Corduck
Founder & Executive Director
Oneinforty
BRCA+ ovarian cancer patient

Kimberly DeLeonardis, MS, CGC
Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Camila Gabriel, MS
Senior Research Project Manager, BRCA Founder Outreach (BFOR) Study
Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Whitfield B. Growdon, MD
Center for Gynecologic Oncology
Massachusetts General Hospital

Debbi Shamon, LICSW
In private practice in Boston, MA

Presented by Oneinforty, a nonprofit organization that raises awareness of the one-in-forty risk to Ashkenazi Jews of inheriting BRCA gene mutations and provides the support individuals and families need to effectively manage their cancer risk.

 

Spanish Language Tutor available

Newton parent and experienced Spanish teacher, certified and  licensed in
grades 5-12, and fluent in Spanish provides tailored, expert tutoring that can:

  • Help your child finish the 4 th quarter strong
  • Give your child targeted summertime practice and the opportunity for catch-up or
    advancement for September
  • All levels of grammar, literature, conversation, writing

Contact Libby Sands at libby@libbysands.com or 617-256-4780.

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week

This is Teacher Appreciation Week! If you want to do something special for your child’s teacher or other staff this year, consider the Newton Schools Foundation’s Honor Thy Teacher program. Make a $25.00 donation (or any amount) to the foundation in the teacher’s name. Notifications will be sent to each teacher honored, as well as to Principals and the Superintendent. In addition, their names will appear in a special announcement in the Newton TAB.

Look for a flyer in your child’s backpack or in your mailbox if you have children in the upper grades. To donate online and to find out more about the programs NSF funds, go to www.newtonschoolsfoundation.org.

Donations are tax-deductible and go toward programs enhancing educational excellence, including valuable professional development opportunities for teachers, initiatives to close the achievement gap, and a wealth of new curricula and learning opportunities for elementary, middle and high school students.

May 7th – 11th is Teacher Appreciation Week