Join the fun! Registration is open for the 17th year of the Halloween Window Painting Contest.
Last year, 500 children painted on 180 participating merchant windows in 6 Newton villages. The paintings were spooky, funny, creepy and very colorful! Newton children in grades 3 – 8 can register for their own window at www.newtoncommunitypride.org
October 29th (Raindate October 30th)
Newton Cares in collaboration with Historic Newton invites you to learn a suicide prevention training called QPR, Question, Persuade, Refer.
It’s an evidence based, simple technique that offers everyone strategies and approaches to responding to someone experiencing distress and information about how to get the expert help required.
To register and for more information visit www.newtonma.gov/newtoncares.
September 27th, 9:30 – 11:30 am
Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds, 286 Waverley Avenue
The Newton Parent Advisory Council for Special Education invites parents to join the first meeting of the new school year. This will be a great opportunity to meet our new Assistant Superintendent for Student Services, Karen Shmukler. She will speak about her background and philosophy, and there will be time for questions and answers.
Everyone is welcome. All PAC meetings are open to the public. For questions, please contact: info@newtonpac.org
September 28th, 7:30 pm (Light refreshments served at 7:15 pm)
Room 210, the Education Center, 100 Walnut St
Parents are invited to explore Bowen Cooperative Nursery School during their Open House. The event will include an opportunity to meet the instructors and for families to sample some of the fun and engaging activities offered by the school. No reservations are needed for the Open House. For more information about Bowen Cooperative Nursery School and an application form, please visit the school’s website at www.BowenCoop.org or call 617-332-3923. Applications will be accepted September 30th at 7:00 am.
Open House September 28th, 7:00 -8:00 pm
96 Otis Street, Newtonville
Are you a parent of a 7-14 year old child who appears sad, withdrawn, or irritable? Your child may be eligible to participate in Coping Options for Positive Emotion (COPE).
COPE is a treatment research study for child depression funded by the National Institutes of Health. COPE includes therapy that focuses on coping skills. COPE is free of charge and compensation is provided for interviews and parking. COPE is part of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at MGH.
Additional information can be found on the Massachusetts General Hospital website http://clinicaltrials.partners.org/trials.aspx?tId=6279 or by phone at 617-643-7821.
Dikla Eckshtain, PhD can also be reached at deckshtain@mgh.harvard.edu.
Are you a healthy female between 10-21 years old? Interested in the relationship between the brain, hormones and appetite? You could be eligible to participate in an MRI study investigating that very relationship.
This MGH study includes one screening visit to confirm eligibility and three morning visits which will include a meal, questionnaires, blood draws and two MRI scans. Visits are spread over 18 months. In order to be eligible, participants must be willing to not take oral contraceptives (birth control pills).
If you are eligible, you can receive up to $550 for completing the study. Local transportation and parking costs will be reimbursed. Fill out the survey here: https://redcap.partners.org/redcap/surveys/?s=vXBQ2peXoD or contact anebrainstudy@partners.org for more information.
All items on the Newton Community Preservation Committee’s agenda for October 6th at 7:00 pm are committee business, including reviews of online reports and updating proposal instructions. New proposals received in the Fy17 annual funding round will be distributed but will not be discussed at this meeting. Public hearings on these proposals will be held on November 3rd and, if needed to accommodate additional proposals, on November 17th.
For additional information, see www.newtonma.gov/cpa or contact Program Manager Alice Ingerson at 617-796-1144 or aingerson@newtonma.gov.
Newton City Hall, Room 204
This is a great way to recycle and reuse items that you no longer need or want but are still useful for someone else. Please view the flyer here: Swap Day.
Do you believe that all children have the right to be “Safe, Strong and Free”? Join a dynamic task force of trained volunteer CAP Prevention Specialists committed to teaching children in the Newton Elementary Schools the skills that they would need to stand up for themselves if faced with verbal, physical or sexual assault.
Now accepting applications for the 2016-2017 schoolyear. CORI and SORI screenings required. For more information please visit the website at http://familyaccess.org/family-support/child- assault-prevention/ or email Gail Sommer gsommer@familyaccess.org
Multi-session training begins on October 15th
Application deadline is October 7th
19 Continuing Education Credits available for licensed MSW’s
Join Newton’s Health and Human Services Department at the West Suburban YMCA for a FREE OPEN HOUSE filled with classes, programs, and activities geared towards older adults in Newton! Workshops will be offered throughout the course of the day.
Refreshments will be served, a raffle with prizes will be held, and a swing band will perform. Transportation is available.
If you know a friend, neighbor, family or community member who may benefit from this experience, please help spread the word and share the details of this event! For more information, please call 617-796-1660.
October 19th, 9:30 am – 2:00 pm
West Suburban YMCA