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Talking with Your Child About Their Diagnoses/Disabilities

Rescheduled from original date of January 8th, feauturing presenters:

  • Dot Lucci, M.Ed., CAGS, program director at MGH Aspire
  • Daniel Almeida, Ph.D., BCBA-D, NPS District Supervisor of Applied Behavior Analysis Services
  • Andrew D. Aspel, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, Licensed School Psychologist, Newton South High School
  • Kathleen Browning, M.S.Sp., C.C.C., M.Ed., NPS Coordinator of Speech, Language and Hearing Services
  • Lynn Chachkes, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, Licensed School Psychologist, NPS Countryside School
  • Alison Mountford, Psy.D., NPS Coordinator of Therapeutic Services

Light refreshments and networking begin at 7:15 pm, presentation will start at 7:30 pm.

Please RSVP to Eileen.sandberg.newtonpac@gmail.com if you are planning to attend. In the event of a cancellation, information will be posted on http://www.newtonpac.org.

March 24th, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Ed Center
100 Walnut St, Room 210

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How To Get What You Want

How To Get What You Want: Effective Negotiating Strategies

Featuring special guest Barbara Bates, Organizational Effectiveness Consultant.
She will discuss effective negotiation strategies and facilitate small group, interactive negotiating exercises. Please join at the Waban Library. Presented by The Newton Network. Please RSVP at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080f4aadad2fa57-negotiations

March 25th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm

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Tribute to the Beatles

The Newton Family Singers celebrate the Beatles as only an intergenerational chorus can! They are complete with a rockin’ band to sing along with and you already know all the words! From the quiet idealism of Imagine, to the rousing optimism of All You Need is Love, the music of the Beatles holds a special place in our hearts, remaining fresh and meaningful to each generation that discovers it.

NFS Tribute to the Beatles will play on the stage of the Newton South High School Auditorium on March 29th at 4:00 pm. Tickets can be purchased online now at www.newtonfamilysingers.org.

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Finalists Face Off

Newton Has Talent Finalists Face Off

Come see some of Newton’s best-kept artistic secrets at the third annual Newton Has Talent contest at 1:30 pm on Sunday, March 29th at the Newton North High School auditorium. The event is sponsored by the Newton Rotary Club.

The top 10 finishers of the contest’s first round earlier this month will compete for first, second and third place— and $1,750 worth of prize money. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students and children (children under 5 are free) and may be purchased online at www.newtonhastalent.com until the morning of the event and at the door. Newton Has Talent’s premier sponsor is Village Bank.

March 29th
Newton North High School Auditorium

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Why So Early: A Community Forum

Why So Early: A Community Forum
The Impact of Early High School Start Times on Teens

Can’t wake up your teen? Tired of grumpy, groggy kids? Concerned about the impact of limited sleep on your student? Come learn why inadequate sleep in adolescents has become a national conversation.

On April 7th from 7:00 to 8:30 pm at Newton South, the Newton South School Council is sponsoring a community forum to initiate a conversation regarding the benefits of increasing adolescent sleep through a later high school start time.

You will be joined by Dr. Judith Owens, Director of Sleep Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and an internationally recognized authority on pediatric sleep and the neurobehavioral and health consequences of sleep problems in children. Dr. Owens was the lead author of the American Academy of Pediatrics 2014 Policy Statement supporting a later start time for middle and high schools. Dr. Owens will speak on her research and the implications of inadequate sleep on adolescents.

In addition to Dr. Owens, you will hear from students on the results of a student survey, as well as faculty and council members on what they have learned from other communities regarding the decision and process that resulted in changing their school start time. We welcome your participation in the conversation and input into how to consider this in Newton.

If you are unable to come, but would like more information about the School Council’s work to date, please contact schoolcouncil.nshs@gmail.com.

April 7th, 7:00 – 8:30 pm

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Newton Community Preservation Committee

  • Angino Farm Barn Report March 31st
  • Home buyer Assistance Public Hearing April 9th

The CPC meeting on March 31st, starting at 7:30 pm (later than usual) in City Hall Room 204 includes a final report on renovations to the barn at Angino Farm, plus committee business.

On April 9, the CPC will hold a public hearing on a proposal for $1,057,000 in additional funding for the Newton Home buyer Assistance Program. This new proposal is online from “Proposals & Projects” on the program website, www.newtonma.gov/cpa. Contact Proram Manager Alice E. Ingerson at 617-796-1144 or aingerson@newtonma.gov.

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Acoustic Newton Coffeehouse

Hosted by the Barbara Cassidy Band, Featured performers: Pesky J. Nixon
Bombastic yet brilliant, these boys from New England exude a genuine musical authenticity and mirth on stages up and down the East Coast. Drawing influences from contemporary urban balladeers, rowdy southern bluegrass, and the sardonic yet wry wit of New England’s localized folk scenes, Pesky J. Nixon (PJN) creates an atmosphere both inviting and challenging for audiences.

Tickets: http://www.newtoncommunitypride.org/acoustic_newton.html
Band website: http://www.peskyjnixon.com/

April 11th, 7:00 pm
Newton Cultural Center at City Hall
1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton

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Help provide fresh food to local families!

The Centre Street Food Pantry is looking for a driver with a cargo van or small box truck to meet them at the Greater Boston Food Bank on Tuesday mornings. It could be weekly but it doesn’t have to be. It takes about two hours and they have lots of volunteers ready to do the heavy lifting.  Please email centrestfoodpantry@gmail.com for additional information.

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On line auction

Mason-Rice Spring Online Auction starts March 18th and runs through March 31st. Find something good for yourself while benefitting Mason-Rice’s 470+ Elementary Students. Get a bargain on one of many camps. Purchase a gift certificate for a local restaurant or business, or a gift card for a fitness class or membership. Pick up sports or theatre tickets or sports memorabilia including a signed Gronkowski Pattriots jersey.

Check out this auction for these interesting items and many more at: https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/auctionhome.action?auctionId=22615578

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Attention Middle School Parents

OPEN HOUSE FOR HIGHLANDS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM

The Newton Highlands After-School Program, just for middle school children is hosting an Open House event for interested families. This is a terrific opportunity for parents of 5th graders to learn more about the program as they plan for the next school year. Please come and see the wonderful space that is their home base.

For more information please contact: Rochelle Acker at 617-999-4617 or highlandsafterschool@gmail.com or visit highlandsafterschool.org

March 31st, 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Brigham House
20 Hartford Street, Newton Highlands

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