The Mason Rice 5th graders will be presenting a Haunted House on October 26th from 5:30-8:30 at Mason Rice Elementary School. This is a fundraiser for the 5th grade class and will feature the 5th graders as monsters, ghouls, zombies, and mad scientists. Please come see their efforts and have a frightful tour of their Haunted House!
The cost is $5.00 per person.
BRING YOUR FAMILY THIS WEEKEND! October 5th and 6th, noon-5:00 p.m. Newton residents are invited to enjoy free admission to the museum. Join the family-friendly outdoor festival at the Jackson Homestead. Try weaving wool into cloth, making your own butter, pressing cider, dipping candles, and more! Learn through hands-on activities how Newton families lived in the 1800s. Rain date Sunday October 6.
Other events include:
Saturday, October 5th, 8:30 am-3:30 pm
A GUIDED TOUR OF STAINED GLASS BY CHARLES J. CONNICK
Prominent stained glass artist Charles J. Connick made Newton his home for much of his life, and his work can be found in numerous locations in our city and the Boston area. On the 100th anniversary of the founding of his studio, and in anticipation of our new exhibition at the Jackson Homestead, join Peter Cormack, author of the forthcoming book Arts & Crafts Stained Glass, for a guided tour of local sites that feature work from Connick’s early career. Bus transport will be provided between sites. Take the tour both Saturday and Sunday or just one day. Saturday’s tour will feature multiple Newton sites: the Chapel at Newton Country Day School, the Greek Evangelical Church, Trinity Church, and Second Congregational Church as well as All Saints’ Church in Brookline. Cost is $45 per person Saturday, $25 per person Sunday, $55 for both days. Call 617-244-2659 to register. Organized by the Connick Foundation. Meet at St John’s Church, 297 Lowell Ave, Newtonville.
Sunday, October 6th, 12:30 pm -5:00 pm
A GUIDED TOUR OF STAINED GLASS BY CHARLES J. CONNICK
Prominent stained glass artist Charles J. Connick made Newton his home for much of his life, and his work can be found in numerous locations in our city and the Boston area. On the 100th anniversary of the founding of his studio, and in anticipation of our new exhibition at the Jackson Homestead, join Peter Cormack, author of the forthcoming book Arts & Crafts Stained Glass, for a guided tour of local sites that feature work from Connick’s early career. Bus transport will be provided between sites. Take the tour both Saturday and Sunday or just one day. Sunday’s tour will visit First Church in Brookline, Emmanuel Church in West Roxbury, and the new exhibition at the Jackson Homestead. Cost is $45 per person Saturday, $25 per person Sunday, $55 for both days. Click here or call 617-244-2659 to register. Organized by the Connick Foundation. Meet at St John’s Church, 297 Lowell Ave, Newtonville.
Down Under Yoga provides an environment in which children learn to exercise their minds as they move their bodies. Class offerings include yoga for ages 3-6, 5-7, 8-11, families, tweens and teens. Young yogis are taught practices to calm and strengthen their bodies, balance stress, and respect the needs of themselves and others. These are skills to last a lifetime which can be applied to any aspect of their daily lives.
Series classes offered throughout the year. Drop-ins are welcome! For more information see the website: downunderyoga.com, or call 617-244-9642.
Are you looking for a compassionate professional to come to your home and give your student what he is lacking in his academics? Since 2009, Next Level Up Tutoring has been providing Newton families and their students the guidance, foundations, organizational skills, and perspective that has been missing from their school lives.
Their tutors can work with any school age student in all subject areas, including some foreign languages. Each student is unique, so each tutoring plan is individualized. Contact them for a quick response or to set up a free consultation. Call 781- 540-1123 or email info@nextleveluptutoring.com.
Next Level Up Tutoring – Helping students reach their peak potential.
Top Banana is offering a new class for 7th and 8th graders: Information Technology and Computer Science. The course is designed to give children the opportunity to learn the principals and ideas behind the computers and gadgets they use every day. The instructions are rigorous but age appropriate and fun! The classes will include theory and lab practice.
Students will learn about computer components, their roles and how they function, what an operating system is and why different ones exist. They’ll learn about network topology and the various resources available on the Internet such as domain names and DNS, routers, firewalls and wireless. Students will also learn about computer security and viruses, and how to stay on alert to prevent break ins.
For the Computer Science part of the course, they’ll begin with the basics – algorithms and programming structures such as conditions, loops and procedures. Next they will proceed to discover the basic data structures such as lists, stacks and hashes. Some more advanced topics will include pattern recognition and regular expressions.
One of the things middle schoolers are expected to use in the course of their studies but don’t really get an opportunity to learn and master are the spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel. In this course, instructors will delve into how to use spreadsheets to organize scientific and financial data and manipulate it using formulas. Through building some simple but practical spreadsheet applications, students will acquire some basic financial literacy skills such balancing a checkbook and calculating a loan payment.
To receive more information about the curriculum and schedule, please email Ashley(azinchuk@topbananaeducation.org), call 617-795-1557 or visit the website www.topbananaeducation.org
Learn to play Classical, Jazz, and world music with a patient and dedicated teacher in a unique and creative environment. A professional musician (New England Conservatory faculty) and Oak Hill parent teaches all levels and ages at his studio in Newton.
For a free trial lesson please contact: Amir Milstein
phone: 617-795-5923
email: amirmilstein@gmail.com
Nomination forms are now available at the Newton City Hall Election Department for the November 5, 2013 election of nine Waban registered voters who currently reside in the Council’s catchment area. Those elected will serve a two-year term commencing January, 2014. Each candidate needs only 25 verifiable signatures from registered voters who reside within the Council catchment area. Nomination papers are due back at the Election desk at City Hall no later than Oct 4, 2013.
There will be a “Meet the Candidates” event at the Waban Library as part of the regularly scheduled Waban Area Council meeting to be held on October 24th at 7:30 pm.
Join Cindy Kaplan, MA, Parent Coach, and Newton parent in a four-week workshop to explore what pushes your buttons and why they are pushed, as well as to gain skills that will help defuse them. Learn to set limits and maintain authorty through connecting with your child and end the power struggles so that you can parent the way you intended and your child can thrive.
Wednesday evenings Oct 16, 23, 30 and Nov 6 from 7:15-9:15 pm in Newtonville. Pre-registration is required. For more information, e-mail Cindy at cindy@cindykcoaching.com or call 617-869-3305 or click here.
Join the fun at the Peirce School Pumpkin Patch and Harvest Happenings on Saturday October 5th, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm. Enjoy games, food, live music, face paint, prizes and help raise money for West Newton‛s Peirce playground.
You can even pre-order pumpkins online to be sure your pumpkin is reserved.
Yoga Reaches Out has selected the West Suburban YMCA as the beneficiary for their upcoming Kids Yogathon on Saturday November 2nd. This event is open to kids ages 3-12 and their families and will provide an age specific yoga classes, fun instructional yoga throughout the afternoon, activities, music, a marketplace and a family yoga session at the end.
Registration costs are minimal but each child and/or family has a minimum fundraising goal – the proceeds raised will be in support of our Camper Scholarship Program to help send kids in need to one of our 5 summer camps. It will be a wonderful day truly focusing on our mission of helping our community and the mission of Yoga Reaches Out – kids helping kids.
Yoga Reaches Out is a national nonprofit, based in Boston, that has helped children in need throughout this country and abroad. Yoga Reaches Out focuses on raising funds for organizations that impact the health, education, and well-being of children. YRO has raised over $1,000,000 for children’s charities since 2010.
This link shares more info about the different fun classes and activities: http://yogareachesout.kintera.org/kidsyogathon2013