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Newton Has Talent finals

The 2016 Newton Has Talent finals will be live on Saturday, May 21st at 7:30 pm. Top 10 musical acts will be performing for the grand prize. Come cheer for Brown Middle School own seventh graders – The Dominoes – Abby Matthews, Owen Beaver, Ben Baines, Alexa Firkusny and Jacob Trokel will be performing. Performance will be held at the Jewish Community Center in Newton. Tickets can be purchased at www.newtonhastalent.com.

Suicide Prevention Training

Our community has been affected by suicide. Newton Cares: Coalition for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health is working diligently to train as many people as possible in the suicide prevention technique called QPR. The more people who know how to act the more lives may be saved. Please consider being trained.

Question, Persuade, Refer Suicide Prevention Training
Learn how to respond to someone in distress. QPR is a simple, educational program that teachers ordinary citizens how to recognize a mental health emergency and how to get a person at risk the help they need. Click Here to register or visit www.newtonma.gov/newtoncares to register for upcoming trainings.

Participants will learn how to:

  • Recognize the warning signs of suicide
  • Offer hope
  • Get help & Refer

Next community training:  May 25th, 5:30 – 7:30pm
West Suburban YMCA
276 Church Street
Light dinner included.

High School Start Time Working Group

High School Start Time Working Group will hold a general information session to update the community on the status of its work. The presentation will include a brief review of relevant sleep science data, data from the surveys and case studies completed this year, and the opportunity for members of the community to ask questions, raise concerns and provide feedback directly to district leaders engaged in this discussion.

They look forward to your attendance and ask you to encourage others to attend as well. For additional information, please visit the high school start time section of the NPS website at: http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/laterstarttime.

The working group will also be making its year end report to the school committee at the June 20th School Committee meeting at 6:00 pm.

Boy Scouts Troop 9

Boy Scouts is about:
Hiking, Camping, Wilderness Survival, Volunteer Service, Skiing, Snow Shoeing, White Water Rafting and yes, they may even learn to cook a little.

It’s about the joy of the outdoors and the promise of adventure, while learning Leadership and Life Skills.

Troop 9 Meets on Sundays from 7:00 – 8:00 pm in Waban, for boys from the Spring of 5th Grade. www.troop9newton.org or email: tr**********@***il.com.

Not quite ready for Kindergarten?

Begin your child’s journey to school and lifelong learning at Bowen.  Bowen’s Pre-K program offers a unique opportunity for a third year of pre-school. Pre-K combines an exciting mix of academics and social skills brought together by a dedicated team of teachers. These older 4’s and young 5’s work toward goals comparable to those in kindergarten but at a modified pace in a much smaller community with a 7:1 child teacher ratio. This class of 14 quickly becomes a cohesive group working and playing together with enthusiasm. The program runs Monday-Friday from 8:30 am-1:00 pm.

Parents are encouraged to visit the school to observe firsthand how your child will benefit from Bowen’s Pre-K program. For more information about Bowen’s Pre-K program and an application form, please contact Bowen’s Director Nina Tebaldi at 617-332-3923 or visit www.BowenCoop.org.

Tune-up your parenting before those long summer days!

Wouldn’t it be great to head into summer with confidence that you have an effective parenting approach that fosters a positive relationship with your child, reduces challenging behavior, and builds your child’s skills in self-regulation, communication and problem-solving? Come learn the Think:Kids Collaborative Problem Solving parenting approach.

Go to BeTheParentYouWantToBe.weebly.com to register; read what parents have to say about the approach and facilitator Karen Kraut, MPH; or bring a Think:Kids CPS presentation or overview group to your school.

*1-day* May 24th, 9:00 am-4:30 pm at the Brookline Teen Center
4 Tuesdays, May 31st – June 21st, 10:00 am-12:00 pm, at the Ely Center in Newton
4 Wednesdays, June 1st – 22nd , 10:00 am-12:00 pm, at the Brookline Teen Center

New Preteen Wellness Group!

Safe and fun environment for students ages 9-12 to discuss any of life’s stresses or issues. It will be a four week after school psychoeducational group that will promote wellness around topics such as body image, peer pressure, self-esteem and bullying. Contact MEDA at 617-558-1881 or email in**@*****nc.org or visit the website to find out more about MEDA: www.medainc.org.

For an immediate response from MEDA please call 617-558-1881 or contact: Rachel Benson Monroe, M.A., LMHC at 617-558-1881 ext. 15 or rb******@*****nc.org.