Kids’ Karate at Lasell College is offering free trial classes–Friday, Sept. 20, 5:00-6:00 p.m., or Saturday, Sept. 21, 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Girls and boys, ages 1st thru 5th grades, are invited to learn more about our karate classes. $79 per 7 Week Session. More details are on the Kids’ Karate website.
The City of Newton welcomes Divas With a Twist to the Newton Cultural Center at City Hall on Saturday September 21st for an 8:00 pm show. The concert is a benefit for The Spotlighters, the City of Newton’s theatre program for teens and adults with disabilities. The Divas are among the hottest female voices in the Boston area that sing pop, funk, jazz, rock and Broadway.
The ensemble includes Kristen Huberdeau, the director and founder of The Spotlighters, a Boston Pops Idol winner and Grammy nominated musicians. The Spotlighters are part of Newton’s Athletes Unlimited program, which is one of the largest community-based therapeutic recreation programs for people with disabilities in the area.
Tickets are $20.00 and include light refreshments. To reserve your seats, call (617) 796-1527. For additional information http://www.newtonma.gov/
The PMC Kids Ride will be held on Sunday, September 29th at 180 Wells Avenue in Newton. Donations go to the Jimmy Fund at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. There will be five different riding courses including: 1 mile office park loop, 10 mile road ride, 20 mile teen ride, toddler ride and a virtual ride. Rides start at 8:45am. There will be kids activities, a fire truck, raffles and more. Post-ride party is from 11am-12pm.
To learn more about the event, register to ride or to volunteer, please go to kids.pmc.org/newton. Any questions, please contact Michele Rosenthal (mi**************@*****on.net) or Cindy Lam-Yee (ci*******@*****on.net).
Whole Foods Market, 647 Washington Street, Newtonville
Annual Meeting
Thursday, September 19th
Dinner 6:00 pm; Meeting 7:00 pm
Club Gymnasium, 675 Watertown Street, Newton
KEYS FOR KIDS piano lessons. Small groups organized by age (4-11). Outstanding methodology, experienced, certified instructor, proven success. Keys for Kids goes beyond ordinary piano lessons: it teaches well-rounded musicianship. Private lessons available too.
Free Demo Class Sept.17th. Please contact: Ma**********@**********rd.edu or visit
www.NewtonKidsLoveMusic.com or call 617-527-4942.
Top Banana is an after-school and weekend organization that focuses on the development of brain-based learning curricula in Math, Handwriting, English and Information Technology classes! Math classes for students in Kindergarten through 7th grade, Handwriting classes for students in 3rd grade, English classes for students in 4th and 5th grade and new this year, Information Technology* is for students in 7th and 8th grade!
* Top Banana’s new Information Technology & Computer Science class is a rigorous yet fun program where students are taught the principles and ideas behind computers and the gadgets they use everyday! The topics include computer components, operating systems, networks & communications, how the internet is structured, algorithms, programming structures, basic data structures and more. In addition, students will take time to master spreadsheets in Excel to organize scientific and financial data and manipulate it using formulas. This unique and exciting class for 7th and 8th graders will be offered on Sundays from 10:00 am-12:00 pm.
To learn more please visit the website: http://www.topbananaeducation.org or call (617) 795-1557.
The Etiquette Academy of New England is currently enrolling for Fall 2013! Spots will fill up quickly, so please visit www.TheEtiquetteAcademy.org and enroll today! Topics: Table Manners, Conversations, Presentations, Posture, Friendships and more.
Mind Your Manners: Beyond Please and Thank You (Grades 2-4)
6 Week Class. Fee: $365
Saturdays, 9:00 am-10:00 am
Sept. 21st – Oct.26th Final class to be held at an upscale restaurant
Etiquette for Middle Schoolers (Grades 5-8)
8 Week Class. Fee: $467
Saturdays, 10:00 am-11:30 am
Sept. 21st – Nov 9th Final class to be held at an upscale restaurant
Etiquette for Young Adults (Grades 9-12)
8 Week Class. Fee: $469
Saturdays, 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Sept. 21st – Nov.9th Final class to be held at an upscale restaurantd More
The Club is open for the season and this week more than 120 of our old friends have come back to visit. If your family has yet to join, now is a great time. Even if your kids are not going to come every day after school, the Club is always there when you need us and we offer amazing flexibility. Wouldn’t it be great to have the piece of mind to know that if something unexpected comes up, there is a safe place they can go where they will be monitored and engaged in fun activities? The Club is also great for holidays and vacation weeks when most other programs are closed. Basketball season will be here before you know it! Why not beat the rush and take care of it today?
The Club is now accepting online registrations for 2013-2014 School Year memberships at www.newtonbgc.com. It is quick, easy and you can pay using any major credit card. For just $125 all children in your family between the ages of 6 and 18 have access to:
•A safe place to go after every school day
•Great Recreation, Athletic, Arts, Education, and Teen Programming that change with each season
•Programs offered without additional fees, wait lists, or competitive try-outs
•Great role models and mentors of all ages
•Affordable care on most school holidays and vacation days
As always, the Club will not turn away any family that cannot afford to pay the membership fee. Please see the application for Financial Aid by clicking here and you will be contacted with information on how to activate your membership.
The Arsenal Center for the Arts offers a full spectrum of classes and workshops for kids of all ages beginning the week of September 23 and later. Students, regardless of experience level, learn from professional artists as well as their classmates in a supportive art environment.
Children’s classes include Art Adventures, Clay for Kids, Mixed-Media, Drawing & Painting, Comics and more. Fun Parent/Child workshops are also available. Teen classes include Drawing, Painting, Wheelthrowing and more. For class descriptions, visit www.arsenalarts.org.
Free Family Fun drop-in art workshops are offered Saturday, September 21, October 19 and November 16 from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon. Classes are held at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street in Watertown, with free parking and access to public transportation.
To register, call 617-923-0100, ext. 8309. Scholarships and Member discounts are available.
Give your child an academic edge this fall with CHUNGDAHM ReadWrite’s advanced reading and writing enrichment classes. For a consultation with the Head Instructor to learn how the rigorous and engaging curriculum will provide your child with tools for scholastic excellence, please email in**@*************te.com or call 617-960-8877.
The brand new state of the art Newton Learning Center opens in September – inquire about a discount for first-time students. Additional information available at www.BostonReadWrite.com.