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Next Level Up: in-home tutoring & music lessons
Next Level Up provides a unique service that offers many choices for the parents and students of local communities. Next Level Up has highly qualified, compassionate, dedicated tutors to assist students of all ages in a wide ranging array of subjects from Writing to Math to Foreign Languages.
We also believe that music education can increase students’ levels of confidence throughout school. That’s why we also have music teachers from Berklee College of Music, Longy School of Music, and New England Conservatory of Music who offer in-home music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, violin, and many other instruments.
For more information, visit our website, call us at (781) 540-1123, or send an email.
Open mic night & flute workshop from Brookline Music School
Brookline Music School faculty Scott Pittman hosts a weekly Open Mic Night at Café Nicholas, 1632 Beacon Street, Brookline in Washington Square from 7:00 to 9:00pm for FREE. Brookline Music School provides a full drum set, amplifiers for bass, guitar and keyboard, and two microphones for the evening. All ages and skill levels are welcome to attend and perform. This is a great opportunity to showcase your talent without the intimidating atmosphere.
BMS will hold its 9th Annual Suzuki Flute Workshop on Sunday, January 20 and Monday, January 21, from 9:00am to 5:00pm at 25 Kennard Road in Brookline. This two-day workshop features a master class, group class and ensemble or reading class each day, and ends with an informal concert. Non-Suzuki flute students are welcome to join in the fun but should be familiar with some of the repertoire from the Suzuki Method. Workshop tuition is $120, with additional class fees of $20. Info & registration available online.
Winter Workshop Fest at Watertown Children’s Theatre, Jan. 21
The Watertown Children’s Theatre, arsenalARTS and New Repertory Theatre are teaming up to provide a fun-filled day of theatre, visual art and more at the Arsenal Center on January 21, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
Students in grades K-5 can explore the worlds of both theatre and visual arts with WCT and the ACA, while students in grades 6-9 can experience intensive performance workshops with WCT and New Rep!
Register for the morning session (9:30 am – 12:45 pm) or the afternoon session (1:15 pm – 4:30 pm) or both! Students enrolled in both programs may bring a nut-free lunch and will be supervised during the lunch break.
More information is available on the WCT website.
December Recess Sewing Camp, Dec 26-31
Don’t get stuck scrambling to find activities for your children during the December Break.
Send the kids to sewing camp at the Newton Sewing Studio and let the fun and creativity begin! Beginners and seasoned stitchers will appreciate our mix of fun and useful projects.
Dec 26th through Jan 1st – Half or Full days (9am-1pm; 1pm-5pm)
We welcome kids as young as five and parents are more than welcome to stay and sew with us.
Toddler/Preschool Enrichment Program has Openings
Miss Megan’s Place is a licensed, home-based toddler/preschool enrichment program for children ages 18 to 36 months, located in Newto.
At Miss Megan’s Place, children discover their special qualities through a combination of play and structured activities in a safe, happy, clean and stress-free environment. It is my goal to provide a place where your child will grow socially, emotionally, cognitively and physically at his or her own pace, in a home away from home.
Curriculum includes yoga, music, baking, arts and crafts, outdoor time and supervised free play. I hold a Master degree and certifications in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education and Special Education. I have also been trained in children’s yoga.
Miss Megan’s Place meets Mondays, Wednesday and Thursdays from 9-12, September-June and follows the Newton Public Schools calendar. For more information, visit the website or contact Megan Tager by email.
Newton Recreation Indoor Winter Lacrosse Program
Recreation Lacrosse Schedule
Elementary- Grades 2nd-4th, 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Upper Elementary – Grades 5th-6th, 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Middle School – Grades 7th-9th* (*inexperienced 9th grade players) 6:00 – 7:30 pm
High School – Grades 9th-12th, 7:00 – 9:30 pm
All sessions for Elementary & Middle School Programs are on Sundays from January 6th through March 3rd. Inexperienced players are welcome and encouraged to participate!! All High School sessions are on Thursdays from January 3rd through March 7th .
Equipment Needed: Sticks, helmets, gloves, sneakers, pads, and mouth pieces are required. Registration Fee: $140/player ($210/family) or $150 Non-Resident
Mail in Registration Only Application and Information is available at: www.newtonlacrosse.com or www.ci.newton.ma.us/parks . Any Questions e-mail: Bussy Adam: TI********@*****ON.NET
9th Annual Suzuki Flute Workshop
Brookline Music School presents the 9th Annual Suzuki Flute Workshop, a two-day workshop featuring a master class, group class and ensemble or reading class each day, and ending with an informal concert. Non-Suzuki flute students are welcome to jo
in in the fun but should be familiar with some of the repertoire from the Suzuki Method. Workshop tuition is $120, with additional class fees of $20.
Course Offerings: Each student will participate in 3 hours of classes daily including: A Master class with 3 or 4 students of similar age and ability; group repertoire class and either: ensemble or beginning reading class. Optional classes include Dance; Outside the Box (whistles, key clicks, harmonics and more!); Comfluter (What happens when you mix flutists with Brookline Music School’s amazing music technology lab); and Jazz Improv (“It don’t mean a thing, if you ain’t got that swing!” Learn to express yourself and improvise in the jazz tradition). There is an optional pizza and ice cream sundae party on Sunday night.
For more information about this event visit www.bmsmusic.org, call Brookline Music School at (617) 277-4593, or email Director Amy Poliakoff at am******@*****st.net.
January 20th and January 21st, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
25 Kennard Road, Brookline
Every Child Can! Introduction to the Suzuki Method
Brookline Music School presents Every Child Can!©, an introduction to Dr. Suzuki’s philosophy and its application to Suzuki education.
This course provides an inspiring, in-depth look at the Suzuki approach to teaching and learning for par
ents, teachers, and others. In addition to exploring the elements of the Suzuki approach and its far-reaching goals, it includes an introduction to learning styles, history of the development of Suzuki education, the role of parents, the importance of Suzuki pedagogical training, and an overview of the SAA’s role in supporting teachers and parents. A fast-paced, engaging and inspiring program, ECC includes video materials and SAA-developed courseware, and provides each participant with useful reference materials for later study.
This course is required for all new Suzuki teachers, and open to prospective teachers, parents, administrators and all others interested in learning about Suzuki approach to education. For teachers, ECC serves as the first course in the Suzuki Association of the Americas’ Teacher Development Program. There are no instrument proficiency requirements and no audition is required.
Facilitator Kimberly Lorimier has been a registered SAA flute teacher trainer since 2000 and has been teaching in Massachusetts for the past 16 years. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan in flute performance and received her graduation certificate from the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto, Japan where she studied with Toshio Takahashi. Her studio is currently in Needham, MA and she enjoys freelancing in the Boston area.
The workshop costs $115, which includes lunch. For more information about this event visit www.bmsmusic.org or call Brookline Music School at (617) 277-4593.
January 27th, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
25 Kennard Road, Brookline
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year?
Enter the Newton Patch’s “Deck the House” contest and you could win $100,000 for the Newton Public Schools and $500 to pay your electric bills! The Patch’s annual Deck the House Contest is now open to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s.
If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to the contest page here from November 26th to December 16th.
Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. There will be 24 regional finalists selected, and from them, one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district.