Category Archives: Education/Enrichment

Resource Fair for Families of English Language Learners, Jan. 24

There will be a Resource Fair for families of English Language Learners or former ELLs on Thursday, January 24, 2013 from 6:00-8:00pm in the Newton North cafeteria (457 Walnut St.).

Families are invited to learn about some of the different school and community resources in Newton, including:

• summer camp and after school programs
• pre-school programs
• adult English classes
• supporting your child in school, understanding the schools – conferences, report cards, testing etc.
• Newton Public Library
• high school guidance counselors and college and career counselors
• Boys and Girls Club

The City Social Worker will answer questions and free flu shots from the Health Department will be available.

Childcare (for kids over 5 yrs. old), dinner, and interpreters will be provided in Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Korean. Transportation available upon request. Please RSVP to your child’s ELL teacher or to Dianna Kobayashi by phone 617-559-6045 or email.

Children’s Book Fair, Dec. 15

Don’t miss the Newton Community Service Center’s Book Fair,
December 15, 9am – 1pm.

Books and gifts for ages infant to 5 years. Activities for children of all ages. Featuring books from Scholastic, Inc.<

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Entertain your children while you shop:

– sing with Hugh Hanley 9:30-10:30,
– Big Joe the Storyteller 10:45-11:45,
– Newton Fire Truck 10:00- 11:00,
– Puppet Making with Puppet Showplace Theatre 10:00-1:00

Proceeds benefit the early education and child care programs at Newton Community Service Center, 492 Waltham Street, West Newton. Open to the public.

For more information: 617-969-5906 or in**@*****eb.org.

New Art Center – Winter Reg. Discount Ends 12/19

Winter classes at the New Art Center – register now! Classes run January through March. Brand new classes for all ages: Family Art Together on Sundays, February and April vacation programs, 4 exciti

ng new exhibitions this winter, Kids Art Space after school program, MLK vacation day programs, birthday parties, and more! Searchable winter classes here. New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newtonville, 617-964-3424.

New Art Center Open House – Sunday, December 9, 12-4PM

Meet our teachers and learn about our art classes and programs for children, teens and adults. There will be children’s activities in our studios and art galleries as well as a crafts fair, ceramics demonstration and building tour. How To Stop Hair Loss And Regrow It The Natural Way

http://www.newartcenter.org/”>New Art Center: 61 Washington Park St. Newtonville.

Free Rape Aggression Defense Program – Sundays, 12/2, 12/9, & 12/16

The Newton Police Department is offering a free three-class course for local females, which will start on Sunday, December 2, at the Emerson Community Center in Upper Falls. The classes will run from 11:30AM to 2:30PM, and are open to females age

15 and older (15 year olds must be with a parent/guardian).

The techniques taught in the Newton RAD class have had notable success in the past; Newton South graduate Lily Konowitz attributes the skills she learned in the Newton RAD class to saving her life when she was attacked in Aruba last year. Since that incident, Konowitz has started her own foundation that works to raise money to purchase equipment for self-defense and rape prevention courses like the Newton RAD class. For more information on the RAD course, contact ra****@***il.com.

Drop In And Decorate Cookies for Survivors of Domestic Abuse – Nov. 25, 1:30 – 4:30PM

Join us at Create-a-Cook, 53 Winchester Street, and help us decorate 400 cookies for survivors of domestic abuse at The Second Step. Come by yourself or with a friend, b

ring your kids, your grandma, your scout troop or youth group. We will have the cookies all made and tons of decorating tools on hand. We just need your creativity and your willingness to come make gorgeous cookies. The cookies will be delivered to The Second Step in time for their Holiday Party on December 4, and you can be part of the joy.

Feeding Children with Food Allergies – Thursday, Nov. 15

Meet the Author of New Memoir about Raising a Child with Food Allergies

Susan Weissman, author of a new memoir about the trials and triumphs of raising a child with food allergies, will read from her book and lead a discussion on Thursday,

Nov. 15 at 7:00PM at the Metro-Boston Allergy and Asthma Educational Support Group, which meets at 7:00PM at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. The program is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, New England Chapter (AAFANE).

“Feeding Eden” is a mother’s story of how childhood food allergies affected the life of her son and her family. Topics covered by the book include: becoming her son’s health care advocate; investigating various treatments; attempts to find safe yet satisfying food for her family, her struggles to convey the severity of her son’s health issue without sounding “crazy,” and how she has maintained her own sanity. Weissman lives in New York City and writes for The Huffington Post, Psychology Today, Allergic Living, and various websites. Discounted copies of “Feeding Eden” will be available for sale at the meeting.

“This is a great opportunity to meet a parent who has put into writing what so many of us have experienced or are now going through,” says Cindy Aswad, volunteer leader of the group. “Susan’s book is honest and funny; it should be a wonderful discussion.”

AAFA New England organizes educational support group programs throughout the region, publishes a newsletter, and runs a telephone resource and referral line for people coping with allergies and asthma. For more information, or a free copy of “Eating Out with Food Allergies” or checklists for managing food allergies in school and child care, call 781-444-7778 or see www.asthmaandallergies.org.

Gap Year Programs In Israel: Information Session, Nov. 7

Taking a year between high school and college is becoming an increasingly popular option. Some of the most intriguing choices can be found in Israel. Come to Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street in Newton, on Wednesday, buy priligy

ong>November 7, from 7PM to 9PM, to hear from and talk with representatives and alumni from Israel gap-year programs that offer a wide range of experiences and opportunities. Some of the participating programs:

Aardvark Israel
Beyond (BBYO’s brand new program)
Kivunim
Nativ
Young Judea Year Course

For more information and to RSVP contact Ahava Rosenthal (ah*************@*****on.net). Light refreshments will be served.

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