Older adults, members of Newton at Home, need your help. Consider becoming a volunteer for Newton at Home. Drivers are needed to accompany members to appointments, shopping and trips to Logan Airport. As residents of Newton you know your way around! Please be in touch to support a growing community of neighbors-helping-neighbors.
Please call Julie Plaut Mahoney at 617-795-2560 or email: vo******@**********me.org and THANKS.
The Newton Community Preservation committee has scheduled hearings to receive public comment on several new funding proposals:
Thursday, 9 January, 7 pm, City Hall Room 209
– Allen House (West Newton), CPA request $2,000,000;
– Historic Burying Grounds, CPA request $290,207.
Wednesday, 22 January, 7 pm, Weeks House, 7 Hereward Road, Newton Centre:
– Farlow Park (Newton Corner, historic resources), CPA request $476,780
– Newton Highlands Playground (recreation), current CPA request $240,000 (anticipated CPA construction request $1,960,000).
For more information, including the full text of all proposals, maps to meeting locations other than City Hall, and the deadline for submitting written comments if you cannot attend a hearing in person, visit the CPC website or contact Alice Ingerson, 617.796.1144 or aingerson <at> newtonma <dot> gov.
Dr. David Gotthelf, Coordinator for Therapeutic Services and Head School Psychologist, Dan Almeida, Coordinator for BCBA services and Miriam Kornitzer–Assistant principal for student services at Day Middle School, will lead a discussion of how to talk with your child about his or her disabilities. Topics will include the developmental readiness of kids to discuss and understand different issues, as well as parent communication of expectations and limit setting, sharing of feelings, and the use of resources such as therapists to help facilitate communication. The panel will be open to questions and shared experiences from parents.
January 14th at 7:30 pm in room 210 of the Education Center, 100 Walnut Street. Networking and light refreshments will begin at 7:15 pm.
For any questions please contact Eileen Sandberg, NewtonPAC Chair, at ei***********************@***il.com. Thanks!
Become a Newton School Volunteer and hear these words from a student.
*Tutor a 2nd – 5th grade child in basic mathematics concepts once a week
for 30-45 minutes.
*Select your preferred school, grade, day, and time.
*Play special math games that reinforce skills and help students gain
confidence and competence.
*Training, Everyday Math books and learning materials, and ongoing support
are provided.
*No teaching experience is needed.
For more information, please contact Ellen Bender at 617-559-6131 or at
el**********@***********ma.us.
Campaign for Innovation Under Way!
Last spring, NSF kicked off our campaign to fund the expansion of innovation in the Newton Public Schools (NPS). NPS faculty and administration identified a variety of innovative initiatives throughout the school system that foster the development of creative thinking, collaborative problem solving, communication, and leadership skills students need to prepare for college and future jobs as well allowing educators to pursue new opportunities that will have the greatest impact on their practices, the lives of their students, and their school communities. Click here for more information
NSF Launches 2013-14 Annual Appeal
In November, NSF launched the 2013-14 Annual Appeal to support the Campaign for Innovation. Your donation will enable the Newton Public Schools to expand exciting new innovative initiatives throughout Newton’s 22 schools. Follow this link for information about donating and to donate online.
Amazing deals on summer camps and classes – less than half price! The 2013 Angier Online Auction is now officially closed, but there are still a few great items left over, so, before they close out completely, they are offering them for sale one last time at a steep discount. Don’t miss out on this opportunity for huge savings! Please click here to view the list of available items.
All the items will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis at the price listed – no bidding, just a great deal. Please contact an***********@***il.com if you would like to purchase any of these items or if you would like more information about them.
Do you have an older neighbor? Have you ever wondered how they are faring – especially with the cold weather coming on? Newton At Home (NAH) has a Winter Buddy program in which NAH members are matched with a volunteer buddy. The volunteer buddy (that could be YOU) checks-in on their member buddy when they hear that winter weather is coming to make sure that the member is prepared. Then when Mother Nature is paying her snowy, icy cold visits, the volunteer buddy checks-in to be sure that all is well with the member.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer winter buddy, please be in touch with Julie Plaut Mahoney, Coordinator of Volunteers: vo******@**********me.org or call the NAH office: 617-795-2560. Thanks! Please see the website for additional information about Newton at Home www.newtonathome.org.
WCT is stil accepting registrations for their Jr. Players program for Pirates of Penzance, and now accepting Kindergarten students! Students in K-2 can perform with the Pirates of Penzance cast and participate in this popular performance based class which meets on Mondays at 3:30 or 4:45 pm.
For more information, visit www.watertownchildrenstheatre.org or call 617-926-ARTS (2787).
Seven new proposals were submitted in November and requested a total of $4.7 million in CPA funding. The proposals can be reviewed on the CPA website under “Proposals & Projects – Pending.”
Allen House (West Newton) $2 million;
City Archives Strategic Plan $20,000;
City Hall Veterans Wing Historic Artifacts $19,000;
City Hall Accessibility & Acoustics $701,900;
Farlow Park (Newton Corner) $476,780;
Historic Burying Grounds (Newton Centre) $290,207;
Newton Highlands Playground $240,000 design request ($2 million construction request anticipated).
Public Hearings Set for January-February 2014
The public hearing schedule is available on the CPA website, via the “Calendar” link.
For help, contact Program Manager Alice Ingerson at 617.796.1144 or aingerson <at> newtonma <dot> gov.
For the sixth consecutive year, The Village Bank will partner with the City of Newton Department of Health and Human Services for the annual Holiday Gift Drive, to help brighten the holidays for deserving Newton children.
The Bank and the City are encouraging local residents, businesses and organizations to play an active role in the Holiday Gift Drive through donations of gift certificates and new, unwrapped gifts for children ages newborn to 10.
The Village Bank’s Newton branches in Auburndale, Newtonville, Nonantum, Newton Highlands, Waban and West Newton will serve as Holiday Gift Drive collection sites. Donations will be accepted from November 25 through December 17.
Suggested gifts include age-appropriate books, CDs and DVDs, clothing, games, sporting goods, and toys. The donation of gift certificates purchased from local merchants will also benefit businesses in the community.
According to Kenneth C. Brennan, president and CEO of The Village Bank, last year’s Holiday Gift Drive touched more than 200 local families. “We are always happy to do what we can to help others,” said Brennan, “but it is the overwhelming support of the community that makes this particular campaign so rewarding each year. That really makes all the difference.”
Meghan Kennedy, community social worker for the City of Newton, said that every income-eligible family who applied last year was provided with age- and gender-appropriate gifts for the children in their family, thanks to the generosity of others.