Will your teen be participating in choir or theater this school year? Your teen can strengthen her voice and performance skills. With a focus on healthy singing and versatility, lessons with Jacqueline Novikov improve pitch, range, coordination and confidence. Sunday lesson availability, two performances per semester, and flexible scheduling for busy students and families
Contact Jacqueline Novikov at **@*********ic.com and learn more at jacquelinenovikov.com.
Families for Depression Awareness is presenting a free Teen Depression webinar. Presenter Amy Saltzman, M.D. will discuss how caring adults can encourage teens to manage stress. The program is designed for parents, caregivers, school educators and personnel, youth workers, and anyone interested in teen mental health. Register to join a live webinar discussion. Informational flyer available here: webinar
After the webinar, complete the online evaluation and they’ll send you a free set of Depression and Bipolar Wellness Guides for Parents and Teens, in English or Spanish.
Can’t attend the live webinar? Register today to submit your questions and watch the recorded webinar after it airs.
Webinar will be on October 11th, 7:00 pm
Newton parent looking for morning help getting 2 tweens up and onto their door-to-door transportation. Her daughter is 12 & has social-emotional special needs. Often she can get ready in the morning with no issues, but she’ll be going to an earlier school and she’s a moody tween. She will likely be out the door by 7:30 am.
Her son is 11 and also has social-emotional special needs. He can struggle getting through morning routines. His van likely won’t arrive until 8 am, so they’ll need someone who can stay with him after she leaves around 7:45.
Required:
*professional childcare experience
*sense of humor
*transportation
*LGBT friendly
Preferred:
*experience w/ social-emotional special needs
*background in trauma (PTSD, Developmental Trauma Disorder)
*experience with conduct disorders and/or mood disorders
*background in social work and/or special ed
*experience in residential care/residential settings
*experience with foster care/adoption
Email Lr*****@***il.com
Experienced math teacher is offering personal tutoring that is tailored to your child. Lessons will be based on mathematical concepts from the school curriculum that challenge the child or need clarification, so your child can be successful in math.
Barbara Wolke moved to the area from the northern suburbs of Chicago where she taught in the public schools and was a high school math tutor for more than 25 years. She has tutored in algebra, geometry, trigonometry and pre-calculus and for the past 11 years, has focused on preparing students for the math portion of the ACT/SAT.
For more information or references, contact Barbara Wolke at 617-645-7122 or ba***********@***il.com.
The 2018 – 2019 Season for Newton Destination Imagination (DI) is open! Click HERE to register.
Endorsed by Superintendent David Fleishman, Newton DI is an inclusive STEAM- based creative problem solving competition for students in grades K-12. Teams of up to 7 kids will choose to work on one of six challenges that will test their teamwork, project management and creativity skills.
To learn more about the program, please go to the website for FAQs and a short intro video. Questions? Please email ma*****@******di.org.
Register now for the fall season of Newton Kindergarten Soccer. The fall program is for those children currently in kindergarten in 2018-2019. The games will be at Oak Hill Middle School Saturday mornings beginning in September. To be eligible, children must live or attend school in Newton, including private schools. The cost is $80 through August 25th.
To find out more or to register, please visit http://kindergartensoccer.org/.
Note that Lincoln-Eliot, Franklin, and Burr families generally participate in Garden City Soccer, and that Memorial Spaulding usually has its own program.
Newton Kindergarten Soccer, run by the Zervas PTO, is an introduction to soccer with a focus on making friends, learning teamwork, and developing confidence. Each spring, over 200 incoming kindergarteners throughout Newton play in the league. Players are grouped with other children who either live in the same neighborhood or who attend the same school for kindergarten, so that incoming kindergartners can meet future classmates.
The NAFFL season begins on September 2nd with pre-season scrimmages and then regular season games starting September 9th at the recently renovated Daly Field on Nonantum Road. Games take less than one hour and are held on Sundays between 4:00 and 9:00 pm. All games are coached, professionally refereed and scored. Registration guarantees each player 8 games, including playoffs. Divisions are available for kids ages 5 – 14.
NAFFL is dedicated to giving back to the community, and so when players register with the coupon code SCHOOL, they will donate $10 to the school where players are enrolled, and they will receive $10 off their registration. More information can be found on their website https://www.newtonareaflagfootball.com/ and on the attached flyer here: Flag Football.
NAFFL offers the following:
Announcing the Makers’ Corner. Is your middle schooler a creative engineer? Analytic artist? Comedic cinematographer? Above all, do they love to MAKE things and learn new ways to build, program, and design the world around them? They are all invited to come join a community of makers at the Makers’ Corner!
A brand new branch of programming presented by the established Underwood After School Program, the Makers’ Corner makerspace, will enable access to a wide variety of sophisticated STEAM skills and materials in a free-flow, high-choice environment. With flexible scheduling options, students can enroll for one to five days a week, for full or half afternoons, and even club-only options for limited 6- to 8-week runs.
Skills and activities offered in the Makers’ Corner will include 3-D design and printing, stop-motion animation, sewing by hand and machine, electronics and robotics, engineering and construction challenges, Scratch computer programming, a variety of arts programming including printmaking, painting, kinetic sculpture, and much more. The Makers’ Corner environment will allow participants to join a pre-planned activity or learn a new skill each day, or work at their own pace on their own projects, either individually or collaboratively with peers. For students attending the full afternoon, time and resources will also be available for homework completion and physical recreation.
For more information, email Kate Finnan at ka**@******************ol.org, or call 617-244-1810. To register, visit www.underwoodafterschool.org, and scroll down to click, “Click here to apply today!”
Check out the flyer: Maker’s Corner
Two new exciting classes have joined the popular youth theatre program. The cast sizes are small, so don’t wait! Visit www.newtonyouthplayers.com for more information and to register.
Spotlight Players is for middle school students only, who would like to further explore acting techniques. The Fall program, now enrolling, is “Come to the Cabaret”. The class is led by local actor and director Judi Pava, who has extensive experience with middle school and high school aspiring actors!
Musical Theatre Studio is a fun winter program that will focus on stage skills – musical theater, acting and improv. The smaller class size will allow for more focus on individual skill development. Directed by local actors/directors Hannah Rosenberg and Linda Goetz, this program is open to children in grades 2 through 5.
The next Newton Community Preservation Committee meeting is scheduled for September 13th at 7:00 pm, City Hall Room 204. Please note the unusual day of the week, to avoid Rosh Hashanah.
This agenda includes a public hearing and potential CPC funding vote on a proposal requesting $100,000 for professional services related to preservation of open space at 300 Hammond Pond Parkway / Webster Woods. The proposal is now online from Proposals & Projects – Pending at www.newtonma.gov/cpa.
Written comments on this proposal that are received by August 24th will be forwarded to the CPC ahead of the hearing. Any additional agenda requests and their associated written materials for this meeting must also be received by August 24h.