Category Archives: Community Notes

Finalists Face Off

Newton Has Talent Finalists Face Off

Come see some of Newton’s best-kept artistic secrets at the third annual Newton Has Talent contest at 1:30 pm on Sunday, March 29th at the Newton North High School auditorium. The event is sponsored by the Newton Rotary Club.

The top 10 finishers of the contest’s first round earlier this month will compete for first, second and third place— and $1,750 worth of prize money. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students and children (children under 5 are free) and may be purchased online at www.newtonhastalent.com until the morning of the event and at the door. Newton Has Talent’s premier sponsor is Village Bank.

March 29th
Newton North High School Auditorium

Why So Early: A Community Forum

Why So Early: A Community Forum
The Impact of Early High School Start Times on Teens

Can’t wake up your teen? Tired of grumpy, groggy kids? Concerned about the impact of limited sleep on your student? Come learn why inadequate sleep in adolescents has become a national conversation.

On April 7th from 7:00 to 8:30 pm at Newton South, the Newton South School Council is sponsoring a community forum to initiate a conversation regarding the benefits of increasing adolescent sleep through a later high school start time.

You will be joined by Dr. Judith Owens, Director of Sleep Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and an internationally recognized authority on pediatric sleep and the neurobehavioral and health consequences of sleep problems in children. Continue reading →

Newton Community Preservation Committee

  • Angino Farm Barn Report March 31st
  • Home buyer Assistance Public Hearing April 9th

The CPC meeting on March 31st, starting at 7:30 pm (later than usual) in City Hall Room 204 includes a final report on renovations to the barn at Angino Farm, plus committee business.

On April 9, the CPC will hold a public hearing on a proposal for $1,057,000 in additional funding for the Newton Home buyer Assistance Program. This new proposal is online from “Proposals & Projects” on the program website, www.newtonma.gov/cpa. Contact Proram Manager Alice E. Ingerson at 617-796-1144 or ai*******@******ma.gov.

Acoustic Newton Coffeehouse

Hosted by the Barbara Cassidy Band, Featured performers: Pesky J. Nixon
Bombastic yet brilliant, these boys from New England exude a genuine musical authenticity and mirth on stages up and down the East Coast. Drawing influences from contemporary urban balladeers, rowdy southern bluegrass, and the sardonic yet wry wit of New England’s localized folk scenes, Pesky J. Nixon (PJN) creates an atmosphere both inviting and challenging for audiences.

Tickets: http://www.newtoncommunitypride.org/acoustic_newton.html
Band website: http://www.peskyjnixon.com/

April 11th, 7:00 pm
Newton Cultural Center at City Hall
1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton

Help provide fresh food to local families!

The Centre Street Food Pantry is looking for a driver with a cargo van or small box truck to meet them at the Greater Boston Food Bank on Tuesday mornings. It could be weekly but it doesn’t have to be. It takes about two hours and they have lots of volunteers ready to do the heavy lifting.  Please email ce****************@***il.com for additional information.

Free Badminton for grades 6-12 at Hyde Community Ctr.

Free BADMINTON for kids in grade 6-12 at the Hyde Community Gym, 90 Lincoln St. Newton Highlands. Stop by and play. No registration needed. Bring friends and join the fun!

Tuesday evenings, 6:30-7:45 pm.
Thursday evenings, 5:30-6:45 pm.
Now through June

Program sponsored by the Newton Partnership and the Hyde Community Gym. For more information call: 617.527.3308

Spring Courses at The Innovation Institute

The Innovation Institute in Newtonville has a few openings in some of its spring classes for elementary and middle school students:

Electrical Engineering Immersion
Grades 7-8 (Thurs, 4:15 PM-6:15 PM)
April 2-June 25
Unusually small class in EE & Robotics, led by a highly experienced electrical engineer, telecom hardware entrepreneur, and Math Olympiad coach.
(1 space left) Enroll now.

Mechanical Engineering
“Water, Fire and Strong Projectiles!” (by demand) — fluid dynamics and buoyancy, heat transfer and thermodynamics, projectile motion and Newtonian physics.
Grades 5-6
(Thurs, 4:15 PM-6:15 PM)
Mar 26-Jun 25
(3 spaces left)
Call to enroll now — 617 340-9907

Mechanical Engineering – “Water, Fire and Strong Projectiles!” 
Grades 5-6
(Sat, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM)
Mar 28-Jun 27
(2 spaces left)
Call to enroll now — 617 340-9907

Investigate, Discover & Design I
Grades K-1
(Mon, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM)
Mar 23 – Jun 22
(3 spaces left)
Call to enroll now — 617 340-9907

 

NCE Summer Programs for Middle Schoolers

Newton Community Education is offering several great programs for middle schoolers this summer including:

Darkroom Photography,
Phys Ed Favorites,
Power Programmers,
Draw & Build Architecture Studio,
Web Design,
Felt & Fabric Fiber Art,
Glass Class,
Picture Perfect, and more.

For our week-by-week summer calendar, see the summer-at-a-glance flyer. To learn more about our summer programs, or to register, visit Newton Community Education online or call 617-559-6999.

On line auction

Mason-Rice Spring Online Auction starts March 18th and runs through March 31st. Find something good for yourself while benefitting Mason-Rice’s 470+ Elementary Students. Get a bargain on one of many camps. Purchase a gift certificate for a local restaurant or business, or a gift card for a fitness class or membership. Pick up sports or theatre tickets or sports memorabilia including a signed Gronkowski Pattriots jersey.

Check out this auction for these interesting items and many more at: https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/auctionhome.action?auctionId=22615578

Attention Middle School Parents

OPEN HOUSE FOR HIGHLANDS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM

The Newton Highlands After-School Program, just for middle school children is hosting an Open House event for interested families. This is a terrific opportunity for parents of 5th graders to learn more about the program as they plan for the next school year. Please come and see the wonderful space that is their home base.

For more information please contact: Rochelle Acker at 617-999-4617 or hi******************@***il.com or visit highlandsafterschool.org

March 31st, 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Brigham House
20 Hartford Street, Newton Highlands