Category Archives: Summer

Coach Jones Basketball Clinic

Coach Joe Jones and the BU basketball staff welcome boys ages 7–18 to the sixth-annual Coach Jones Basketball Clinic. Campers will be divided by age and skill to receive training from the highly qualified coaching staff, in order to ensure that each camper has a meaningful and fun experience. Please see the website for more information or to register.

Cost: $250 (due to NCAA rules, it is not permitted to give discounted rates to any camper.)
Session 1: June 26th – June 29th, 9:00 am–3:00 pm
Session 2: July 31st – August 3rd, 9:00 am–3:00 pm
Case Gymnasium

Contact Dave Feinstein or 603-401-5731

Family looking for summer companion

Local family is looking for a young mentor (teenager to young adult) for their daughter to assist her in summer camp for 4 weeks. Special Ed training is not necessary, just someone kind and supportive to be a friend. This has been successful model for her in the past. They’re looking to replicate this mentor relationship helping her navigate socially as well as providing confidence.

Please email Andrea at zzzafa@gmail.com.

Debate and Public Speaking Summer Camp

This summer, Lumos Debate is offering 2 week day-camp for Newton students grades 6
– 10. Your child will practice critical thinking, argumentation, and public speaking in a fun
and engaging learning environment. These are the skills that will get your kid noticed
and catapult them into leadership positions in school and in their future careers! For
more information, call 617-901-4564 or go to lumosdebate.com.

Now Is The Time To Plan For a Summer Internship!

An internship is an important step in college and career preparation. So how can you
find one? Let InternBoston do the work and provide your students with internships that are a perfect fit with their career interests and skills.

Summer60, a comprehensive program designed for high school students and graduates,  creates custom-tailored internships that allow students to work with mentors while developing business and life skills in a real-world setting.

For more information, visit www.internboston.com or email info@internboston.com

Interested in traveling with Newton Community Ed?

Have you ever considered traveling internationally with like-minded Newton adults?
Newton Community Ed is considering offering international summer travel to some
spectacular destinations, and would like your feedback!

This interest survey will only take 5 minutes and may make you eligible for a travel discount: https://goo.gl/forms/PZvqIBRNeqTHh3692.

Sign Up for Creativity, Friendship and Summer Fun!

If you are looking for a nurturing overnight summer camp where your creative 9 to 16-year-old can combine all the fun of a traditional sleepaway camp with high quality instruction across multiple arts disciplines and activities, it’s not too late to check out Maine Arts Camp, on the campus of Colby College in Maine.

Maine Arts Camp is a small, inclusive camp community led by experienced professional instructors and mature dorm counselors, with a 3:1 camper/staff ratio. Its stunning Colby College location provides access to several art studios, a theater, two dance studios, a full commercial kitchen for cooking programs, Johnson Pond, a photography/film studio, tennis courts, and much more. Your child can enjoy an individualized schedule of activities chosen from a huge range covering visual arts, theater, music, dance, culinary arts, individual sports, film making, photography, and creative writing.

Enrollment, limited to 100 campers per session, is filling fast, so sign up soon! Choose from 2 or 4 week sessions in July. For more information, visit www.maineartscamp.com and/or contact Rick Mades, Camp Director maineartscamprick@gmail.com, or Anabel Cable at mainearts.anabel@gmail.com if you have any questions or would like to set up a meeting.

Click here to download a flyer.

TEC Internship Summer 2017 Program information session

TEC Internship Summer 2017 Program information session, no need to register. Open to students and parents/guardians.

January 31st, 7:00-8:00 pm
Morse Institute Library, Natick

Registration to the TEC Internship Program Summer 2017 is now OPEN. Apply online at:
http://www.tec-coop.org/student-programs/internships/internships-payment-page

Career exploration opportunities for students who have completed at least two years of high school. To learn about the program, please visit:
http://www.tec-coop.org/student-programs/internships/student-internships

Interested in an Academic Spring internship during after school hours? Please inquire
www.tec-coop.org

13th annual Teen Summer Program Expo

Meet directors of more than 70 enriching summer programs in the U.S. & abroad. Options for every budget and interest including academic enrichment, adventure, teen tours, community service, internships, sport instruction, language immersion, college prep, arts/theatre/music, teen camps,  STEM and gap year programs. Wide variety of local and overnight programs.

Efficiently cut through the overwhelming amount of information online and make informed decisions about programming, safety, and supervision. For more information see www.TeenSummerExpos.com and https://www.facebook.com/events/1657641287881998/

February 6th, 5:30 – 8:00 pm (Snow date: February 7th)
Newton South High School in the cafeteria, 140 Brandeis Road

Summer Camps at The Conservatory at Highlands

Keep the music in your summer! Sign up now for The Conservatory’s cool and creative music camps and special strings camp and get the early bird 10% discount.

Music Camp
Creative, musical, and fun day camp filled with music theory and ear training; ensemble practice (rock band, jazz, or chamber); and recording, songwriting, and beat-making for ages 6 and up; all instruments and skill levels welcome!  Bring your own lunch and snacks. No nuts, please.

Cost: $425/week (July 4th week discounted to $339) Register before April 1st for the early bird 10% discount! Visit highlandsconservatory.com or call 617 – 903 – 0944.
Camp sessions are Monday-Friday, June 26th through August 25th , 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (except July 4th week, which runs for four days); Friday concert

Special Strings Camp
Join Conservatory strings teacher, Debbie Apple, for a day camp filled with singing, games, orchestra, history, theory, practice, guest artists, and performances! Strings Camp is open to students who have been playing for one year or more. The camp runs from July 10th through July 14th, from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm with a concert on Friday from 2:00 – 3:00 pm. Cost for the camp is $425/week. Register at highlandsconservatory.com or call 617 – 903 – 0944 before April 1st for the early bird 10% discount!

The Conservatory at Highlands, 51 Winchester Street, Newton

Maine Arts Camp Information Meetings

Looking for a great overnight summer camp where your creative 9-16 year-old can thrive? Find out why Maine Arts Camp could be the perfect choice.

 A small camp community that’s big on empathy, quality instruction and personal growth.

 Outstanding facilities. Located on the beautiful campus of Colby College, Maine Arts Camp provides access to state-of- the-art studios and performing spaces, a commercial kitchen, tennis courts, fields, lake frontage, and more.

 Exceptional creative opportunities. Campers choose a schedule of 10 activities from an
extensive program covering visual arts, theatre, music, dance, culinary arts, robotics and
rocketry, film-making, individual sports and more. Take existing talents to new levels and
explore new ones!

 2 or 4 week sessions in July.

To find out more, please visit the website at www.maineartscamp.com, email Camp Director Rick Mades at maineartscamprick@gmail.com, and/or join us at one of our upcoming information meetings in Newton. Please email to RSVP and get directions to the Boathouse at the Farm.

February 5th, 10:00 am-12 noon and February 10th, 8:00 – 10:00 am
The Farm at Chestnut Hill, 99 Florence Street, Newton