Category Archives: Summer

Newton Community Farm – Summer Youth Programs

Looking for fun filled, hands-on, educational classes for your young one this summer? Then look no further. Whether it be Farm Sprouts or Little Diggers for your younger child, Farmer in Training for elementary students or Socially Aware Young (SAY) Farmers for middle school students, there are opportunities for all age groups.

Farm Sprouts offered June 16th – August 21st; meets weekly, choose your day
Little Diggers offered June 29th – August 7th, one week sessions
Farmer in Training offered July 20th – July 31st and August 10th – 21st, one week sessions
SAY Farmers offered July 13th, one week sessions

DISCOUNT – To receive a $25 discount register through this new, family focused website.
https://www.sopico.com/provider/newton-ma/newton-community-farm . For additional information visit www.newtoncommunityfarm.org/education .

College Application help

Rachel Greenberg, writer, editor, and writing tutor, is available to help prospective college students write their college application essays. She will not do any of the writing for them, but skillfully and patiently guides them through the writing process. She is also available for leading summer poetry writing workshops and memoir writing workshops for children and teenagers. Her phone number is 857-231-2229. Or you can email her at rachel.greenberg@rcn.com.

JCC Boston Diller Teen Fellowship

The Diller Teen Fellows is a national youth leadership program for 10th and 11th grade students currently available in 22 cities in North America, South Africa and Israel. In Boston, the program is administered by the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston. Twenty Boston area Jewish teens – the JCC Boston Diller Teen Fellows – are selected based on leadership aptitude, commitment to Jewish learning, interest in exploring their connection to Israel and passion for community service.

The Fellowship year runs from September 2015 to December 2016 and includes 10-12 Sunday afternoon workshops, three weekend retreats, two overnight experiences, 10-day hosting of a Diller Teen Fellow from Haifa in the spring, and a three-week summer seminar in Israel. Applicants must be current 9th or 10th graders (10th and 11th graders this fall). To register for an information session, visit www.bostonjcc.org/diller. To learn more, contact teens@jccgb.org or 617-558-6512.

Two information sessions for the JCC Diller Teen Fellowship program will be held on May 3rd and May 21st from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton Street,  Newton.

Theatre Arts Camp- Special offer

Register For Summer 2015 – 50 % Off One Week Theatre Arts Camps!*
*Use Code WTPEast when you make a payment and receive 50% off any one week theatre camp. Offer available until April 30th.

Click here for more information: http://www.wellesleytheatreproject.org/summer-camps/
Click Here to Enroll: http://www.wellesleytheatreproject.org/registration-and-parental-cons/

Seeking Summer Volunteers for the Waban Library Center

The WLC in Waban is looking for high school students who are interested in working a few hours per week this summer at our small community run library. Work starts a week after school closes, and ends in mid August. This is a good way for students to get involved with community service, and help us at the same time.
The work involves typical library work plus helping us with Story Time and occasional crafts projects with children. A personal interview must be scheduled at a convenient time. Students are encouraged to write to wabanlibrary@gmail.com or call 617- 244-0700.

Summer Basketball Camp with Boston University

The Boston University basketball staff welcome boys, ages 7-18, and girls, ages 12-14, to the fourth annual Coach Jones Basketball Clinic.

Campers will receive coaching from highly qualified coaching staff and former players and be divided by age and skill to ensure that each camper has a meaningful and fun experience. For more information and to register, visit the Coach Jones Basketball Clinic website or contact Doug Goon, assistant director of basketball operations, at douggoon@bu.edu.

June 29th – July 2nd
BU’s Case Gymnasium
Cost: $250

Multi-Sports day camp

Headfirst Summer Camps is an award-winning national camp organization located in Brookline.  As the official partner of the Red Sox, they’ve run Red Sox Baseball Camps since 2011 and this summer are bringing multi-sport day camp for camper’s ages 5-13 to the campus of Hellenic College from July 13th – August 3rd. With over 16 years of experience they know how to run the safest programs, create the most compelling curriculum and hire the best staff.

If you want your children to thrive in an engaging environment where they’re able to try new things and make new friends, enroll at headfirstcamps.com before it’s too late. They are currently running a special PTO discount of 25% which will expire May 1st 2015. Please enter the code NPS25 at checkout to get 25% off.

Multi-Sport Camp is for young campers of all ability and experience levels who are interested in engaging and exploring a variety of sports, rather than focusing on one in particular. The Multi-Sport program is built on Headfirst’s approach Continue reading →

Outdoor Environmental Summer Program, grades 7-10

Middle school and high school parents, there are still openings available in the Environmental Science Program, a month-long outdoor and educational program in July for students going into grades 7 through 10. Students go hiking, bicycling, canoeing, and backpacking, including a 3-day trip to Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. Trips include hands-on learning about the science of the environment.

See more about the program at www.newtonenvisci.org including photos and registration form, or contact David Backer at: 617-447-9317 or contact@newtonenvisci.org . We are part of the Newton Conservation Commission.