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Newton Unplugged and Connected!

If sometimes you and your family just feel too “plugged in,” Newton offers a month-long remedy in March.

For the 10th year in a row, “Unplugged and Connected” hopes to promote, invigorate, and strengthen personal relationships by minimizing the use of computers, televisions, and telephones. read more »

Teens Needed for Health & Wellness Advisory Council

The Youth Health and Wellness Advisory Council is recruiting students ages 12-18, including one from each Newton middle and high school.

The Youth Council meets the second Thursday of the month, 6:00 PM, at the West Suburban YMCA. The mission of the Youth Health and Wellness Advisory Council is make Newton a healthier place for children, youth and families by engaging the community in health and wellness education, activities, collaboration and prevention. Evaluations of programs and participants are done in order to monitor the effectiveness of the programs that are being offered.

For more information, please contact Tasia Cerezo at tcerezo@westsuburbanymca.org.

Free Teen Cooking Class

Get Cooking! is a FREE, five-week course that meets twice a week for youth in grades 8- 12. Over the course, Jon Orren, Culinary Arts teacher at Newton South High School, will guide the group through the world of cooking with fresh ingredients. Youth will take their taste buds on a journey of new foods; cook side by side with local chefs and have the opportunity to show off their acquired skills to friends and family.

Wednesdays and Thursdays, March 20-April 25, 2013
3:45-5:15 PM

For more information, an application to register, please contact Tasia Cerezo at the Newton Teen Center at the West Suburban YMCA at tcerezo@westsuburbanymca.org.

ASA April Vacation Basketball Clinic

A Step Ahead basketball is offering a five-day clinic during April vacation.

April 15-19, 2013
9:00 AM-1:00 PM
Mackenzie Center
1337 Centre Street, Newton

Boys and girls ages 7-14 are welcome.

For more information visit www.asahoops.com or contact Brendan Smith at Coachb@asahoops.com or 617-909-5990.

Newton at Home Needs Volunteers

Newton at Home (NAH) is a non-profit member organization that helps Newton senior citizens live independently and safely in their homes. Most of the services are provided by volunteers, and so we need your help. We need drivers and those who can do chores around the house for seniors who can’t do these things on their own.

NAH is also looking for help with writing and updating NAH marketing materials, as well as technology support for office staff and the NAH website.

Hours are flexible! Please call or email NAH today to volunteer: 617-795-2560 or volcoord@newtonathome.org.

New Math and Programming Camp

Bootstrap: Practical Math for programming Video Games

August 19-23, 2013
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Newton North High School
Grades 6-8
$275

For more information, please visit Newton Community Education: http://www2.newtoncommunityed.org/ read more »

Mason-Rice Online Auction

March 14-26, 2013

Check out our fantastic set of items being auctioned off to benefit the Mason-Rice PTO.  read more »

  • Get a deal on a Camp - Babson, Camp Cody, Fessenden, James Bede Soccer and many more
  • Get in Shape - Change Your Body Bootcamp, Get In Shape For Woman, One to One Bodyscapes and many more
  • Treat Yourself to a Night Out - 51 Lincoln, Aquitaine, Legal Seafoods, Lumiere, Terry O'Reilly's and many more
  • Other items - a Remote Car Starter, a Hipstitch Birthday Party, Three Hours of a Web/Software Application Usability Expert, Walt Disney World Hopper Passes

Spring Baseball: T-Ball and Farm Registration

Newton SouthEast Little League still has a few spots open for Farm (1st and 2nd graders) and T-Ball (for boys and girls in Kindergarten or entering Kindergarten in the fall of 2013).

The programs run from the end of April through the middle of June.

All applicants to NSELL, must reside in, or attend public schools in, the school districts of the Zervas, Countryside, Angier, Memorial-Spaulding, Bowen or Mason-Rice Elementary Schools.

For more information and to register please visit our website: www.newtonsoutheastll.org.

Flag Football for Kids

Learn more about the YMCA's flag football programs. We have a league for 8-12 year olds or our flag football class for 6-7 year olds beginning May 1, 2013.

For more information, please visit http://www.westsuburbanymca.org/flag-football. 

Kindergarten Soccer Registration Is Open

Register by March 22 for the spring season!

Since 1993, Kindergarten Soccer has been introducing children to soccer in a fun and non-competitive environment, where girls and boys develop friendships, learn teamwork, and gain confidence. We play on Saturday mornings at Richardson Field in Waban, starting April 6, 2013. Join us and meet other Newton families! The program is open to all current Newton kindergartners, and all children who will enter kindergarten in Newton in the fall of 2013.

Kindergarten Soccer is a program of the Zervas Elementary PTO. For more information and for online registration, please visit our website: www.KindergartenSoccer.org.
 

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