Twenty-six local organizations will offer free, hands-on activities for kids at the LigerBots STEAM Expo on Saturday, December 14, 10AM–3PM at Newton North High School. The expo accompanies the Massachusetts-East FIRST LEGO League Championship, hosted by the LigerBots, Newton’s high school FIRST Robotics Competition team. Come watch the tournament! Drive…
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The Community Day Center of Waltham (CDCW) — a fifteen-minute drive from Newton — provides shelter and support for the unhoused. Starting in a church basement twenty years ago, CDCW has grown as both a drop-in day center and an extension of the MetroWest community. Newtonian volunteers are essential to…
Next Wednesday, November 27, Newton Public Schools (NPS) will host its inaugural Alumni Breakfast at 9AM-11AM at the Education Center (100 Walnut Street). All alumni of the Newton Public Schools are welcome. This event is intended to be a relaxed gathering between old high school friends to catch up, learn…
Newton’s Gingerbread House Exhibit & Contest is back for a second year! All are invited to share their talents with the community. Enter as a Youth (under 15), Adult (15 & up), or Team. Compete for people’s choice awards for Most Whimsical, Best use of Materials, and Best Architectural Design. All ages and all…
With the aroma of raw, perhaps overly ripe pumpkin in the air, the crowd cheered as a catapult hurled a lumpy, orange gourd overhead before it landed with a satisfying splat. Hundreds of the ubiquitous Halloween fruit met a similar fate during the City’s annual Great Pumpkin Smash held on…
Newton’s Department of Public Works will host the City’s 5th Annual Pumpkin Smash on Saturday, November 2, 1-4PM. Bring your Halloween pumpkins to City Hall’s War Memorial Circle (1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton Centre), where they will be flung, tossed, and smashed in various ways, including with machines made by the Newton…
Newton Parks, Recreation & Culture (Newton PRC) will offer school year youth swimming lessons held at Newton North High School (457 Walnut Street, Newtonville). Classes will be held Sunday mornings and there will be three sessions throughout the year. Each session will be a six week program. Registration for a session is $180 for…
William James College (WJC) will present a preview of the new film, Shattered Ice, as part of its program, Understanding Adolescent Depression and Suicide, on November 14, 5:30PM-7:30PM at William James College (1 Wells Avenue, Newton). The film will be followed by a panel discussion with: The event is free and light…
STEMucation, formed by Newton high-school students, will offer a free STEM workshop — Frozen Fun and Gooey Experiments — for elementary students on Sunday, December 8, from 1PM to 3PM at WPS Institute (160 Herrick Road, Newton Centre), with which STEMucation is affiliated. The event aims to offer young learners engaging opportunities to explore STEM in…
For those considering an education in the digital arts, the Pixels and Polygons School is hosting its first Open House on November 23 from 7PM-9PM at 73 Lexington Street in Auburndale. The public is invited to tour the school, learn about its program, meet faculty, see a live 3D art demo,…
Among the five ballot questions Massachusetts voters will face on Election Day next Tuesday, Ballot Question 2 – Elimination of MCAS As High School Graduation Requirement – has received significant attention within the Newton Public Schools community. MCAS Background The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) – a series of statewide…
On October 28, a Middlesex Superior Court judge imposed additional restrictions on a former school van driver indicted on three felony kidnapping charges related to alleged “suspicious activity” transporting Newton Public Schools students last May. The former driver, Justin Vose, 42, of Bedford, must now stay out of Newton unless…