Williams PTO http://www.williamspto.org Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:10:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 42.345833-71.247355http://williamspto.org/newshttp://www.williamspto.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/wpto_banner-2.pngWilliamsPTOhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation Newton Community Preservation Committee Feb 28th agenda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WilliamsPTO/~3/0L4ISZsSinw/ http://www.williamspto.org/2012/02/09/newton-community-preservation-committee-feb-28th-agenda/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:10:41 +0000 jluckett http://www.williamspto.org/?p=3011 NEWTON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE

Tuesday, 28 February 2012
7 pm, Newton City Hall Room 202

PUBLIC HEARING
(Time will be set aside for public comments.)

Myrtle Village
(12 & 18-30 Curve Street, West Newton)
affordable housing proposal,
CPA funds requested: $938,063

The CPC will hold a working session and possible
funding vote on this proposal after the public hearing.

The full text of the proposal is online under “Pending
Proposals” from our “Proposals & Projects” webpage:

A printed copy of the proposal will be available at the Planning
Dept. counter (City Hall, basement level) by Tuesday, February 14th.

PUBLIC MEETING
(The public is welcome to attend, but these items
are not part of the public hearing.)

– updates on fy12 available funds and budget
– proposed fy13 program budget
– evaluation & planning for 10th anniversary events

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Neighborhood CPA 10th Birthday Parties & Community Survey
Come tell us how you’d allocate $20 million over the next 5 years.

27 March 2012 – Waban, Newton Upper Falls, & Newton Highlands (Ward 5)
22 May 2012 – Newton Centre, Thompsonville, & Chestnut Hill (Wards 6 & 7)
3 October 2012 – South Side, including Oak Hill & Oak Hill Park (Ward 8)
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Take our 8-question survey (4 questions are multiple-choice).
Use the “CLICK HERE” link from www.newtonma.gov/cpa,
Next Funding Deadline
Newton’s Community Preservation Committee requires submission
& discussion of a pre-proposal before it will accept a full funding
proposal for any project. The pre-proposal deadline for the next
annual funding round is July 1, 2012. But the sooner you submit
your pre-proposal, the better for your project.
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KIDS4PEACE, Benefit Concert
Sunday, March 18th, 7 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the Newtons.
The West Stockbridge Chamber Players, professional musicians who play with the Boston Symphony, Boston Ballet, and Boston Pops Esplanade, among others, will perform the Brahms Clarinet Quintet and Borodin Trio in g. BSO violinist Sheila Fiekosky will play the Bach Chaconne in d.  All profits benefit Kids4Peace, an interfaith organization, kids4peaceboston.org.  Tickets: $20 in Advance, $25 at the Door, $10 Students.  For more information, go to http://www.lutheranchurchofthenewtons.org/events.htm.
If you can post it to as many of the Newton Public Schools newsletters/emails/websites, we would really appreciate it.  Thank you so much!  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at mylespat@comcast.net.
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Join us for a moderate/vigorous yoga class in the Kripalu style – incorporating varying flow sequences as well as sustaining poses, focusing on breath and concentration – “meditation in motion”. Class size of 8 – 10 participants allows for individualized assists and corrections.  Participants of all abilities can find their own yoga, and enjoy lots of space between mats!  $150 dollars for 10 sessions. Classes are Tuesdays at 9.15 – 10.30 am, beginning on March 13th thru May 22nd (excluding April 17th),
To sign up email wabanlibrary@gmail.com.  For more information visit www.wabanlibrary.org.
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Come and join at Hipstitch and learn how to sew,make your own clothes,
Learn how to read a pattern make some cosy pants, hats scarfs or lots of other fun projects!
Come for 1/2 day 9-12 $45 or 1-4pm $45
or Full day $90.00
Full 1/2 day week $200( 9am-12pm)
Full day Full week $399( 9am-4pm)
617 965 0880
]]> http://www.williamspto.org/2012/02/09/do-you-want-to-get-creative-this-school-vacation/feed/ 0 http://www.williamspto.org/2012/02/09/do-you-want-to-get-creative-this-school-vacation/ The free parenting series, PARENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING is enrolling now http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WilliamsPTO/~3/jTBNx0cCLFM/ http://www.williamspto.org/2012/02/09/the-free-parenting-series-parent-management-training-is-enrolling-now/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:58:53 +0000 jluckett http://www.williamspto.org/?p=3000 Do you feel your kids don’t listen to you?  Does every request turn into a battle?  Do you feel all alone with these issues?  Are you ready for a solution?   The free parenting series, PARENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING is enrolling now.  It will be held for 6 sessions from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays starting on February 28th.  The group will me at the Newton Outpatient Center, 64 Eldredge St, 02458.  Pre-registration is required.  Call Rachel Nenner-Payton at 617-969-4925 x5958.  Co-sponsored by The Newton Partnership and Riverside Community Care.  Join other parents of elementary-aged children and a professional facilitator to explore these issues and learn new strategies using Parent Management Training (PMT), an evidence-based program for parents developed by Alan Kazdin, Ph.D., of Yale University’s Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic.  PMT has been consistently proven to decrease behavioral problems and increase positive behavior in children.   It is highly effective in reducing tantrums, fighting, and disruptiveness.  If you have tried other methods of changing your child’s problem behavior and haven’t had any success, then PMT may be the solution for you.  This group will be co-led by Rachel Nenner-Payton, LICSW and Elizabeth Pond.  Rachel is a senior clinician at Riverside Community Care in Newton.  Co-sponsored by The Newton Partnership and Riverside Community Care.

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Unless noted otherwise, all programs take place at the Jackson Homestead and Museum at 527 Washington Street, Newton, MA.
 
FEBRUARY
 
Monday, February 13, 7:00 PM
NEWTON’S REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS – THE 2012 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES
“Our United Sentiments”: Boston, Newton, and the Cause of Liberty
Boston is famous as the vanguard of the American Revolution–but the Revolution would have been impossible without the men and women of rural Massachusetts.  This talk explores the revolutionary network that linked Boston and its neighbors, including Newton. The leaders of the resistance against Great Britain made a massive effort to galvanize Massachusetts. The Durant family and their community offer a window into the inner workings of the Revolution. Benjamin L. Carp, Associate Professor of History at Tufts University, is the author of the recent book, Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America. At the Newton Free Library, Homer Street, Newton. Free.
 
Thursday, February 16, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
“Confronting Our Legacy: Slavery and Anti-Slavery in the North”
Be the first to crawl inside our slave ship container, stand atop the legendary well, and learn more about the enslaved people who used to live in Newton. Join us for the exciting unveiling of our completely renovated and expanded exhibition about slavery, abolition, and the Underground Railroad. Enjoy light refreshments and experience the exhibit’s new hands-on interactives, audio elements, and content. Free.
 
Tuesday, February 21, 2:00 PM
THE MASSACHUSETTS 54TH: A BLACK REGIMENT IN THE CIVIL WAR
A Vacation Week Family Program
Did you know that Massachusetts raised one of the first black regiments of the Civil War, led by a man who grew up in Newton? Come learn about their stories, and make a popular Civil-War era toy.  Cost: $20 per family ($15 for members) includes museum admission, snack, and materials. Prepaid registration is required, limit 25; call 617.796.1450 to register.
 
Thursday, February 23, 2:00 PM
FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM
A Vacation Week Family Program
Learn about slavery in New England and what people did to fight against it. Hear stories of escapes on the Underground Railroad, and then explore our brand new, hands-on exhibit, “Confronting Our Legacy: Slavery and Anti-Slavery in the North.” Cost: $20 per family ($15 for members) includes museum admission, snack, and materials. Prepaid registration is required, limit 25; call 617.796.1450 to register.
 
MARCH
 
Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4, noon-5:00 PM
NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND
Newton residents are invited to enjoy free admission to the museum.

Thursday, March 15, 7:00 PM
NEWTON’S REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS – THE 2012 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES
Newton’s Horticultural Revolution: Sowing the Seeds of Change
From settlement to the dawn of a new republic, Newton’s landscape was dramatically transformed from an economy dependent on small family agriculture to one of Boston’s most prominent horticultural communities. As field crops gave way to the latest hybrid fruit and flower introductions, Newton’s citizens were transformed from farmers to gardeners. Come explore this transformation with landscape historian Lucinda Brockway as she describes how Newton’s horticultural revolution was born. At the Newton Free Library, Homer Street, Newton. Free.
 
Monday, March 19, 7:30 PM
THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS BY ISABEL WILKERSON
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson for a discussion of her book about the epic journey of African Americans from the Jim Crow South to U.S. cities in the North and West in search of a better life in the early half of the twentieth century. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. Co-sponsored by: the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society of New England, Historic Newton, Myrtle Baptist Church, Newton Free Library, and the Newton Human Rights Commission. At the Newton Free Library, Homer Street, Newton. Free.

If you need special assistance for any of these programs or exhibitions, please call 617.796.1450.
Stephen Anable
Manager of External Affairs
Historic Newton
617-796-1463
sanable@newtonma.gov
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historic newton logo

Jackson Homestead and Museum

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds

Historic Burying Grounds Preservation

Newton Historical Society, Inc.
Thursday, February 16, 5:30 – 7:30 PM

 

“Confronting Our Legacy: Slavery and Anti-Slavery in the North”

When Edward Jackson died in 1681, he held “two man servants,” yet his great-great-grandson William Jackson helped enslaved people flee bondage by offering them sanctuary as part of the Underground Railroad…  The Jackson family’s ideological journey reflects that of some other New Englanders as attitudes toward slavery changed over time.

Be the first to crawl inside our slave ship container, stand atop the legendary well, and learn more about the enslaved people who used to live in Newton. Join us for the exciting unveiling of our completely renovated and expanded exhibition about slavery, abolition, and the Underground Railroad.  Enjoy light refreshments and experience the exhibit’s new hands-on interactives, audio elements, and content. Free.

This program is held at Historic Newton’s Jackson Homestead and Museum at 527 Washington Street, Newton, MA.  For further information, or, if you need special assistance to attend this exhibition, please call 617.796.1450.
]]> http://www.williamspto.org/2012/02/09/new-exhibition-at-historic-newton/feed/ 0 http://www.williamspto.org/2012/02/09/new-exhibition-at-historic-newton/ 5th Grade Science of Weather Unit. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WilliamsPTO/~3/DwvnHN83w5Q/ http://www.williamspto.org/2012/02/09/5th-grade-science-of-weather-unit/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:01 +0000 jluckett http://www.williamspto.org/?p=2987 5th Grade Science of Weather Unit. I have all the concepts for this unit on ONE post with videos. Use to review for MCAS or for the test  http://ilovenewton.com/5th-grade-science-unit-weather-air-pressure-heat-moisture-wind-mcas/ . I created this after helping my daughter study for this test last year.

]]> http://www.williamspto.org/2012/02/09/5th-grade-science-of-weather-unit/feed/ 0 http://www.williamspto.org/2012/02/09/5th-grade-science-of-weather-unit/ Students of all instruments are welcome to join us for Renaissance Camp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WilliamsPTO/~3/8ymvl_mbewE/ http://www.williamspto.org/2012/02/09/students-of-all-instruments-are-welcome-to-join-us-for-renaissance-camp/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:12 +0000 jluckett http://www.williamspto.org/?p=2984 Music before J.S. Bach? Students of all instruments are welcome to join us for Renaissance Camp for a 4-day, February 21-24, 9 am to 3 pm fun filled musical experience! Singers, are welcome, too.    Renaissance Camp will explore this historical period via music with additional enrichment classes in dance, calligraphy, and costumes as we create a real live “tableau” of the Renaissance.  Advanced players can join in court music and folk music of the Renaissance, as well as a “novice” program on recorder or voice.Two groups: Ages 6-9 or 10-14. $335. For more info and registration: Sachiko Isihara , 617-964-4522 or www.suzukinewton.org or sachiko@suzukinewton.org

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