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Thurs Dec 11: Newton PAC Mtg
Weds Dec 24: December vacation begins
Jan 12 - 16: Science & Engineering Week
Jan 31: Burr Auction!
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| Science & Engineering Discovery Week |
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January 12 - 16, 2009
 Does your career or hobby involve science or engineering? Would you be willing to share yourself with a class of Burr students for 20 minutes? We're organizing Burr's 5th Annual Science & Engineering Discovery Week, which brings parents into the classroom to provide our children with an exciting and accessible view of science and engineering. The kids love these presentations, and they're easy and rewarding for the presenter.  We hope you'll participate by giving a 20-minute presentation to one or more classes during the week of January 12 - 16. We're eager to work with your schedule! We need to organize this as soon as possible for a smooth operation in January. If you're interested or have questions, please contact us by December 5. Thanks! Joanne Kotz ( joannekotz@gmail.com) or Michelle Fineblum ( fineblum@alum.mit.edu) Phone: 617-964-7515 (Michelle or Michael) |
Shop locally and support Burr
at Ken's Flower Cafe
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Buy Christmas Trees, Wreaths and Flowers and Support Burr. Ken's Flower Cafe will donate 3% of all sales to Burr School throughout December. All you have to do is send your Ken's Flower Cafe receipts in via backpack mail.
Support your school while shopping locally!
Ken's Flower Cafe is at 2111 Commonwealth Avenue in
Auburndale. |
| Where will you be on Jan 31 at 7:00 pm??? |
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Turtle Lane Playhouse
for the Burr School Auction, right?!?
Line up your sitter now! Last week's winner of
the 50/50 raffle free auction ticket is Jacob Viveiros in Mrs. Frail's
Kindergarten class.
Congratulations!
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DIAGNOSIS: AUTISM
Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders
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New Parent Support Group -- Enrolling
Now! An information and support group for parents of young
children
(ages 2 to 5), diagnosed within the past year with ASD, including
Autism, PDD-NOS, and Asperger's Syndrome. Topics include: - Understanding the Autism Spectrum
- Reviewing the
developmental criteria for diagnosis
- Accessing appropriate school
programming and adjunct therapies
- Learning about special education rights
and laws
- Dealing with the emotional impact of the diagnosis
- Disclosing
the diagnosis - if/when/how to inform family and friends
- Setting behavioral
expectations - family gatherings/other social settings
- Creating a support
network
Co-led by Carole Slipowitz, Psy.D. and Joan Murray,
Ph.D. Thursdays, January 8-March 19 (no session Feb 19) 7:00-8:30
PM WarmLines, 225 Nevada Street, Newtonville $200/10 sessions To
register: 617-332-3666, ext. 123 or www.warmlines.org. |
| Newton Parent Advisory Council (PAC)
Discussion with Jeff Young, Supt. of Schools |
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Newton Parent's Advisory Council for Special Education invites you to a discussion with Dr. Jeffrey M. Young, Superintendent of Newton Public Schools.
Thursday, December 11, 2008, 7:30 to 9:00 pm
Education Center , 100 Walnut Street , Room 210
Light refreshments and networking begin at 7:15pm
Jeff Young will be our guest, answering questions from parents of children receiving special education services in Newton. Bring your burning questions about special education and ... the strategic planning effort, the budget, the system-wide goals and mission statement, and other topics of particular concern to the special education community and you!
If possible, we would like to share your questions with Dr. Young in advance to allow him to focus his comments on areas of interest. Send your questions to Sandy Baird, PAC co-chair by December 5th, at sjsbaird@rcn.com. For more information about the PAC, contact Burr SPED PAC liaison Erika Drezner at egdrenze@yahoo.com or go to our website at www.newtonpac.org. |
Boston Children's Chorus concert
This Sunday, Dec 14 at 2:00 pm
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Parish presents the Boston Children's Chorus in a winter concert that
will have a diverse musical presentation, with seasonal tunes, plus
some traditional Christmas songs. All are welcome. The
Boston Children's Chorus (BCC) is a multi-racial, multi-cultural arts
education organization that uses music as a powerful tool for social
change by purposefully uniting a diverse group of children to sing,
perform and serve as ambassadors of harmony for the city of Boston at
local events as well as on tour nationally and internationally.
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concert will take place at St. Bernard's Church / 1529 Washington
Street (Rte 16) in West Newton. Parking is available behind the Church
and across the street in Church lot. Church is handicapped accessible. A free will offering will be taken.
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| We're looking for a ride to Lincoln on Friday afternoons for a cool program for our 3rd grader who goes to a program at Friends For Tomorrow. We can easily drive the kids home afterwards, it's getting the kids *to* Lincoln that's the problem. Contact Rachel Scheff by email if you're interested. | |
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