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June 7
Color Day
(Rain Date June 8)
June 10
Parents' Night Out
June 22
Last Day of School for Students
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| Help Burr Be A Good Partner: Your Feedback Counts! | | |
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education invites you to complete an online parent survey and share your feedback with your child's school. We want to know about the efforts made by your child's school to help you feel welcome as a partner in the planning for your child's education.
The purpose of the survey is to see how well your child's school partners with you and promotes parent involvement in your child's learning. The survey should take ten minutes to complete. Survey results will provide your child's school with answers about parent-school partnership, transition, and family training. Research shows that schools that are good partners have better outcomes for the students they serve. Your feedback will allow us to learn how effectively schools partner with parents.
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is working with an outside contractor to conduct our web-based parent survey. We will not collect any personal information regarding your child on this survey.
To begin the survey, you will be asked for your child's school district, and school name. If more than one child in your family attended school in the selected school district during the current school year, please fill out one survey per child. You can complete the survey by going to: http://www.MAparentsurvey.com
Your survey answers will remain anonymous. Please complete the survey and submit it by Thursday June 30, 2011.
If you are a parent/guardian needing assistance reading and interpreting this survey in a language other than English, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian/Creole, or Vietnamese please seek assistance from your school district.
If you have any questions on this survey, please call Joanne Liem from ICF Macro (toll-free) at: 1-866-262-1922. Thank you very much in advance for your help with the survey.
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Burr Parents Rock Out!
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 That will be the headline in the Tab following our next Parents Night Out! On Friday, June 10, the Burr PTO is happy to sponsor a Parents Night Out at The Skellig pub in Waltham, featuring our own PTO Co-President, Steve DeJesus and his band $3 Shirt. The large back room at the Skellig will open at 8 p.m. for Burr Community and friends only, where you can eat, drink, and be merry while enjoying the rocking tunes provided by the band and a short set by special guests, a band of young Newton Rockers, Levity. Tickets will be $10 at the door and all proceeds will benefit the PTO directly. Come and have some fun and celebrate the end of another successful school year at the Burr. Attendees at last years event raved about the band and its choice of popular rock hits from the 60's to the present. Don't miss this fun, parents only, event!
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Donate TODAY to Honor Thy Teacher 2011 | | To date over 500 of Newton's faculty and staff have been honored by donations from 20 of Newton's schools. We have raised $20,000 towards our goal of $60,000. Send in your donation today to honor the exceptional Newton teachers and staff who motivate, educate and inspire your children daily to be the best they can be. Please support their efforts and honor their dedication to our children by donating to the Newton Schools Foundation's 14th Annual "Honor Thy Teacher" Campaign.
The suggested donation is $25 per teacher/staff member. Make your Honor Thy Teacher donation:
- By Check - Made out to "Newton Schools Foundation" and mailed, along with a note containing the name and school of the teacher to be honored, to: Newton Schools Foundation, 100 Walnut Street, Newton, MA 02460
- By Credit Card - Phone the office at 617.559.6120
- Online by PayPal or Credit Card
We celebrate Newton Public Schools teachers and staff by: - Notifying honored teachers and staff
- Listing all honored teachers and staff in the Newton TAB
- Sharing honoree names with the Superintendent and Principals
- Ensuring your donations go to support 21st Century classrooms in Newton
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NE Mobile Book Fair Supports 21st Century Classrooms in Newton | | Snatch up the latest bestsellers, shop for graduation gifts, and pick up your summer reading, while helping put innovative learning tools in Newton's classrooms. From May 22 through August, independent bookstore New England Mobile Book FairŪ will donate 6 percent of sales (excluding tax) to the Newton Schools Foundation (NSF) when you mention at checkout that you're from Newton or you wish to support Newton's schools.
NSF will use the proceeds to purchase interactive whiteboard suites in Newton's schools. So tell your friends, neighbors and family members and help put 21st century technology in our classrooms. New England Mobile Book FairŪ is located at 82 Needham Street in Newton.
For more information, visit the NSF website at www.newtonschoolsfoundation.org. For more information on New England Mobile Book FairŪ, go to www.nebookfair.com. |
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Riverside Community Meeting - June 9, 2011 | | |
Developer BH Normandy is prepared to meet with the community and present an updated proposal for the Riverside site. The Riverside Station Neighborhood Coalition (RSNC), in conjunction with BH Normandy and our Ward 4 aldermen, have scheduled a community meeting for Thursday, June 9th, at 7pm in the Williams School auditorium. It is important for everyone to attend this meeting, so that you can see what the developer wants to build and understand the impact this project will have on your family and neighborhood. The Ward 4 aldermen urge you to attend!
The Steering Committee of the RSNC recently met with the BH Normandy team. They are close to completing their Environmental Impact Report (EIR), and one of the purposes of the June 9th meeting is to gain input from the community prior to filing the report with the State. The purpose of the EIR is to look at the impact of the proposed development on traffic, wastewater, air quality, noise and other matters. The RSNC will need the help of residents to review, understand, and provide input for the EIR and we will need that help ASAP. If you have expertise in traffic or environmental issues, or you have outreach skills and are willing to help contact residents, please reply to this message or send an email to RiversideNeighbors@gmail.com
It will take many Lower Falls and Auburndale residents to help craft a project that works for our neighborhoods, the City, and the developer.
We hope to see you on June 9th!
Lynne Sweet lsweet@riversidestation.info
Bill Renke brenke@riversidestation.info
Co-chairs
Riverside Station Neighborhood Coalition
www.riversidestation.info |
| Complimentary Barbecue at the Hotel Indigo - June 12 | | |
Residents of Lower Falls, Lasell, and Auburndale communities are invited to celebrate summer with us on the BOKX Pool Deck.
June 12th from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Complimentary Barbecue & Beverages
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| 5th Annual Rove the Cove: June 18th | |
The Auburndale Community Association is hosting the 5th annual Rove the Cove 5K road/trail race on June 18. The race starts and finishes in the picnic area of The Cove in Auburndale. Cotton t-shirt to the first 100 registrants. Prizes raffled at the end. All fitness levels welcome! You can walk or run. All finishers 14 and under receive official finishers medal.
Start location: "The Cove" Auburndale Park, West Pine St, Auburndale, MA (Commonwealth Ave to Melrose St. Left on to W.Pine). Start time 9:30 . Check in 8:45. Registration forms available at www.auburndalecommunity.org.
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Fun Summer Enrichment Programs for Preschoolers | | |
Don't let the summer get under way without signing up for a class at the Newton Cultural Center. You can go with your child and enjoy art and music classes, or drop them off for a morning of fun!
Time for Families
For adults and children ages 18 months to 6 years
Art and music classes every day.
Tuesdays & Thursdays, June 14, 16, 21 & 23
9:30 - 11:30am, $85
Time for Partners
For children 18 months to 4 years, with an adult
Art & music classes every day.
Choose Mondays - Thursdays
June 27 - August 4, 9:30 - 11:15
Mondays - $105, Other days - $130
Summer Swing
A drop-off program for children ages 3 - 6
Art, music & creative movement every day.
Monday - Thursday, June 27 - August 4
9:30am - Noon - with optional lunch bunch 12 - 1pm
Flexible 2,3 & 4 day options available. $40 per day
To register, call 617-527-8283 or go to: www.Activityreg.com, click on "MA", click on "Newton Parks & Rec.," click on "Register for Activities", click on "Recreation Programs & Activities," click on "Mayor's Office for Cultural Affairs." |
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