Author Archives: Julia Hamilton

THE FROSH PLAY: WRITERS…BLOCKED: OCT. 20-22, 7:30-9:30PM

South Stage presents the annual 9th grade play, Writers…Blocked, on Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 20-22 at 7:30 PM in the Newton South Lab Theater.   Tickets at SouthStage.org. Come see the work of our newest theatre artists in a series of 10-minute plays about the … Continue reading

CELEBRATE SOUTH: OCT 15 – 21

What is Celebrate South? Celebrate South is a weeklong event where we celebrate all the students that make South an amazing place to learn and grow. This year it will kick-off with a Girl’s Soccer Game vs Strongsville High School from … Continue reading

NEW CLOTHING BINS ON CAMPUS

Have you noticed the new Clothing Bins in front of the tennis courts on Brandeis Road? Newton Public Schools placed the bins to help make donating, reusing and recycling unwanted clothing, shoes, linens and textiles easy and convenient. Beginning November 1, … Continue reading

HALLOWEEN WINDOW PAINTING: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER

Volunteers are needed to help with the 23rd annual Halloween Window Painting event, taking place this year on Saturday, October 29 (raindate: October 30 ). Registration is now open for student painters in grades 3-8, and merchants in Auburndale, Newton Centre, Newton Highlands, … Continue reading

ATTENTION SENIOR PARENTS: Seal of Biliteracy deadline Oct. 19

Parents — please see below the announcement shared with all our seniors.  Please let us know if you have any questions about how you can support your child in pursuing a Seal of Biliteracy. Attention Seniors!! Do you speak a … Continue reading

LIGERBOTS OPEN HOUSE: September 29th, 6:00pm

Does your student have an interest in STEM or business, including software, engineering, finance, public relations, fundraising, writing, photojournalism, videography, graphic design, or public speaking? The LigerBots is FIRST Robotics Competition Team 2877, Newton North and South’s combined, award-winning team … Continue reading

METCO Scholarship Fundraiser

This week, 31 Newton METCO Seniors graduated from Newton South and Newton NOrth High Schools. These young people stand on the horizon of new opportunities and we want each and every one of them to know they have the tangible … Continue reading

Senior Portraits for 2023 graduates

Class of 2023 graduates can now schedule their senior portrait appointment here https://seniors.legacystudios.com/newton-south-hs-ma/

FORJ: Meeting June 13, 4:30pm

Are you interested in learning more about Families Organizing for Racial Justice (FORJ) at South? We’ve had the opportunity to put on some wonderful programming this year, and we’d love to have you join us next year! FORJ is hosting an informal … Continue reading

Mathcounts Club Update

Newton South High School students – Elena Baskakova, Steven Hu, Aaron Lu, Isaac Gordon, Alexander Loo, Shelley Wei, David Shaar, and Sophie Song – organized and ran the School Mathcounts Competition at Oak Hill Middle School. The event was held … Continue reading