Category Archives: Events

Celebration of Queer Culture

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Newton PTO Council in Art, Community Notes, Elementary Schools, Events, From The City of Newton, High Schools, Middle Schools

Saturday, June 17, 10:00-2:30 p.m.

City Hall, War Memorial

The mission of the “Celebration of Queer Culture,” is to highlight and provide education for parts of queer culture that are usually erased or taken out of the spotlight.  In partnership with the City of Newton HHS, the Human Rights Commission, the Newton Youth Commission, Lasell University, and the New Art Center, we will highlight queer history, queer art and the intersectionality within the queer community. This will be achieved by celebrating with a queer art display, a community art project, a queer history presentation, a resource fair, a panel highlighting queer high schoolers of color, music, and more! This is an event created by young queer people that creates an informative and welcoming space where queerness is not just tolerated, but celebrated.

In addition to the event promotion, we are seeking young queer artists to showcase their talent as part of the event.   We want to include as many perspectives and as much artwork as possible.  If you could share this flyer as well, that would be great!

Artist Application Google Form: https://forms.gle/8ywmbYL7yy3FinJ5A

Gun Violence Prevention in Newton

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Newton PTO Council in Community Notes, Events

Thursday, June 1 (6:00-7:00 pm) June is Gun Violence Awareness Month. Join Newton Police, Newton Health & Human Services, and the Newton Gun Violence Prevention Collaborative on a Zoom webinar to learn about strategies to keep kids safe, store guns safely, and explore the ways that red flag laws can protect our friends, family, and community. Register at tinyurl.com/yc6y9u86 or for more info: https://facebook.com/events/s/community-forum-gun-violence-p/150484067887223

Community Forum: Gun Violence Prevention in Newton 

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Newton PTO Council in Community Notes, Events, Lecture

June 1 Community Forum: 

Gun Violence Prevention in Newton 

*Thursday, June 1 (6:00-7:00 pm) June is Gun Violence Awareness Month. Join Newton Police, Newton Health & Human Services, and the Newton Gun Violence Prevention Collaborative on a Zoom webinar to learn about strategies to keep kids safe, store guns safely, and explore the ways that red flag laws can protect our friends, family, and community. Register at tinyurl.com/yc6y9u86 or for more info: https://facebook.com/events/s/community-forum-gun-violence-p/150484067887223/

Highlands Village Day:  Sunday, June 11, 2023, 11AM-4 PM!

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Newton PTO Council in Community Notes, Events

Join us for the 46th Newton Highlands Village Day on Lincoln Street.

Come for fun, delicious food, live music, dance performances, craft and event booths and much more!Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, all kid activities are FREE!  That includes:

Bounce houses

Caricature artist

Face painting 

Games

Touch-a-truck by the DPW and Newton Fire Department

See you there!

Community DPW Day in celebration of National Public Works Week, Saturday, May 20, 2023

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Newton PTO Council in Community Notes, Elementary Schools, Environment & sustainability, Events, Food Drive, From The City of Newton, High Schools, Middle Schools

The City of Newton Public Works Department is excited to host a Community DPW Day in celebration of National Public Works Week. We invite you to join us for an exciting event at the War Memorial at Newton City Hall on Saturday, May 20, 2023, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with a rain date of Sunday May 21st.

It is great day for families to enjoy games, prizes, music, a touch-a-truck event, food for purchase from a local restaurant, and learn about how Newton is “Connecting the World Through Public Works”. Did you know that Newton’s Department of Public Works (DPW) is comprised of eight divisions including Streets, Sustainable Materials Management, Fleet, Engineering, Transportation, and Utilities? DPW divisions will be sharing project success stories and fielding your questions.


You can also support local families dealing with food insecurity by donating non-perishable items that will help DPW Fill a Truck. All non-perishable items will be given to the Newton Food Pantry.

Welcome Baby Birthday Bash

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Newton PTO Council in Community Notes, Elementary Schools, Events

Welcome Baby is throwing an epic Birthday Bash to celebrate all of our little ones! Enjoy an interactive musical performance with Evan Haller from Music at the Blissful. Boost your spirits with snuggles from baby animals in the petting zoo. Birthday treats provided for all. Smoothies and bowls available for purchase from the Norwood Juice Bar truck. Please bring a NEW board book to be donated to Birthday Wishes! This event is open to any family with a child 0-2 years old, siblings welcome!

Tickets: https://www.bostonjcc.org/calendar/welcome-baby-birthday-bash/

Theaterworks USA Presents “The Poutpout Fish”

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Newton PTO Council in Art, Community Notes, Elementary Schools, Events

Grab the whole family and join us for some of the BEST live theatre in the Greater Boston Area. TheatreworksUSA Presents The Pout Pout Fish, a new musical featuring whimsical puppets and live performers. This colorful adaptation of The New York Times bestseller is directed and designed by the acclaimed puppeteers of Acheson Walsh Studios. Great for families with children 3-8 years!

Purchase tickets: https://www.bostonjcc.org/calendar/magic-ark-presents-the-pout-pout-fish/

Newton-Needham PMC Kids Ride, May 21

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Newton PTO Council in Community Notes, Events
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League of Women Voters Civics Challenge

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Newton PTO Council in Community Notes, Events

On Sunday, April 30, 2023, from 4:00-6:00pm, the Newton League of Women Voters is hosting its second LWVN Civics Challenge.  This is a free event, open to adults and students in grades 8 and above, and will be held in the Cabot Elementary School cafeteria. 

Our first LWVN Civics Challenge was held on March 1, 2020 and was hugely successful.  We had 9 teams consisting of family and community groups, middle school, high school, and college students, teachers from NSHS, and a group from the Newton TAB.  Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, we have not been able to hold this event again until now.

We would greatly appreciate it if you would include an announcement of the event in the Community newsletters for all NPS schools.   

An image and proposed announcement text is included below.

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact us.

Thank you.

Jen Abbott, Frieda Dweck, Andrea Kozinetz, and Lisa Mirabile

LWVN Civics Challenge Committee

[email protected]

Newton Cub Scouts Pack 210 spring Ice Cream Social and Recruiting event

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Newton PTO Council in Community Notes, Elementary Schools, Events, Scouts

Join Newton Cub Scouts Pack 210 for our spring Ice Cream Social and Recruiting event, on Thursday, April 27 from 6-7pm at the Carroll Center. Please join us for fun games and activities, followed by an ice cream party (allergies accommodated), which has been generously donated by the Mayflower Council. This exciting event is for our existing scouts as well as friends/community members who are interested in learning more about our Pack. Newton Pack 210 welcomes boys and girls grades 1-5; please see our website for more  info, Newton Cub Scout Pack 210 (http://pack210newton.scoutlander.com). Scouting is a great opportunity to make new friendships and learn new skills. We have had a great year so far, with Pinewood Derby, camping, hiking, community service, and fun group outings, as well as monthly Den/Pack meetings, with more fun events upcoming, including Sturbridge Village overnight, Woosox, and outdoor activities. We meet monthly at the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton Centre, and also have fun weekend activities planned. We hope you can join us on April 27 to learn more! Please email Colin at ([email protected]) with questions. 

Please RSVP if you will attend, to help us with planning. 

https://forms.gle/RTbznurfLwgoxH8Z6