FREE Movie Matinee: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Newton Senior Center
345 Walnut Street, Newtonville
Between the world wars, Gustave H, the concierge at the prestigious European hotel, takes a bellboy named Zero as a trusted protege. Meanwhile, the upscale guests are involved in an art theft and a dispute over a vast family fortune. 2014
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
(and every Tuesday and Thursday Through June)
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM, Tuesdays through June
Hyde Community Gym, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands
Free badminton for kids in grades 6-12 (also on Thursdays from 5:30-7:00 p.m.)
Bring friends and join the fun! Program sponsored by the Newton Partnership and the Hyde Community Gym.
For more information call: 617.999.4617
Equinox, the upscale fitness and high performance lifestyle leader, is introducing the perfect holiday gift for the active activist. Equinox is partnering with Empowered by You to offer the Empowered by Equinox panty line.
The limited edition, holiday 3-pack of perfect everyday seamless panties, available for $60 at all four Boston Equinox locations, are designed with patented silicone flocking technology to prevent riding and sliding. For every pair purchased, Empowered by You will donate 20% of its net profits to the Seven Bar Foundation which is committed to empowering women across the globe by distributing loans to outstanding microfinance institutions all over the world.
Microloans are loans in amounts of less than $50,000 which help small business owners start, support or grow their business, and is especially prominent in countries with high poverty rates. The Seven Bar Foundation supports small business women in Sri Lanka (where the panties are manufactured), India, Guatemala, the United States and several other countries. Women who have received microfinance loans from the Seven Bar Foundation have been able to get their businesses off the ground and gain financial independence, therefore breaking the cycle of poverty for their families.
Instead of seeing lingerie as a tool of seduction, Empowered by You and Empowered by Equinox believe that intimates are a form of female empowerment– empowering the woman who wears them knowing she has supported an aspiring business woman into self-sufficiency and for the women she supports. It’s not just a panty. It’s a mission.
The panties will be available at The Shop @ Equinox beginning December 3rd, 2014 until supplies last.
Kia McNeil will be holding a Girls’ Winter Vacation Soccer Skill Clinic at Valeo FC.
December 29, 30 and 31
9am to Noon
Ages 8 – 15
Valeo Sports Center
125 Wells Avenue
Newton, MA
$195
Register here.
Go Green!
CATALOG CANCELING INITIATIVE
My elementary school is doing this via our Social Action Committee but I wanted to share with everyone in Newton and invite you all to Go GREEN!
As the holiday season is upon us, most households begin to receive an abundance of unwanted sales catalogs.
Over 19 billion catalogs are mailed per year in the USA, using:
The production of catalogs consumes a vast amount of our planet’s precious resources, and 98% of these catalogs do not even generate sales.
How does the initiative work?
1. Collect catalogs that you want to cancel.
2. Cancel the catalogs by:
3. Go online at Catalog Canceling Drive and submit the total number of catalogs you and your child have cancelled. Deadline to enter isJanuary 15th
4. SAVE and SEND the catalogs in with your child on the morning of January 16th (the day of the January Town Meeting).
Please have you child/children help in as much of this process as possible.
The classrooms that have cancelled the most catalogs will win a prize. In addition, to help the children understand the impact of this initiative, each child will have the chance to go onto the stage to add their catalogs to the stack of cancelled catalogs.
For more information and videos about this challenge, click on the following link. http://blogs.
Dear North Community:
I am writing let you know that I have chosen to go to North Andover as their next Superintendent of Schools, effective July 1, 2015.
Please know that the Newton North community will always hold a very special place in my heart. Over the last 9 years, I have had the privilege to lead this school through many challenges, opportunities and transitions. I have grown so much as a leader and a person, none of which would have been possible without the support of this amazing community. I am so proud of this school and all the work we have done together to ensure that all students have equal access to the excellent educational experiences within our walls.
I know David Fleishman will be in touch shortly after the holiday break to update you on the search process. He has told me he is eager to move as quickly as possible to ensure that the search for the next principal at Newton North is as thorough and comprehensive as possible.
I look forward to working with our wonderful staff, students and families over the next six months. Thank you, as always, for partnering with me to support the incredible students of Newton North. I hope you enjoy the upcoming break, and Happy New Year.
Best,
Jennifer Price
Principal
Ice Skating at Frog Pond!
Where: Frog Pond
When: 10:00 AM ending time varies by day
Who: The whole family
How: Just come, ticket sales end 30 minutes before closing
Cost: Varies by height: 58 inches and Over: $5, under 58 inches free. Adult skate rental: $10, kid skate rentals $5
Open daily: Monday 10am-4pm, Tues-Thurs: 10am-9pm, Fri-Sat: 10am-10pm, Sun 10am-9pm
NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS NAMED TO BOSTON MAGAZINE’S TOP DOCTORS LIST
Thirty five Newton-Wellesley Hospital physicians were recently named in the December, 2014 Boston Magazine “Top Doctors” list.
This year’s Boston Magazine list was again generated from a survey conducted by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, a healthcare researcher that also publishes America’s Top Doctors, a guide to the country’s top 1% of medical specialists. Castle Connolly’s physician-led research team uses mail and phone surveys and electronic ballots to ask physicians and the medical leadership of leading hospitals to identify highly skilled, exceptional doctors. From that group, it identified 649 top Boston-area doctors across 50 specialties.
Following are the physicians affiliated with Newton-Wellesley who were included on this list:
Jennifer Rosenblum, MD, Adolescent Medicine
Johnson T. Wong, MD, Allergy & Immunology
Daniel Steinberg, MD, Allergy & Immunology
Moussa C. Mansour, MD, Cardiac Electrophysiology
G. William Dec Jr., MD, Cardiovascular Disease
Robin Jones, MD, Pediatric Neurology
Lawrence S. Friedman, MD, Gastroenterology
Ross Berkowitz, MD, Gynecologic Oncology
Jesse Jupiter, MD, Hand Surgery
Evan D. Schumer, MD, Hand Surgery
Katherine Economy, MD, Maternal Fetal Medicine
Thomas L. Beatty Jr., MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology
Phyllis W. Scherr, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology
Marc Leibole, MD, Ophthalmology
Timothy E. Foster, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery
William L. Healy III, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery
Mark Rounds, MD, Otolaryngology
Anthony J. Guidi, MD, Pathology
Daniel Doody, MD, Pediatric Surgery
Allan Goldstein, MD, Pediatric Surgery
Jonathan Caine, MD, Pediatrics
Karen L. Sadler, MD, Pediatrics
Joanne Borg-Stein, MD, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Daniel Driscoll. MD, Plastic Surgery
Jay Loeffler, MD, Radiation Oncology
Carol Anania, MD, Reproductive Endocrinology
Mark Hornstein, MD, Reproductive Endocrinology
Keith Isaacson, MD, Reproductive Endocrinology
James M. Becker, MD, Surgery
Kevin Hughes, MD, Surgery
Henning Gaissert, MD, Thoracic Surgery
John Wain, MD, Thoracic Surgery
Cameron D. Wright, MD, Thoracic Surgery
Christopher Kwolek, MD, Vascular Surgery.
Newton-Wellesley Hospital, a member of Partners HealthCare, provides a wide range of services, including medical, surgical, obstetrical, orthopaedic, neonatal, pediatric and psychiatric care. Newton-Wellesley has been serving its community for over a century. The medical staff of the Hospital includes nearly 1,000 physicians practicing a full range of specialties. NWH is a major teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine and also has established post-graduate training programs for Harvard Medical School residents.
For more information or to schedule an appointment with a physician, contact CareFinder at 617.243.6566 or visit here.
Los Angeles-based brand Splendid® is excited to announce their second annual nationwide holiday book drive for Milk + Bookies benefiting the National Relief Charities December 4th, 2014 – January 4th, 2015. Donated books will be used to stock eight school libraries at the Pine Ridge Reservation located in southwest South Dakota, an area that is among the poorest in the U.S. with a significant population living below the poverty line. This is such a worthy cause and we would so appreciate if you would share with your readers!
In honor of the season of giving, families are encouraged to bring new or gently used books for children of all ages – early readers through high school – to the Splendid® store at The Street to donate to these schools who are in desperate need of reading material. To add to the giving-back experience, donators are invited to inscribe their donated books with a description about what they love about reading. Plus each participant will receive an I DONATED sticker, to reinforce the amazing feeling that comes with giving to someone else. To sweeten the deal, those that donate 5 or more books will receive 50% off one item from Splendid.
Milk + BookiesTM is a nationwide charitable organization that inspires children to give back, using books as its currency. The organization facilitates opportunities for children to raise book donations and give back to their peers who do not have access to books of their own. Splendid has long been a supporter of Milk + Bookies and is thrilled to help further their message.
WHO: Splendid and Milk + Bookies
WHAT: Nationwide Book Drive to Support the National Relief Charities
WHEN: December 4, 2014 – January 4, 2015
WHERE: Splendid at The Street, 33 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467
I’d like to invite you to participate in giving back, by supporting the Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE) and our efforts to document, promote and preserve the history and legacy of Chinese Americans in New England.
Donate here.
Meet Lucy, who has embarked on a mission to organize CHSNE’s archive/storage room this Fall/Winter……
“My name is Lucy Asako Boltz, and I’ve been working to organize and catalogue CHSNE’s archive. I graduated from Brown University (Ethnic Studies) and have previous experience in archives and research with Blue Cross Blue Shield of RI as well as on Chinese restaurants in the U.S.
I’m working to help make the reference materials open to students and scholars interested in learning more about Chinese/Chinese-American history in New England as well as to preserve the archival photographs, garments and documents in fair condition.
I have come across a number of artifacts that illustrate part of the story of Chinese in New England, especially Boston’s Chinatown. The library and archive houses dissertations on Boston’s Chinatown development, Asian American newspapers and magazine publications from the 1970s and 80s, and one of my favorite finds–a 1960s electric iron from a Chinese-owned laundry!”
Please help Lucy continue the progress she is making and make a donation today! CHSNE is in need of archival quality storage and shelving–$25 will help move a bag of items to an acid-free box, $100 will help us purchase and install a storage shelf, and $250 will help scan and restore and oversized banquet/school photo.
Your participation in giving back through CHSNE will help ensure that future generations will know about and appreciate the important contributions that the Chinese have had in New England.
Susan Chinsen, the Managing Director of Chinese Historical Society of New England, is a Newton North High School alumna.