Just Think: Teens Making Smart Choices
MIDDLE SCHOOL and HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS and PARENTS/GUARDIANS INVITED Save the date for a fun, free EXPO at Newton North High School! Thursday, January 21, 2016, from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Teens and adults are invited to the Just Think: Teens Making Smart Choices expo for participative, informative exhibits; live musical performances; free refreshments; and fun. Meet […]
Science Competition for Kids Grades 5-8
DISCOVERY EDUCATION AND 3M SEARCH FOR AMERICA’S 2016 TOP YOUNG SCIENTIST — Next Generation of STEM Leaders Invited to Solve the Challenges of Tomorrow and Compete for $25,000 in the Annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge — — Through One-of-a-Kind Summer Mentorship, 3M Scientists Will Provide Guidance and Support to Student Finalists as They […]
Thoroughly Racist Millie
CAPA Drops Musical After Complaints of Racism Thoroughly Modern Millie raised a backlash from students. The Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts has dropped a planned staging of the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie after students complained about racist portrayals of Asians in the play. Two students — Jasmine Luca and Tai Joselyn — […]
The Cut Class at Equinox
Equinox, the high performance lifestyle leader, introduces The Cut, a total body, boxing and kickboxing group fitness class to the Boston region this January 2016. The 45-minute cardio-forward workout is a fitness journey, designed to introduce newcomers to boxing and martial arts while guaranteeing the ultimate workout for all fitness levels. Incinerating calories while building […]
Suicide Prevention training with Mayor Setti Warren
Dear Resident, I am writing today to invite you to join me for a very important event next week. OnWednesday, January 13th I will be participating in a Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention training, and I hope you can be there too. This evidence-based, simple technique offers everyone strategies to respond to someone […]
60 Posse Scholars from Boston Area
60 urban public school students from Boston were chosen as Posse Scholars to enroll at elite colleges and universities around the country, The Posse Foundation announced today. The Posse Foundation identifies, recruits and trains students from urban communities with extraordinary academic and leadership skills and places them in top institutions of higher education, where they […]
Flash Art Returns at The Arsenal Center for the Arts
Flash Art, the Arsenal Center for the Arts’ biannual art lottery fundraiser is returning for its third year! We will be kicking off the New Year with this exhibition in January 2016. The show will run from January 7 – February 26, 2016, with an opening reception and ticket sales event on January 14. All […]
FREE Family Day at Mass College of Art and Design Exhibition
The Bakalar & Paine Galleries at Massachusetts College of Art and Design Present Spring 2016 Exhibition: SELECTIONS January 26 – March 5, 2016 – Free and Open to the Public Free Family Day Event Saturday, February 27th! WHAT: Selections features the remarkable work of MassArt professors who are newly hired or returning from sabbatical. A […]
Knitwear Pop Up Store offers free knitting classes
The Street announces the next brand to debut at The Pop-Up, its new concept devoted to celebrating innovative and locally grown brands. Perfectly timed to the winter season and the desire to bundle up in the coziest of styles, The Third Piece, a luxury knitwear line owned by two trendsetting Boston women, will take over The […]
Newton Teen Suicides Noted in New York Times article
New Jersey School District Eases Pressure on Students, Baring an Ethnic Divide A packed Board of Education meeting this month at Grover Middle School in West Windsor, N.J., where a districtwide debate that often splits along racial lines is underway about the pressure put on students there to succeed. The issue of the stresses felt by […]
