NNHS Girls Volleyball Goes to State Championship!
A rematch a year in the making will take place Saturday night at Algonquin High School after the Newton North girls volleyball team used another punishing display of serving, blocking and hitting power to beat Concord-Carlisle in the Division 1 state semifinal Wednesday night at Canton High. The Tigers advance to the state championship match […]
NNHS Volleyball Tonight for Semi-Finals against Concord Carlisle
Newton North High School Volleyball is playing in Canton tonight for the Semi-Finals against Concord Carlise. GIRL’S VOLLEYBALL (19-3) has some unfinished business to handle in the State tournament. Good luck to any team attempting to stop them. The Tigers have already disposed of Brookline and North Quincy and, with a win against Concord-Carlisle (19-4) […]
Watch NNHS Girls Soccer in State Finals This Friday!
Newton North won 2-1 last night in the semifinals of the Division 1 State Tournament. Despite falling behind 1-0 with 30 minutes left in the game, Newton North rallied for 2 goals in regulation to take the victory. Goals were scored by Angela Ward and Shannon Fitzgerald. The play was high quality and very entertaining. […]
Peirce Elementary School Playground Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser
Peirce Elementary School is raising money for a new playground and everyone is welcome to use it when it is complete. But the price tag is high. In order to get an inclusive playground with a rubber surface that allow for wheelchairs, the cost is $175,000. So far, Peirce is almost half way there. But […]
Newton Schools 2013 MCAS Results
The 2013 MCAS results are out and Newton’s students performed well above the state average, with students scoring best in math. Peirce Elementary School in Newton MA MCAS results from the Spring, 2013 exams were released by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Educatio. Students continue to perform at high levels on these exams. On […]
Massachusetts Ranks High Globally in Math, Science
Expecting the Best Yields Results in Massachusetts If Massachusetts were a country, its eighth graders would rank second in the world in science, behind only Singapore, according to Timss — the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, which surveys knowledge and skills of fourth and eighth graders around the world. (The most recent version, in 2011, […]
How to Communicate with Children after Traumatic News
For parents who need talk to their kids about a traumatic event, I thought the information from the Day Middle School Principal Brian Turner was really helpful. Communicating with Kids after Traumatic News or Events Please visit these websites for information about how to appropriately respond and effectively […]
Newton North High School Makes Newsweek Best High Schools List!
Newsweek has ranked Newton North High School #982 in its list of America’s Best High Schools. The ranking lists the best 2000 public high schools in the United States that get kids into college. The list is based on six components: graduation rate (25 percent) college acceptance rate (25 percent) AP/IB/AICE tests taken per student (25 […]
FREE Open Gym for Kids at Day Middle School
OPEN GYM (NO CHARGE) 4:00-6:00 PM Every Tuesday at Day All students from Day, Bigelow, Brown and Oak Hill are invited to participate in the new Open Gym program. Tyler Wachtelhausen, F.A. Day’s Physical Education, Health and Wellness Teacher, will lead the program EVERY TUESDAY through the rest of this school year at Day Middle […]
Newton Override Link Round Up
Newton Override Passes If you are new to Newton and want to know about the Newton tax override, I have a round up of links. This is only the second tax override to pass in Newton. The first was to renovate and build Newton’s High Schools. What does the override mean to Newton’s citizens and […]
