Community Notes

Bowen Community Notes provides important community information to over 650 parents in Newton, MA. For publication, please send a brief notice, ready for publication, in plain text format to: Bowen Community Notes  (no attachments, please). If accepted, your note will be included on the website. The Bowen PTO reserves the right to accept or reject announcements for publication at their discretion. Please visit the PTOC’s Community Notes page for even more.

Robotics STEM program in Newon/Wellesley

Do your kids love creating something new and seeing their ideas come to life? Do they enjoy the challenge of building and programming robots? If so, we invite them to join Robotfun Academy (Newton-Wellesley), a new robotics STEM educational program founded by parents from Newton elementary school. Our after-school classes and summer camps, which are open to elementary and middle school students in grades 1-7, use VEX Robotics to teach engineering, programming, and teamwork skills. Let’s have some fun building and playing with robots this summer! For more information about our summer camps, please visit our website at https://www.robotfunacademy.com/.

Story Starters

Story Starters is enrolling families with children ages 3-8 to participate in our upcoming Fall program. Our eight-week Family Conversations Program is designed for parents who want to start and strengthen conversations about race with their young children. Story Starters gives families age-appropriate tools and skills to have meaningful conversations about race and racism. Story Starters families learn from educators, racial justice advocates, and each other.

A Step Ahead Basketball Camps

A Step Ahead Basketball Camps are back for its 27th consecutive summer in Newton.  Camps are for boys and girls ages 7-15 and take place at both the Brown Middle School and Mount Alvernia Academy.  Space is limited…
Since 1997 ASA has been serving the Newton community offering camps, clinics, skills training and AAU basketball.  We hope to see you soon: Register at: Summer Camps / Contact:  Coachb@asahoops.com“

Newton’s One-to-One Program

Newton’s One-to-One Program, our very own “big brother/sister program” has been matching wonderful high schoolers with children in grades one through five for almost 50 years.  If you think your elementary aged child would benefit from a mentor in their life and you can commit 2 hours each week to have your child meet with a high school mentor from November to May – you should contact us. 

Here is a link to the program information and application:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13n7IzUcTVmpneoE4baEZUfnwARu1kiTYAkQa1WfNyRA/edit?usp=sharing

For questions or more information, please contact Rebecca Young, Program Coordinator, at youngr@newton.k12.ma.us or 617-315-8733

Support Newton Kids

The Department of Children and Families is seeking to keep Newton children in their schools and communities. We want to ensure that when DCF assumes care and custody of a child, that child is able to remain in their school, with their friends and the adults that support them. In order to accomplish this, DCF is looking for Newton parents who
would consider becoming a short-term caregiver for a student in need at their child’s
school.
Please complete this brief survey if you are interested in participating or learning more.

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