WILLIAMS SCHOOL PTO

Newton Community Education is offering a four-week Holiday Pottery class at Williams on Wednesdays starting November 29. This class, for kids in grades 2-5, gives students the opportunity to work on their own special projects, which they can choose to offer as gifts for the holiday season. For details, call our office at 617-559-6999 or visit our website at www.newtoncommunityed.org.

School resumes Monday, November 27th.

School resumes on Monday, November 27th.

Day before Thanksgiving – EARLY RELEASE – School Ends at 12:00

The Harvest Festival will take place at Williams on Wednesday, November 22, at 10 a.m. in the gym. Every grade will be singing 2 songs for the season. Parents are welcome to attend! Any parent who would like to help decorate the gym that morning, please let me know. Thank you so much!
Martha Holmes, Williams music teacher

Contact:Lisa Rucinski lisa@rucinskis.com

The second unit of Understanding our Differences, Learning Disabilities, was presented in the 4rth grade on November 17 and 20. Students learned that learning disabilities are invisible, unlike other disabilities such as blindness or physical disabilities. We discussed that we all have our strengths, and all have things that are challenges for us. We discovered that strengths for some of us can be challenges for others. We learned that our brains are much like computers, in the ways we take in, process, store, and share information, and that sometimes our brains don’t work well in one of these areas, which results in an individual learning disability. The kids rotated through four different stations that helped them experience what it might feel like to have a challenge in one of these areas. Ask your 4rth grader what was easy or hard for him or her! We had a guest speaker who discussed what her life has been like with a learning disability and what strategies she uses to accomplish everyday tasks. The kids asked lots of great questions, and were thoughtful and insightful throughout. We’d like to thank the parent volunteers who helped with this unit: Suzanne Zellner, David Foster, Melinda Broderick, Hugh Gelch, Sue Miller, and Kathleen Maguire. If you are interested in helping with future units of Understanding our Differences in 3rd or 4th grade, please contact one of us.

Ann Busby-Hill
Lisa Rucinski
Barbara Seal

SAVE THE DATE: Vintage Williams Gala, March 24, 2007
Contact: Deborah Gelch, president@williamspto.org
Save the date for a celebration of the past 100 years of Auburndale and Newton Lower Falls’ rich history. You’ll enjoy amusement games and gambling from Norumbega Park, big band music from the Totem Pole, silent and live auction, original vintage clothing, and various displays of the train station, rich architecture and mills of our community. If you are interested in helping in the planning or researching the history of our community, contact: president@williamspto.org

TINY TOTS has one, two or three day spots available for your child (ages 1-3). Choose from half or full day openings. Days are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I am fully licensed with the Office For Children (OFC) and have over 25 years experience. Call Kathy at (617) 244 5157.

TAVERNS PAINTING, HANDYMAN AL, HIGH TECH HELP and Tiny Tots: Call 617-244-5157 or go to www.HomeOwnersHelpList.com. Offer a variety of services from interior painting to electrical carpentry/plumbing to tech help with your home PC to childcare.

The BROOKLINE SMART SUMMERS THEATER ARTS Program offers an exciting experience in the arts for children ages 7-13. Children take classes in music, acting, dance, and art. They also work together to create an original musical production. The program runs June 29th-July 13th and July 16-July 28th, Monday-Friday, 8:30AM-4PM. Contact the Brookline Adult & Community Education office at 617-730-2700 to request a registration form. You can also email theaterartscamp@aol.com with any questions or visit www.brooklineadulted.org.