News and Notes

LAWRENCE HIGHLIGHTS

• April Art Show – Wednesday, April 5
  • Volunteers greatly needed! If you are able to help on the day of the art show please sign up.
• Brookline talks presents: Nurturing Sexually Healthy Children & Teens in Today’s World with Deborah Roffman
  • Thursday, April 6th at 7pm in the Runkle School Multi-Purpose Room.Deborah Roffman –  A master teacher, author and consultant to schools, parents & children – will discuss five universal needs of  children and teens as they grow toward sexual maturity, and the five corresponding roles for adults.
• International Night – April 28, 6-8pm
  • Celebrate the richness of our many cultures! Please make a food donation or volunteer.  Questions: Patricia Santos
• Used Book Fair – January-May
  • Bring used books to the cart in the lobby. Karen Stern & Dana Greene.

THANK YOUS

• To the director, cast and crew of the PTO Play: Thank you for a creative, funny and immensely entertaining production!  We are fortunate to have so many talented people in the Lawrence community.
• To all the METCO families for donating your hard-earned money, food, and time to make our breakfast a success! Special thanks to Weddee Henry for the beautiful tables and flowers, and to Debra Morales for waking up at 4am to scramble 48 eggs and sausages!

WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND TOWN?

• Free Salary Negotiation Workshop
  • April 3, 2017 6:00PM-8:00PM, The Denny Room (Basement) 11 Pierce Street. Brookline’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Relations is hosting a free salary negotiation workshop to end the gender pay gap by empowering women.
• Brookline Youth Wrestling Clinic – Boys & Girls Welcome – Grades 3-8
  • April 4th, 10-11:30am at the Brookline High School – Shluntz Gym. Come join the Brookline High Wrestling Team & Coaches for an introduction to the world’s oldest (and toughest) sport.
• Triveni School of Dance Annual Fundraiser– presenting “Devi”
  • April 7, 8pm; April 8, 3pm at the BU Dance Theater. Contact Priya Budde.
• VOICES Boston Spring Concert
  • April 8th at 3pm, First Parish in Brookline.  Join VOICES Boston, Brookline’s premier children’s chorus, for a concert of songs from around the world!
• Green Routes Bike Tour of Brookline
  • The tour will now start at 8:30 AM, Saturday, April 8, in the Brookline Town Hall Parking Lot. Sponsored by Brookline Bikes Advisory Council
• Sara Mardini, humanitarian, activist and hero, speaks at Upper Devotion (194 Boylston St.) on April 10 at 7:00pm
  • Sara’s talk, entitled “A Syrian Refugee’s Journey of Hope & Courage”, will delve into Sara’s flight from Syria, her heroic and life-saving act of courage and her on-going work to advocate for refugee and women’s rights. Click here to view the flyer
• April Vacation Programs at BAC
  • April 18-21, 2017. Register now for Brookline Arts Center’s April Vacation Programs!
• The Brookline Center and Woman at the Center presents: Hand in Hand
  • April 27, 2017 7:00pm at Teen Center. Join Hands; Spread the Love; Make a Difference; Hand in Hand 2017
• Brookline SEPAC Hosts: Get To Know Your School Committee Candidates
  • Thursday, April 13, 2017 8:30a.m. – 9:30a.m. in the School Committee Room, 5th floor, Town Hall.  SEPAC members Q&A opportunity with School Committee Candidates Daniel Debowy, Suzanne Federspiel, Michael Glover, Paul Harris and Julie Schreiner-Oldham
• Brookline Literacy Partnership Game and Book Drive
  • Now until the end of May, 115 Greenough St (BHS) in the Atrium. The Brookline Literacy Partnership, a social justice club at BHS, is hosting a game and book drive to benefit students at the Mather School in Dorchester.For more information contact Florence Liang

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