News and Notes

LAWRENCE HIGHLIGHTS

• Food Day Festival
  • Please join us for the 6th annual Lawrence Food Day Festival this Thursday, October 19 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm.
    This FREE event will be held in **both** the Big Gym and the Lawrence School Garden.

• PTO Phonathon
  • The PTO’s largest fundraiser of the year is the phonathon. We will be making calls the evening of Monday, October 23. We will only call families that have not yet made a donation. Please consider making your donation this week. Our goal is for 100% participation from families. Thanks for your Lawrence Loyalty!
  • Click here to learn more about how money raised by the PTO has a positive impact on your child’s experience at Lawrence. Prefer to chat in person about PTO funding? Consider catching us in person on Monday morning (October 16) at the main entrance during morning drop off, or Thursday evening (October 19) at the Food Day Festival, or Friday morning (October 20) at the main entrance during morning drop off.
  • Donations can be made online at http://lawrenceschoolbrookline.org/donate/ or checks can be dropped off in the main office. Thanks for your continued support!
  • First class to 100% participation will enjoy a picnic lunch with Principal Hart and Vice Principal Horst. Second class to 100% participation will enjoy a snack with them.
• 9th School Update
  • The Board of Selectmen and School Committee will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, October 16th at 7:00 PM at the High School auditorium.
    Please read the Notice of Public Meeting, October 16 and a Presentation on the 9th School Update.
• Oh no! I missed the Halloween Costume Swap and have other costumes to donate!
  • Don’t sweat it. The Green Team will be collecting any costumes you would like to donate from now through the week AFTER Halloween. Please drop them in the bin in the hallway and we will sell them next year! Thanks to everyone who donated and shopped with us this year. You have helped to make the world a little greener.
    The Green Team

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

• Food Day Festival, Thursday, October 19
  • 4-6 volunteers still needed for both 5:30 and 6:30 shifts. More information and sign-up form here. The Food Day coordinators are Adrienne Fricke (adrienne.fricke@gmail.com), Jenny Tam (jenny.m.tam@gmail.com), and Bettina Neuefeind (bettina@pobox.com).
  • 6-8 Grade Volunteers invited to participate by passing out samples, stickers, and help out under the supervision of FDF parents. Fun to do with friends! Fill out this signup form or email lawrence.food.day@gmail.com if interested.
• Family Fun Night Coordinator
  • Looking to get more involved at Lawrence?  Consider joining the Family Fun Night Coordinators’ team and help manage all the volunteers already committed to helping make Family Fun Night a success! If interested email Ines Costa Dias at ines1costa2dias3@gmail.com.

THANK YOU

• A big thank you to everyone from the Green Team for walking/biking/scootering on Car Free Day this year! And a special thanks to the early-rising volunteers for helping with the stamping of hands: Britta Lassman, Charlotte Rice, Grace Fehrenbach, Jen Beach, Nicola Thompson & Theresa Lagos.

AROUND TOWN

• Brookline Food Pantry
  • The Brookline Food Pantry is having a fundraiser on Saturday, November 4th at the Teen Center. It’s a valuable resource for so many in need in our community. Please come out and support the food pantry… or donate on line!
• Columbus Day Programs at Brookline Arts Center
  • October 9, 2017, Brookline Arts Center, 86 Monmouth Street. Brookline Arts Center full-day classes on Columbus Day.
• Community Climate Coffee
  • October 12, 2017, 8am-9am om Brookline Village, KooKoo Cafe. Join Mothers Out Front to discuss efforts to fight climate change over coffee.
• 2017 BEF Margaret Metzger Fellows Event: Tales From The Classroom
  • October 13th, 6 to 8:30 PM at Lincoln School Theater. Come support Liz Exton and Jeremy Ward at this great event.
• Brookline Parenting Resources
  • Check out B-PEN (Brookline Parent Education Network) at www.B-PEN.org) and B-SAPP (Brookline Substance Abuse Prevention Program) at www.B-SAPP.org, and please feel reach to reach out to any of our Prevention/Intervention Team – BHS Rm. 149, phone 617.713.5155, Mary_Minott@psbma.org (Prevention Program Coordinator)
• Deadline Extended BEF/Team Brookline
  • There’s still time to apply to run Boston in 2018!
• Annual Brookline School Staff Children’s Center FUN FAIR
  • October, 14 10:00am-1:00pm, Brookline School Staff Children’s Center at the Baldwin School Field, 490 Heath St. The Fun Fair has games, crafts, food and great outdoor fun for children ages birth-7 years old. The cost is $20 a family and it includes food and all the activities.
• Salary Negotiation Workshop for Women
  • October 17, 2017 from 6-8:00PM. Attend this FREE two-hour salary negotiation workshop to gain the skills and confidence to successfully negotiate your salary and benefits packages.   Pine Manor College, 400 Heath St. Chestnut Hill, MA in the Presidents  Building.
• NAMI Basics sessions starting October 18.
  • FREE 6 week education program for parents and caregivers of children and adolescents living with emotional and behavioral issues.
    Wednesdays 6-8pm, October 18-November 29, 2017, Brookline Public Health Department, 11 Pierce St.,  Denny Room. Contact Ingrid Lederman @ 617-448-9938 or visit namimass.org
• Brookline Parents Organization Open Meeting
  • October 19, 8:00PM – 9:00 PM at the Pierce Auditorium.  Join us for an open discussion about Recess, Nature Education, Testing, the 9th School, and more, with other parents from all over Brookline.
• Brookline Mothers Out Front: Community Talk on Renewable Energy / What is renewable energy and how do we get more of it?
  • October 19, 6:30pm Welcome, 7:00pm, Coolidge Corner Library, 31 Pleasant St., Brookline. Joint Mothers Out Front and MassEnergy for Talk on Renewable Energy.
• Wrestling Clinic for 3rd-8th graders
  • October 21, 2-3:30pm at Brookline High School’s Schluntz Gym.  Free into to wrestling clinic hosted by the BHS wrestling team.
• Lincoln School’s Pumpkinfest is coming!
  • October 22, 12:00pm-4:00pm at Lincoln School, 19 Kennard Road. Please join us for this annual community event There will be carnival rides, games, yummy treats and plenty of fun!
• Planning for a Changing Brookline Survey
  • Please share your values and visions for the Town of Brookline as well your thoughts about identifying potential, mixed-use development sites in our commercial areas. The survey and other information related to this initiative can be found at mapc.ma/PlanBrookline. The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete, and the link will be open until October 27, 2017. We are hoping to get input from as many people, representing as broad a range of ideas, as possible.
• Parenting Coach
  • October 27, 10am-12pm at Brookline Teen Center.  Executive Function Skills Seminar.
• Youth Wrestling Tournament
  • Saturday, October 28, 9am at Brookline High School’s Tappan Gym. BHS Wrestling team hosts a tournament for youth wrestlers
• VOICES Boston Children’s Chours
  • VOICES Boston invites students K-8th grade to join this season.
• TEDxYouth@BeaconStreet
  • Saturday, November 4 from 8am-3:30pm at Lincoln School, 19 Kennard Road.
    FREE family-friendly TEDx talks and high-tech booths, right here in Brookline!
• Mothers Out Front – Community Presentation
  • November 7, 2017, 6:30pm-9pm at the Coolidge Corner Library, 31 Pleasant St. Join Mothers Out Front for Talk on Using Less Energy.
• Use Less Energy: from lightbulbs to boilers, your personal guide to using less energy.
  • November 7, 6:30pm Welcome, 7:00pm Talk, Main Library. Presentation of effective ways to reduce your electricity and heating energy use led by Daria Mark, Renewables and Energy Efficiency Task Force, Mothers Out Front in Massachusetts.
• Youth Mental Health First Aid Training (YMHFA)
  • November 12^th, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm at Eliot Recreation Center.
    To register directly please go to:  waysidemultiservice.eventbrite.com
    To learn about the training  go to:  http://mentalhealthfirstaid.org
    Brookline Recreation’s website to register: http://www.brooklinerec.com/

Brookline Talks Presents: Michelle Cove Wednesday, November 15, 7:00pm-8:30 pm at Upper Devotion Auditorium. Helping Girls Navigate Social Media in Healthy Ways

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Newsletter Editors:

Harold Price Editor-in-Chief

Nora Renthal Deputy Editor

Mike Blaney PTO Co-President