[CabotCommunity] Jabberlite for January 22, 2008

Tue Jan 22 14:28:48 EST 2008

Hello folks, please find below this issue of  Jabberlite.  As always, this issue is full of information about many upcoming events and exciting news.  We hope that you find it informative and useful.  Please be safe (especially when dropping and picking up kids from school) and stay warm in this blustery cold weather.

 Archana Vahalia

Cabot PTO Co-President

auvpto at aol.com

617-244-1435

Jabberlite for Tuesday, January 22, 2008

This issue contains information on:

Campaign For Cabot

Cabot Family Dance

Bowling with Cabot Connecting Families

Newton Parent Advisory Council Meeting

School Committee FY09 Budget Deliberations 

Bike-a-Thon meeting

Newton School Foundation’s 2008 Winter Dinner Series

Special METCO evening meeting

Ariadne PTO Partners; and much
more….

Calendar

January
    22, 2008

Affinity Group 12:30 pm

January
    22, 2008

Straw Vote on Override Budget

January
    23, 2008

Understanding our Differences Grade
    3 1:00 - 2:45 PM

January
    24, 2008

Winter Concert  10:45am & 7:30pm

January
    28, 2008

School Committee Meeting, 7:30 PM,
    Deliberation on Allocatioon Budget

January
    28, 2008

Bike-A-Thon
    Meeting,  7:30 PM,  Ed Center

January
    30, 2008

Newton Parent Advisory Council
    Meeting,  7:00 9:00 PM

February
    1, 2008

Progress Reports sent home

February
    2, 2008

Cabot Family Dance (snow date 2/10)

February
    2, 2008

PTO "Campaign for Cabot"
    ends

February
    5, 2008

School Council Meeting 5:00 - 6:45PM

February
    7, 2008

Early Release, 12:30 PM Dismissal

February
    8, 2008

FoodPlay  Theatre presentaion 

February
    8, 2008

CASP Art Show 7- 9:00 PM

February
    9, 2008

Cabot Connecting Families Bowling,
    2-4 PM (Snow date 2/10)

February
    11, 2008

School Committee Meeting, 7:30 PM

February
    14, 2008

CASP Advisory Board Meeting  7:45am

2/18/08
    - 2/22/08

Winter Vacation, NO SCHOOL

Campaign For Cabot is Coming to
a Close!!!

This year’s campaign will be over
on February,2nd.  So far about
35% of families have contributed. Thanks to all the families who have
supported the PTO by already contributing to this year’s Campaign for Cabot.  Your contributions are very important, please
help us reach our goal of 100% participation. We are requesting that those
of you who have not yet made a contribution please consider supporting our
largest fundraiser of the year.  We need
everyone to contribute, either large or small to help us meet our financial
goal of $29,000 this year to pay for all the wonderful programming and support
the PTO provides.  We will be announcing the total amount raised at the
Family Dance event on February 2nd.

Cabot Family Dance

On Saturday, February 2nd from
7:00 to 9:00 PM is The Cabot Family Dance, to be held at Bigelow Middle School.
DJ Marc Lacatell is back by popular demand. A great time to be had by
all!  This is a free community building event sponsored by the PTO – bring
along the whole family!  Look for flyers.
Refreshments will be provided by families.

So if your last name starts with A
to F bring fruit/veggies and dips, G to L desserts, M to R cheese and crackers
and S to Z sparkling water and lemonade. Please remember no nuts!!

If you are interested in helping
out the night of, have song suggestions or want to lead us in a dance or two
please contact Julie Lindstrom (juliezlindstrom at comcast.net) or Suzy Enyeart (srenyeart2 at yahoo.com.  See you with
your dancing shoes! 

Bowling with Cabot Connecting Families

It's that time of year again!
 Come bowl with your Cabot friends on Saturday, February 9, from 2:00 –
4:00pm at the annual Cabot Connecting Families winter event.  Eat Ron's
delicious homemade ice cream and participate in a fun family activity.
 Ron's Gourmet Ice Cream and Bowling is located at 1231 Hyde Park Avenue in Hyde Park (Cleary Square) and
is an easy commute from Newton.
 $6.50 per bowler (to cover our costs) entitles you to 2 strings of
bowling and shoes.  Look for the flyers posted at Cabot for more info, or
call Mary Heney at 617-244-4888, or email her at mheney at gmail.com.

Newton Parent Advisory Council Meeting

Next
Newton Parent Advisory Council on Special Education meeting is on Wednesday
January 30, 2008, 7 – 9:00 PM in Room 318, Education Center,
100 Walnut St, Newton, MA 02460.  The Newton PAC has a web site now at: www.newtonpac.org; http://www.newtonpac.org/>
.

John Passarini Ed.D. will speak on adapted physical education and inclusive
school environments that help all students to succeed. John has experience
working with students with a wide range of disabilities, including autism,
learning and physical disabilities. He was the National Adapted Physical
Education Teacher of the year in 2000 and was selected from 185,000 nominees to
be the Disney Outstanding Teacher of the Year in 2003.  John grew up in Newton and attended Newton
schools with a learning disability.  Although John was embarrassed by his
poor academic skills, he was supported by his good attitude, his friends and
strong athletic skills.   In junior high he met an English and
Social Studies teacher who mentored him and helped him to progress
academically.

In 1970, John became a physical education teacher in Waltham
and then in Wayland, MA where he met Katie, a young woman with
physical disabilities who inspired him to focus on adapted physical
education. “Katie taught me that the human spirit has unlimited
potential.  [She] taught me to be patient, to be confident, to be
hopeful.”  John now teaches adapted physical education at Salem State,
Northeastern and Boston
 University.  His
website is www.johnpassarini.com. For
more information, please email info at newtonpac.org.

School Committee FY09
Budget Deliberations 

The Superintendent presented his Override Budget on January 15,
2008 and now the School Committee has begun its deliberations. This
budget reflects what school department programs and services would
look like with the additional funds available if the override passes.

The School Committee will review the Allocation Budget presented
by the Superintendent on January 28, 2008. The Allocation Budget reflects
what the school department programs and services would be with the revenues
available without a tax override.

The second meeting to discuss the Allocation Budget will be held
on Monday January 28, 2008 at 7:30pm at Day Middle School. 
Please join us at this meeting; there will be a group of Cabot Parents
attending.  This budget will reflect what the school department programs
and services will be with the revenues available without a tax override. The
Committee will take a straw vote on both budgets on February 4, 2008 and hold a
public hearing on February 6, 2008 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Day Middle
  School auditorium.  This is the chance for
the public to weigh in on both budgets.  A final vote on the budgets will
be held on February 11, 2008. Click on to the School Committee website to
see the guidelines for the non-override budget. Click Override
Budget to review the proposed FY09 Budget.

Bike-a-Thon meeting – Rescheduled 

The Bike-a-thon meeting is rescheduled for Monday, January 28th from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM in Room 206 at the Ed. Center, 100 Walnut Street. 

AGENDA - Introductions; Date/Time of the Bike-a-Thon; Route/Safety issues; Fundraising - 50/50 split; Sub-committees; Future Meetings; 

And Items for next meeting(s.

They are hoping for bulk of planning work to be done between now and June with some minor details to be finalized in the fall. It will be fun to be 

part of this all-Newton event that will, bring lots of people together AND raise money for Cabot and other schools! Jennifer Huntington granx4 at gmail.com.

Join Friends, Neighbors and
Educational Leaders at the 2008 Winter Dinner Series

In just two weeks time the first of the Newton Schools Foundation dinners
will be held around town. Last year these wonderful events raised lots of money
that got distributed to the teachers in your schools so that they could plan
curriculum and buy equipment to

provide even more exciting classes and subjects for your children.

Right
now we need people to buy tickets, take a table and get their friends to come,
and spread the word around town! Ticket sales are coming in, but we want every
dinner to be filled to capacity, and fun for everyone who attends! Here are two
restaurant venues that still have lots of space: 

Monday, Feb. 4 - Ariadne $150 per ticket

Tuesday, Feb. 5 - Legal Sea Foods - $200 per ticket

There will be lively speakers, fabulous food and welcoming hosts - so, please
if you can use this weekend to call friends and family and buy tickets, that
would be WONDERFUL. Your participation will help teachers! Jennifer Huntington
(chair of the Dinners Committee for the NSF) Home: (617)232-2310 Cell: (617)935-1727.

The Newton PTO Council and Newton PTO’s invite you to a special evening:

METCO In Massachusetts - A Significant Work In
Progress

February 26, 2008 7:00 pm

Mason Rice Elementary School
- 149 Pleasant Street, Newton
Centre

Featuring Susan Eaton, Research Director,

Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice,

Harvard
 Law School

•        
Explore the history and founding purpose of METCO.

•        
Understand METCO’s evolution over the years.

•        
Learn the benefits of the program for students from Boston and from the suburbs. 

•        
Discover new research findings on the benefits of diverse learning
environments.

•        
Examine Massachusetts’
efforts in a national context.

Susan is author of several books, The Children in Room
E4: American Education on Trial, The Other Boston Busing Story: What's
Won and Lost Across the Boundary Line, and co-author, with Gary Orfield, of
Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education

Special Thanks to Angier Human Differences Committee for
organizing this event.

Newton Free Library Special Black
History Month Program

The
Underground Railroad, from Newton to the End of the Line, Thursday, February 21 at
7:00 pm. Learn about Newton’s connection to the Underground Rail Road,
hear a musical tribute to Harriet Tubman and an author talk on the newly
published book From Midnight to Dawn, which deals with the Detroit to Canada
end of the Rail Road.
We encourage ages 12 + and adults to attend. Info: 617-796- 1410 or check out
our online calendar at: http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/library/Programs/calendar.html.
Ellen Meyers, Director
of Programs & Public Relations, Newton Free Library, emeyers at minlib.net, www.newtonfreelibrary.net

Newton Food Pantry Donations 

The Social Action Committee will
be collecting non-perishable food items for the food pantry in Newton at the Cabot Family Dance on February
2nd.  The Newton Food Pantry has a particular need for the following
foods:   Canned fruit, meals in a can (stews w/ meat, beef ravioli,
spaghetti and meat balls, etc.), canned vegetables (especially peas and beets),
and peanut butter  

Please donate "regular" size jars/bottles of food,
which are about the 14-16 ounces; the family size/extra large cans are too
large to store on the Food Pantry shelves.  If you have any questions
about donations, please contact Isabelle Thacker (617/795-2332 or isabelle at thackers.net)
or Sue Klapisch (617/332-2922 or sklapisch at yahoo.com

Invention
Invasion Volunteers 

Interested in helping out with a
fun and exciting PTO program?  Only have a limited amount of time but you
want to contribute?  Then we could use your help.  We are looking for
a parent volunteer to help us with the Annual Invention Invasion. The
Invention Invasion is a fun evening where Cabot students present an “invention”
that they have designed.  This year it will take place on Tuesday, March
18th.  You don’t need to be a scientist.  All you need is a desire to
help!  Contact Vicki Gartland (vgartland at comcast.net) or Karen Jauregui (kjauregui at repligen.com) if you are interested.

FoodPlay Student
and Parent Presentations 

Come and see a fun way in which your children learn about
healthy nutrition on  February 12, 2008. Underwood Elementary School Gymnasium 7:00 – 8:00
PM presented by Live Health and Nutrition Theater. This play will also be
performed at Cabot on Feb 8th for the 3rd & 4th graders.

FOODPLAY (K - 5th Grades) is an Emmy Award-winning live
theater show that combines fantastic feats of juggling, captivating characters,
music, magic, and audience participation with motivating health messages to
help children take charge of growing up healthy and fit. Addressing the major
nutrition, fitness, and self-esteem concerns affecting today's schoolchildren,
FOODPLAY provides kids with the practical tools they need to improve their
eating and exercise habits--all in a spirit of fun and celebration!  FOODPLAY programs are a great way to trigger
school-wide excitement and get everyone on board to work together to improve
the nutrition and health environment in schools and communities.

New Fundraising Program Introduced - Ariadne PTO Partners

Being parents we know the importance of your children's education. With this in mind we are participating in a new program

called Ariadne PTO Partners. We have signed up Cabot PTO for the Ariadne PTO Partners program and five percent every 

purchase you make at Ariadne all year (even summer months) will be donated to the Cabot PTO. The first week of the month 

we will receive a check from Ariadne . There is no limit to the amount that can be raised and this is good on any purchase in the 

restaurant, lunch dinner, cocktails, private parties, even take out, catering and gift cards. You simply need to write CABOT on 

your receipt and give it to your server and anyone can participate grandparents, aunts, uncles & friends.

Jabberwock
Editor Needed!

We are looking for an additional Jabberwock editor for the next
year.  This is a great opportunity to have some first hand knowledge of
what is going on around Cabot, get to know many of the faculty and PTO chair
people and help out your school with this invaluable newsletter.  The
responsibility will be shared by 3 individuals, so you will have to edit only 3
or 4 issues per year.  This is a great opportunity for someone interested
in getting involved, but it can be done in the comfort of your own home. If
interested, or if you have any questions, please contact either Mary Kathryn
Fallon, marykathf at aol.com
or Archana Vahalia, auvpto at aol.com.
Thanks! 

SPORTS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 

Think Spring! 
Think Softball!  

Newton Girls Softball has begun online registration for the
Spring season. The program is open to all girls in grades 1-8. Players of all
skill levels will have a rewarding experience. Go to www.newtongirlssoftball.org for details about the
Spring season and the ongoing Winter indoor clinics. Register before January
31, 2008 to avoid a late fee. 

Community News

The Newton Youth Theater

Due to the incredible response to The Newton Youth Theater
classes sponsored by

The Mayor's Office for Cultural Affairs, the Winter and Spring classes are full
with a

waiting line. There are spaces available in the Summer classes for "Oklahoma" which begins
Monday, June 30 - Thursday, July 24.  Call the Mayor's Office for Cultural
Affairs at 617 796-1540 or 617 527-8283 for further information.  Judy Anderson.

Transitional Kindergarten Program – Bowen Cooperative
 Nursery School

Bowen
 Cooperative Nursery
  School, located in Newtonville, has one remaining
space in its Transitional Kindergarten program for the 2007-2008 school year.
This program is for children who are 5 years old, or who are about to turn 5,
but who are not yet in Kindergarten.  Bowen is also accepting applications
for the 2008-2009 year.  We have programs for 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds,
as well as our Transitional Kindergarten program.  We are a
child-centered, play-based school at which children can continue their social,
emotional, intellectual and physical development in a creative, safe and
exciting environment.  For more information and to obtain an application,
please visit our website, www.bowencoop.org <http://www.bowencoop.org/>
or contact Barbara Cleary, Director, at (617) 332-3923.

Lost & Found Bin

The Lost
& Found bin in the main lobby is getting full again.  Please take a
look through and find those missing items of your child (ren).  We will
empty the bin and donate the contents at the end of the month.

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