School Committee has no meetings scheduled this week.
The NPS Office of Family Engagement will host a panel discussion — Healthy Kids Forum: Mental Health, Use of Technology, Limit-Setting and Creating Kids with Grit and Independence — on December 12, 6:30PM-8:30PM at Oak Hill Middle School (130 Wheeler Road). No pre-registration is required.
The panel will provide “tips for supporting healthy children and suggestions for technology use and holiday buying given all we are doing as a community to limit cell and device use by our students.”
- Panel Moderator: Dr. Anna Nolin, Superintendent of Schools
- Robert Greenfield, Digital Literacy Coordinator, Newton North High School and NPS parent
- Christina Maryland, Director of Communications and Office of Family Engagement
- Kathleen Browning, Director Newton Early Childhood Program
- Jesse Krotick, Coordinator of Social Work and Social Emotional Learning K-5, NPS
- Maura Tynes, Director of Special Education Prek-5 and NPS parent
- Isaiah Jellinik, School Resource Officer, Newton Police and NPS parent