LCE 2019 Autumn Catalog

COMMUNITY EDUCATION AUTUMN 2019 On Our Cover In the Beginning by Ullrrich Javier Lemus Used with kind permission of the artist, along with Reverend Matthew Fox and Bishop Marc Andrus, co-authors of Stations of the Cosmic Christ, published by Unity Publishers where the piece can be found. “Most of my pieces manifest an Indigenous heritage. Some of them look very ancestral, very old, or just came about naturally when I formed them or made them. I never did sketches or anything–they just came from my mind directly, and always with curves, influenced by my indigenous ancestry and also influenced by nature itself, by the shape of the stars or the shape of the plants or the animals who I love so much too.” —Ullrrich Javier Lemus From the Director LCE Online Complete course descriptions, class rom learning about the Big Table of Contents status, and registration information Around Our Town ........................11 FBang and Astronomy (page 12), can be found online at studying Creation Myths from Body / Mind .................................37 www.lexingtoncommunityed.org Business, Career & Finance ........34 Around the World (page 13), Lexington Public Schools Courses for Children ..................27 putting pencil or brush to paper Superintendent of Schools: Computers ...................................26 Dr. Julie Hackett (pages 19- 20), to practicing Cooking .......................................32 Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, mindfulness and meditation (pages Instruction, and Professional Development: Creating Community ..................10 38-39), or a musical instrument Christine Lyons, M.Ed., PhD Daytime Classes ..........................34 (pages 15-17), to Memoir Writing LEXINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELL/Languages ............................22 Chair: Eileen Jay (page 18), or saying “hello” to Exercise and Dance ....................39 Kate Colburn a new acquaintance in a new Alessandro Alessandrini Fine Arts, Fabric & Kathleen Lenihan language (pages 22-25), we invite Graphic Arts ..............................19 Deepak Sawhney you to peruse and participate in the Home, Hobbies and Travel.........33 STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: Rosanna Jiang many good beginnings that await Humanities ...................................12 you at LCE this autumn. LCE Presents ...................................3 Lexington Community Education Music Appreciation .....................14 Director: Craig Hall — Craig Hall, Director Music Performance/ Manager of Programming: Theater Arts ..............................15 Andrea Paquette About Lexington Registrar: Amy Sullivan Community Education Parenting Perspectives ...............32 Accounts Payable: Deniele Pozz LCE is a self-sustaining, integral part of Test Preparation/ 146 Maple Street the Lexington Public School system that is College Planning ......................30 Lexington, Massachusetts 02420 committed to promoting lifelong learning. Writing .........................................18 (Access office via 328 Lowell Street) Our programs are open to all regardless Telephone 781.862.8043 Instructor Biographies ................ of residency and are appropriate for 43 Fax 781.863.5829 participants 16 years of age and over. Registration Information .............46 [email protected] Our Classes for Children are for specific Directions .....................................46 www.lexingtoncommunityed.org ages. LCE provides an extensive summer facebook.com/lexingtoncommunityed children’s program called Lexplorations Registration Form .......................47 which offers classes for creative and Exercise Release ..........................47 Catalog Design: Pehlke Design academic enrichment. Cancellation and Refund Policy ............................46 2 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 Lexington Community Education presents They Enable Us to See: Non-Jewish The 5C’s of Successful ADHD Rescue of Jewish Memory in Poland Parenting WITH LEORA TEC WITH DR. SHARON SALINE Tuesday, September 10, 2019 • 7:00-8:30 pm Monday September 23, 2019 • 7:00-8:30 pm Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington • $10 • SRES Lexington Depot, 20 Depot Square • $15 • SADHD Lexingtonian Leora Tec Dr. Sharon Saline, a veteran has recently returned psychologist, has extensive from seven months experience working with children, in Poland which she teens, parents and school staff spent interviewing on how to better manage ADHD, non-Jewish Poles who and discusses how listening to devote themselves and working with the voices of to preserving Jewish kids diagnosed with ADHD can memory. Leora will improve cooperation and success. introduce us to some of Based on her new book, What Your these amazing people and will share clips from video interviews ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: she conducted with them in Poland. Working Together to Empower Leora Tec is the founder and director of Bridge To Poland, which Kids for Success in School and Life, creates immersive travel experiences that focus on Jewish life in Dr. Saline offers rare insights into how kids honestly think and Poland and how it is being commemorated today. Leora is the feel about having ADHD and what best helps them. She will daughter of Holocaust survivor and scholar Nechama Tec, whose share her unique, strength-based approach–’the 5C’s of ADHD work focuses on rescue and resistance. Leora sees her work as parenting,’ that helps families improve self-Control, Compassion, the second generation of her mother’s work. Nechama Tec writes Collaboration, Consistency and Celebration. Expect to leave about those who saved lives. Leora works with those who are this evening with a clear understanding of ADHD and why saving memory. Leora is the American Ambassador to Brama executive functioning skills matter, practical tools for managing Grodzka-Teatr-NN and serves on the Board of the American challenging behaviors, tips for developing better study habits Association for Polish Jewish Studies. She holds a B.A. from and creating useful routines that improve student achievement Wellesley College and a J.D./ LL.M from Duke University School and strategies for improving organization and motivation. Dr. of Law. Saline’s collaborative approach integrates mindfulness, cognitive therapy and positive psychology while teaching effective skills to reduce the stress in families’ lives. Sharon Saline, Psy.D., a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years’ experience, is a top expert on ADHD, anxiety, learning differences and mental health challenges and their impact on school and family dynamics. Her unique perspective as a sibling of a child who wrestled with untreated ADHD, combined with decades of academic excellence and clinical experience, assists her in guiding families as they navigate from the confusing LCE is proud to partner with maze of diagnoses and conflict to successful interventions and Porter Square Books of Cambridge. connections. Dr. Saline is a member of ADDitude Magazine’s portersquarebooks.com ADHD Specialist Panel. Dr. Saline is a graduate of Brown University, she received her master’s degree in psychology from New College of California and her doctorate in psychology from The views of our presenters and instructors do not necessarily the California School of Professional Psychology. She lives with represent the views of Lexington Community Education, the her family in Northampton, MA. Lexington Public Schools and/or its employees. Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 3 Lexington Community Education presents An Evening of Fierce and When Adam Meets Jacob Tender Wisdom DUO MANTAR PERFORMS A PROGRAM OF MANDOLIN AND GUITAR MUSIC WITH MIRABAI STARR and FEATURING DAVID WHETSTONE Saturday, October 19, 2019 • 7:30-9:00 pm Thursday, September 26, 2019 • 7:00-8:30 pm First Parish in Lexington, 7 Harrington Rd., Lexington • $30 • SDUO First Parish in Lexington, 7 Harrington Rd., Lexington • $20 • SMIR Duo Mantar is Mirabai Starr was an adjunct professor of Philosophy and comprised of two World Religions at the University virtuosos, American of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years. classical guitarist, Her emphasis has always been on Adam Levin, and Israeli making connections between the mandolinist, Jacob perennial teachings found at the Reuven. They are heart of all the world’s spiritual described as “visceral paths, in an effort to promote peace and imaginative” and justice. Her books include and “transcendental Caravan of No Despair: A Memoir and exuberant,” respectively. This novel pairing is rare in the of Loss and Transformation, and The chamber music world, however, the two plucked instruments Showings of Julian of Norwich: A are complementary and are natural extensions of one another. New Translation. Her latest book is Levin and Reuven began playing together in Fall 2017 and share Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and a passion for Israeli Music, Hebrew and Jewish songs. Both of Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics. Her commentaries on the them are committed to expanding the repertoire available for interconnected wisdom of all traditions are lyrical and evocative. mandolin and guitar by actively commissioning todays most Mirabai builds bridges not only between religious traditions, but sought after Israeli composers. They have already commissioned also between contemplative life and compassionate service. four renowned Israeli composers, including Josef Bardanashvili, David Whetstone is one of the most active sitarists in the United Ittai Rosenbaum, Oren Lok, and Jan Freidlin. Additionally, they States, a shagird (disciple) of the legendary Ustad

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