FALL 2011 LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR TABLE OF CONTENTS NCE continues to grow and flourish. Enrollment and SPECIAL PROGRAMS revenues are up significantly, our program offerings are grow- Special Programs . .3, 30, 31 ing, and we continue to be able to bring to you many new and exciting classes. This is all made possible by you: our students. CLASSES I want to thank you for participating and making us the success Art & Photography . .4 we are. I want especially to thank our parents who entrusted Business & Career . .7 their children to us this past summer. We had the most children Computers . .10 sign up ever. Crafts . .13 Last year at this time I thought that if NCE was going to Dance & Exercise . .17 continue to grow and prosper it needed to update its website Driver’s Ed . .60 and registration system. I am thrilled to report that we have ESL (English as a Second Language) . .20 done just that. Guided by our project team leaders, Susan Finance & Real Estate . .21 Cassidy and Jason Agress, this fall you will experience a new Food & Wine . .24 look and feel to our website and a much improved web-regis- GED . .29 tration process – making it easier than ever for you and your Home & Garden . .32 family to sign up for our classes. Some of our new registration Kids & Teens . .51 features include: Languages . .33 Lifetime Learning . .30 G Real-time course enrollment Mindfulness . .31 G Managing all of your registrations on-line, including ‘new’ family accounts Mind, Body, Soul . .36 Music . .42 G Instructor bios with class listings Online Classes / Ed2Go . .44 G Instant maps and directions to class location Please visit us at www.newtoncommunityed.org and experi- Recreation . .43 ence our new and exciting website. Writing and Speaking . .50 NCE is once again happy to offer a series on Mindfulness. Come join us for our fifth series -- Mindfulness: NUTS &BOLTS The Practice of Living Life with an Open Heart, Compassion General Information & Policies . .2 & Kindness, featuring: Susan Piver, Lama Surya Das, Sharon Instructor Bios . .www.newtoncommunityed.org Salzberg and Tenzin Priyadarshi (see page 31 for details). Registration Forms . Inside back cover Fall is also abounding with new & exciting classes; No-class dates for Fall 2011 Forgiveness, Car Maintenance 101, Intro to Henna Body Art, We will not have classes September 28 just to name a few. Our programs span the life cycle, so there is something for everyone. And it’s right here in Newton. And (evening) & September 29 (Rosh what better time to participate at NCE than the fall – our Hashanah), October 10 (Columbus Day), region’s most glorious time of the year. November 23 (Thanksgiving). Some Enjoy. classes may have additional no-class dates which are listed in this catalog. Please check your class listings carefully. Ed Hauben, Director Newton Community Education What’s New for Fall? This fall, we are pleased to present a variety of new classes, including Mindfulness:The Practice of Living Life with an Open Heart, Compassion & Kindness with Susan Piver, Lama Surya Das, Sharon Salzberg,Tenzin Priyadarshi • Make Your Own Glass Pumpkin • Intro to Henna Body Art • Crochet & Coffee Klatsch (Morning Group) • Portrait Drawing with Color (Weekend Workshop) • How to be a Futurist • Salary Negotiation for Women • How to Increase Your Home's Curb Appeal • Greens Glorious Greens • Tex Mex Cuisine (in Spanish) • Chowder, Soup & Autumn Stew • Forgiveness • Hatha Yoga • At-Home Acupressure • Car Maintenance 101 • Cranberry Picking • Natural History: Intro to Ecology • Cartooning • Get Moving • The Stockmarket Game • Amateur Radio Clinic (Ham Radio)1 • More Math Please (an Intro to Bridge) • Public Speaking Made Fun and Funny • Reading Fast & Remembering More general information & policies OFFICE HOURS: Our main office is at Newton WITHDRAWALS/REFUNDS: Full refunds are North HS, Room 101, 457 Walnut St., Newtonville; it given if a class is cancelled due to low enrollment. You is open from 8:30am-5pm, with coverage until 8pm on must withdraw at least one week before your course’s evenings when classes are in session. Our satellite office starting date to receive either a refund minus a $10 pro- at Newton South HS is open 5-8pm when classes are in cessing fee or a course voucher minus a $5 processing session. fee. The $6 registration fee is non-refundable unless we Note: Refunds for checks and cash take 4-6 COURSE CONFIRMATIONS: If you register cancel a class. online you will be emailed a receipt. We’ll contact weeks; for credit cards, allow one week. We regret that no you if there are any changes. other refunds or vouchers will be given. COURSE ADMISSION: Adult courses are open SMOKING: No smoking is permitted. Course to students 16 years of age and older. Residents of CREDITS: Students seeking high school credits must Confirmations other communities are welcome. There is a non- get written authorization from a school authority and refundable $6 registration fee per student each semes- present it to our office prior to the start of the course(s). If you register ter. WEATHER CANCELLATIONS: If Newton public online, you will be emailed a ACCESSIBILITY: The City of Newton does not schools are cancelled due to inclement weather, our receipt to con- discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to, classes are cancelled at all locations. firm your access to, or operations of its programs, services, or FOOD, FEES & SUPPLIES are not included in the enrollment. We activities. If you need assistance or special services, tuition unless so stated. All food fees and sales of supplies will contact please notify the NCE office when you register (call are final. No discounts apply. you if there are 617-559-6999). any course BOOKS: Unless otherwise noted in our course descrip- ENROLLMENT: Classes are filled on a first-come, changes you tions, textbooks for NCE courses are available at New should know first-served basis. You are officially enrolled once we England Mobile Book Fair (NEMBF), 82 Needham St., about. receive your completed registration form and payment, Newton Highlands. For NEMBF, go to the shipping area as long as there is still space available. Please register in the rear of the store. early so you won’t miss out! EVALUATION FORMS are distributed at the end of DISCOUNTS: If you’re a “senior” (age 65+) or an the class. You may also use the online evaluation form employee of the city of Newton, you’re eligible for a found on the Contact page of our website. We value your 15% discount off the tuition of many of our classes, but input at any time. only if you let us know at the time of registration. The discount does not apply to ESL, trade, one-session, off- PARKING: Newton South HS has ample parking, site, and other select courses, and cannot be combined in lots adjacent to the school building. Newton North with any other discounts, such as already-reduced “cou- HS also has on-site parking. Additional parking is avail- ples” rates. Discounts do not apply to materials or food able on neighborhood streets; please pay attention to all fees, including those that are built into our tuitions. official street signs, as parking laws are enforced. CERTIFICATES are available from your instructor upon TRANSPORTATION: For transportation-related successful completion of a course. Please request in info, please visit www.mbta.com; call 617-222-3200 (or advance. toll free at 1-800-392-6100); or visit our website at www.newtoncommunityed.org. SCHOLARSHIPS: Partial tuition-remission scholar- ship is available on a limited basis for Newton residents. Please call 617-559-6999 for more information. GIFT CERTIFICATES: You may purchase a certifi- INSTRUCTOR BIOGRAPHIES are available on our cate for any amount to be used for any course we offer. website, and appear along with course descriptions. 2 617-559-6999 special programs MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: NEW FORGIVENESS NEW SELF-GUIDED VISIT & TOUR Robin Casarjian, Instructor Self-Guided Tour If you are feeling angry, resentful, or self-critical, forgive- We got a great deal and are passing it on to you! Get some ness may be the greatest gift you can give to yourself and friends together and take your own tour of the newly others. Robin Casarjian, author of Forgiveness: A Bold Choice opened wing of Boston’s world famous, Museum of Fine for A Peaceful Heart (Bantam, 1992) will share a practical Arts. Multimedia guides (iPods) are also available (check approach to forgiveness. Whether it is with ourselves, in at the admissions desk) for $6. Enter the museum family members, or anyone else, the practice of forgive- through the State Street Corporation Fenway Entrance. ness empowers us to relate to life with greater power, clar- Parking is available in the lot for a reduced rate of $14 or ity, peace and ease. Discover how forgiveness is the key on area side streets. Please go to the MFA website for more that will unlock your heart and open the door to more love information: www.mfa.org/visit/getting-here. and joy. X154-01 $10 X101-01 $25 1956: The first 1 Thursday @ Off-site 6:30–8:45pm 1 Thursday @ Newton SOUTH HS 6:30–9pm computer with October 20 October 6 a hard-disk drive (IBM) is AMATEUR RADIO CLINIC NEW CELEBRATE NEWTON shipped, con- (HAM RADIO) Join us at Celebrate Newton, an annual juried crafts show taining 50 24- Clay Center Observatory staff, Instructors running at Newton South High School on Sunday, inch platters If you love science, technology, computers, and electron- December 4. Stroll the aisles marveling at the fabric arts, storing 5 mil- ics, your next step is to investigate the age-old but ever- jewelry, quilts, pottery, paintings, photography, wood lion characters popular hobby of Amateur Radio (ham radio).