PARENT PROGRAMS:

On-Going

Monday, March 19 – “Parents of Children with Special Needs” – 9 am.

Monday, March 26 – “Fathers’ Night” – 7:30 pm.

NEW DATES:

Begins Thursday, March 15 – “Positive Parenting” – 7 to 8:30 pm.

Begins Monday, March 19, 21, and 23 – New Mom’s Support Groups. Please check below for info on each group’s items.

Detailed information on those programs follows:

 

POSITIVE PARENTING FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS is a new course for parents. This course runs Mondays, 9 am, March 19, April 2, 23, 30, May 14, and June 4. The fee is $25 per person or $35 per couple. This includes all materials and applies for the whole year, as this is an ongoing program. All are welcome at any time.

FATHER’S NIGHT – An evening for dads only! No fee.

POSITIVE PARENTING is the popular NYS program geared for parents of pre-school and elementary school students. This practical, common sense approach to parenting is a 5-week program beginning on Thursday, March 15, from 7 to 8:30 pm and continuing on March 22, 29, April 5 and 12. Fee is $25 per person and $35 per couple, which includes all materials.

It is necessary to register for all parenting courses.

NEW MOMS’ SUPPORT GROUPS –

This group will begin the week of March 19. The various possibilities are as follows:

Moms with children from birth to one year, Wednesdays from 10 to 11 am.

Moms with children 8 to 18 months, Fridays from 11 am to noon.

Please sign up ASAP for the above groups as they tend to fill very quickly.

“Lunch Bunch” for moms and children who have already been in a group and would like to continue getting together. Bring your lunch and join us beginning Monday, March 19, at noon in the Parents’ Corner. Special speakers and other activities are planned. Just drop in when you are free.

NYS OPEN HOUSE INFORMATION

We are looking for energetic, creative, enthusiastic people who may be interested in joining our Board of Directors or helping the agency as a “Friend of Youth Services.”

Please join us from 7 to 8 pm on Monday, March 19, at the Newtown Youth Services’ offices at 41-A Main Street. If interested in attending or for information, please call 270-4335.

POPULAR EVENT RETURNS

Ticket are going quickly for Newtown Youth Services’ Dinner Dance and Auction on  March 17, 7 pm at the Fireside Inn. This fun fundraising event features fabulous professional “impersonators,” great food, plenty of dancing, amazing auctionables, and door prizes. Tickets are $35 per person. For info, please call NYS.

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR  MIDDLE SCHOOLERS:

14TH ANNUAL NYS TALENT SHOW AUDITIONS

Tuesday, March 27, and Thursday, March 29, 3 to 5 pm. Monday, April 2, and Wednesday, April 4, 4 to 6 pm. Participants must call 270-4335 for an audition time.

4-H: Wednesdays, 4-5:30 pm. Harvest your own flowers and vegetables in a garden plot you design yourself! Help us build a Butterfly Plant Nursery, a Children’s Theme Garden, and a Chicken and Rabbit Garden. Plant a row for the hungry in our garden and bring your pet to our pet show. We meet at NYS, so come and join us.

You must call Newtown Youth Services, 270-4335, to sign up for all programs. This is for grades 6, 7, and 8.

YOUTH GROUP MEETINGS

THE HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD (HS YAB) will meet on Monday, March 26, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.

MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD (MS YAB) ­– Meeting was postponed due to snow. Please watch for new meeting dates.

NYCAAP will meet on Tuesday, March 20. Meeting time is 5:30 to 6:30 pm.

Please watch this column for all meeting dates and times. Membership in the above groups is free and new members are welcome at all times. For additional info please call the NYS office.

All programs will take place at Newtown Youth Services, 41-A Main Street, unless noted. To register, or for further information, please call 270-4335.