This year's Parent University will be taking place on Sat. 10/21 at Burlington High School, with our keynote address by Jon Mattleman starting at 8:30am. Based on last year's feedback, this year's event has been expanded to offer additional workshops and more variety in regards to what age group (K-5, High School, etc.) each workshop is targeting. 

The website for this year's event has been updated with workshop information, parent registration, and schedule, and can be found here:
https://bpsparentuniversity.wordpress.com/

Additionally, in an effort to help support this event, we will be offering PDPs for staff who attend this event as audience members during the different workshops (please be sure to sign in as a staff member at each workshop that you attend). 

Please take a moment to check out the different workshops that are being presented, and feel free to share the website with any one who is interested. We hope that you will consider supporting your colleagues who are presenting and take advantage of this great opportunity to find out more about some of the issues facing our students, parents, and community. 

Regards,
The Parent University Team

Boston National Portfolio Day
Sunday , Oct 22: Boston, Massachusetts, Hynes Convention Center
900 Boylston Street
Boston MA 02115
Hosted by: Lesley University College of Art and Design
Time: 12:00pm - 4:00pm ​

​Indian Americans for Burlington (IAB), a community organization that works to meet the unique needs of the growing Indian population in Burlington, will be hosting its first Diwali Celebration on the Burlington Town Common on Sunday, October 15th from 3 to 6 pm.

The celebration will consist of dance performances, yoga lessons, a fashion show, and competitions and games for all attendees to participate in. Rangoli (art with colored powders) will be done in the gazebo, and a street play on the story of Diwali will embellish the performance segment.

Later, town and elected officials will be welcomed. This includes the Burlington Board of Selectmen and State Senator Cindy Friedman.

Afterwards, a tree will be lit in observance of Diwali, and a Garba dance for all attendess will end this marvelous festival. 

Food and traditional holiday sweet will be provided by Chettinad Indian Grill.

For more information, please visit iabma.org

A time table of this Diwali celebration can be found on
http://www.bcattv.org/bnews/top-stories/indian-americans-for-burlington-holding-festival-of-lights-diwali-celebration-on-town-common/.

Hope to see you there,
Neil Pandit
Youth Services Liaison, Indian Americans for Burlington

One of our most well-loved walks last year was our Inspired by Goldsworthy walk, where we created nature-based temporary artworks in the woods.
Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor and photographer whose work has delighted and inspired people worldwide. He creates works that are temporary, out of leaves, stones, ice, and similar materials. You can read more about him in many places online and buy his incredible books on Amazon, among other places. He called his first book “A Collaboration with Nature”, which describes how he works.
You can see what we created last year.
This event is good for children of all ages, though there is a bit of walking involved, so it might be too much for toddlers.

1. Only use materials you find lying on the forest floor; no cutting down trees
2. People may work on their own or form teams
3. People can choose just to watch
4. We will photograph the results and post them on this site

We will meet at the parking lot by the playing field at roughly 26 Blanchard Road.
Sadly, there will still be ticks in October, so precautions are needed: wear light colors, tuck pants into socks, use bug spray.


http://marycummingspark.org/event/october-nature-walk-inspired-by-goldsworthy-again/