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Posted by WendyBlom a 9:59 pm on April 26, 2013
SCATV received a Local Cultural Council grant to run a youth media program in the Summer of 2013 that involves producing a short film based on an original story written by a Somerville teen. In…
Posted in Media, Schools and Youth, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Joeb a 11:16 am on March 26, 2013
Somerville Library as a digital laboratory, community service, and creative resource to both city and national users.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Comprehensive Plan, Development and Zoning, Education, Events, Green Line, Politics, Schools and Youth, Seniors, Teens, Union Square, Ward 2, Ward 3 | No Comments »
Posted by egilsdorf a 9:01 pm on March 19, 2013
Are you a teen who likes to write stories about aliens, blogs, flash fiction, or poems? Are you interested in becoming a novelist, short story writer or poet?
Posted in Arts and Culture, Education, Events, Schools and Youth, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by WendyBlom a 5:54 pm on August 8, 2012
SCATV is pleased to host two workshops in cartoon animation with Instructor Gabriel Polonsky. Mr Polonsky is a professional, Emmy nominated animation director, artist, and cartoonist. He has created projects for Cartoon Network, Discovery, and…
Posted in All Ages, Arts and Culture, Media, Teens, Video | No Comments »
Posted by WendyBlom a 1:24 pm on April 27, 2012
SCATV’s Next Generation Producers, in collaboration with Groundwork Somerville, is hiring up to 8 high school age youth from Somerville to learn video production skills and produce documentary-style video projects about clean water in Somerville. The group will be led by experienced filmmaker, Gordon Nelson. Each student will receive a stipend of $8/hour for their work.…
Posted in Environment and Open Space, Teens, Video | No Comments »
Posted by Adam Rich a 1:31 pm on April 13, 2012
Save Our Somerville is running a soccer tournament on Patriots’ Day Monday, April 16th (rain or shine). The tournament will be held at Glen Park (Glen St. next to the Capuano School). Middle School sign-ins will be…
Posted in Ages 18+, All Ages, Contests, East Somerville, Events, Press Release, Schools and Youth, Sports, Teens, Ward 1 | No Comments »
Posted by intrepid a 11:31 pm on December 8, 2011
Surely there are many Somervillians among the many patrons and fans of Traders Joe national (specialty) retail grocery stores. While of little comparison to the retail behemoth in the news these days, Trader Joe’s is not without its problems. The following notice may be of interest.…
Posted in All Ages, Announcements, Civic Action, Consumer Money Saving, Events, Teens, Workers' Rights | No Comments »
Posted by Alain Jehlen a 9:42 pm on May 23, 2011
Three winners, in fact.
First place, $100, goes to Francesca Zimmerman for her post on the need to renovate the high school
Posted in Arts and Culture, Contests, Schools and Youth, Teens, Video | 3 Comments »
Posted by Alain Jehlen a 5:36 pm on May 9, 2011
We got only two entries by yesterday’s deadline for our “This Happened In Somerville” high school contest, but they are both excellent! There’s one on the spectacular rise of girls’ soccer and one on the state of the SHS auditorium.…
Posted in Contests, Schools and Youth, Sports, Teens | 1 Comment »
Posted by cnmarsden a 11:06 am on April 26, 2011
Somerville is a tight-knit community, and when one succeeds, all succeed. A great example of this happened back in 2008, and it happened to the Somerville High School girl’s Varsity Soccer team.
Boy’s soccer…
Posted in Contests, Historical, Neighborhoods and Squares, Schools and Youth, Sports, Teens, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Posted by Adam Rich a 11:15 pm on April 7, 2011
Save Our Somerville is running a soccer tournament on Patriots’ Day Monday, April 18th (rain or shine). The tournament will be held at Glen Park (Glen St. next to the Capuano School). Middle School sign-ins will be at 8:00 AM. High School and Adult sign-ins will be at 10:30 AM.…
Posted in All Ages, Announcements, Contests, Events, Schools and Youth, Sports, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Alain Jehlen a 8:37 pm on April 4, 2011
Somerville Voices is sponsoring a high school story contest with a prize of $100.
Deadline:
May 1, 2011
The topic:
“This happened in Somerville.” (True stories, not fiction.)…
Posted in Arts and Culture, Contests, Media, Schools and Youth, Teens, Video | 2 Comments »
Posted by CWShareALaugh a 7:37 pm on March 20, 2011
American Comedy Award winner, Wendy Liebman, will be performing at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square (55 Davis Square. Somerville, MA 02144) on April 21st.
Wendy is a nationally famed comedian, who has been…
Posted in All Ages, Announcements, Arts and Culture, Civil and Human Rights, Davis Square, Events, Media, Press Release, Special, Teens | 1 Comment »
Posted by ecapurso a 11:28 pm on February 28, 2011
Flatbread @ Sacco’s Bowl Haven in Somerville’s Davis Square is sponsoring a charity event for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester . Flatbread will donate $3.50 for every large and $1.75 for every small…
Posted in All Ages, Events, Schools and Youth, Special, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by eila a 6:30 pm on January 12, 2011
In the first week of 2011, City of Somerville Mayor Joseph E. Curtatone and Somerville School District Superintendent Pierantozzi signed a Final Resolution Agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), to voluntarily come into compliance regarding inaccessible public school facilities and programs. In addition, Somerville will redraft its policies regarding relocation and other accessibility accommodations.
Posted in Accessibility, Announcements, Civil and Human Rights, Press Release, Schools and Youth, Teens | 9 Comments »
Posted by John Teves a 2:11 am on December 11, 2010
Posted in All Ages, Schools and Youth, Sports, Teens, Ward 2 | No Comments »
Posted by Maura Schorr Beaufait a 6:09 pm on November 1, 2010
What happens when many passionate people care about an important issue? A movement is created, a movement strong enough to inspire others to make change. Bioneers By The Bay is a conference that feeds a movement and wants to connect people from America to unite and fight for a more eco-friendly world.…
Posted in Environment and Open Space, Teens | 2 Comments »
Posted by Gretchen Kinder a 1:35 pm on October 25, 2010
The Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan of the Somerville Public Schools, due to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on 12/31, is open for public comment online at www.somerville.k12.ma.us/no_bullying.
We invite…
Posted in Announcements, Crime, Government Reform, Public Health & Safety, Schools and Youth, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Linda Conte a 7:26 pm on September 11, 2010
A free after school musical theatre group directed by Somerville Youth Arts Coordinator, Jimmy Del Ponte
Posted in Arts and Culture, Events, Special, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Linda Conte a 1:35 pm on August 10, 2010
Here are John, Thomas, Michael and Danny stretching out for day 4 of their Trek for the Somerville Homeless Coalition (somervillehomelesscoalition.org) yesterday. They are blogging a little as they go. (Can you believe they have WiFi at campgrounds these days?) Read their comments on their website at https://sites.google.com/site/crossmass/home .…
Posted in Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Linda Conte a 7:44 pm on August 1, 2010
Starting this Friday (August 6), four rising seniors from Somerville High’s Track and Cross Country teams will “trek” from a spot near the Quabbin Reservoir to the Aquarium Wharf (approximately 80 miles) to raise funds to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition.…
Posted in Housing, Press Release, Schools and Youth, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Albert Willis a 9:23 am on July 14, 2010
If you run a blog or email list (sometimes called a listserv) or distribute information on Facebook or YouTube that supports kids and families, you’re invited to the OneVille Project’s Online Media Meetup on Thursday…
Posted in All Ages, Events, Media, Schools and Youth, Teens | 2 Comments »
Posted by John Teves a 7:44 pm on June 22, 2010
Due to numerous recent inquiries about the sport, The Somerville Recreation Department is attempting to determine the level of interest for the sport of Lacrosse in the City of Somerville
Posted in Schools and Youth, Sports, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Gretchen Kinder a 10:56 am on June 21, 2010
FREE MEALS ALL SUMMER FOR ALL YOUTH STARTING JUNE 28TH.
FREE Breakfast for ALL Somerville youth on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays beginning on June 29th in Albion Park and Grimmons…
Posted in Announcements, Schools and Youth, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Soul a 3:41 pm on June 18, 2010
Books of Hope’s
Mystic Ink Tour is keepin it live and rollin as it moves through New England bringing poetry performances by today’s youth and books that they’ve written to communities near you!…
Posted in All Ages, Arts and Culture, Events, Schools and Youth, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Pat Jehlen a 10:56 am on June 17, 2010
The OPENAIR Circus opens its doors for the 25th time this summer. Each year, over a hundred children ages 3-15 learn self confidence and an appreciation for community and the arts through a great variety…
Posted in Announcements, Arts and Culture, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by jadesylvan a 5:08 pm on April 20, 2010
Books of Hope (a teen literacy and empowerment program based in the Mystic Housing Project) is presenting a poetry workshop and youth poetry slam featuring poet Everett Hoagland, Wednesday, April 28th, 2010, from 6-8PM at…
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Posted by John Teves a 2:22 pm on March 26, 2010
The Somerville Youth Soccer web team has been working on a new site for the league. It is up and running and we hope you will find it useful. Log onto www.somervillesoccer.us
Posted in Announcements, Schools and Youth, Sports, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Gretchen Kinder a 10:06 am on March 19, 2010
YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY HEARD…
• Somerville High School’s drop-out rate continues to be on the decline. Get details in the press release issued by the Office of the Superintendent on Tuesday, March 16th, online…
Posted in All Ages, Announcements, Arts and Culture, Events, Schools and Youth, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Gretchen Kinder a 8:46 pm on November 17, 2009
We are writing to ask you to support the February 2010 Somerville High School production of Beauty and the Beast by purchasing an ad in the program book. You can find details on the range…
Posted in Arts and Culture, Schools and Youth, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by WendyBlom a 4:54 pm on November 16, 2009
Kicking off on Wednesday, December 9 from 3:30-5:30, SCAT’s Next Generation Producers After-School Film Production Club offers students the opportunity to create their own video projects, learn state-of-the-art television production skills, and work alongside other…
Posted in Announcements, Arts and Culture, Media, Schools and Youth, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by ChristinaMarie a 2:16 pm on August 25, 2009
Bullying, is it a problem in Somerville-Why or why not? Prevention and how to deal with bullying in school.
Posted in Civil and Human Rights, Crime, Events, Public Health & Safety, Schools and Youth, Teens | 2 Comments »
Posted by Linda Conte a 3:40 pm on August 24, 2009
Improve Family Bonding and Reduce Risk of Teenage Drug Use, Violence and Teen Pregnancy. Register now. See how below.
Guiding Good Choices is an interactive program for all parents of pre-teens and teens, children…
Posted in Events, Public Health & Safety, Schools and Youth, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by John Teves a 1:28 pm on August 6, 2009
TOPSoccer (The Outreach Program for Soccer) is a FREE community-based training and team placement program for young athletes with disabilities, organized by youth soccer association volunteers. The program is designed to bring the opportunity of learning and playing soccer to any boy or girl, age 7-18, who have a mental or physical disability.…
Posted in Accessibility, All Ages, Announcements, Environment and Open Space, Events, Schools and Youth, Sports, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Linda Conte a 6:33 pm on August 4, 2009
Are you, your friends, or your children being affected by bullies?
A discussion for YOUTH, PARENTS, AND SOMERVILLE RESIDENTS to discuss
• What is Bullying
• Types of Bullying
• Tips for youth to assist them with bullying
• Tips for parents to assist youth with bullying…
Posted in Events, Public Health & Safety, Schools and Youth, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Linda Conte a 5:00 pm on August 1, 2009
For the sixth consecutive year, Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) will partner with the City of Somerville and the Somerville Police Department to host the local celebration of the National Night Out Against Crime and Drugs.…
Posted in All Ages, Crime, Events, Public Health & Safety, Schools and Youth, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by John Teves a 9:32 am on July 7, 2009
The Somerville Youth Soccer League is putting together a Somerville Youth Soccer Fundraiser Night! … On Behalf of myself and the Somerville Youth Soccer League – we thank you for your support! Best, John Teves – Somerville Youth/Recreation Commissioner
Posted in All Ages, Announcements, Events, Schools and Youth, Sports, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Warren Goldstein-Gelb a 8:51 am on June 3, 2009
Please join The Welcome Project on June 7 for a graduation celebration for some special people from cultures and countries all over the world. These are the students in our youth language interpretation and adult language learners programs who have just completed a year’s worth of learning as language interpreters and English language learners.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Civic Action, Civil and Human Rights, Economy & Poverty, Immigration, Schools and Youth, Teens | No Comments »
Posted by Linda Conte a 9:55 pm on June 1, 2009
Change for a 10 Spot
Wednesday, June 3, at Johnny D’s from 8-11 pm
With a little help from our friends
We couldn’t do our work without friends like you! Join us on Wednesday…
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