Newman PTC

Spring Adult Social - 90s Vibes - 2025
2025-05-09 19:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | VFW Needham, 20 Junction St, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Let’s Throw It Back to the 90’s!
We’re throwing it back to the era of grunge, boy bands, mix tapes, and burned CD’s for a 90’s-themed Adult Spring Social & Fundraiser event! Join us for an unforgettable evening filled with nostalgia, fun, and fundraising, all in support of the Newman Elementary School PTC. It is an event not to be missed…As If!
Do not walk, do the Running Man to grab your tickets today! Click the “Get Tickets” button on the left to purchase tickets, and new this year, follow our Event Page for Attendee List & Additional Info.
Event Details:

Friday, May 9th, 2025: 7:00p.m. – 11:00p.m.
Needham VFW Hall – 20 Junction St
Cost: $50 per ticket, including mad good bites by Cappella, two hours of open bar & the Freshest of Fresh Candy Bars!
Dress Code: Break out your fly 90’s vibes. Think flannel, overalls, Steve Madden platforms, chokers, windbreakers or baggy jeans…just No Scrubs!

What to Expect:

Food and drinks, including a full open bar from 7:00-9:00p.m., and signature cocktails inspired by the decade.
Music from the one & only DJ Hevan, spinning your favorite 90’s hits. Trust us, he is Too Legit To Quit! Get ready to dance the night away!
Photo booth with totally dope props
Epic door prizes
Silent Auction using the online Bidding Owl platform. Exciting items include:

Reveler Private Tasting Party for 10
Barre 3 Private Barre Class Experience
Cappella Chef’s Tasting Dining Experience
WBZ Studio Tour & Control Room Experience for 6
Estate Planning Package with Birchgrove Law Collaborative, LLC ($1500 value!)
Birthday Party Packages fromEnergy Fitness, Science Labs, Needham Dance Theater & a gift card to BusyBee Jumpers

A special thank you to our 2025 event sponsors:

Thanks as well to the Party Planning Committee: Jenna & Mike Willits, Priyanka Khanna Bobenski, Monica MacFarlane, Lionel Desrosiers, Natasha Hiney, Sarah Walker and Allison Freedman.
Talk to the Hand if you Can’t Make It!
Questions? Auction Item to Donate? Want to Volunteer? Please contact Allison at newmanptcpresident@gmail.com.

Walk, Bike & Roll to School
2025-05-13 08:30 - 08:45 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Newman’s spring Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day has been rescheduled to Tuesday, May 13th. Stickers and bookmarks will be handed out to kids as they arrive at school, and we’ll have a visit from Officer Rocket, too!
Questions? Please contact Mike at margolism5@gmail.com.

Needham Elementary Honors Music Ensembles Concert
2025-05-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States

5th Grade End of Year Social
2025-05-28 13:15 - 15:15 | MA
Celebrate the end of an era with your fellow classmates. This event is paid for by the 5th grade activity fee. More details to follow.
This is an early-release Wednesday and the party will start around 1pm, exact time TBD. A responsible adult must be on site at all times for this event. If you need help setting up a carpool for your child/ren please reach out to 5thgrade.newman.lions@gmail.com

5th Grade Opera
2025-06-06 10:00 - 15:00 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
The 5th grade class will be performing an opera on June 7th. There will be two performances to choose from: 10am or 2pm (adults only, please; students will have the opportunity to see the show with their classes).

Cancelled - Springfest at Newman 2025!
2025-06-07 15:00 - 18:00 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Cancelled – Springfest at Newman 2025!
Mother Nature is not cooperating with us, so unfortunately, our beloved annual Springfest event has been cancelled. Such a bummer! Our greatest apologies.
Questions? Please contact Allison at newmanptcpresident@gmail.com

Newman Concert - Instrumental
2025-06-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States

5th Grade Class Day (End of Year Celebration)
2025-06-13 13:45 - 14:30 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
The date set for 5th Grade Celebration (aka Class Day) is Friday, June 13. It isn’t attached to a Community Meeting Day, but a morning of activities, a lunch and the afternoon celebration for parents and caregivers.
Celebration time 1:45-2:30pm for parents/guardians to attend. There will be some words from the principal, songs from the 5th graders, and we are planning other pieces to be shared by students. There will also be a slideshow. There won’t be any diplomas for 5th grade 🙂
NOTE: 5th graders should wear their class shirts.

Last Day of School Celebration
2025-06-16 15:00 - 16:30 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
The PTC presents: Newman’s last day of school celebration for teachers, staff, students and their families.
Please join us on the playground from 3:00-4:30 p.m. for free shaved ice from the That’s So Cool truck, and free glitter tattoos and free hair art from Kaleidoscope Entertainment.
Please note: The last day of school is a half day for students with a dismissal time of 12:40 p.m. To avoid interference with teacher and staff goodbyes, and the bus and drivelines, we specifically chose this later time. Students can go home, have some lunch, and then come back to celebrate the start of summer!
We’ll be offering the “rainbow” flavor package from That’s So Cool, which includes strawberry, banana and blue vanilla. All of the flavors are dairy-free, gluten-free and nut-free.
No tickets or check-in needed — simply come and enjoy!
(NEDP students will be brought outside at 2:30 to enjoy the festivities.)
Questions? Please contact: newmanptcpresident@gmail.com

Back to School Night
2025-09-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Back to School Night

When: Wednesday Sept 3th 6:30-8:00 pm
Where: Newman Elementary Cafeteria

Smile! It's School Picture Day.
2025-09-19 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Kids, get your smiles ready for Picture Day!
Class photos are free. You can order individual prints from Coffee Pond through the order sheet that is sent home

Trunk-or-Treat
2025-10-26 16:00 - 17:30 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
On October 26th, the Newman community is invited to get into the Halloween spirit together.
Families and staff are invited to decorate their car trunks for Halloween. Pre-packaged candy and non-food items will be handed out to students and their siblings, who walk from vehicle to vehicle, collecting treats.
Decorated cars should park in the spots in Newman’s preschool parking lot, where the trunk-or-treat will take place. For those decorating cars, you may come to Newman as early as 2:00 p.m.
Attendees should park in the main parking lot, and you’re encouraged to dress in costume!
Trunk-or-Treat will take place from 4:00-5:30 p.m

Pumpkin Library Contest
2025-10-27 15:00 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Pumpkins due by 10/27 3pm to the Library

Family Ice Skating Night
2026-01-17 16:00 | Babson Skating Center, 150 Great Plain Ave, Wellesley, MA, 02492, United States
Bring the whole family and join the Newman community for some late afternoon ice skating! Please RSVP here.

This event is FREE
Bring your own skates or borrow a pair at Babson for FREE (supplies are limited)
Arrive as early as 3:30 p.m. to get your skates and lace up
Helmets are recommended; please bring your own
This is NOT a drop-off event; parents should stay with the children they bring
RSVP required
Please indicate in your RSVP how many people from your party will be skating

Questions? Please contact: newmanptcpresident@gmail.com
Date: 01/17/2026 (Sat.)
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm EDT

Chef Jaime's Pasta Dinner
2026-02-11 18:30 - 19:30 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Join us for a Pasta Dinner at Newman’s Cafeteria
Come celebrate Valentine’s Day with Newman’s own Chef Jamie. Enjoy a night off of cooking and gather with family and friends in the Newman cafeteria. Menu includes: Pasta with red sauce & cheese (ziti), Pasta with butter, Meatballs, Gluten free pasta and gluten free meatballs. Also house and caesar salads, dinner rolls with butter, and red italian ice for dessert. We will have 2 time slots available to sign up, 6:30 and 6:45pm. Cost is $10 per person with a maximum $40 per family. Please sign up for the total number of people you will bring and then pay via Venmo (@NewmanElementaryPTC) or PayPal via our website or send check/cash to school.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0549A4A728A4F8C16-60925974-valentines#/
We also need parent volunteers to help serve food, so please consider signing up. In the event of a snowstorm we will reschedule the event to Thursday February 12th (same times).
Snow date: Feb 12th

Newman's Annual Read-a-Thon
2026-03-04 08:00 - 2026-03-11 17:00 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Join Us for Newman’s Annual Read-a-thon.
March 4th – 11th, 2026
Have student’s track the time they spend reading and raise funds to give back to Newman PTC.

Author Readings
2026-03-07 08:00 - 2026-03-08 17:00 | MA
Join us for Author Readings for Newman students
March 7th & 8th
Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0549A4A728A4F8C16-61643086-newmans#/

Live Music at Common Room
2026-03-14 20:30 - 23:00 | Common Room, 30 Dedham Ave, Needham, MA, 02492
Join us Saturday March 14th at Common Room for some live music from Newman Parent bands Pond Shop and Vertical Rule
Time: 8:30 – 11pm
Where: Common Room
PTC will be providing light bites during the night.

Multicultural Fair
2026-03-28 15:00 - 17:00 | MA
Newman’s Multicultural Fair
When: March 28th 3pm – 5pm
Where: Newman Elementary
Sign up here: https://newmanptc.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=250e0eaf7828db0d99ebde192&id=b8542a4f56&e=95c7aecca3

Newman Art Show
2026-05-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States

Field Day
2026-05-29 09:00 - 15:00 | Newman Elementary, 1155 Central Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Newman’s annual Physical Education Field Day is coming up on Friday, May 29! This event provides our K-5 students with the opportunity to try a variety of fun activities that promote health and fitness. Our day is based on student choice, focusing on active participation (rather than on simply winning/losing), and application of skills learned in PE throughout the school year.
Volunteers make our Field Day a success! Volunteers are needed to monitor each station activity, assist and encourage students, put a sticker on the tag of each student who attempts the activity, and to be willing to have some FUN (more detailed information for volunteers to come soon!).
The students will be participating during different blocks of time on Friday, May 29 (rain date: Thursday, June 4). The schedule will be as follows:
Thank you in advance to all volunteers – we can’t do it without you! PS–Please note that while we love our furry friends, dogs are not permitted at school wide events–please keep pets at home that day!!
