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NCE Middle School Programs
Needham Community Education’s NCE Elementary program offers a wide array of after school classes at each elementary school at the end of the school day.
Summer Explorations 2024
Health and Wellness
Exercise and recreation classes
Fine arts and crafts
DYI, home, garden and skills classes
Humanities and science programs
Investment and financial planning classes
Parenting programs
Learn to play a game or improve your game skills
SSAT, SAT prep, PSAT prep, and prep school, college and grad school application related programs for students and parents.
NCE Elementary After School Classes for Broadmeadow Students
NCE Elementary After School Classes for Eliot Students
NCE Elementary After School Classes for Mitchell Students
NCE Elementary After School Classes for Newman Students
NCE Elementary After School Classes at Sunita WIlliams
NCE Kids' Late Afternoon and Evening Classes
NCE Kids Virtual Classes
Week 1 : July 8-12 : Rising Grades 1-5
Week 1: July 8-12, Rising 6-9
Week 2 : July 15-19 : Rising Grades 1-5
Summer Explorations programs for Week 2: July 15-19
Week 3 : July 22-26 : Rising Grades 1-5
Summer Explorations programs for Week 3: July 21-26
Week 4 : July 26-Aug 2 : Rising Grades 1-6
Summer Explorations programs for Week 4: July 29-Aug 2
Private Music Lessons
Experience a transformative 4-week journey into the practice of forest bathing, where you'll connect with nature and others in a peaceful, immersive setting. As spring’s beauty unfolds, each session will offer gentle, guided activities (invitations) designed to deepen your awareness of the natural world and engage all five senses. Through this slow-paced, low-impact experience, you’ll enjoy the wellness benefits of mindfulness, lowering stress, boosting immune support, and improving heart health, all while engaging with nature through sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. Suitable for all fitness levels, this class invites you to experience the forest as a place of calm, connection, and rejuvenation. Each week we'll visit a new wooded location in Needham together. Join us to explore a unique, calming way to find wellness in nature and create meaningful connections with others.
Nadine Mazzola (she/her) is author of the award-winning book “Forest Bathing with Your Dog” and a Certified Forest Therapy Guide. She has been featured on PBS Windows to the Wild, ABC’s Chronicle, and in the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine among others. Her book, "Forest Bathing with Your Dog" combines the practice of forest therapy with the practice of walking our dogs, and elevates the depth of both. Nadine does speaking engagements and is the director of New England Nature and Forest Therapy Consulting based in Massachusetts. She is also a trainer/mentor and advisor for the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (ANFT). Nadine's training includes special knowledge in guiding people of all ages in Shinrin-Yoku, "Forest Bathing," walks and the body of scientific knowledge demonstrating the benefits of spending time in nature as a wellness practice and an effective way to manage stress. She is also trained in Somatics and Embodied Leadership. Her work draws from both of these areas as well as expressive arts. As a breast cancer survivor Nadine has come to know the healing and support that nature can offer us through her own personal wellness journey. She has a business and marketing background and was formerly a world professional pocket billiards player competing on the Women's Professional Billiard Tour. Also an artist, she facilitates Expressive Arts classes at the Virginia Thurston Healing Garden, often incorporating elements of forest therapy throughout. She does work in the business world that includes strategic planning and team building events and workplace wellness programs. Nadine also works with people affected by cancer, students and seniors. A Massachusetts native who loves spending time wandering and exploring in nature and playing the Native American style flute, she is joyous to be sharing forest bathing and creating trails for forest therapy. Nadine is available for consulting, private or group forest bathing half-day and full-day workshops, and speaking engagements.
Nadine Mazzola
