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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 2025
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
Private Music Lessons
On April 19, 1775, The Rev. West gave his blessing (with considerable trepidation) and sent Needham’s 185 militia men down the road to Lexington. Halfway there, they were diverted to Arlington, and faced the bloodiest battle of that day - their fateful encounter with the British regulars at Jason Russell’s Farm. Learn about their battle, and how the Needham History Center re-creates their journey every April.The presentation will also include a display of Revolutionary War artifacts in the Needham History Center’s collections.
Gloria Polizzotti Greis has been Executive Director of the Needham History Center & Museum since June 2002. Prior to Needham, she was Peabody Research Fellow at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard) (2001-2002), and Collections Manager for the Peabody’s Archaeology and Human Osteology Collections (1989-2001). She holds a PhD in Anthropology, specializing in the archaeology of prehistoric Europe. Gloria is the author of several books and films on archaeology and local history; and of numerous articles and a blog on history, archaeology and various other topics. She is an elected Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society, a member of the MA State Historic Records Advisory Board. In Needham, she is Chair of the Needham Historical Commission, Co-President of the Great Hall Performance Foundation, and an Advisory Trustee of the NC Wyeth Research Foundation and Library.
Kevin J. Keane has led the walk from Needham to Arlington for 6 years, and with the help of the Needham History Center & Museum, he has slowly pieced together the story of Needham’s heroic contribution. It’s a great story, and he’s happy to share it.
Gloria Greis , Kevin Keane
