This fun-filled event will he held at Ryan Family Center in South Yarmouth and at the Leary Family Amusement at Town Hall Square in Falmouth from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All proceeds will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod and the Islands, a nonprofit mentoring program for children from single parent homes. Featured speakers will be Rachel Ross, a certified special needs teacher at Mashpee High School, who also specializes in curative movement and remedial therapy and Nick Van Sant, middle school teacher at the Waldorf School of Cape Cod. The speakers will discuss the development of the middle school child, how the Waldorf Middle School curriculum is designed to integrate with these developmental stages and what strategies parents can employ to assist their child's growth toward independence.
Admission is free.
Fifth Annual Peace Week Poetry Contest coming The public is invited to the Fifth Annual Peace Week Poetry Contest to be held at the Second Congregational Church, from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 29. Local students and adults will read their poems. There were 701 entries. The Cape Cod Chapter is part of a national organization whose mission is to bring together business women of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, networking support and national recognition. Applicants for the scholarships must be women who are citizens of the United States and residents of Cape Cod and the Islands who have reached at least their second semester in an accredited college, university or certificate program.