WPS Awarded Barr Foundation Grant to Support Implementation of Education Plan:
Candlemaker Academy to serve as pilot for Ed Plan to launch in September 2018

Waltham, MA, December 12, 2017 – At their December 5, 2017 Board of Trustees meeting, the Barr Foundation approved a $300,000 grant to Waltham Public Schools.  The grant intends to support the planning and redesign of Waltham High School consistent with the education plan (https://goo.gl/Merged) for a new Waltham High School.

Waltham, MA— RTN GoodWorks Foundation raised $30,000 in proceeds from its 2017 fundraising Golf Tournament on Monday October 2, 2017 at Oakley Country Club. These funds will help support RTN GoodWorks Foundation’s community projects and financial education efforts.

Beautiful October weather was the backdrop for a day of golf, followed by a program that included prize awards, raffles and a silent auction. As a Titanium Sponsor, RTN Federal Credit Union was the major supporter of this event.

Boston actor and comedian Lenny Clarke from Rescue Me, Something About Mary, and Giggles Comedy Club will be "Ringing The Bell" for the Salvation Army on Friday, December 15th from 2:30 PM -  3:30 PM at Pizzi Farm.  Please stop by, say "hello" and make a donation (Cash & Checks accepted).  Enjoy some treats prepared by Ruth's Chris Steakhouse Waltham! 

Acclaimed author Anita Diamant will talk about her novel, The Boston Girl, on Tuesday November 21 at 7 PM in the Waltham Public Library Lecture Hall.  Diamant is the best selling author of twelve novels including Good Harbor, The Last Days of Dogtown, and Day after Night.  Her first novel, NYT bestseller, The Red Tent, has been published in more than 25 countries, won the 2001 Booksense Book of the Year Award, and was adapted into a two-part miniseries by Lifetime TV.  She has also written six non-fiction guides to contemporary Jewish life, the first of w