Students from a class taught by business teacher Rob Kane recently won the Massachusetts Personal Finance Challenge, a 30-question, rapid-fire exam with questions from categories on Income and Money Management, Spending and Credit, and Saving and Investing.

A group of sophomores through seniors participated in an inaugural trip to Puerto Rico through the Sustainability program April 6-13, 2019. The trip included eight days of travel and service learning to San Juan, Luchillo, and Humacao, Puerto Rico.

Body Confidence Day, an annual day of programming overseen by Physical Education, Health, and Wellness teacher Courtney Albert, will be held on May 1, 2019. Students are invited to attend Body Confidence Day sessions with their teachers. The goal of this annual event is to start a conversation on the under-discussed, yet prevalent, subject of how we view ourselves.

Newton’s New Philharmonia Orchestra, led by Associate Conductor Jorge Soto, will present Quintessentially American, a program inspired by Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts, on April 28 at 3:00 p.m., in the historic First Baptist Church, 848 Beacon Street, Newto