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All the world loves a star. The Artbarn Community Theater understands this, and its performing arts program, open to kids in Pre-K to 9th grade, offers students an opportunity to explore their creative sides in a nurturing and supportive environment. Most of the activity here focuses on the theater production. Performance classes engage students in all aspects of production, including acting, singing, costume, scenery, and technical design. Classes range from nine to 14 weeks, depending on the program. Most terms are geared around the nine-week, 11 class, two-show format. At the end of each session two performances are staged at the Maliotis Cultural Center in Brookline. There is also the Traveling Troupe which has a 10 week semester, plus four traveling shows, ending at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Artbarn also offers Sprouts, for kids in Pre-K to kindergarten, which introduces students to performing arts through improvisation; children recreate their favorite stories and design costumes and props to go along.

This family friendly chiropractic office is deeply rooted in the Brookline community, caring for its members big and small, underwriting community events such as NPR and the free concerts in Emerson Park during the summer. Patients include everyone from newborns the the toughest body builder, all coming for care under the experience of Dr. Lisa Geiger, who has practiced in three countries and has settled here in Brookline. If you are interested in helping your body achieve optimal function, improved immune function, or just want some help with an injury or complaint, Village Family Chiropractic is a great place to help you with that goal. And you may be surprised how many of your neighbors you may run into in the office!

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Fein Academy offers gym, art, and music classes for children and parents. The Sport Adventure program provides mental, physical, and social development of child's natural abilities through warm-ups, movements, music, and dance. The Kids Art Adventure program introduces painting, and improves and develops motor skills and imagination. The Kids Music program focuses on the development of body awareness, motor development, and perception through creative movement and music. All classes are available in English, Russian and Hebrew.

Meridian Academy is a project-based, interdisciplinary secondary school (grades 6 through 12) serving Boston and Boston-area students. Located in Coolidge Corner, this urban secondary school pushes their students toward an education in leadership and critical thinking. Entering its third year, Meridian currently enrolls students in grades 6 through 9, and will add one grade per year in the following school years until they serve grades 6 through 12. Distinctive features of the school include:

• Small classes and school size that promote community, facilitate interdisciplinary, inquiry-based curriculum, and allow each student to be known well and to be an important contributor to the school;

• Intellectually and physically active student-based learning that uses the resources of the city of Boston and its environs;

• A commitment to diversity in its many forms including race, background, ideas, and interests;

• A coherent and connected curriculum with two core courses, Humanities and Mathematics, Science, and Technology. The arts (studio, performing, and music), health education, and physical education are integrated throughout the curriculum;

• A collaborative approach that nurtures a love of learning;

• Homework levels that allow for family and extracurricular life;

• A tuition that is considerably less than that charged by traditional independent secondary schools; and

• Writing, problem-posing, and original research will be central themes in all classes.