Upcoming Events
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Monthly Book Club
Our Digital Wellness Book Club meets monthly on topics that impact kids’ mental health. This is an opportunity for parent reflection and connection, regardless of where you are in your parenting journey!
Our next discussion will be on Tuesday, November 4, at 7:00PM at The Collective Co., located at 400 Gannett Rd in Scituate. We’ll be discussing Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic—and What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Breheny Wallace.
As always, reading is encouraged but not required. Just come meet local parents and share your lived experiences.
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Monthly Outdoor Family Meet Ups
Get to know our beautiful local, outdoor spaces at monthly SSDW family meet ups! We meet regardless of the weather except in cases of high wind or lightning.
Our next Outdoor Family Meet Up will be at Wompatuck State Park on Saturday, November 1 at 10:00AM. We’ll meet in front of the Visitor Center at the Union Street entrance.
Kids are encouraged to bring a bike or scooter.
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Tech Talk
Thriving Together in a High-Tech World hosted by Turning Life On
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
6:00 PM 7:15 PM
Concord-Carlisle High School
Every parent wrestles with the same question: how do I help my child build a healthy relationship with technology?
Jean Twenge, PhD—award-winning psychologist, author, and mother of three teens—shares ten evidence-based strategies from her acclaimed book 10 Rules for Raising Teens in a High-Tech World. Discover practical solutions that replace worry with confidence, helping you guide your child toward connection, resilience, and thriving in the digital age.
This event is free, but registration is required.
This multi-event series is part of a community collaboration in Concord called Helping Teens (and Parents) Thrive in the Digital Age.It is sponsored by Turning Life On, ThinkGive, Concord-Carlisle Adult and Community Education, Concord Ed Fund, Emerson Health, The Fenn School and Parent Groups at the following schools: Carlisle Public School, Concord Middle School, Thoreau School, Alcott School, Willard School and Concord-Carlisle High School.
Social Networking #IRL
We partner with aligned community groups on in-person events that help South Shore families learn, play, and connect #IRL. If you have ideas for community partnerships, please get in touch. We’d be happy to do what we can to make them happen!
Most recently, we enjoyed a playful art pop up “Creative Refuse Jam” at Scituate’s St. Luke’s Church with The Spare Studio of Rockland, “Log Off & Lace Up!”, parent-and-child fitness classes with CrossFit SciCoh of Cohasset, and a “Garden Clean Up” with SELA: The International Private School of Norwell/Hingham at Appleton Field Community Garden in Scituate.
Scituate Parent Updates
This is a list of known relevant school and community discussions. We want to help parents share and coordinate school day-related concerns with their child’s teacher and principal, local school council, PTO, and school committee. Please contact us if you would like to be put in contact with a parent partner from your school for additional information.
We have monthly meetings at the library to touch base at a district-wide level; please join us!
We also want to grow a parent-led community to enhance activities children can engage in outside of the school day. It takes a village! We want to grow that supportive mentality and provide outlets for both parents and children to connect in the real world.
Early Education and Elementary
Community playgroup meet ups.
Parent-run playgroups before school.
Better quality indoor recess options.
Wait Until 8th social media presence.
Expanding bike to school events throughout the year
Middle School
Monthly Book Club discussion for parents and caregivers.
Tech Talk newsletter for Families seasonal
High School
FY25 is first year of having cell phone ban policy.
Note students are allowed to have phones between classes, lunch and open periods.
SHS Podcast of Superintendent and students speaking to new policy
(Dec 2024)