Many children take a few weeks to adjust to the changing of the clocks with Daylight Savings Time. The Erikson Institute has a brief read about starting to put children to bed 15 minutes earlier the week or so before the change. This has worked for many parents and children to be a little more prepared for the clock change, and the article suggests considering this for naps too.
https://www.erikson.edu/blog/how-parents-can-prepare-young-children-for-daylight-savings-time/
Women’s History Month – March
We invite you to celebrate Women’s History Month in March! During this month, we honor and acknowledge the challenges women have overcome and the contributions they have made, and continue to make, in the evolution of our country and the world.
Brandeis enjoys a long and storied feminist history and legacy. We are proud of the noteworthy genealogy of canonical Black feminist thinkers including former and current students and faculty, such as Shoniqua Roach; who is a pioneering academic and public intellectual in the fields of Black feminist theory, Black queer studies, and Black popular and quotidian performances studies.
Other notable scholars include Pauli Murray, Angela Davis, Julieanne Richardson, Hortense Spillers, Patricia Hill Collins, Karen E. Fields, M Jacqui Alexander, Anita Hill, Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman, Jasmine Johnson, and Faith Smith.
Brandeis feminist alumnae have also been prominent trailblazers in their fields including literary critic Elaine Showalter, sociologist and psychoanalyst Nancy Chodorow, physicist Evelyn Fox Keller, historian Joan Wallach Scott, and Letty Cottin Pogrebin who is the founding editor of Ms. Magazine. These are but a few of the prominent feminist names that are associated with Brandeis University.
We take pride in collaborating with our campus partners to offer the following events to mark Women’s History Month and we invite everyone to show their support.
March 8: HBI Diane Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights: “Antisemitism, an American Tradition”
March 9: CGES Online Webinar: Design is Political
March 10: International Women’s Day Celebration: Letters from Home in the ICC Swig Lounge, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
March 15: Women’s History Month Celebration – Jewish Feminist Association of Brandeis
March 15: Annual Femmes of the World Gala: Excellence in the Levin Ballroom, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
March 18: Art: A Chosen Language to Build Community, Galvanize Change, and Shape the World: A Conversation with WSRC Artist/Scholar Donna Dodson, Author Deirdre Visser, and Artist Alison Croney Moses. Register here.
March 24: FOCA x ICC: Hall of Femme Exhibition Opening in the ICC Push Lounge, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
March 24: “Ask Us Anything”: LGBTQ+ Lived Experiences Panel by SpeakOut Boston, Hosted by the GSA/Office of Access and Excellence – Community Learning Series Event in the SCC Multipurpose Room, 2:20 pm – 3:40 pm
March 25: Rose Art Museum: Zoe Buckmann: Show Me Your Bruises, Then
March 26: “This Happened To Me: A Memoir”: Author Kate Price, WSRC Alumni Scholar, in conversation with current WSRC Scholar, award-winning writer and public health executive Michelle Bowdler. Register here.
March 31: Let’s Get Waisted: FOC Jewelry Practices, Hosted by FOCA & BASO in the ICC Swig Lounge, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
The ongoing HBI exhibition: “Who Will Draw Our History? Women’s Graphic Narratives of the Holocaust, 1944-1949”, guest curated by Rachel E. Perry, PhD, will be open through April 30th in the Kniznick Gallery. Please visit the Brandeis Campus Calendar, the Women’s Studies Research Center website, as well as the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies website for updated information on all these events.
In addition, University Archives & Special Collections is brimming with materials chronicling the many contributions and achievements of women; from fashion and publishing to Jewish feminism and entertainment.
Celebrate the accomplishments of women from around the world, such as the Aviva Cantor papers, the Rose Jacobs collection, and the Fannie Hurst collection. Collections can be accessed in the Archives Reading Room Monday-Friday from 10-4.
The Library also offers primary sources related to the history of women’s activism in three databases: Women and Social Movements in the United States (1600-2000); Women and Social Movements, International- 1840 to Present; and Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires since 1820. Visit ASC in the Farber Library, and ask about these unique resources.
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION IS OPEN IN MA.
ARLINGTON
Kindergarten eligibility applies only to children who will be five years old on or before 8/31/2026. Online Registration IS OPEN
BURLINGTON
A child entering kindergarten must have attained the age of five (5) by August 31, 2026
https://www.burlingtonpublicschools.org/bps_departments/registration
KINDERGARTEN DISTRICT PRESENTATION
LEXINGTON
Kindergarten registration for the 2026-2027 school year in Lexington, MA, requires children to be 5 years old by August 31, 2026
https://www.lexingtonma.org/central-registration [d5lsjzbab.cc.rs6.net]
NEEDHAM
Deadline of April 1, 2026. Children must be 5 years old on or before August 31, 2026, to be eligible.
https://www.needham.k12.ma.us/cms/one.aspx?pageId=613072 [d5lsjzbab.cc.rs6.net]
NEWTON
Children who will be five years of age prior to September 1 of the school year during which they wish to enroll will be eligible to enter kindergarten for that school year.
https://www.newton.k12.ma.us/enroll/kindergarten-registration [d5lsjzbab.cc.rs6.net]
WALTHAM
Children whose parent/legal guardian(s) are living in Waltham may enroll in Kindergarten with the Waltham Public Schools if they have reached 5 years of age on or before September 1, of the new school year.
WAYLAND
Children must be 5 years old by August 31, 2026, to enroll.
https://www.waylandps.org/kindergarten-registration [d5lsjzbab.cc.rs6.net]
WELLESLEY
Kindergarten Registration for children 5 years of age on or before August 31, 2026
WESTON
All children who reside in Weston and who are five years old on or before September 1, 2026, are eligible for registration.
https://www.westonschools.org/kindergarten-registration-information/ [d5lsjzbab.cc.rs6.net]
WOBURN
Children must be five years old by August 31, 2026, to be eligible.
https://www.woburnps.com/registration/ [d5lsjzbab.cc.rs6.net]