Each morning, Westborough Patch presents “5 Things You Need to Know,” a collection of announcements, events, reminders and odd little ditties to help you organize your day. What will you be doing today?

1. Watch "America's Got Talent" at 8 p.m. on NBC. Westborough native Eric Dittelman is a semi-finalist.

2. Congregation B’nai Shalom holds a prospective member open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28.

3. Join the Friends of the Westborough Library, which will meet at 7 p.m. in the library meeting room. 

4. The Westborough public schools hold Kindergarten orientation from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Armstrong Elementary School.

5. The Westborough School Committee meets at 6 p.m. at the Forbes Municipal Building. The agenda is here.