The latest announcements from the Principal and the PTO...

A Perfect Graduation Gift:
Honor a Graduate or a Teacher by Making a Donation to the Bigelow Library

For a $15 donation, our librarian will purchase a book and attach a plate with the honoree’s name. We will send letters to the honorees informing them of the donation in their name. The donor will receive a letter acknowledging the gift.

Please visit our website bigelowpto.org for BUY A BOOK Paypal link and/or click this link BUY A BOOK to make your donation via paypal and send the following information to Eva Schmitt’s email: evaschmitt@hotmail.com

Name of Honoree(s):_______________________
Address of Honoree(s): Bigelow Middle School or:____________________________________
Donor’s address: _____________________________________Phone:_____________________

Your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Bigelow Middle School Parent-Teacher Organization, Inc. is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

For a $15 donation, our librarian will purchase a book and attach a plate with the honoree’s name. We will send letters to the honorees informing them of the donation in their name.

Please use the form below to make your donation. For questions contact:
Eva Schmitt at 617-699-9185 or evaschmitt@hotmail.com

To motivate reluctant readers, with the money donated so far this year, Bigelow librarian Diane Montville has bought books including Sports Technology, Custom Cars, the biography of Steve Jobs, and a memoir written by a former Bigelow student (!): Searching for Solace. Ms. Montville has also purchased additional copies of the book in high demand: Hunger Games. Thank you to all the generous donors!

Bigelow-Buy-A-Book Donation Form

Name of Honoree(s):_______________________

Address of Honoree(s): Bigelow Middle School or:____________________________________

Donor’s address: _____________________________________Phone:_____________________

Please make check payable to “Bigelow Middle School PTO” and mail together with this completed form to:
Bigelow-Buy-A-Book, c/o Eva Schmitt, 88 Madison Ave, Newtonville, MA 02460-1905

Your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Bigelow Middle School Parent-Teacher Organization, Inc. is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

Please help us create a delightful tea to show our appreciation to our wonderful teachers and staff!

Please consider donating food:

Fruit, quiches, finger sandwiches, salads, scones, dessert
Use this link to sign up

http://bigelowpto.org/teacher-appreciation-tea-donation-sign-up-2/

We also need set up help at 12:30 pm, or clean up help at 3:30 pm.

We are also accepting gift cards to area businesses or restaurants to be used in a raffle for the teachers at the event.

For more information email the PTO at Bigelowbulldog@gmail.com

Thank you for your support!!

Please join us for our next PTO meeting on Thursday, April 26th at 8:30 am in the Bigelow library. This promises to be an interesting meeting as we will have a presentation on Title 1 services, as well as a visit by our Superintendent of schools, David Fleishman. Come support our PTO – coffee and refreshments will be provided!!

Volunteers are needed to work at Bigelow as part of this year’s Newton Serves community service day on Sunday, April 29, 9:30 am -12:30 pm. We need 15-20 volunteers to beautify the grounds and apply mulch and topsoil to the flower beds. Children, ages 8 and older, are welcome as well. To register, go to www.newtoncommunitypride.org/NewtonSERVES.html

Save the Date!

Bigelow Teacher Appreciation Tea

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Please help us create a delightful lunch to show our appreciation to our wonderful teachers and staff!

Please consider donating food:

Fruit, quiches, finger sandwiches, salads, scones, dessert

We also need set up help at 12:30 pm, or clean up help at 3:30 pm.

We are also accepting gift cards to area businesses or restaurants to be used in a raffle for the teachers at the event.

For more information, or to volunteer please respond to the PTO at Bigelowbulldog@gmail.com

Thank you for your support!!

Dear Parents/Guardian,
Back by popular demand! We will be using the convenient services of Staples SchoolKidz, Inc. and their Teacher Tailored® back-to-school supply kit program again this year.

Staples SchoolKidz, Inc. offers brand name items, chosen by the teachers and is exactly what is on your child’s supply list. The Brand names include, but are not limited to, Crayola®, Fiskars®, Elmer’s® and Staples®. Best of all, the entire package comes in a reusable personalized kit.

We are offering this program as a service to the students and parents of our school. We hope this makes planning for the next school year at Bigelow Middle School easier. We believe this is a wonderful program for purchasing your child’s exact school supplies and encourage you to take advantage of this offer. Why fight long lines and stress of trying to find every single requested item on your child’s supply list? All of the shopping is done for you!! Just think you will have more summer vacation time, making “back-to-school time” less hectic and more enjoyable for both students and parents. We believe you will find the pricing to be very reasonable. All kits will be delivered to the school.

It is important for you to register with the Bigelow PTO at www.bigelowpto.org so you can receive our email which will communicate deadlines and the August pick up date/time.

Please go to www.shopttkits.com or www.bigelowpto.org for the link to Schoolkidz. Remember our school code is 32972.

If you have any questions, please email us at Bigelowbulldog@gmail.com.

Laurie Gershkowitz, Laura Holt, Allison Avramovich, and Becky Manley Co-Presidents

We have scheduled the QUEBEC pre-departure meeting to be held Tuesday, May 8th, 6:45PM in the Bigelow library.
The meeting lasts about an hour and is mandatory for grade 8 students who are heading to Quebec, plus their parents or guardians.
We look forward to seeing you there and answering all your questions about packing, currency, safety, etc.

Thank you to all members of the Bigelow community for your help on our recent fundraising efforts for the 8th grade WL trips to NYC and Quebec! On Friday, February 23rd we had a bake sale, a raffle to shave Mr. Waldman and Mr. Spiegel, and a dough raiser at UNOs. All of these events were a total success and would not have been possible without all of your help! Thank you so much! Please keep an eye out for future fundraising events…

As another fundraiser for the 8th grade WL trips to NYC and Quebec, we recently conducted a T-shirt Design Contest. All students were encouraged to submit entries, and we received so many! We then narrowed down the designs and had all students vote for their favorite design. The winning design was created by 6th graders Jonathan H. and Connor F. It really turned out great! We will now be creating t-shirts with this winning design, and taking orders for them. The t-shirts must be ordered in advance. Order forms for the t-shirts will be going out to all students soon, and I will also attach a copy. Please return all order forms to Ms. Calabria (Room 213 or mailbox) by Friday, April 13th.