Category Archives: From the PTO

Join us for a committee celebration and thank you party for Big Night Out  - and the March General PTO meeting.  It’s a chance for all of us to have fun and enjoy. We will also be stuffing thank you notes for auction donors.

Thursday, March 1, 2012
7:00 pm
Home of Laurie Gershkowitz

Let us know if you can make it so we can prepare accordingly.

Interested in learning the fantastic game of Field Hockey?? There will be a camp at the end of June for 4 days from 9-11 at Burr Park. This clinic is for elementary and middle school or those students entering their freshman year of high school. If interested, please contact Ms. Myers. Celestine_myers@newton.k12.ma.us

This year’s yearbook, REFLECTIONS, is in the production stages and we would like to have your input!!! We will have a section of the yearbook dedicated to your reflections about your 3 years here at Bigelow. Please write two or three lines that describes your YOUR BEST MEMORIES OF BIGELOW! There is a box in the main office for your convenience Only 25 “Best Memories” will be selected for the book, so, if you are interested get your reflections in soon. The deadline is March 1st.

Thank You

Ms. Myers

ALL 6th graders are encouraged to participate in the March Madness Basketball tournament that will begin on March 1st and will end on March 16th with a final game. The March Madness format requirements are:

1. Every homebase is eligible to participate and only the students in your homebase can play for your homebase.

2. You do not have to play every day.

3. The tournament will run on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 3-5.

4. Your entire homebase can be on your roster but each homebase must have at least 5 players on each day of the tournament or you will forfeit all games on that day. Each team will play from 3-6 game per day.

5. Games are 10 minutes long and substitutions are made after 5 minutes of play.

6. If you are interested sign-up in your homebase or talk with your homebase teacher.

7. The winning homebase will receive a pizza party and their names on the Reddy Trophy!

The Fitness Unit in P.E. will be ending March 1st. All students will be taking a written Fitness test that will test their knowledge of terms, muscles and principals of Fitness. This test will be fifty percent (50%) of the 3rd term’s grade.  Students have been participating in fitness unit since December.

The study Guide for the test can be found on the Bigelow website under daily assignments. Scroll down to FAA/PE Myers. Click on study guide. All students will have one day of review during PE classes and the test will be given in the next PE class. Testing will be done from March 4 to March 9th. The third term ends on the 16th.

All students are encourage to download this information and to come see either Mr. Prendergast or Ms. Myers if they have any questions.

There are no re-takes of the test.

WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT BIG NIGHT OUT?

It’s an evening of live entertainment, great food and amazing auction and raffle prizes.

Bigelow parents value a great education and appreciate the hard work of our teachers.  We realize that school system can’t provide all the resources  needed to run a great school. That’s why we support Big Night Out.

Big Night Out is the largest PTO fundraiser of the year. Proceeds will go toward the purchase of a much needed sound system for the auditorium and additional laptops for the school.

We need to raise $15,000 from the auction and raffle.  Help us meet our goal.

Click Here to buy your tickets.

February 11^th is a Big Night. Don’t Miss it!

The next ski and snowboard trip to Wachusett Mountain is Friday February 10th from 3:00 – 10:00.  All forms are due to Ms. Martin or Ms. Calabria by Friday February 3rd.   Forms can be picked up by students in room G02 or by parents in the main office.

Support the Big Night Raffle Spectacular
Check your child’s backpack for tickets and instructions. Send you ticket stubs and payment to school.
Attn: Big Night Raffle c/o PTO Box by February 6^th!

PICK THE PRIZE YOU WANT TO WIN!
$5 for 1 ticket or a book of 5 tickets for $20

Prize: A                Hotel Indigo overnight stay for two with breakfast $189 value
Prize B                  Chef’s Dinner for two at Lumiere $ 130 value
Prize C                  Kindle Fire, valued at $199
Prize D                 JP Licks, 10 person sundae party, valued at $80
Prize E                  One day Canoeing or Kayaking from Charles River Canoe and Kayak $80 value

Drawing on Feb 11, 2012 ^h at the Big Night Event. Winner need not be present.

Dear Newton Community Members:

The events this week have probably been among the most upsetting and trying that the system has experienced in quite a while.  Many of us have had trouble processing the allegations, because they are so far beyond our comprehension.  We also need to recognize that this event has had an impact throughout the City.  

Next Tuesday night, January 24^th, we will hold a community meeting at Newton North at for members of the broader Newton community.  The meeting will provide an opportunity to ask questions and hear from both law enforcement authorities and mental health experts.  Representatives from each of our school buildings will be present at the meeting.  

We will continue to provide information to you as we work together for our children and for each other during this very difficult time.

Community meeting: Working with children and families following an unforeseen and upsetting event.

January 24, 2012

7:00 pm

Newton North High School Auditorium

Make sure to remind your sons and daughters to buy tickets for the all school dance on Friday January 27th.  This is no ordinary dance there, of course, will be the fabulous Mr. Labrache with music and dancing in the gym but there will also be games and fun in the cafeteria including a cotton candy machine and the awesome student-band Levity will be playing in the auditorium with space to dance in front of the stage.  This is a night they won’t want to miss!

Tickets are $7 and are on sale in the cafeteria during all 3 lunches.  There are Levity T-shirts too that will go on sale for $12 starting Monday in the cafeteria.

The dance will run from 6:30-9:30pm in the gym.  The games and snacks in the cafeteria will also run from 6:30 – 9:30.  The band Levity (a current 8^th grader and three former Bigelow students, now 10^th graders) will perform for about an hour and a half starting at 8pm in the auditorium.  

This event is a fundraiser for the 8th grade trips to NYC and Quebec.  The more students who attend the event the more scholarship money we will be able to raise.