**Rising 9th grade carers: please visit the 8th Grace / Rising 8th Grade page on our website for more details.**

Please submit statements to vice-president@northptso.org by Monday, April 6, at 5:00 p.m.

Candidates are required to submit a brief statement (200 words or less). Entries longer than 200 words will be truncated without edits to meet the word maximum requirement. The statements may include: 

• Elementary and middle school attended by the candidates’s NNHS student, if applicable.  
• Particular interest, background, skills, and expertise that have prepared the candidate for the role. 
• Qualities the candidate would bring to the School Council.

In just a few days, we will have our 2nd annual Bigelow Global Diversity Night! On Tuesday, March 31st, families representing cultures and countries around the world will host tables in the gym from 6:30 PM– 8:00 PM.

All Bigelow families, staff and students are welcome to join us! You do not need to host a table to enjoy the evening. We will provide plates, utensils, cups and napkins and our table hosts will provide food and cultural displays. Countries/cultures include:

Argentina, Armenia, France, Ireland, Italy, Uruguay, China, Germany, Peru, Ukraine, Philippines, Puerto Rico, India, Lebanon, Brazil, Vietnam, and we’ll have teas from around the world!

**Please note that Global Diversity night isnot a “drop-off event.” All students should be accompanied by an adult (parent/guardian or other grown-up).**

If you would like to join a table or help out that evening, please contact 8 th Grade parent Lanni Isenberg, lanni_harris@yahoo.com. We may need to borrow some tables, so please let us know if you could loan one for the evening!

Volunteers make these events so much fun for our students!

Sign up HERE today.

Thank you to everyone who’s signed up so far! We are still looking for chaperones during the dance:

• TICKET TABLE
• CHAPERONES: Hallway & Gym

Thank you to Bigelow’s incredible staff, especially Oliva Moriarty and Jaime Alberts, Dr. Green, and the many grownups who volunteered their time and effort to help make Newsies a huge success!

A small and engaged group attended this week’s PTO Community Meeting, the second of 4 meetings this year. We welcomed our new PTO Board Treasurer Amy Davis and thanked PTO Board Vice President Rachanee Nelson for filling that role during our search.

Dr. Green and parents who had attended last week’s Newsies performances gave huge kudos to the cast, crew and production team. All agreed it was a spectacular show! Dr. Green also provided a brief overview about the district’s math curriculum planning in relation to recent and upcoming meetings.

The PTO Board reviewed the budget with great appreciation for funds raised so far in the Annual Appeal, reaching about 85% of the goal to date. And we looked ahead to upcoming events, detailed in the weekly PTO newsletter.

We heard updates from the 8 th grade Celebration Planning Committee and opportunities for parents/guardians to join the PTO Board or Committee roles this year and next. Parent Alexander Lee brought updates from Green School Connections and mentioned plans for Earth Month in April. And we heard a few updates from this week’s School Committee budget meeting.

See the March 25th Meeting Notes for details!

We are looking for volunteers to help lead Teacher Appreciation Week (May 4–8th). During this week, each grade (6, 7, 8) organizes a luncheon for teachers and staff.

We are looking for 6th and 8th grade parents to coordinate their grade’s luncheons. Please email Laura Goldworm at lauramandell@yahoo.com if you are interested!

Last year’s restart of Bigelow’s traditional Ten Tables progressive dinner was such a success that we’re doing it again!

On Saturday, May 16, we will join together for appetizers at one Bigelow family’s home and then split into smaller groups for dinner at a number of other families’ homes. This event is a wonderful night of community-building, and a great way to raise money and engagement to support our PTO.

With hosts signed up for the appetizer kick-off, we’re looking for a few more dinner hosts to complete the event.

If you are interested in hosting one of the dinners, please email the PTO at bigelowbulldog@gmail.com, or the event chairs, Kathy Shields at kburdetteshields@yahoo.com or Amy Davis at amygdavis84@gmail.com.

Would you like Bigelow’s grounds to be improved? Volunteer for Newton Serves!

If you are interested in gardening, groundskeeping or landscaping, Newton Serves is a great way to lend your skills to our Bigelow community.

Newton Serves is focused on cleaning and improving our city’s parks, school grounds, open space areas, and conservation lands. If you are interested in bringing this back to Bigelow, we need your help!

Bigelow NEEDS NEW VOLUNTEERS to continue to benefit from the program.

Project registration is NOW OPEN.

Please email bigelowbulldog@gmail.com to express interest and visit the Newton Serves page to learn more.

The 2026 Underwood Online Auction is open and will close at 10pm on Tuesday, March 31st.

View the Auction to check out the many generous donations from favorite businesses in our community that are open to bid! Here are just a few:

• Credit toward NCE classes
• One session of Acting technique at Walnut Hill School for the Arts
• Credit toward April vacation photography camp

April 9th, Raising teens in a digital age  – A discussion with Newton North teacher Rob Greenfield and hosted by the Newton North PTSO.

Thursday, April 9 at 7PM, in the film lecture hall at Newton North High School

Please RSVP HERE

Rob Greenfield is the Digital Literacy Coordinator at NNHS and teaches Modern World History and Intro to AI: Technology’s Impact on Society.

Parenting in an era of ubiquitous digital technologies is difficult, and we are largely left to ourselves to make crucial decisions about our children’s exposure to digital media. As parents, we are in the best position to assist our children through these digital landscapes, even if we don’t have first-hand experience with the technology our kids are using. In this session, we’ll explore the possible impact of smartphones, social media, and AI on kids, discuss strategies for opening up conversation with our children about their relationship with digital technologies, and think about how we can help them navigate digital spaces.