Monthly Archives: January 2018

February is “Love Your Library” Month at Bigelow

Keeping the library collection new and exciting supports our goal to promote a love of reading throughout the Bigelow community. Consider donating a book in honor of a student or in recognition of a staff member through the Bound to Stay Bound Books. When a book is purchased through this website, it receives a special binding to help the book last longer, and it will include a nameplate with an honoree and donor inscription. Love the Bigelow Library by donating today. Thank your for your support!

Donate a book.

Annual Appeal – Help us reach our goal

This year our goal is to get 100% Participation from our amazing community!

We are hoping that every family will participate in this fundraising endeavor. No amount is too small (or big) to give to the PTO – and all gifts make a difference. With your financial help, all children at Bigelow can enjoy many exciting, enriching and fun educational programs. Learn more here.

To make your gift online by credit card just click here: Donate online. Or you can send a check to: Bigelow PTO at 42 Vernon Street, Newton, MA 02458 – download form here.

Matching gifts are a great way to maximize your donation and can double or triple your gift to education. Please click here for a partial list of companies that offer to match employee donations.

DONATE

All donations – large or small – are greatly appreciated and will help us achieve all that the PTO sets out to do. A thank you to those of you who have already donated!!

Warmly,
PTO Board

Teacher Appreciation Luncheon: 02/07

Sign up to help with our Annual Teacher Appreciation Luncheon taking place on Wednesday, February 7th! We are looking for parents to provide a luncheon item, dessert or drinks. We are also in need of volunteers to help us set up and clean up. Set up is at 10:30am and clean up is at 2:30pm. The teachers absolutely love and appreciate every aspect of this day! Please sign up below!

Teacher Appreciation Luncheon 2018 – Sign up Sheet

You can be a Big part of our Big Night: donate an auction item!

We need 60 items for our Big Night Silent Auction on March 24th at the Cambridge Boat Club. Can you donate an item for our fun, festive night??

Here are a few ideas:

  • Offer your vacation home for a weekend or week away
  • Put together a theme basket of complimentary items such as a wine basket -assorted bottles of vino & glasses; a lottery card wreath – make a circular wreath of lottery tickets; an olive oil presentation -olive oil, olive dish, crackers, fancy napkins on a rustic tray
  • Game night package – t-shirts, banners, insulated cups etc – of your favorite sports team
  • A gift certificate to your favorite restaurant, coffeehouse or movie theatre
  • Host a dinner party, football game or cocktail party – host a gathering at your house and your friends will bid on it!

Please contact Meredith Andrews, Big Night Committee Chairperson, at meredithandrews13@gmail.com if you have any questions.

More information about the 2018 Big Night and about donating items.

Registration at The Conservatory at Highlands now open!

Happy New Year Everyone! The Conservatory at Highlands had an amazing 2017 filled with open mic nights, performances in the community, rock bands, recitals, recording sessions and more! They’re looking forward to another great year…

Get on track with that instrument you’ve always wanted to learn…with the kindest, most patient teachers around. The Conservatory offers private music lessons in many instruments, including piano, voice, violin, viola, cello, guitar, drums, bass, saxophone, flute, clarinet, trombone, baritone, oboe, ukulele, harmonica and many more. Sign up for rock bands, which meet weekly; or try out the state-of-the-art recording studio with audio production lessons and more!

Sign up for the best music lessons with the best teachers:
Sign Up Here (no commitment necessary) or call 617-903-0944.

It’s also the time of year to start signing up for summer programs! Summer sessions are interactive rock band or chamber group experiences that include playing together in a band, recording in the recording studio, music theory and much more.
Summer Session Rock Bands and Strings Week Sign Up

Feel free to e-mail info@highlandsconservatory.com or visit www.highlandsconservatory.com with any questions.

The Conservatory at Highlands is locally owned and operated and offers a 21st-century music education that is equally inclusive and challenging taught by the best musicians in Boston. The Conservatory is your community music school, where we can all learn and develop the craft of music together. Stop in and check out their cool space at 51 Winchester Street, Newton Highlands.

Newton Girls Softball registration information

Register soon (by January 31st to save $15.00) for Newton Girls Softball, a recreational league for Newton girls in grades K-7. For information and to register, visit www.newtongirlssoftball.org.

NGS welcomes players of all skill levels and will provide your daughter with an experience that fosters positive self-esteem, team spirit, and individual growth through personal achievement and as a team member. Kindergarten T-Ball continues this year. Register now, you’ll be glad you did!

2018 Registration Dates:
January 31st: Deadline to register without paying a late fee.
February 28th: Deadline to register with guaranteed placement and pair-me-with rights. A $15 late fee will be applied.
February 28th: Last day to withdraw and receive a full refund. Sorry, no refunds after this date.
March 1st – April 15th: Still accepting registrations. Player is placed on the wait list, no pair-me-with rights, and a $15 late fee. Openings filled on a first come, first served basis.

Newton Theatre Company presents “Ethan Frome”

Directed by Melissa Bernstein, Edith Wharton’s  “Ethan Frome” gets a reboot in this tender, fluid production that finally gives these well-known characters a chance to speak their minds.

Ethan’s struggle between his obligation to his wife, Zeena, and his love for another has never been more poignant; nor have the voices of the female characters or of the townsfolk ever been as vibrant.

Tickets available online at www.newtontheatrecompany.com $18.00 adults/$12.00 Seniors/$8.00 Students or at the Door: $20.00 Adults/$15.00 Seniors/$10.0 Students

February 1st and 2nd and 3rd, 7:30 pm
February 4th, 2:00 pm

Newton Cultural Center at City Hall
1000 Commonwealth Avenue

Watertown Children’s Theatre presents

“Dracula” – Tickets on Sale NOW! Purchase Online!
Performances February 2nd and 3rd, 7:00 pm and February 4th, 1:00 pm

“Arsenic and Old Lace” – Tickets on Sale NOW! Purchase Online!
Performances February 9th and 10th, 7:00 pm and February 11th, 1:00 pm

Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal Street, Watertown

Reserve your Audition Slot NOW for “Assassins”!

Now scheduling auditions for the spring musical, “Assassins”, for grades 9-12. Please note that this is an audition based program. To schedule an audition, email production.wct@mosesianarts.org.

Positive and fun tutoring available

Former Wellesley Public Schools teacher who is currently working at Winchester Public Schools and MassBay Community College, Haralie Alpert, tutors K-5th grade in reading, writing and math and also works with middle school, high school and college age students in executive functioning, writing, note taking, organizational skills, test preparation, and self-advocacy.

Each lesson is a positive and fun learning experience. Please contact Haralie Alpert, M.Ed., MS at haralie@gmail.com or 617-630-0608.

Mason-Rice Online Auction

The Mason-Rice Elementary School PTO’s annual online auction is now open for bidding! The auction will run through January 30th, with proceeds going to the Mason-Rice PTO in order to support the over 500 students at Newton’s largest elementary school.

Go to www.biddingforgood.com/masonrice!

The auction truly has something for everyone…

  • Summer Camps! Camp Cody, WSYMCA, BC Basketball Camp, Chestnut Hill School, BSC Wellesley, Grossman, Tenacre, Fessenden, Meadowbrook, Babson…
  • Fitness classes (rock climbing, rowing, bootcamp, yoga, etc.), Life Time Athletic passes, Beaver Day School pool membership, Orangetheory Fitness passes, pilates for teens, gymnastics birthday parties…
  • Hotel Indigo overnight stay, museum passes (ICA, Peabody Essex, deCordova, etc.), theater tickets, boat tours, opera tickets, Newton Police Department tour, Wachusett ski lift tickets…
  • Gift cards to many local stores and restaurants…and SO MUCH MORE!

Let the bidding begin!