Order today at https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectJob (Bigelow’s Yearbook ID Code: 1945919)
If you would rather pay by cash or check (payable to: Bigelow Middle School), please place payment in a sealed envelope with the student’s name and homeroom written on the front. Your student should give the envelope to his/her homeroom teacher.
Meet staff and parent volunteers who help make our program a success! No pressure to become a volunteer! Although we’d love to have you join us, we are happy to just share our program with you so you can see how much our students enjoy it. Come see for yourself!
When: Monday – Friday, April 22 – 26 (Weather Permitting!)
Where: Burr Park
What Time: Any time between 11 am – 12pm
Who: Any parents, family and friends who are interested in volunteering or just seeing how it works!
More about Laps at Lunch HERE.
As March draws to a close, our thoughts turn to spring and flowers and warm sunshine and end of term grades and, for our 8th graders, high school choices and MCAS testing…Oh no! I can just feel the stress building!
We have all heard about how dangerous stress can be and how harmful it is for our children (and ourselves) to be under consent pressure. We’ve heard the links between stress and heart attacks, between stress and high blood pressure, between stress and suicide. Stress, no matter how we look at it, tends to be seen as harmful.
The truth is, stress isn’t all negative. More at the Bigelow Counseling Team blog.
While most of the items were sold last week in the silent auction, there are a few that remain unsold. Please see here what is available. We will keep online bidding open until Tuesday, 04/09. Please consider bidding on these items so we can add to the success of our Big Night auction!
Thank you again for your support of Big Night!
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We are pleased to invite you to Bigelow PTO’s Spring Meeting, when we are going to discuss social and emotional health and well-being of middle-schoolers.
Spring PTO Meeting
Thursday, April 11th, 7pm
Bigelow Library
We understand how our students emotional health is essential to a successful middle school experience. But what should parents do when things aren’t going well? Or in times of stress – at school or in the country?
Dr. Jordanna L’Esperance, clinical and school psychologist at Bigelow Middle School, and Bigelow’s Counselors will discuss the resources available for students at Bigelow and within the Newton Community at the next PTO meeting on Thursday, April 11th, 7pm, at the Bigelow Library.
Please, send questions to Dr. L’Esperance prior to the evening. Questions may be directed to her at jordanna_Lesperance@newton.k12.ma.us
Hope to see you there,
Bigelow PTO Board
Thank you for your help! We donated 26 bags of clothes to kids in need!
Project 351 Leaders: Hannah, Rachel, and Tailia
Would you like to do something nice for Mom or Grandma, and a
young girl in Tanzania as well? Help support the SEGA Girls School by purchasing an African Violet plant for Mother’s Day!
Each plant costs $10. 00. Net proceeds go to our sister school, the SEGA
School for Girls, providing an education to poor, marginalized, and at-risk girls in Tanzania. The SEGA School has been transforming the lives of these girls for 10 years, and Bigelow has been a strong supporter of their efforts.
African violets have long been associated with mothers and motherhood. For this reason, they have been a traditional gift to mothers in many cultures around the world. And they originated in the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania, right near the SEGA School!
Please let your homebase teacher know how many plants you’d like to purchase by Friday, April 12th.
Order forms, with payment, must be received in homebase by Friday, May 10th, when plants will be available for pick-up – just in time for Mother’s Day!
For more information, please contact Mr. King: john_king@newton.k12.ma.us
NewtonServes is a Day of Community Service that brings together over 1,000 volunteers of all ages to complete more than 50 community projects for the benefit of numerous non-profit organizations and City of Newton departments. Volunteers work in teams on morning, afternoon or all day projects throughout the city, such as cleaning up parks, planting gardens, building and painting school bookshelves, spring cleaning at non-profit organizations and helping senior citizens. This year it will take place on Sunday, April 28th, from 9:30am to 4pm.
There are many volunteering opportunities all around the city, including two projects at Bigelow:
Bigelow Beautification
Join us as we beautify the grounds of Bigelow Middle School. We plan to clean and mulch garden beds, prune shrubs and trees, etc. outdoors. We also may build a short wooden fence to protect planting beds from foot traffic.Signage for Recycling at Bigelow
Are you interested in promoting recycling and helping middle school students learn more about recycling? Help us label recycle bins and trash cans in all classrooms at Bigelow Middle School with new signage about what can and cannot be recycled.
Suitable for persons with disabilities
NewtonServes is a project of Newton Community Pride, Mayor’s Office for Cultural Affairs and the Newton Parks and Recreation Department.
What a wonderful evening we had at Big Night, this past Saturday at the Cambridge Boat Club!
It was a beautiful night, so we were able to take advantage of the lovely porch overlooking the Charles River. We had a record turn out of parents and caregivers who all came together to support this wonderful event. We raised over $19,000 which will go to Bigelow PTO programs, such as Creative Arts and Sciences. Monies raised will also help fund field trips, purchase school equipment and support our teachers.
Click here to see pictures from the event!
Many thanks to our wonderful volunteers for helping make this event such a success. Thank you, also, to Principal Harrison for his support, and the teachers who donated to the silent auction. I also want to thank Kersten Raso who did a terrific job coordinating the teacher donations, which were a big hit on Saturday.
We are also grateful to the parents and businesses that donated fantastic silent auction items as well as the delicious food we enjoyed that night.
While most of the items were sold that night in the silent auction, there are a few that remain unsold. Please see here what is available. We will keep online bidding open until Tuesday, 04/09. Please consider bidding on these items so we can add to the success of our Big Night auction!
Thank you again for your support of Big Night!
Sincerely,
Karen Markson
Chairperson
Bigelow will celebrate Earth Day, Monday, April 22nd, with a special advisory activity proposed by a Student-led Earth Day Committee, counseled by 8th Grade Science teacher Ms. Hoffman.
This upcycling-project activity will involve converting recycled materials into flowers or other crafts. The best projects will be on display in the office and library.
The Earth Day committee is asking students to bring in materials for the project, such as: cardboard egg cartons, plastic water bottles, other items that may be useful (e.g. large yogurt container). If parents can donate a few extra tools and materials, they would be very helpful: scissors, clear tape, and colored sharpie markers.
Students can take the materials to their homeroom in the next weeks.