“Dear Parents,
On behalf of the Bigelow staff and students, I want to THANK YOU for supporting our One School, One Book Program so generously. This year’s big day went off very smoothly and from the surveys (student) we’ve seen all students really like at least one session and many more than one. The goal is to plant a seed – touch every child with at least one session and it looks like we succeeded with that!
Thank you again for your generosity.
Sincerely,
Patty Summa”
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, such as One School, One Book. We can also make building improvements.
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.
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
Bigelow is in the process of upgrading our auditorium! As part of this large initiative to improve the space, the PTO helped to purchase a storage container that was installed on the side of the school last week. This will be shared between the Drama program, who will use it to store large set pieces and seldom used props out of the auditorium, and by the larger school community to clean up the hallways of such items as ping pong tables and boxes of extra books. THANK YOU for your continuos support of the PTO!
“It took about 5 hours and the combined efforts of 50 students, 2 custodians, and 3 teachers, but 90% of the set pieces are now in storage! We had a great team of girl power doing some serious heavy lifting, graciously loaned by Mr P, Ms. Fitzgerald, and Mr Whitman- THANK YOU! The tech crew sorted all the pieces in the cafeteria, tossing the redundant or otherwise unneeded pieces, and storing the rest. At the end of callbacks all the actors came and helped with the final push. There’s still work to do, BUT it is already a MAJOR upgrade. Just not having random wood everywhere makes the auditorium seem so much nicer. I’m so grateful for the PTO’s support of this project, as well as your children’s big muscles!”
Jaime Alberts
We will have a Big crowd of 120 kids and adults at the Celtics game against Minnesota Timberwolves on January 2nd!
Sales are now closed. Thank you all who purchased their tickets. We raised $600, but more than that, we hope everyone will have lots of fun!
Thank you to all that had dinner at New Ginza on November 21st. The Bigelow Community came out in full force and it was a busy night at the restaurant. Over $400 was raised for the PTO!
Please consider participating in the planning of the Big Night 2019, Bigelow PTO’s biggest social and fundraising event of the year. We need all the help we can get from our amazing community to make our Big Night a big success!
Save the date: the first planning committee meeting will take place on Tuesday, December 11th.
We will be discussing ways parents can help and volunteer, how to get silent auction items and food donations for the evening.
Please contact us @ bigelowbulldog@gmail.com if you would like to be involved. Thank you in advance for your support of this event.
Tickets sales are extended until Wednesday, November 28!
Tickets for a Celtics game make great Holiday gifts, and 25 Lucky Bigelow Students going to the game will be picked for an exciting Pre-Game Courtside Activity
Join the Bigelow Middle School Community to cheer on the Boston Celtics as they battle the Minnesota Timberwolves! January 2, 2019 @ 8:00pm at the TD Garden.
Please follow all the instructions: register online, make a payment AND fill out, sign, print and return to the PTO the printed Celtics form.
Download form, print, sign and return to the PTO.
More information here: www.bigelowpto.org/bigelow-celtics-night-2019
The PTO is starting its annual fundraising campaign this week. A gift of any size will help us reach our goal of 100% Participation. Please be on the lookout for our appeal in the mail and on our website in the coming days.
Bigelow is fortunate to have a powerful partnership between the school’s terrific leaders, teachers and staff as well as a dedicated and vibrant PTO. See here how your donation helps the school and our children.
The Film Club is dedicated to watching, discussing, and doing supplemental activities related to classic and meaningful cinema. Film Club meets most Thursdays and Fridays between 3pm and the late bus. Films will be started on Thursday and concluded on Friday. There will be further information about any movies we watch, discussions, recommendations, and possibly snacks. Enrollment is always open– students don’t need to sign up and don’t need to come to every showing. More information HERE.
Help us get to 150 LIKES. One lucky winner will be drawn from the first 150 people to like our Facebook Page and will win a $50 Gift Certificate from Big Picture Framing.
Our Facebook page is a great way for us to keep everyone up to date on what is happening at Bigelow. It is also a way for you to let us know what you think and share information. Please LIKE us today and let us know what is on your mind.