Author Archives: Bigelow PTO

A Little Help Needed for the Big Night

Have some free time this Saturday? We need volunteers to help us at the Big Night. Want to join in?  A few people are needed to help set up and decorate the space from 11am-2pm on Sat. We also need help during the event for an hour or so.  Specific needs are to  check in guests from 6:45 – 8pm and clean up at 11pm.  Please email Beth at beth.ann.panella@bankofamerica.com if you are interested in helping out or you have any questions.

2015 Newton Schools Foundation Honor Thy Teacher

May 4-8 is Teacher Appreciation Week. Say “Thank You” to the exceptional teachers and staff who motivate, educate and inspire your students to be the best they can be by participating in the Honor Thy Teacher campaign. Newton Schools Foundation created this special program for parents to honor teachers by giving a gift in their name. You may also choose to honor a special education aide, a fine arts or music teacher, or a coach or counselor who has touched your child’s life. Suggested donation is $25 per teacher/staff member.

NSF celebrates Newton Public Schools teachers and staff by:

  • Notifying honored teachers and staff of your gift
  • Sharing honoree names with the Superintendent and Principals.
  • Listing all honored teachers and staff in the Newton TAB

You can make your donation on line at www.newtonschoolsfoundation.org or by mailing your donation to Newton Schools Foundation, 246 Dudley Road, Newton, MA 02459.  Please include the names of teachers and/or staff at which school that you are honoring.  Flyers will be going home in elementary school backpacks in the next week.

Newton Schools Foundation is a non-profit organization that raises funds to enhance the quality of education in Newton’s public schools.  All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

Big Night – Tickets, Auction Items and Volunteers

FIDEL STILL CAN NOT MAKE IT TO THE BIG NIGHT, BUT YOU CAN! JOIN US AT BIGELOW’S HOT NIGHT IN HAVANA THIS SATURDAY, MAY 9 from 7-11pm.

Come enjoy live Cuban music, salsa lessons, delicious latin food, and lots of great items to bid on, as well as a special appearance by the Bigelow Jazz Band. The fiesta takes place under the stars at the Commander’s Mansion in Watertown.

Get your tickets at www.charityauctionorganizer.com/auction/Bigelow2015 

Want to volunteer?  We need people to help set up and decorate the space from 11am-2pm on Sat. We also need a few people to help during the night of the event for an hour or so. Please email Beth at beth.ann.panella@bankofamerica.com if you are interested.

Check out our auction, especially our one of a kind TEACHER / SCHOOL items.  Go to www.charityauctionorganizer.com/auction/Bigelow2015 and scroll to the bottom to see the items.

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Growth Mindset Thank you

Thank you to all that attended the Growth Mindset Workshop at last week’s PTO meeting.  Over 60 parents / guardians and educators attended the evening.  A very special thank you to the Newton North School Council and Principal Jen Price for sharing their presentation with us. It was a very informative and interactive night.

 

Bigelow Yearbooks – Still Available

Bigelow Middle School 2014-2015 Yearbook

  • All-color pages
  • Durable hard cover
  • Price: $25
  • Payments: cash, check 

If you would like to pay by cash or check (payable to: Bigelow Middle School), please place payment in a sealed envelope with your child’s name and homeroom written on the front.  Your child should give the envelope to their homeroom teacher.

See the attached flyer for more information.  Bigelow yearbook order flyer

The Growth Mindset Workshop Tonight

Please join us tonight for this special PTO meeting on the Growth Mindset 7:00- 8:30 pm in the Bigelow cafeteria. Newton North Principal Jen Price and The NN High School Council will be doing an encore presentation of their December workshop providing a basic overview of Growth Mindset, interactive activities and a discussion of appropriate feedback.  This discussion is based on the book Mindset by Carol Dweck. 

Click here  to RSVP for the event.

More about the Growth Mindset and the workshop:  Do you know that the research-based growth mindset is useful for all ages and in all settings—school, home, work, athletics?  To learn more about the growth mindset, read The Significance of Grit, or see this six-minute TED talk video by Angela Duckworth.

During the workshop you will learn the following:

  • Effective ways to give praise
  • Useful methods for encouraging children and teens to try new things and accept challenges
  • Constructive ways to respond to failure
  • Successful strategies for creating a parent-teacher dialogue about students’ development