January 2015 newsletter

Postural screening for 6th, 7th and 8th grades and growth screening, for 7th grade only, will take place during your child’s PE class the week of January 12, 2015.  A letter from Bigelow’s Health Room was emailed out earlier this week with more information regarding these screenings, including information on opting out.   Click here for more information Growth parent notification 2014/15 and Postural screening parent notification 2014/15

NewTV, Newton’s Local Public Access Television Station, will be running a free program for Bigelow students at Bigelow on Thursday February 5th, 12th, and 26th from 3 – 4:30pm in Room 208.

Students will learn how to storyboard, write scripts and use video cameras to create music videos and public service announcements, which will then be aired on NewTV’s Education Channel after the class is completed. Enrollment will be capped at 12 students and will be on a first come, first serve basis. To sign up, please contact joeg@newtv.org.

Click here for more information.

Mark your calendars now for Bigelow’s Big Night, our BIG festive evening of food and friends.  This year the Big Night is going to be held the evening of May 9th at the Commander’s Mansion in Watertown.  We hope you will be able to join us.

We will have lots of ways to help make the evening a success.  Information regarding joining the Big Night planning committee will be sent out soon.  Thank you to Tammy McKenna and Beth Panella for co chairing this event. Please email us bigelowbulldog@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Stay tuned for more information!

The new date for the School-wide Geography Bee Championship is Wednesday Feb 4, 2015.

Check with your son or daughter to see when they are performing. Hope to see you there!!!

Bill Prendergast, Danielle Pargoli, and Sean Petrosino

If you would like to recognize a staff member at Bigelow this holiday season, please consider donating a book in a staff member’s name to the library. A nameplate honoring the teacher, and recognizing the donor, will be placed inside a new book.   Click Here to Buy a Book.

The Bigelow Library is a vibrant and exciting learning commons. Students visit daily to find a good book to read. Maintaining a library collection of both fiction and nonfiction books to meet the reading interest of our students is always a priority.  The Buy a Book Fund  is a wonderful way to meet this demand so that the library can maintain its vibrancy.

Thank you to all parents and families who have donated to The Buy a Book Fund  in the past.   Your generosity is deeply appreciated.

Thank you to everyone who bought magazines and supported the 8th grade.  The money raised will help provide scholarships for the 8th grade trips to NYC and Quebec City.

It is not too late to help.  You can still purchase magazines and support the 8th grade by ordering your magazines on line at www.gaschoolstore.com School ID # 2637080.

Thank you again for your support!!

Wed Dec. 10th from 3-4pm in the Front Computer Lab

Yearbook Club is open to 6th, 7th and 8th graders – no experience necessary!

We are looking for hardworking students interested in photography and/or design to help create this year’s yearbook.  If you have questions, please see Ms. Rice.