Seasonal flu vaccination clinics will be held during the school day at the Newton Public Schools in October and November. Students in Kindergarten through grade 12 may receive vaccine.

The Bigelow Middle School clinic will be on Wednesday, November 6, 2013. Each student to be vaccinated must have a parent/guardian complete two forms: a consent/screening form and a vaccine administration record/insurance form. Forms are available in the school nurse’s office, or may be downloaded at www.newtonma.gov/flu. Forms are due to the School Nurse Monday, November 4, 2013 Continue reading →

This Friday, 9/13, the 8th grade is having a car wash to support 8th grade activities.  We will be having a bake sale at the same time and need some help with baked goods.  If you can help, please deliver individually packaged cookies, brownies and snacks to the school Office on Friday morning.  Thank you!

Email Melanie Varady to volunteer melvarady@gmail.com  to volunteer or offer a donation.

For more information see attached flyer:  Bigelow Car Wash Flyer 

Please join us for an all school BACK TO SCHOOL PICNIC, this Tuesday, September 10th, 5:30 – 7:30, in Burr Park. It is a great way to catch up with old friends and meet new ones.  Bring the whole family.  The weather looks like it is going to be great.

Don’t want to cook??  We have a food truck coming.  The Pasta Pot will be available for you to purchase dinner and beverages.  We also hope to have a truck serving dessert.

 We hope to see you there!!!

Is your car getting a little dirty?  Let the 8th grade Bigelow class get it cleaned up for you.  Friday, September 13, 3 – 5:30 pm, in the Bigelow Parking Lot.  Cost: $10   There will also be a bake sale.  

All proceeds go towards 8th grade graduation activity expenses.

Mark your calendars for the 1st PTO meeting of the year on Friday, September 20, 8:30 – 9:30 am, in the Bigelow Library.  We will be sending out an agenda prior to the meeting. 

Please note:  We understand that not everyone can make morning meetings.  We plan on holding some of the PTO meetings in the evening, to try to accommodate everyone’s schedules.

We hope you enjoyed your Labor Day weekend and your children are off to a great start of the school year.  We are looking forward to a productive and exciting year at Bigelow.

A few notes to start our the school year:

PTO communications are electronic.  Email newsletters are planned to go out on Sunday and Tuesday evenings.  They are a great way of keeping up with what is happening at Bigelow for you and your children.  If you know someone who is not receiving these email newsletters, please have them go to the web site to sign up.  There is also lots of information on our website at www.bigelowpto.org. On the website, you will find a calendar with information of student activities and events for parents / guardians.

Please plan on joining us for a School Wide Welcome Back Picnic on Tuesday, September 10 from 5:30 – 7:30 in Burr Park.  It is a great way to catch up with old friends and meet new ones.  Bring dinner and blanket.

In the next week or so, you will be receiving an email to confirm you families’ information for the Bigelow directory.  Please review and confirm your information so we have it correct in the directory.

Please feel free to contact us at any time during the school year at bigelowbulldog@gmail.com

We look forward to working with the Bigelow School Community this year.

Thank you,

Julie Bourgoin and Carolyn Judge
Bigelow PTO Co-Presidents

We have two urgent committee needs:  

• Advertising for Directory – Solicit advertisements for the school directory.  Will need to happen in the next few weeks so we can get the directory out.
• Bake Sales and other small fundraisers – Organize bake sales for political elections throughout the year. Anticipate two elections in the 2013-14 school year.   There is a citywide election on September 17.

Please email bigelowbulldog@gmail.com if you are interested in either of these positions or have any questions.

The sign up meeting for the Bigelow Cross Country team will be held on Wednesday, September 4 after school in the library. Cross country is open to all three grade levels and everybody makes the team. The meeting will be brief, but is mandatory for those students interested in participating. At the meeting, students will have an opportunity to learn about the sport and will receive a packet of information as well as consent forms that need to be signed and returned for those students who decide to join. If your child is interested, please make sure that he/she has an updated physical on file with the school nurse. The physical needs to have been completed within the last thirteen months.

If you ordered you child’s school supplies through the PTO / schoolkidZ and missed picking them up on August 27th, your child can get them on the first day of school.  They are located in the corridor outside the cafeteria, along the courtyard windows.  The foreign language kit is in a separate box, so please remember to pick that up as well.

If you were not able to order your child’s school supplies through the PTO, supplies lists were included in the handbooks that were mailed home in mid August by the school.  They can also be found on the Bigelow Middle School website at http://bigelow.newton.k12.ma.us/content/supply-lists