Open to the community! Pep band, concessions, half-time entertainment, and more!

Concessions will be sold on behalf of PTO to benefit 8th grade end-of-year activities, and will be CASH ONLY!

This event is intended for the parents, guardians, and/or caregivers only.

From the props and set crew of Alice in Wonderland:

Greetings from the production crew of Alice In Wonderland! We’re in the middle of finding props for our show, and appear to be short on some of these items. We have checked all throughout the past play/musical items and don’t currently have any of the following: 

• A vase (Could be any color or size)
• Cardboard (We would like to have plain cardboard with minimal to no details on it) 
• A wooden hatrack 
• A checkered flag
• A red handheld fan 
• Saucers, tea cups, teapots, etc— any pieces of a tea set, especially very colorful and/or plastic sets
• Croquet set and extra mallets
• A small sofa OR a rocking chair
• A pocket watch

If you happen to have any of these things on hand and they are not too precious to you, we could really use them in order to keep costs down. Bringing these items in for the production would be a really big help to the cast and crew of Alice In Wonderland. For some of the items, we may want or need to alter them, so if it’s something you are okay with us keeping we’d be thrilled, but if it’s something you need back, please let us know so we can keep it in the condition you gave it to us in.

If you are interested in helping, the deadline to bring these items in would be in two weeks from now on the 22nd of March. These items will be returned back to you the 16th of May unless you are okay with us keeping them. (If you do permanently donate an item, you will get to see it on stage for years and years to come.) 

Thank you so much, 

SSLAPS (Sound, Set, Lights and Props)

If you have questions, please email: Bigelowpops@gmail.com

From the Bigelow Middle School BMS Grade 8 Transition Team and Amy Winston, NNHS Vice Principal:

Here are some important dates and who to contact regarding the NNHS course
registration process:

Monday, February 14 – Monday, March 14

Teachers talk with students and begin entering course recommendations into
Aspen. Students and parents can access Newton North High School “Opportunities” book for 2022-2023 which contains Newton North course descriptions and elective choices. You should begin to go through thiscatalog with your student. Hard copies will be available to all grade 8 students after winter break.

Monday, March 21

Grade 8 Parents/Guardians are invited to a “Coffee” with NNHS Principal, Henry
Turner, to address 9th grade scheduling questions. This event will take place
from 8:30 AM-10:00 AM at Bigelow. We will follow up with more information as
the event nears.

Monday, March 14 (5:00pm) – Monday, March 21

8th Graders enter their elective choices into Aspen. Individual teacher
recommendations will be available in Aspen to Bigelow students starting at 5:00
PM. You will also be able to log into Aspen to view the course recommendations
and selections your student has made, however, classes can only be entered
through the student portal. Please review this information with your student.
Course requests MUST be entered into Aspen by 8:00 PM. Counselors
will be checking all student course registration requests in Aspen.

Months of March and April

Special Education Courses will be determined with you and your student at the
scheduled IEP/Transition meetings. Your student will participate in his/her
meeting and you will be notified of the time and date. Please do not cancel this
appointment—we are not on a flexible schedule.

Learn more & find recording of previous events

The Newton Food Pantry is now serving over 1,800 Newton residents at our renovated City Hall basement location, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue. Clients are able to shop for the items they want and need, selecting from a variety of dry goods, fresh produce, dairy, proteins, personal care items and culturally-relevant foods. Walk-in shopping hours are every Wednesday from 3pm to 7pm.

Our shoppers must be Newton residents (with the exception of Newton-based college students and staff), provide proof of residency and complete a New Client Registration Form, found here. The form is translated in four languages, as is our Get Help page.

In addition to our pantry, the Newton Food Pantry, in collaboration with other local businesses and organizations, opened the Newton Community freedge in March of 2021. The freedge is a free refrigerator and pantry open all day, every day to anyone. No forms or Newton residency required. The freedge is located at 420 Watertown Street, in the Central Drapery and Dry Cleaning parking lot.

Downaload a Flyer in English – Flyer in Spanish – Flyer in Chinese – Flyer in Russian

Questions? Please reach out to Sindy Wayne, Newton Food Pantry Vice President and Community Partner & Client Liaison.

Bigelow Leadership is planning a Wellness Day for staff on Wednesday, March 23rd from 2:10-3:20pm. The plan is to have various stations that host wellness activities (yoga station, mindfulness/breathing station, origami station, basketball station, independent work time, etc.). The PTO will supply a snack station as well.

If you have have a special wellness talents or expertise and would be willing to facilitate a session for staff on that day (ideally in-person at the school), please contact Bigelow Principal, Chassity Coston. Examples would be: drawing, dance, music, etc.

From a Bigelow parent:

As the crisis in Ukraine escalates, my girls, Maia and Luna, were asking how we can help, so I started to look for ways we can support and I found this list of different associations that we can donate to help Ukrainian people:
https://katiecouric.com/news/how-to-help-ukraine-where-to-donate/

From Newton Public Schools:

As we prepare for the return to school on Monday, we wanted to remind you of a few health and safety protocols:

If you have opted into the at-home rapid antigen test program, please use one test on Sunday, February 27 prior to your return to school on Monday. Please use the other test in the kit on Tuesday, March 1.

• The mask mandate remains in place. All students and staff are required to wear masks inside school buildings and on buses/vans. The School Committee will meet on March 1 and March 7 to review the mask policy.
• Please complete the daily health assessment. If your student has any symptoms associated with COVID, please keep them home and check in with your primary care physician.​​​​​​​
• The Medical Advisory Group’s recommendation from their February 15 meeting is here: Medical Advisory Group Recommendation – February 15, 2022. The updated Health and Safety Plan is here: Health and Safety Plan – Updated February 2022.

Thank you for your ongoing partnership in keeping our school school community healthy.

We are looking for volunteers to help make this year’s online auction a success.

• Do you have a vacation home you are able to offer?
• A skill that could help another family in some way?
• Do you have any appliances someone else is in need of?
• Are you a chef in hiding and could make a meal for auctioning off?

Click below to see our needs: 

• Parent Solicitation Letter to support Bigelow
• Donation Form
• Business Solicitation Letter

Call or text Julie Landesman (508-612-7179) or Alexia Giannakopoulos (781-492-4500) for ways you can help! 

                                                     
If giving of your time is too much, your donations are appreciated!

Click one of the buttons below for your contribution towards this event:

or simply send your donation via Venmo to @BigelowPTONewton. Please put “Bigelow Big Night” in the memo line.