From the Bigelow International Food Network
The Bigelow International Food Network is up and running again this year! As we approach the holiday season of eating and sharing food with loved ones, we invite you to share your favorite recipes with our Bigelow community via our website. For a quick link to the form, click here.
“Food is love.” -Jasper White
Tickets for the “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane” will be on sale at lunch time all week and also at the door. 5$ for students and 10$ for adults.
Performance dates
Thursday (11/14), Friday (11/15), and Saturday (11/16) at 7pm
Poster designed by the Drama Student Producers. They also created the design for sweatshirts.
More information about the fall play, as well as rehearsal schedule, at the Bigelow Drama website.
Pre-Thanksgiving dinner. Before you head out of town or start cooking for the holiday, order dinner from Blue Ribbon BBQ or eat at the restaurant to support Bigelow PTO. When you purchase your meal, say you are from Bigelow. The restaurant will donate 20% of your meal’s price back to the Bigelow PTO.
Blue Ribbon BBQ Dinner
Tuesday, November 26
Order In or Take Out
Bigelow PTO will get 20% of your meal’s price!
http://www.blueribbonbbq.com/west-newton.aspx
The Bigelow PTO has arranged for a Bigelow Celtics Night at TD Garden on January 8th! Join with your family and friends to cheer on the Celtics as they battle the San Antonio Spurs!
25 lucky kids going to the game will be picked randomly for an exciting pre-game court side activity! Before you register and buy tickets online, please download paper form here.
More information here: Bigelow Celtics Night 2020.
Many parents have asked the PTO what the status is of the contract negotiations with the teachers and the city. Please find below some information
As part of their contract negotiation campaign, Newton Teachers are taking additional action. On November 5th Bigelow teacher’s stood out in front of the school to let the community know they are working without a contract. According to the Newton Teachers Association:
“We will not work in the normal ways we work, we will not go above and beyond, and, most importantly, we will not contribute to the district’s ability to advance its initiatives until negotiations are completed. Our goal, in escalating from full faculty meetings, to departmental and voluntary meetings, to, eventually, professional development, is to prevent the district from moving forward initiatives–to bring these to a grinding halt.” (Mike Zilles, NTA President)
More at:
Come join the fun and be a part of planning Bigelow’s biggest night of the year!
Hosted by Alexis Giannakopoulos and Cheryl Abramson on December 4th at 7:00pm.
Big Night is the Bigelow PTO’s biggest social and fundraising event of the year. It’s a night where the Bigelow (adult) community gets together to enjoy live music, nice food and drinks, bid on wonderful auction items, meet and catch up with other Bigelow parents and staff. More here.
Newton Safe Routes to School Time Change Safety Reminders. The end of daylight savings time means more kids will be walking and biking home at dusk and in the dark. Sunset this week is around 4:30 p.m. Newton Safe Routes to School offers the following safety tips.
Remember, kids walking at dusk may ASSUME DRIVERS CAN SEE THEM even when they can’t. Keep kids safe and take these steps:
REMIND YOUR WALKING AND BIKING KIDS TO:
Check out the Newton Safe Routes to School Facebook page here.
Bigelow is looking for a Safe Routes to School representative. Please contact us if you are interested in helping to make the streets around the school safer for all.
Thank you all for making Bigelow TEN Tables the best ever!!!!!! 116 people were involved with cooking, hosting & eating their way through Newton! This could only happen with the generosity of hosts who donated all of their time, food & drinks.
We raised over $6000 which will benefit our kids.
Special thanks to Alessandra Di Bacco & Tomasz Grzegorczyk and Shana & Dan Smythe who started the night off with a dazzling array of appetizers and cheer.
Gracious dinner hosts who opened their homes and cooked dinner.
Rachel & Ron Blankstein
Rachel & Michael Singer
Linda & David Gillespie and Raju & Vijaya Tatituri
Becca Schulman Havemeyer & Will Havemeyer
Gwen & Ben Hautefeuille
Joana Canedo & Jason Dyett
Shital Gandhi & Jay Parekh
Giulia & Andrea Monti Guarnieri
Tian Tian, Li Liang and David & Becca Connors
Beth & Bill Hicks and Alexia & Charlie Giannakopoulos
Meredith & Bill Andrews and Susan & Ron Giunta
And another huge shout out to Una and Ethan Simmons who welcomed everyone back to their home at the end of the night with fabulous assortment of desserts. All that after she organized this delicious community-building event, and incredible fundraiser!
Two Authors will visit Bigelow on Nov 6th. Then, they will join another 25 authors & illustrators in the Zervas Elementary School library for a meet and greet, book sale, and signing event.
Students and parents from across the district will have the opportunity to meet a variety of authors and illustrators, including those who presented at Bigelow and other schools.
MEET AN AUTHOR! TALK TO AN ILLUSTRATOR!
CAS AUTHORFEST BOOK SALE AND SIGNING EVENT
Open to students and parents from across the district
@ Zervas Elementary School Library
3:15 PM – 5:30 PM
30 Beethoven Ave., Waban
CAS AuthorFest is made possible by a grant from the Newton Schools Foundation, a contribution from The Village Bank in Auburndale, and your generous contributions to our PTO. Thank you!
The PTO is organizing a basketball night at TD Garden in January to cheer on the Boston Celtics as they battle the San Antonio Spurs!
When: January 8, 2020 @ 7:00pm
Where: TD Garden – 100 Legends Way, Boston, MA 02114
Seats: Balcony
Tickets will be on sale soon!