Category Archives: From the PTO

TEN Tables – consider hosting a dinner party

Saturday, November 3, 2017, is the Bigelow PTO TEN Tables progressive dinner!

We need Dinner Hosts and a Host for Appetizers!

Please consider opening your home to host the evening appetizer kick off or host a dinner. This event has been an enjoyable PTO fundraiser for many years at Bigelow. TEN Tables, formerly the Supper Stroll, is a progressive dinner and is held at several homes in succession on one night. A single course is served at each home. Everyone meets from 6:30-8pm at one house for drinks & light appetizers – perhaps cheese and crackers. There you receive your dinner hosts address. You then leave and go to dinner (with 6-12 other guests) from 8-10pm at your dinner hosts’ house. At 10pm everyone meets at Sandra and Kevin Kelley’s house for the dessert portion of the evening.

Tips for the TEN Tables Dinners
1. Cook what you love! OR Order out and serve from your favorite restaurant!
2. Join together:  one household cooks while the other hosts the dinner.
3. Choose recipes that can be made ahead and kept warm until guests arrive.
4. Buffet style works for dinners as does sit-down.
5. If your family is new to Bigelow, this is a great time to get to know more people!
6. The PTO can help you if you need guidance or advice. Don’t hesitate to contact us!

Please contact Una Simmons at una@ethannet.com or BigelowBulldog@gmail.com if you would like to host part of this fun evening or if you have any questions. Thank you!!!

Bigelow Directories are ready!

Please come pick up your pre-ordered copy of the Bigelow Family Directory at Back to School Night, Thursday, October 4th, from 6:30pm to 7pm, near the front door.

If you have not ordered one, a limited number of copies will be available to be purchased with cash, for $20.00. Come early to get yours!

All parents, guardians and faculty at Bigelow have access to the Online Directory at all times.

It’s time to be outside: parents volunteers welcome

Laps at Lunch will start October 1st and parents are welcome to be a part of it. This is a great program designed by Bigelow to give students a daily opportunity to get outside for movement and fresh air. It allows students to walk laps around the inside perimeter of Burr Park once they’re done with their lunches in the cafeteria. Would you like to help? If interested please contact Mary Fitzgerald (physical education teacher) at: Mary_Fitzgerald@newton.k12.ma.us. More about the program here.

All invited to FORJ 2018-19 kick-off meeting on October 2

The first FORJ meeting of the year will be on Tuesday, October 2, 7:30-9:00 p.m., at the Angier Elementary School, 1697 Beacon St, Waban, MA 02468.  FORJ, a parent-led group in Newton, has been working for the last two years with Newton Public Schools as part of the district’s commitment to creating welcoming, supportive, and safe communities for all. Last year the work was focused in our elementary schools and this year will expand to our middle and high schools.

Did you Know? – Bigelow is on Twitter

Students and the whole school community can get up-to-the-minute updates on clubs, sports, and other Bigelow events by following the school @BulldogWoofs on Twitter.  You can read the Twitterfeed on the Bigelow website, or click on the blue button to “Follow Us” on Twitter.

By following @BulldogWoofs, families can get timely notifications sent right to their cellphones, tablets and computers! This is a great way to keep informed of meetings for new clubs, changes in sports practices and contests, upcoming events, and much much more.

Join us for a parent gathering with the Principal

You are invited for an evening of conversations about Bigelow and the PTO!

Join us on Tuesday, September 25th, 7pm at the Bigelow Library. Principal Todd Harrison will update parents on the happenings at the school and PTO officers will talk about PTO events  and plans for the 2018-19 year, including 8th Grade Activities. We will be joined by a representative from FORJ, who will talk about what Newton families have been doing about understanding and curiosity about racial and social differences in our society. Parents are welcome to bring comments and topics of discussion or concern to the meeting.

Hope to see you there!

8th Grade Car Wash

Does your car need the “Bigelow shine”? Let the 8th Grade Bigelow Class 2019 get it cleaned up for you! And if you are a little hungry, there will also be a bake sale.

Friday, September 28, 3pm – 4:30pm, in the Bigelow Parking Lot.  Cost: $10.  

All proceeds benefit the 8th grade end-of-year events. Stop by to clean your car, get a bite to eat and be entertained!

For 8th Grade Parents:  If you would like to donate items for the bake sale or help supervise the car wash, please sign up here:  Car Wash / Bake Sale Sign up

TEN Tables – Saturday, November 3rd

TEN Tables, formerly the Supper Stroll, is a progressive dinner fundraiser for the Bigelow PTO. It is held at several homes in succession on one night. Planning has started for this enjoyable adult evening of food, friends and cheer. We need your help! We need an appetizer host and we need at least TEN dinner hosts.

The appetizer host has everyone meet at their house from 6:30 – 8:00. At 8:00pm you leave to go to dinner at a dinner hosts’ house. We need at least TEN dinner hosts to sign up and open their homes for a dinner of 6-12 people. Lastly, at 10:00 you leave dinner and head to Kevin and Sandra Kelley’s home for dessert. TEN Tables (Supper Stroll) has been an enjoyable PTO fundraiser for many, many years at Bigelow. Please consider opening your home for this fun community fundraiser.

Appetizers 6:30 – 8:00 – One Host Needed – Please Sign up Now
Dinner 8:00 -10:00 – At Least TEN Hosts Needed – Please Sign Up Now
Dessert 10:00 – 11:30 – at The Kelley’s House

As a host you can make your dinner fancy, casual, buffet, sit-down, take out, inside, outside, you can even co-host with another family. All of these scenarios will work. It’s all good, please consider hosting. Contact Una Simmons, una@ethannet.com, or bigelowbulldog@gmail.com if you would like to host, if you have any questions or if you would like to contribute a dessert.

It was a great picnic!!!

Thank you to all who contributed to make it happen! Many families came out and had the opportunity to meet or catch up. Due to the weather, the activities took place at the Bigelow Gym, which allowed for everyone to chat, sit and eat – thanks to the food truck and the great bake sale the 8th graders promoted. Basketballs were out for kids to run around – and they also had fun singing a Bigelow banner.

Congratulations to C. Kovach for winning two tickets to the Bigelow Celtics Night in January! Stay tuned for more information regarding this exciting event!