The Turkey Bowl is a flag football game between 8th graders and Bigelow teachers and staff, on the morning of Wednesday, Nov 22nd. Parents are invited to watch the game.

After the game, there will be pizza and drinks for sale.

Ward Elementary celebrates Amy Broder on November 14th from 7pm-9pm at the Durant-Kenrick house, 286 Waverly Ave. Amy is retiring after 26 years teaching at Ward. Come by anytime to wish her well and to say good bye. Parking on Waverly Ave(even side) and Kenrick St only.

As a tribute to the many traditions Amy started at Ward, we would love for families to bring their Hero/Shero project to the celebration. If you cannot attend on the 14th but would be willing to loan your Hero/Shero to the party please contact Jen Rugani at jenrugani@gmail.com.

It was a great evening and together we raised close to $5,500, that will go towards enhancing our children’s educational experience. We hope everyone that joined us for the evening was able to reconnect with old friends and make some new ones, while building community spirit.

This would not have been possible without the hard work of Una Simmons, Bigelow PTO VP of Fundraising, who organized the event and helped everyone feel part of this amazing middle school community. Thanks!

Again, THANK YOU to all that participated and made the 2017 Supper Stroll such a success!!

Thank you to all of you for your support of the Election Day bake sale.  We raised close to $1000 and voters enjoyed all of your culinary creations.

We greatly appreciate the help of the all of you who baked items for the sale and to those of you who staffed the table during the election.

Thank you to the following Bigelow parents for baking and / or working at the bake sale:

Akiko Schultz, Alexia Giannakopoulos, Andrea Hemment, Aoife O’dwyer, Beth Hicks, Bridget Lannery, Caren Kimball, Chichi Grove, Deborah Fredberg, Ellen Jiang, Emilie Tucker, Gail Fitzgerald, Heather Raker, Joanne Simpson, John Heneghan & Eve Sadowsky, Li Liang, Maren Rossman, Mary Miller, Mary Miller, Melissa Lerou, Monika Sawicka, Neela And Mason Sullivan, Shana Smythe, Sonya Tembelopoulos, Teresa Carmona, and anyone else we may have missed.

A special thanks goes also to the Bigelow custodians for their help before and after this event.

And lastly, a BIG thank you to Jen Rugani and Magda Duchnowska for organizing and running this event for us.

The 8th Grade will be hosting an Election Day Bake Sale next Tuesday, November 7th, from 7:00am-4:00pm.

This is generally a great success and we have potential to make a lot of money to help fund all sorts of 8th grade events! However, in order for it to be successful, we NEED YOUR HELP! We need parent volunteers to sell the goodies and we need all families to BAKE, BAKE, BAKE! (All Baked Goods should be Nut-Free and Individually Wrapped for efficient sales!)

Please sign up here to volunteer and/or bake!

Just to give you an idea, last year, we sold out of baked goods by 11:00am! PLEASE consider baking and/or helping out. Let’s truly make this a huge 8th grade effort and have every 8th grade family involved!

Please feel free to drop your donated items at the school or with Jen Rugani at 14 West Boulevard Rd, the day before the event. Coffee should be dropped off at the voting polls on the morning of the sale.

If you have any questions, please contact Jen Rugani (jenrugani@gmail.com) or Magda Duchnowska (froggiemagda@hotmail.com).

Please use the link below to volunteer and/or bake! Your help is very much appreciated by all the 8th Graders!

Election Day Bake Sale – Sign up

Thank you!

Bigelow 8th Grade Parents

From the Principal’s Office

Midterm progress reports for the first trimester are now posted at the online site, Skyward.

You can access Skyward from the Bigelow website, www.newton.k12.ma.us/bigelow. Once in Skyward, you should click on the “Portfolio” tab and then click on “Progress Report Card for Term 1” in order to see the pdf of your child’s progress report. Please submit your electronic signature to indicate that you have seen this progress report.

This progress report reflects first term midterm marks for full year classes that meet and grade on a trimester basis. It will give you a general summary of how your child is performing in these classes so far this term. Please review this interim report with your child, highlight his or her progress, and discuss ways that he or she can improve. The end of the first term is Friday, December 1, and first term report cards will be ready for online viewing in Skyward on Tuesday, December 12.

Not all classes are included in this midterm progress report. FAA classes, such as Art, Drama (grade 6), Music, Health & Wellness, and Technology/Engineering, only issue midterm grades and comments if your child is in danger of not passing. You will be notified directly by these teachers. No midterm comments are given for the electives of Band, Chorus, and Orchestra.

If you have questions about your child’s progress report comments, please contact the teacher directly or your child’s counselor.

Todd Harrison
Principal