Category Archives: From the PTO

Get your tickets for Bigelow-on-the-Charles

Join us for our Bigelow-on-the-Charles, Big Night 2018!

Our big evening is coming soon, and it will be lots of fun in the beautiful venue on the Charles – with music, dance, dinner, an open bar and lots of great items in the silent auction. Take a look at the growing catalog here.

We are offering different levels of ticket pricing to keep this fundraising event accessible to all the Bigelow community! Those include sponsorships and teacher tickets.

Buy Tickets


Bigelow-on-the-Charles 
When: Saturday, March 24th from 7:30pm to 10:30pm.
Where: Cambridge Boat Club
2 Gerrys Landing Rd, Cambridge, MA 02138

Buy your tickets here and invite friends to join the fun. All tickets provide entry to the BIG NIGHT at the Cambridge Boat Club dinner, drinks and entertainment.

More information here. Or e-mail bigelowbulldog@gmail.com.

Please turn in any items or certificates you have for the Big Night

Final prep for the Big Night is moving along nicely thanks to the help of so many dedicated volunteers!! For the last stretch we need to have all auction items with the Committee Chair, in order to organize them and add them to the auction website.
Please pass along any items or certificates you have to Meredith Andrews as soon as possible. She will be happy to arrange picking things up.
Our big event is in less the a month!!! Hope to see you all there.

Navigating the Cyber World – Save the Date

Parents are invited to join the Brown Middle School PTO on Tuesday, March 27 from 6:45pm to 8:00 pm in the Brown Middle School Auditorium for “Navigating the Cyber World.” This will be an informative Parent Workshop sponsored by the Brown Middle School PTO and the Middlesex Partnerships for Youth, Inc. Geared for parents, this workshop reviews the challenges that may arise through use of the Internet, social media and smart phones. It is important for parents to be aware of the popular apps, social media sites and programs used by youth online. This workshop explains the issues and possible consequences from cyber bullying, sexting and revealing identifying information to strangers.

Brown Middle School: 125 Meadowbrook Rd, Newton, MA 02459

February is “Love Your Library” Month at Bigelow

Keeping the library collection new and exciting supports our goal to promote a love of reading throughout the Bigelow community. Consider donating a book in honor of a student or in recognition of a staff member through the Bound to Stay Bound Books. When a book is purchased through this website, it receives a special binding to help the book last longer, and it will include a nameplate with an honoree and donor inscription. Love the Bigelow Library by donating today. Thank your for your support!

Donate a book.

Generation Citizen Program – Cluster 8E

Note from Jean Singers, Bigelow Grade 8 History/Social Science Teacher

Dear Bigelow Parents,

Cluster 8E will be piloting a program known as Generation Citizen this spring. Generation Citizen is a non-profit organization that has created an “action civics” curriculum.
Action Civics empowers students to identify issues in their school or community, research the root cause, and implement an action plan to change it. Parent volunteers are needed to be part of a “working group” along with our family engagement team that will support and advise implementation of the pilot program. The commitment is two meetings at Bigelow convenient to the working group. This program is part of Bigelow’s goal of increasing family and community engagement. Please contact me at jean_singers@newton.k12.ma.us if you have any questions.
Thank You!

Jean Singers

 

Ms. Buttiglieri in the Massachusetts Hall of Fame for Science Educators

Congratulations to Mary Buttiglieri!  Bigelow’s 7th Grade science teacher was inducted into the Massachusetts Hall of Fame for Science Educators.

The Hall of Fame was founded in 1992 and has recognized 110 members.  Each member has had a long and distinguished career in science education in Massachusetts.

Interested to learn more? Read the complete article here: http://newton.wickedlocal.com/news/20180207/newton-teacher-inducted-into-state-hall-of-fame-for-science-educators

Thank you for making the Teacher Appreciation Luncheon a success!

The teachers and staff at Bigelow enjoyed the wonderful lunch last Wednesday.

A warm thank you to all that contributed your time and delectable food to the Teacher Appreciation Lunch.

A special thank you to Magda Duchnowska and Beth Hicks for leading this effort for us.

And to all of you:

Albert Kurland, Alexandra Novina, Andrea Hemment, Anna Olivella, Anne Reenstierna, Aoife O’Dwyer, Beth Secinaro, Cindy Henry, Connie Tong, Debbie Fredberg, Deborah O’Rourke, Emlie Tucker, Heidi Gardner, Holly Georgiadis, Joanne Simpson , Judy Kelly, Judy Stern, Karen Manning, Karen Petrulakis, Katia Stavropoulos, Kelly Qian-Tsuchida, Kristin Golden, Laura Gainsboro, Macy Tubman, Maria Hanelin, Maria Howell, Marianna Lenskaya, Meredith Andrews, Michele Baxter, Miriam Alandydy, Rachel Zoob Hill, Rebecca Schmidt, Roberta Laredo, Shana Smythe, Shannon Flint, Teresa Carmona, Terri Bancroft, Tiffany Angel, Tracey Wolfsdorf, Tripti Thomas-Travers, Una Simmons, Wendy Kritzer, Xiaolei XU, Xujiang Wang.

Dishes, utensils, bags etc can be picked up from the kitchenette off of the library.

You can be a Big part of our Big Night: donate an auction item!

We still need a few items for our Big Night Silent Auction on March 24th at the Cambridge Boat Club. Can you donate an item for our fun, festive night?? Look here for some ideas.

If you have something to donate, please get your item in as soon as possible so we can post them on the event website. Gift Cards can be mailed or dropped off to the Bigelow PTO (Bigelow Middle School, 42 Vernon Street, Newton MA 02458) and bigger items dropped off to Una Simmons, 12 Willard Street, Newton, MA 02458.

Stay tuned for more information to come regarding Bigelow’s most exciting night!

Please contact Meredith Andrews, Big Night Committee Chairperson, at meredithandrews13@gmail.com if you have any questions.