• Offer your vacation home for a weekend or week away.
• Put together a theme basket of complimentary items such as a wine basket -assorted bottles of vino & glasses; a lottery card wreath -make a circular wreath of lottery tickets; an olive oil presentation -olive oil, olive dish, crackers, fancy napkins on a rustic tray
• Game night – t-shirts, banners, insulated cups etc of your favorite sports team
• A gift certificate to your favorite restaurant, coffeehouse or movie theatre
• Host a dinner party, football game or cocktail party -host a gathering at your house and your friends will bid on it!

Last week we had a PTO meeting with Superintendent David Fleishman and two members of the Newton School Committee: Bridget Ray-Canada and Ruth Goldman. A copy of the meeting minutes is posted on the Meeting Minutes page of PTO website.

Mark your calendars for the next PTO meetings:

Spring Meeting: 04/04/18
Annual Meeting: 06/06/18

The PTO is starting its annual fundraising campaign this week. A gift of any size will help us reach our goal of 100% Participation. Please be on the lookout for our appeal in the mail and on our website in the coming days.

Bigelow is fortunate to have a powerful partnership between the school’s terrific leaders, teachers and staff as well as a dedicated and vibrant PTO. See here how your donation helps the school and our children.

The Big Night 2018 fundraising event will take place at the Cambridge Boat Club on March 24th. We hope to see you there for a night full of food, drink, and a DJ. There will also be a silent auction where guests can place bids on donated services and items. This is where YOU can help!

We need 60 items for the Silent Auction.
We are asking that each grade donate 20 items.

Can you donate a vacation house getaway, a gift certificate from your favorite restaurant, sports tickets, host a party or BBQ at your house or ask a business for an item or a monetary donation?

Please contact Chairperson, Meredith Andrews, meredithandrews13@gmail.com or Una Simmons at una@ethannet.com if you would like to donate or have any questions. More information here.

This is going to be a musical week at Bigelow. Please come watch our students in two concerts in the Bigelow Auditorium.

• Tue, Jan 16 – Jazz Band Concert at 7:00pm – more information
• Thu, Jan 18 – Chorus Concert at 7:00pm – more information

The first Meeting of the The Bigelow Outreach Club will be on Thursday, January 18th, from 3 to 4 pm in Room 111 (Mr. King’s Room)
The Bigelow Outreach Program is a group of students who want to work together to make a difference in our communities and in our world. Last year, this group made Bigelow a sister school to the SEGA School for Girls in Tanzania, and we look forward to continuing this relationship as well as other outreach activities. Come join your fellow global citizens! Open to all students, all grade levels.

Get up in front of an audience and share your true STORY!

What: Informational meeting on this new after-school storytelling club
When: Wednesday 1/17 @ 3 PM
Where: Ms. Bryn’s room (106)

The Yearbook Club will start next week.

WHEN: Wednesdays (3-4/4:30, Jan. – April)
WHERE: Back Computer Lab
WHY: It’s your yearbook; you should have a say in what it looks like!

Yearbook club is open to 6th, 7th & 8th graders – no experience necessary! We are looking for hardworking students interested in photography and/or design to help create this year’s yearbook. Questions? See Ms. Rice in room 210

Newton Community Education is offering the following classes for middle schoolers at Bigelow this Winter/Spring:

Java Coding with Minecraft – Tuesdays, January 30-March 27, 2:15-3:15pm
Archery – Tuesdays, April 3-May 29, 3-4:30pm

We are also offering classes at Day, Brown, and Oak Hill. Click here to see our other middle school programs.

Sign up today. Classes will be starting soon.