Theatre Espresso will present “Uprising on King Street: The Boston Massacre”  to the Bigelow 8th graders on December 15th! 

Theatre Espresso performs interactive dramas that bring history to life.  Their work challenges students to make critical judgments, explore social relationships, reflect on the role of law and human rights in our society, and question accepted truths about the history of America.  In “Uprising on King Street”, Theatre Espresso involves students in a dramatization of the circumstances that led to the Boston Massacre, and the trial of British Captain Preston.  In their role as jurors, students explore the events through the eyes of ordinary men and women who were both shaped by and instrumental in shaping history.

This program is made possible by the Bigelow Creative Arts and Sciences Committee, and is funded entirely by your PTO contributions.

A reminder to all boys trying out for the basketball team.  You must register on Family ID.  Also an updated physical must be on file with Sue Schy in the Nurse’s Office.  7th grade boys tryouts are Monday December 7th.  8th grade tryouts are on Wednesday December 9th.  Then all boys finish tryouts on Thursday December 10th.

No one is allowed to tryout if their registration is not completed on Family ID or if they do not have a current physical on file.

The link to Family ID is below:

https://www.familyid.com/bigelow-middle-school

Please join us to hear Erin Fry, the author of “Losing It”, Bigelow’s One School, One Book book , speak to parents.  The meeting will be at 7 pm in the library. Click here for more information.  We hope you can join us for this Special PTO meeting.

The One School, One Book program is underwritten by your generous contributions to the Bigelow PTO.

Saturday, December 5th ─ 7th Grade Potluck Dinner at 7pm, at the home of Mary Gwo-Shu Lee and Lex Van der Ploeg, 101 Hammond Street, Newton.

This is a great way to meet and catch up with other 7th grade parents.

Please RSVP to Mary at Gwo-Shu_Lee@DFCI.HARVARD.EDU

Please bring your own beverage and then if your child’s last name begins with:

• A – E    Please bring an appetizer
• F – L     Please bring a main dish
• M – R   Please bring a side dish or salad
• S – Z     Please bring a dessert

We hope to see you there!!

Please note:  This is an adult only evening.

Bake Sale this early release Thursday 12/3 at 11:30 to support HEIFER International.   Click here for more information.

We wish everyone a happy and relaxing Thanksgiving break.  We are thankful for all your support of the school and our students.

Will cluster 8E or 8F win Bigelow’s “Turkey Bowl”, the annual 8th grade flag football game? This year it will be this Wed morning at Burr Park.  The PTO will be selling pizza and drinks after the Turkey Bowl at 11:00 in the cafeteria.  Large slices are $2 each.  All proceeds will benefit the 8th grade year end activities fund.

The Bigelow student council is running its annual food drive to benefit local food pantries. They would like to challenge the Bigelow community to collect 500 boxes of pasta before Thanksgiving Break! Collection boxes will be available in homebases. Please help Bigelow make this holiday season wonderful for everybody!

If you have not had a chance to return the coupon book or payment, please do so this week. Coupon books are $25 and Bigelow earns 50% profit on each book sold.

This program is purely optional ~ If you don’t want to purchase the coupon book, no problem, send the Coupon Book back to school with your student.  And we understand that some coupon books may have been misplaced or never made it home.  No worries, we know these things happen.  You are not on the hook for the book.

Thank you to all the participated in last week’s Super Supper Stroll.  If you indicated you were going to pay by cash or check and have not had a chance to turn in your payment, please do so at your earliest convenience.  You can also pay on line by going to the following page:  http://bigelowpto.org/supersupperstroll/   If you have any questions, please contact us at bigelowbulldog@gmail.com.  Thank you again for your support and have a wonderful Thanksgiving break.