Thank you to everyone that attended our festive Stroll last night.  It was great to see many returning “Strollers”, new attendees and Bigelow faculty and staff. It was a wonderful night reconnecting with other Bigelow parents and teachers, as well as, meeting new people. Not only was it a fun evening, we raised close to $4,500 for our kids.

Thank you to Heather and Jeremy Pozen for kicking the evening off with a lively appetizer party and thank you to Sara and Glenn Ellison for wrapping things up with a yummy dessert party.

Thank you to all of the chefs and hosts who opened their homes to us and served us lovely dinners.  Thank you to our veteran hosts, Michele and David Baxter, Nicole von Rekowsky and Joanne Simpson.  Thank you to our new hosts / chefs ~ James Bryant and Stuart Sadick, Margaret and PJ Smith, Beth and Bill Hicks, Monika Jain and Raj Vallabh, Krista and Bart Corr, Jacquie and Stuart Arbuckle, Tanya Juan, Michael Rothstein and Nicole Annese, OC Manos and Sharon Eilon and Christine & Jim Elder.  A special thank you to our teacher team of Christopher and Katelyn Campbell and Sue Schy.

Thank you again, your event chairs ~ Jessie and Carolyn

And if you do not have it on your calendar yet, make sure to Save Saturday May 14th for our Big Night!!

We have a special presentation at our next PTO meeting.  Erin Fry, the author of “Losing It”, Bigelow’s One School, One Book book for this year, will be speaking to parents.  The meeting will be at 7 pm.  More information to follow.

Any 7th and 8th grade BOYS interested in trying out for the basketball team?  There is a MANDATORY meeting on Monday, November 16th.   The meeting is right after school in Mr. LaBrache’s Room (room 218).  See Mr. P if you have any questions.

Any 7th and 8th grade GIRLS interested in trying out for the basketball team?  There is a MANDATORY meeting on Wednesday, November 18th.   The meeting is right after school in Mr. LaBrache’s Room (room 218).  See Mr.  Eckstrom if you have any questions.

This year’s Bigelow musical is “Band Geeks!” Interested students should attend the information session on Monday, November 16th, from 2:45  to 3:30 PM in the auditorium.

“Band Geeks” is the story of a misfit marching band. It was recently released by MTI and originally developed by Goodspeed Musicals (the folks who developed Man of La Mancha and Annie).  Ms. Alberts and Ms. M’Sadoques are super excited to bring this brand new show to Newton audiences.

The Super Supper Stroll is coming up this Saturday November 14, 2015 at 6pm and it is filling up! Sign up today to reserve your seat.

Click here to sign up or for more information please see the Super Supper Stroll Page  Please sign up by November 10th.

What is the Super Supper Stroll?  It’s a festive adult only evening filled with great food prepared by other Bigelow families.  The event is a wonderful way for friends to connect and for new friends to be made all while supporting our children and greater Bigelow community.

How does the Stroll Work?

1) We all start at the Appetizer Party at the home of:  Heather and Jeremy Pozen, 61 Montvale Crescent from 6-8pm, where everyone gathers together to share hors d’oevers and drinks.  It is here that you will find out where and with whom you will have supper.

2) Then you travel to another Bigelow family’s home where you have supper with a smaller group of Bigelow parents and staff.

3) The evening ends with all guest reconvening at the Dessert Party, from 10-11’ish, at a surprise location.

A huge thank you to all the families who have generously opened their homes to host a dinner for our evening.  If you have any questions, please contact Carolyn Judge and Jessie Gilmartin at bigelowbulldog@gmail.com

Bigelow Fundraiser Started on Friday, November 6th

Ask your student to share the yellow bag they received this past Friday.
In it you’ll find the family-friendly KidStuff Coupon Book filled with hundreds of national, regional and local coupons!  The Coupon Book offers incredible savings and is sold exclusively through schools!  Bigelow will earn a 50% profit for every book we sell!  Payment return information is included in the package.

We hope that you’ll consider purchasing this book for $25. Use just a few coupons and easily save more than the cost of the book. And most coupons are long-term and valid for 16 months!

You will enjoy fabulous savings from: Sports Authority, Brookstone, J.P. Licks, Zaftigs, Extra Innings and More!  It really does pays for itself with a couple of purchases!!

* If you don’t want to purchase the coupon book, no problem, simply just send the Coupon Book back to school with your student.  We are not having the Magazine Drive fundraiser like we have had in the past years.

Starting this week, we are moving the publication of the Community Notes email newsletter to Thursdays.  Since many of the items in the Community notes are related to weekend activities, we think it will be more timely for our Bigelow Community.

If you are not receiving the Community Notes email newsletter, you can go to the bottom of any Bigelow PTO email and click on “update your email preferences”.  The Community Notes email newsletter contains events happening around Newton, services available, and many other items of interest to the Bigelow Middle School Community.

As always, please be in touch with us at bigelowbulldog@gmail.com if you have any comments, questions or feedback.

Thank you to all of you for your support of the Election Day bake sale.  We raised close to $600 and voters enjoyed all of your culinary creations.

Thank you to the members of the Bigelow Bridge Club for helping to set up the bake sale early Tuesday morning and for donating items to the bake sale.

Thank you to the following Bigelow parents for baking and / or working at the bake sale:  Sami O’Reilly, Maria Howell, Shana Smythe, Debbie Fredberg, Akiko Schultz, Nicole von Rekowsky, Ellen Jawitz, Joanne Simpson, OC Manos, Lisa Connerney, Deborah Gilpin, Anush Sahakian, Meridith Welch, Laura Davis, Deborah Gilpin, Jacquie Arbuckle, Claire Marre, Caryn Lipchin and Mary Miller

And lastly, a HUGE thank you to Marian McDonagh and Frieda Dweck for running this event for us.

Hi, my name is Nick Zhang and I am the vice president of the Science Team. We are currently raising money in order to pay for competition fees and for supplies needed for building and studying. We are currently raking leaves to fundraise for for our team. If you are interested, please decide on a rate and contact me at nickmzhang@gmail.com. Thank you!

Super Supper Stroll ~ November 14, 2015 6pm

What is the Super Supper Stroll?  It’s a festive adult only evening filled with great food prepared by other Bigelow families.  The event is a wonderful way for friends to connect and for new friends to be made all while supporting our children and greater Bigelow community.

Click here to sign up or for more information please see the Super Supper Stroll Page  Please sign up by November 10th.

How does the Stroll Work?

1) We all start at the Appetizer Party, from 6-8pm, is where everyone gathers together to share hors d’oevers and drinks.  It is here that you will find out where and with whom you will have supper.

2) Then you travel to another Bigelow family’s home where you have supper with a smaller group of Bigelow parents and staff.

3) The evening ends with all guest reconvening at the Dessert Party, from 10-11’ish, at a surprise location.

A huge thank you to all the families who have generously opened their homes to host a dinner for our evening.  If you have any questions, please contact Carolyn Judge and Jessie Gilmartin at bigelowbulldog@gmail.com