Due to a scheduling conflict our first PTO meeting scheduled for October 6th is postponed. A new date will be sent out soon. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Category Archives: From the PTO
What announcements are your students hearing each morning?
Find out what is happening at Bigelow and what announcements your student is hearing each morning during homebase via the Bigelow411 . Click here to see an updated feed of announcements.
Morning Basketball is BACK!!
The gym floor is done!!! Morning Basketball will start on Monday September 28th. There is a new format for morning basketball. It will run on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Please note the days and grades. See Mr. P if you have any questions.
Monday – Grades 7 and 8
Wednesday – Grades 6 and 8
Friday – Grades 6 and 7
BAC starting tomorrow
The Bigelow Academic Center (BAC) will begin on Monday September 28th. The BAC is a quiet place where you can complete homework and projects. Students can receive extra help from teachers in the academic center. The BAC runs from 3:00-4:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. If you are attending the BAC on a certain day you MUST meet in the cafeteria at 2:45. Then a teacher will bring you down to the library. See Mr. P if you have any questions.
Soup and Supper Stroll – Please consider hosting
Please consider hosting a dinner (or the appetizer or dessert party) at our 7th Annual Soup and Supper Stroll – Saturday, November 14. Have a specialty dish? Share it with other Bigelow parents / guardians and teachers. We are looking for people to serve Soup and Supper to groups of 6 or more adults in their homes. This evening is a really great way to meet other Bigelow parents and one of the Bigelow community’s favorite events.
The evening starts with appetizers at a Bigelow family’s home with everyone attending the “Stroll”. Here you will find out the name and address of your Soup and Supper host and learn who the other guests are at your supper venue. After supper, we will reconvene at a surprise location for coffee and dessert.
More information on sign-up will follow in October.
Interested in hosting?
– want to host but don’t want to cook? – want to cook but not at your house?
All this is possible – please contact us and we will help you make it happen! Dinner hosts just need to provide soup and a supper dish – no need to make appetizers and desserts. Thank you!!!!
Contact: Carolyn Judge at carolyncjudge@yahoo.com or Jessica Gilmartin at jessiekgilmartin@gmail.com Thank you in advance for your support!!
Creative Arts and Sciences (CASC) Update
Crocodile River Music’s “TRINIDAD 2 TIMBUKTU” is coming to Bigelow on October 7th!
Trinidad 2 Timbuktu is an interactive musical-geography lesson for students of all ages. Expert musicians take the audience on a journey of thousands of miles and hundreds of years. It begins in Africa, with the music and rhythms that originated there in tribal and ritual drumming. From there, we travel around the world, exploring the calypso, reggae, flamenco, Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban music and dance styles that have blossomed from these African musical roots. Our musicians will introduce listeners to native instruments and the various languages that mark each genre. They will demonstrate how regional dialects have found their way into the original African language of rhythm and song. Through lecture and discussion, song and dance performance, and opportunities for audience participation, this program invites listeners to see how our very wide world is, in some ways, a very small one indeed.
This program (and many others) is made possible by the Creative Arts and Sciences Committee, funded by your PTO contributions.
Friday Mega Night! Special Volunteer and Social Event at Cradles to Crayons for Middle Schoolers Only!
On Friday September 25th from 7 PM to 8:30 PM, Cradles to Crayons is hosting a special event just for Middle Schoolers. The event will include a volunteer session to sort and package donated and new clothing, shoes, books, toys and school supplies for homeless and low income children. An ice cream sundae social, fun party music, snacks and soft drinks will be provided. Parents are welcome to drop off their middle schooler and friends, or stay and volunteer with other chaperones. Attendees are encouraged to bring a new set of winter gloves and hats for a child in need. Also, donations of gently-worn clothing, shoes, books and toys are always welcome. Cradles to Crayons is conveniently located at 155 North Beacon Street in Brighton. Parents can RSVP directly to Megan Collins at mcollins@cradlestocrayons.org or call her at 617-779-4732. For more information about Cradles to Crayons, please visit their website:www.cradlestocrayons.org.
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Yom Kippur is this Wednesday
A reminder that there is no school on Wednesday.
Car Wash Thank you
The sun was out, the cars got clean, the kids got very wet and we raised close to $700 towards field trip scholarships.
Thank you to all of you who supported the car wash and stopped by to got your car cleaned up and purchase some baked goods. Thank you to all the students that worked at the car wash. Thank you to all the parents who donated their time and baked goods. And a special thank you to Debbie Ruiz, Jacquie Arbuckle, Kathi Ahern and Todd Harrison for organizing and running the event.
Back to School Picnic – TODAY!!!
Looks like we will have a GREAT NIGHT for the BACK TO SCHOOL PICNIC, Wed, Sept 16th, 5:30 – 7:30, in Burr Park. It is a great way to catch up with old friends and meet new ones. Bring the whole family, a blanket and chairs and enjoy the evening.
NEW THIS YEAR ~ We will be have fun photo area, activities including soccer, football and frisbee and Bigelow Bingo.
Don’t want to cook?? We have two food trucks coming this year!! Food trucks from both Sweet Tomatoes and Rami’s will be available for you to purchase dinner and beverages. We will also have an ice cream truck. We hope to see you there!!!