We are looking for someone to lead the SchoolKidz effort.  SchoolKidz is the program through Staples that allows parents to pre order school supplies.  School supplies are available for pick up the week before school starts and no trip to the store is required.  This is a great service for families and it benefits your children through the PTO.

What does the SchoolKidz leader need to do?  Coordinate the updating of supply lists with the school.  Oversee the ordering by parents in May / June.  Arrange a delivery day at the school in August.  Organize the boxes and add the “special” items into the orders after delivery (we will get a few helpers for you.)  Oversee distribution the morning of the Open House in August.  This program is all done on line.  We will help do all the advertising / PR.  And the past SchoolKidz leader is available to go over everything with you.

Interested??  We need your help!!  Please email bigelowbulldog@gmail.com

Please help support the Cyndi Daley-Smith and Howard B. Smith scholarship fund and buy cookie dough today!!!  16 flavors available and they can be kept in the freezer for up to 6 months.

All orders are due this Friday March 7.  Delivery of cookie dough orders is March 27.  Extra packets and order forms are available in the main office.

Incentives:  Sell 3 tubs of cookie dough by Mar 7 and students receive a chance to win cash ($1 – 20 – 50 -100)!  Sell 5 tubs and you receive a chance of winning cash and a free tub of your favorite cookie dough!

Please see attached flyer for more details.  Thank you for your participation!

Please contact Lauri Perry (laurisperry@hotmail.com) with questions.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Today, Feb. 25, is the kickoff of the Cookie Dough spring fundraiser.  All orders are due March 7.  Delivery of cookie dough orders is March 27.  Funds raised benefit the Cindy Daley Smith and Howard Smith scholarship fund and other PTO programs.  Packets and order forms were distributed at lunch today to students.  Check with your child for the packet.

Incentives:  Sell 3 tubs of cookie dough by Feb 28 and students receive a chance to win cash ($1 – 20 – 50 -100)!  Sell 5 tubs and you receive a chance of winning cash and a free tub of your favorite cookie dough!

Please see attached flyer for more details.  Thank you for your participation!

Please contact Lauri Perry (laurisperry@hotmail.com) with questions.

Our annual teacher appreciation luncheon will now take place on Thursday, March 13th.  We need parents to provide a luncheon item, dessert or drinks. We also need volunteers to help set up and clean up. Set up is at 10:30am and clean up is at 3:15pm.

Please sign up here to donate and / or volunteer (or confirm what you had previously signed up to bring / volunteer.)

Items may be dropped off the morning of the luncheon in the teacher’s lunchroom or put in the refrigerator there no later than 10:30am.  You may also drop off items the evening of Mar 12th at Stacy Schwartz’s house at 15 Park Ave.

It is most helpful if items are brought in a recyclable container. Please send in your favorite lunch food!  Salads, sandwiches, entrees; whatever you think our wonderful teachers and staff will enjoy.

Thank you in advance for helping us show our appreciation for our teachers and staff.

For more information or if you have any questions, please contact the Teacher Appreciation Chairs, Maria Sullivan at mariasullivan47@gmail.com or Stacy Schwartz at staschwartz@gmail.com .

Please save the date for our next PTO meeting on March 11, 7pm in the Bigelow school library.  Newton Youth Services, in conjunction with the Bigelow PTO, is proud to present:

Background on this program:

The Big Night, Big Easy, the Bigelow PTO’s biggest event of the year.  This year it is a Mardi Gras themed event, at the New Art Center in Newtonville on Sat. March 22 from 7pm – 11pm.

Do you have something you would like to DONATE to our auction??  Tickets to sporting events, gift cards for services,  restaurant gift certificates, vacation get aways,  jewelry, artwork, a dinner or cocktail party, memberships etc are all appreciated.  Click here  to donate to the auction on line.  Thank you to all of you who have already donated to the auction.

Would you like to underwrite a portion of the evening??  We have a number of opportunities available.  Click here    We would like to thank Leslie Williams and Jack Goldsmith for underwriting the costs of the Music for the evening!!

You can also help by soliciting a local business for an auction donation.  Click here for a printable business solicitation letter and donation form.

Bigelow Middle School PTO is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization.  Tax ID #20-0348453. All donations are tax deductible to the extent of the law.

Tickets for the night will be available soon.  Save the date.  We hope you can join us for the super fun night.  If you have any questions please contact Liz Hass at haas.joffe@gmail.com

Thank you, your event co chairs – Liz Haas and Laurie Halloran

Please click here to see important information and a timeline of events regarding transition / registration for 8th grade students.

There will be an important parent / student night at Newton North on Thur Mar 6.  Click here for detailed schedule information.

Additionally, there will be a coffee with Newton North Principal Jen Price at Bigelow on Mar 12 from 8:30 – 9:30am in the Library.

The cookie dough drive is back this year.  It will run Feb 25 thru Mar 7.  Students will be receiving more information during lunch on Feb 25.  Proceeds from this fundraiser will support the Cyndi Dailey-Smith and Howard B. Smith   Scholarship Fund and other PTO programs.

Questions? Please contact:  Lauri Perry at laurisperry@hotmail.com

Planning is well underway for The Big Night, Big Easy, the Bigelow PTO’s biggest event of the year.  This year it is a Mardi Gras themed event, at the New Art Center in Newtonville on Sat. March 22 from 7pm – 11pm.

Do you have something you would like to DONATE to our auction??  Tickets to sporting events, gift cards for services,  restaurant gift certificates, vacation get aways,  jewelry, artwork, a dinner or cocktail party, memberships etc are all appreciated.  Click here  to donate to the auction on line.  Thank you to all of you who have already donated to the auction.

Would you like to underwrite a portion of the evening??  We have a number of opportunities available.  Click here    We would like to thank Scott Gortikov and Ross Ozer for underwriting the costs of the New Art Center for the evening!!

You can also help by soliciting a local business for an auction donation.  Click here for a printable business solicitation letter and donation form.

Bigelow Middle School PTO is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization.  Tax ID #20-0348453. All donations are tax deductible to the extent of the law.

Tickets for the night will be available soon.

Save the date.  We hope you can join us for the super fun night.  If you have any questions please contact Liz Hass at haas.joffe@gmail.com

Thank you, your event co chairs – Liz Haas and Laurie Halloran