A heartfelt THANK YOU to all of the Bigelow parents, students, faculty and friends who turned out today to plant, trim, mulch, clean, paint, and water.  The school looks great!!  The main entry and the island are planted, the courtyard cleaned up, shrubs trimmed and plant beds mulched.

The team moved 14 cubic yards of loam and mulch, planted over 130 shrubs and perennials, collected over 20 bags of yard waste and collectively donated over 300 hours of time!!

A very special thank you to Andrew Hargens and Lex Van der Ploeg for organizing the day, to Tami Ireland for leading the planting of the island, to Joe Raso for working with us to get the plants, and to Audrey Weissborn and Kathy Marsh for their ongoing care of the Bigelow grounds and gardens.

In case you missed the email from the school today, click here for the letter regarding End of Year dates and activities.  End of Year Letter-14-15

Tickets for Big Night – “Hot Nights in Havana” will be on sale this Tuesday!  Make sure to save the date and join us on May 9th 7-11pm for this fun evening with music, food, a great silent auction, and more.  And it all benefits the students of Bigelow.

LIKE our Facebook page and win two tickets to the BIG NIGHT.

It is still not late to DONATE to our auction OR  SPONSOR a portion of the evening.    Click here  to donate to the auction or sponsor the event on line.

For more information on the BIG NIGHT, please go to http://bigelowpto.org/bigelows-big-night-2015/

If you have any questions please email bigelowbulldog@gmail.com

Project 351 Clothing Drive to benefit Cradles to Crayons:  Eighth graders Iman Sayeed, Sarah Rosenstrach, and Ele Whi are organizing a clothing drive at Bigelow from Apr 6 – Apr 10. Clean out your closets and donate those gently used items to a wonderful, local organization (www.cradlestocrayons.org). Able to do a little more?  New socks, underwear, and pajamas are especially appreciated.

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AFTER SCHOOL ON FRIDAY APR 10th TO HELP SORT THE DONATED CLOTHING.

Clothing Wish List:

• New and gently used clothing (kids’ sizes 0-20; adult sizes small and medium), – Most needed: Boys long pants (Up to 30 inch waist) and Boys and girls shirts (ages 2-12)
• Like-new shoes, sneakers, winter boots (infant/child sizes 0-13 and youth/adult sizes 1-10)
• New and gently used winter coats and spring jackets
• New socks, underwear, and pajamas (most needed)

Clothing will be collected in the home base classrooms all week.  Please e-mail the NEW Bigelow Outreach Committee Co Chairs, Susan Donnellan (donnellanfamily@yahoo.com) or Tami Ireland (tami.ireland@gmail.com) with questions. Thank you!

A Garden Club will be starting and meeting on Mondays from 3-4 in room 214.  See the attached flyer for more information.  GardenClub

Also, a new fitness program for students who attend the Keystone and BAC programs will be meeting Monday, Wednesday and Thursdays from 3:45 to 4:30.  See the attached flyer for more information.  Bigelow Fit Club

THANK YOU to the following local businesses for supporting Bigelow and donating to our auction:  All That Jazz Dance Studio, West Newton Cinema, El Pelon Taqueria, The West Suburban YMCA, Antoine’s Pastry Shop, Sky Zone and West Newton Cinema.  Please support our local businesses who support Bigelow!!  Click here for a complete list of donors.

Tickets for Big Night – “Hot Nights in Havana” will be on sale soon!  Make sure to save the date and join us on May 9th 7-11pm for this fun evening with music, food, a great silent auction, and more.  And it all benefits the students of Bigelow.

LIKE our Facebook page and win two tickets to the BIG NIGHT.

It is still not late to DONATE to our auction OR  SPONSOR a portion of the evening.    Click here  to donate to the auction or sponsor the event on line.

For more information on the BIG NIGHT, please go to http://bigelowpto.org/bigelows-big-night-2015/

If you have any questions please email bigelowbulldog@gmail.com

Thank you, your event co chairs – Beth Panella and Tammy McKenna

Bigelow’s New Sign Language Club will be starting tomorrow, April 1st from 3-4 in Mr. K’s office.  See attached for more information.  Sign Language Club

Thank you to the following Bigelow Families and Parents for donating items to our Big Night Auction:  The Tsao / Wilson Family, The Bledsoe Family, The Elder’s, Stacy Schwartz , Maria Sullivan, The Panella / White Family, The Britt-Webb’s, The Alker / Teszler Family, Dawn Davis, Laurie Halloran, The O’Reilly / Imperato Family, Anonymous, The Whitehouse / DeDominicis Family, Lauren Hallal and The Kotsonis’.  We could not do this without your support.  THANK YOU!!

We would also like to thank The Boston Beer Company – Sam Adams for donating our beer for the evening.

It is still not late to DONATE to our auction OR  SPONSOR a portion of the evening.  Tickets to sporting / music events, gift cards for services,  restaurant / store gift certificates, vacation get aways,  jewelry, artwork, a dinner or cocktail party, memberships etc are all appreciated.  Click here  to donate to the auction or sponsor the event on line.

Click here for a copy of our auction solicitation letter and donation form ~  Bigelow Donation Letter_ Form 2015  For more information on the BIG NIGHT please go to our website page at http://bigelowpto.org/bigelows-big-night-2015/

If you have any questions please email bigelowbulldog@gmail.com

Thank you, your event co chairs – Beth Panella and Tammy McKenna

Thank you to everyone who donated food and beverages to the Student/Faculty Game this past Friday.  The Faculty pulled out a narrow victory over the Bigelow Students.  Congratulations to all that participated in the game or cheered from the sidelines.  A special thank you to Jen Siegelman for coordinating the bake sale.

Help us get to 100 LIKES.   One lucky winner will be drawn from the first 100 people to like our new Facebook Page and will win two tickets to Bigelow’s Big Night Sat. May 9th. 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bigelow-Middle-School-PTO/803086746413921

Our new Facebook page is a great way for us to keep everyone up to date on what is happening at Bigelow.  It is also a way for you to let us know what you think and share information.  Please LIKE us today and let us know what is on your mind.