Category Archives: From the PTO

Bigelow Wear

Bigelow has a full line of Bigelow wear.  You can go to following website http://www.cafepress.com/bigelowgear to purchase from our line of clothing and accessories.

Magazine Drive ENDS TOMORROW! Support the 8th Grade

Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff and Students!

The Bigelow Magazine Drive, one of the important fundraisers for our school supporting 8th grade field trip scholarships, kicked off this past Friday, November 14, 2014.  A package with all necessary information to participate was sent home with your student.

More information regarding the Magazine Drive can be found here: Bigelow MS Prize Flyer F14 and Bigelow MS ParentLetter F14 1  or you can order on line at www.gaschoolstore.com School ID # 2637080

There are also many e-magazine subscriptions available.

PTO Meeting – THIS Thurs Dec 4th 7pm

Please join us for our next PTO meeting on Thurs Dec 4th at 7pm in the Library.

We will be hosting a Nutrition Solutions and Body Image Workshop. This workshop will help us work with our children (and ourselves) to develop good eating habits while promoting a positive body image.  This session will be led by Stacy Schwartz, Nutritional Health Coach and Cybill Goldberg, LICSW.

Please email us at bigelowbulldog@gmail.com with any questions.

Growth Mindset workshop on 12/3

Getting up to speed on the growth mindset: Parent/guardian workshop  Wednesday, December 3, 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the Newton North High School cafeteria

Have you heard that Newton Public Schools is asking teachers and staff to explore how encouraging a “growth mindset” can motivate students to learn? Do you know that the research-based growth mindset is useful for all ages and in all settings—school, home, work, athletics?

Newton North School Council and PTSO invite ALL parents/guardians to a fun and engaging evening exploring the growth mindset. As Principal Jen Price shows you how Newton Public Schools faculty are being trained in the use of the growth mindset, you’ll learn: Effective ways to give praise, useful methods for encouraging children and teens to try new things and accept challenges, constructive ways to respond to failure and successful strategies for creating a parent-teacher dialogue about students’ development.

You will also have a chance to apply the growth mindset during an interactive challenge.

To learn more about the growth mindset, read The Significance of Grit. or view this Ted Talk by Angela Duckworth.

Bigelow Food Drive

THE BIGELOW STUDENT COUNCIL is Sponsoring a food drive at Bigelow.  The goal of the food drive is to collect 500 boxes of food that will be donated to a local food pantry.

Boxes of food can be brought to home base.

Food drive ends on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25

All items should be boxed, un expired, non-perishable food

Possible Items Include:  Pasta, Cereal, Boxed Rice, Drink Boxes.  Just to name a few!

TURKEY BOWL is Tomorrow (Wed) at 3pm

Wed., November 19th, 3-4:30pm Burr Park

Join us for Bigelow’s Annual Turkey Bowl – Bundle up, enjoy hot chocolate, pizza and other snacks and support the 8th graders!!

It’s the Game of the Season and you’re (parents, staff and students) invited!! Cheer on our two 8th grade clusters in this competitive flag football game.  Winning cluster will receive the coveted “Turkey Bowl Trophy” and have bragging rights for the year.  Celebrate Bigelow’s team spirit by wearing Bigelow apparel or purple on Wednesday. 

For more information, or to volunteer, email Heather Mehra at heathermehra@gmail.com