Dear Bigelow Students, Parents and Faculty,
Thank you for your support of the Holiday Magazine Drive. Together we raised close to $3,700 to provide scholarships for 8th grade cultural field trips. A special thank you to the 6th grade for raising the most money!
Best regards,
Lauri Perry – Magazine Drive Chair
(You may continue to buy or renew magazine subscriptions online via www.gaschoolstore.com, school/organization online ID 2637080. Bigelow will continue to receive a portion of the cost.)
Click Here to read the January Newsletter from the Health Room.
A planning committee meeting for the Big Night will be held on Mon January 6th 7:30pm at 35 Hunnewell Ave. Please consider volunteering to help with this fun night. It is also a great way to meet other Bigelow parents. Bring a friend! RSVP to Liz at haas.joffe@gmail.com if you are going to attend or have any questions.
Committee members are needed to make the night a success. Committee positions available include:
We will also need general volunteers to help out with the event.
The Big Night is the Bigelow’s PTO biggest event of the year. This year it is the BIG EASY NIGHT, a Mardi Gras themed event, at the New Art Center in Newtonville on Sat. March 22. It is an evening of fun, food, music, friends and lots of great auction items. Best of all, it all benefits our children.
Contact Liz Hass at haas.joffe@gmail.com if you are interested or have any questions.
Thank you, your event co chairs – Liz Haas and Laurie Halloran
The next PTO meeting will be Friday January 24 at 8:30 am in the Library. Superintendent David Fleishman will be meeting with us to discuss what is happening in the Newton Public Schools.
We hope you will be able to join us.
Dear Bigelow Families,
As 2013 is ending and we look ahead to 2014, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have made our school community stronger for our children. Your time and financial contributions have supported programs that enrich our students educational experience. None of this would be possible without you.
We hope you have a relaxing holiday break and we look forward to seeing you in 2014.
Our best to you all,
Carolyn and Julie
PTO Co Presidents
A HUGE thank you to those of you who have already donated!!
For more information about the Annual Appear or to make your gift on line by credit card click here or send your check to: Bigelow PTO at 42 Vernon Street Newton, MA 02458
Matching gifts are a great way to maximize your donation and can double or triple your gift to education. Please click here for a partial list of companies that offer to match employee donations.
All donations – large or small – are greatly appreciated and will help us achieve all that we set out to do. Thank you!
Regards,
Julie Bourgoin and Carolyn Judge
PTO Co-Presidents
The Bigelow Middle School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is one cause that doesn’t get more personal: our kids’ education.
Letters were sent to all Bigelow families asking for your support for the important activities of the PTO. We hope you have received your letter and will consider giving as generously as you can. A HUGE thank you to those of you who have already donated!!
For more information about the Annual Appear or to make your gift on line by credit card click here or send your check to: Bigelow PTO at 42 Vernon Street Newton, MA 02458
Matching gifts are a great way to maximize your donation and can double or triple your gift to education. Please click here for a partial list of companies that offer to match employee donations.
All donations – large or small – are greatly appreciated and will help us achieve all that we set out to do. Thank you!
Regards,
Julie Bourgoin and Carolyn Judge
PTO Co-Presidents
Make sure to Save the Date for Bigelow’s biggest fundraising event of the year. This year it is the BIG EASY NIGHT, a Mardi Gras themed event, at the New Art Center in Newtonville on Sat. March 22. It is an evening of fun, food, music, friends and lots of great auction items. Best of all, it all benefits our children.
A planning committee meeting will be held on Mon January 6th 7:30pm at 35 Hunnewell Ave. RSVP to Liz at haas.joffe@gmail.com if you are going to attend.
Committee members are needed to make the night a success. Committee positions available include:
We will also need general volunteers to help out with the event. Please consider volunteering to help with this fun night today!! Bring a friend!
Contact Liz Hass at haas.joffe@gmail.com if you are interested or have any questions.
Thank you, your event co chairs – Liz Haas and Laurie Halloran
Tuesday December 6 is the final turn in / order day for the Magazine Drive. Paper order forms can be turned in during lunch and you can order on line until midnight.Your child will have a chance to earn a prize at the prize table. Help Bigelow and a family in need by turning in 2 orders. With 2 orders you send a baby chick to a family in need in Bangladesh giving them food or a means to earn money (selling the eggs, selling the chicken).Bigelow receives 40% from each order. The money raised will support school field trips and other student / school needs.Online orders earn double credit for prizes. Click here for more information.
Bigelow Middle School will not get any funds, when you use renewal mailers. Only when renewing as follows will Bigelow get the 40 % of your subscription price paid:
- Either online via www.gaschoolstore.com (new website of Great American Opportunities, which QSP is now part of), school/organization online ID 2637080, check the box “renewal”, (payment by credit card),
- or through your student from the catalog with the paper order forms that came home on November 22, 2013, check the box “renewal” (cash, or checks made out to Bigelow PTO).
If you would like to convert a regular magazine subscription to a digital magazine subscription (there are 53 magazines available in a digital format), you will be ordering them as a new subscription in one of the two ways outlined above.
Thank you for your support!!
Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Lauri Perry (magazine chair) at laurisperry@hotmail.com.
Click Here to see the December Newsletter.