4th Annual Plant Swap on Saturday, May 18, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.  27 George Street (near Centre and Cabot intersection). Bring a Plant/Take a Plant: Ferns creeping out of bounds? Hostas growing like weeds? Lily of the Valley taking over your yard? Now is the time to thin your garden. Don’t put those Iris divisions into the compost bin. Trade them in! Use flower pots, milk cartons, coffee cans, yogurt tubs, even plastic bags to pot up your cast-offs. Labels would be nice. Early drop-offs are fine.

 Exchanges are free, but please consider the donation box marked “Newton METCO Scholarship Fund.”

An annual project started by a Bigelow Middle School student, now at NNHS, to benefit his METCO classmates through ‘recycling at its best!’

Questions? bhoward617@aol.com.

The Bigelow Teacher Appreciation Tea is this Tueaday May 7th.

Please help us create a delightful tea to show our appreciation to our wonderful teachers and staff!

We need food donations such as Fruit, quiches, finger sandwiches, salads, scones, dessert.

Use this link to sign up:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmjL1SXOZR6LdEg5NHpielR6ZXAyb0ZIbW5qTXhpb2c&usp=sharing

We also need set up help at 12:30 pm, or clean up help at 3:30 pm.

We are also accepting gift cards to area businesses or restaurants to be used in a raffle for the teachers at the event.

For more information email the PTO at Bigelowbulldog@gmail.com

Beautiful baking reaps rewards!

Thank you to the many volunteers and bakers who helped with the Bigelow bake sale! Nearly $600 was raised for the Cyndi Dailey Smith Scholarship Fund (http://bigelowpto.org/the-cyndi-dailey-smith-and-howard-b-smith-scholarship-fund/).

Special thanks to Rachel Boloyan, Lauri Perry, Beth Coomber,  Miriam Alandydy, Mary Kathryn Fallon, Becky Manley, Liz Haas, Marla Libraty, Lisa Porter,  Leah Arteaga, Carena Cremin, Lori Seuch, Chris Kjellson, Kim Buckton, Leslie Williams,  Linda Hammer, Joanne Gatnik, Wendy Kritzer, Marian McDonagh, and Vicki Ritterband (and all others whose children dropped off items) for baking and/or volunteering at the bake sale table.

Thanks also to the Bigelow students who helped buy (and even sell!) goodies!

And a special thank you to bake sale coordinators, Julie Bourgoin and Sally Brickell!!

Save the Date!

Bigelow Teacher Appreciation Tea

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Please help us create a delightful tea to show our appreciation to our wonderful teachers and staff!

Please consider donating food:

Fruit, quiches, finger sandwiches, salads, scones, dessert

Use this link to sign up:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmjL1SXOZR6LdEg5NHpielR6ZXAyb0ZIbW5qTXhpb2c&usp=sharing

We also need set up help at 12:30 pm, or clean up help at 3:30 pm.

We are also accepting gift cards to area businesses or restaurants to be used in a raffle for the teachers at the event.

For more information email the PTO at Bigelowbulldog@gmail.com

Thank you for your support!!

You can still purchase the 2012-13 yearbook through May 10th.  

• cost is $20
• cash or check (makes checks to Bigelow Middle School)
• Ms. Rice has order forms if you need one or click below

 Yearbook Order Form

Children, Teens, and Technology

Rules of Engagment: Are There Any?

Wednesday, May 8, 7-8:15 p.m.

Newton North High School auditorium

Light refreshments

Co-sponsored by the PTOs from Bigelow, Cabot, Day, Peirce, Newton North, and by The Newton Partnership

Volunteers needed for Bigelow’s Election Day bake sale on Tuesday, April 30!

When: Tuesday, April 30, from 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (or as long as the baked goods last!)

Where: hallway outside Bigelow Gym

Here are three ways you can support this important fundraiser for the Bigelow PTO.

1. Bake and package delicious home-baked items to sell

2. Staff the bake sale (2-hour shifts are preferred but anything you can do is helpful)

3. Bring in bottled water, cans of seltzer, bananas, or apples

To bake and/or volunteer, email Julie Bourgoin at jbourgoin@comcat.net. She will send you instructions.

To buy, come by anytime. Students may purchase baked goods BEFORE and AFTER school.

Can’t bake? Cash donations are welcome!

Please note thsat the PTO meeting scheduled for this Friday morning has been canceled.

Are you interesting in becoming more involved in the Bigelow PTO? There are many positions available for the 2013-2014 School Year.

Please click below for more details.

Get involved 2013-2014

If you are interested, please email us at bigelowbulldog@gmail.com. We will be voting in new officers at our May meeting.

Do you find yourself using only your smartphone for pictures or videos? If you have a working handheld video camera that you never use anymore, please consider donating it to the Bigelow411 program.  The students will be extremely grateful!!

Not sure what the 411 is …. 

The Bigelow 411 is the Student Morning newscast program.  In the past, the PTO has provided 3 iMac computers loaded with iMovie software. Each team can produce their episodes separately, which helps the group’s organization and productivity enormously.

The students who produce the 411 newscasts use three Flipcam-style Kodak cameras to produce their news episodes. That’s one camera for each team of 8-10 students, which often leaves a lot of students without much to do. And it takes longer to film each clip — usually between 6 and 9 clips per episode. (Each team produces an episode for one day of the Bigelow cycle, so on Day 3 they produce the episodes for the next Day 4, 5, and 6.) If just one camera is broken or low on battery power, then the entire system grinds to a halt.