A huge thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Soup and Supper Stroll!  It was a great evening and together we raised close to $4,000, that will go towards enhancing our children’s educational experience.  We hope everyone that joined us for the evening was able to reconnect with old friends and make some new ones, while building community spirit.

A special thank you to our hosts for the evening.  You generously opened your homes to other Bigelow families and provided a special dining experience.  Without you, this evening would not exist.  Our hosts this year included:

• Scott Gortikov and Ross Ozer
• Lynda and Jay Schwartz
• Lydia Davis and James Braithwaite
• Heather Alker and Dave Teszler
• Laurie Halloran with Michelle Sparks and Alison Leary
• Michele and David Baxter
• Veronique and Ivan Kugener
• Becky Searles and Sean McNally
• Linda and Bill McLaughlin

And thank you to Tullia and Bruno Visco for wrapping our evening up in style with a wonderful dessert party.

Again, THANK YOU to all that participated and made the evening such a success!!

Your event co-chairs, Jacquie and Carolyn

We are in urgent need of at least 2 volunteers to co-chair the Holiday Magazine Drive. The Drive is scheduled to kick off on Nov 22^nd. Last year, this Magazine Drive raised $5000 for Bigelow. It’s a big and important fundraiser- please consider helping to lead this one!! 

Lisa Moore from Great American Opportunities, had offered to make this a very easy fundraiser for the coordinators. She will meet with the chair and volunteers and review the process step by step.  She also has a team that can provide support with tallying orders and prize distribution, among other things. 

Please consider helping us. Email Melanie Varady at melvarady@gmail.com to volunteer.

Thank you!!

Join us for Bigelow’s 8^th Grade Annual Turkey Bowl

Friday, November 15^th 3:00-4:30pm at Burr Park

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

We’ll be selling  hot chocolate,  popcorn, water and snacks! Don’t miss this fun event!  Many thanks to Dunkin’ Donuts and West Newton Cinema for supporting this event.

For more information, email Melanie Varady at melvarady@gmail.com

RSVP DEADLINE for SOUP AND SUPPER STROLL is TODAY

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5th ANNUAL SOUP and SUPPER STROLL on November 16th.  Please join us for this festive adult evening of food, fun and conversation while supporting our children and school.  For more information and to sign up please see the Soup and Supper Stroll Page

If you have any questions, please contact Carolyn Judge and Jacquie Arbuckle at bigelowbulldog@gmail.com

Thanks to help from many bakers, staffers, shoppers, and more, the Election Day bake sale raised $800. The money will be used to fund vital Bigelow PTO activities, including the Creative Arts and Sciences program for all students.

We greatly appreciate the help of the following people: Miriam Alandydy, Rachel Boloyan, Julie Bourgoin, Kim Buckton, Catherine Cremin, Merarys Cuniff, Nisa Dailey, Lydia Davis, Frieda Dweck, Janet Feinberg, Gail Fitzgerald, Joanne Gatnik, Michelle Gonzalez McEvoy, Liz Haas, Barbara Joseph, Carolyn Judge, Renee Kwok, Melissa Lerou, Becky Manley, Marian McDonagh, Jennifer Mendelsohn, Carrie Merz, Lauri Perry, Akiko Schultz, Lori Seuch, Maria Sullivan, Leslie Williams, and Jing Yuan. (Please excuse any omissions.)

And a special thanks to the Bigelow custodians for their help before and after this event.

A big thank you also goes to to Sally Brickell and Heather Mehra for organizing and running the bake sale!

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month.  The combined efforts of the Jordan Bennett Weiss Fund and the City of Newton Health and Human Services Department are working to educate the community about the warning signs of diabetes.

Knowledge of the warning signs is the greatest weapon against this disease.  Sometimes the symptoms may be obvious and sometimes they are not.  Symptoms which might appear to be unrelated, when viewed in the context of the list of warning signs, may suggest intervention.  Please familiarize yourself with the warning signs/symptoms of diabetes. Continue reading →

The Bigelow Middle School clinic will be on Wednesday, November 6, 2013. Each student to be vaccinated must have a parent/guardian complete two forms: a consent/screening form and a vaccine administration record/insurance form. Forms are available in the school nurse’s office, or may be downloaded at www.newtonma.gov/flu. Forms are due to the School Nurse Monday, November 4, 2013

For more information see Bigelow Flu Clinic information on the PTO website.

Funtastic Bricolage is a new club at Bigelow whose title comes from a French word meaning to create from what is at hand.  In this club we will explore the meaning of Bricolage through a variety of multi-media projects.

It meets every Wednesday from 3:00 to 4:30 in room G-10.  The first informational meeting will be on October 30.

Ms. Pentaleri is the teacher that leads this club.

Here you will able to express your creativity through mural painting, singing, dancing, arts and crafts, drama, and writing.

Ms. Pentaleri is also looking for donations for collage making, mural painting,  sculpture making, etc.  Please contact her at donna_pentaleri@newton.k12.ma.us if you might have found objects, material scraps etc.

So come on down to Bricolage where your creativity will take flight.

When:  Thursday October 24, 7-8 pm

Where:  35 Hunnewell Ave – nibbles and drinks provided!

Please join us as we begin to plan for our biggest fundraiser of the year!  We have big and small tasks so please come meet with us to learn more about being involved.

This year’s Big Night on March 22 will be at a new venue; the New Art Center.  It promises to be a fabulous, jazzy affair; full of good food, good art, and great company!

Please come to learn more and to be a part of the planning for this event–we need lots of volunteers to help make it a success!

We look forward to meeting you!

Liz Haas and Laurie Halloran, Big Night Co-Chairs

If you are unable to attend this meeting but are interested in volunteering in any capacity for the Big Night, please email Liz or Laurie at: haas.joffe@gmail.com