Back by popular demand!  We will be using the convenient services of Staples SchoolKidz, Inc. and their Teacher Tailored® back-to-school supply kit program again this year! 

Staples SchoolKidz, Inc. offers brand name items, chosen by the teachers and is exactly what is on your child’s supply list.  The Brand names include, but are not limited to, Crayola®, Fiskars®, Elmer’s® and Staples®.  Best of all, the entire package comes in a reusable personalized kit.

We are offering this program as a service to the students and parents of our school and hope this makes your transition to Bigelow Middle School easier.  We believe this is a wonderful program for purchasing your child’s exact school supplies and encourage you to take advantage of this offer.  Why fight long lines and stress of trying to find every single requested item on your child’s supply list?  All of the shopping is done for you!

This program will save you time, allowing more summer vacation time, making “back-to-school time” less hectic and more enjoyable for both students and parents.  We believe you will find the pricing to be very reasonable.  All kits will be delivered to the school and can be picked up on Tuesday, August 27^th – details to follow.

Go to:  www.shopttkits.com and enter acct #32972.

If you have any questions, please email us at Bigelowbulldog@gmail.com.

Becky Manley, Beth Coomber and Mindy Frankel Peckler

PTO Co-Presidents

The Bigelow Library is a vibrant place. Students come regularly searching for a good book to read.  Making sure that the library maintains a collection that is of interest for the students will continue to help build a community of readers here at Bigelow.  The Buy a Book Fund Drive helps the library maintain its vibrancy and meet the demand for high interest fiction.

This year through the winter book drive the library was able to purchase the popular Divergent Series by Veronica Roth.  Funds were also used to purchase high interest fiction books to support the eighth grade “Northbound” section of the library.  Titles written by popular authors such as Jennifer Brown and John Green have been circulating regularly. 

 Thanks you if you have donated already.  This fund drive is a wonderful way to honor a teacher, coach, staff member at Bigelow, or your graduating eighth grader. Your generosity is deeply appreciated.  Please consider making another small donation again at the end of the year to honor your graduating child or a staff member. 

For a $15 donation (via check or paypal), the Bigelow librarian will purchase a book and attach a plate with the honoree’s name into the book. We will send letters to the honorees informing them who donated in their honor. For questions contact: Eva Schmitt at 617-699-9185 or evaschmitt@hotmail.com

To make a donation click here:

http://bigelowpto.org/buy-a-book-library-fund-2/

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.