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Bigelow Middle School Annual Magazine Drive Kick Off was this past Friday, November 16, 2012. Please check with your student for that packet they received with all relevant information in it. You can order any time at www.gaschoolstore.com. Just log in with Bigelow’s code 2637080.

With the holidays approaching fast, look no further for a great gift for a loved one;  order that magazine that you’ve always wanted; or renew your current subscriptions. Bigelow receives 40% of the sale!  Proceeds support field trips, creative arts, classroom supplies and more. Almost 700 magazines to choose from, at extremely competitive prices – you can save up to 90% off the newsstand price.

Thanks for your support in making this magazine drive a success for the school!

Here is a quick overview of the  turn-in days for your student to receive prizes:

Tuesday, November 20, 2012: Turn in the postcard booklet (addresses will only be used for a one-time-mailing) outside the cafeteria during lunch time and get your Rock Star Duck.

Thursday, November 29, 2012: First Turn In Day for Orders. For double prize credit order by this date. Order online by 8 am that morning and stop by or bring your paper orders with payment to the table outside the cafeteria during lunch.  You will get your magnetic Locker Buddy right then (5 different ones to choose from).

Thursday, December 6, 2012: Final Turn In Day for Orders to receive prize credit. Order online by midnight that day, or turn paper orders into the office by 3 pm.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012: Prize Day: All prizes will be distributed that day.

For more information consult the white prize sheet included in the package.

Questions? Contact Berit Ramseier at 617-795-0866/bramseier@gmail.com, or Marian McDonagh at (617) 332-5504/mcdonaghfive@verizon.net.

It’s that time for our yearly, traditional Turkey Bowl flag football game!!! 

Thursday, November 15, 2012, 3 pm at Burr Park

Show your colors that day – wear PURPLE  – be creative – come with your friends and cheer for the 8th grade teams!! 

If it is chilly, bring a warm jacket and gloves! 

Pizza, hot chocolate, sodas, cookies/baked goods, will be available to buy! Students of all grades, bring your $$$!

Proceeds go towards 8th Grade Graduation expenses.

For bake sale donations, contact: Marian McDonagh at mcdonaghfive@verizon.net.

 Let’s have fun! Can’t wait to see you there

The Bigelow Magazine Drive, one of the important fundraisers for our school supporting field trips, creative arts, classroom equipment, etc., will kick off on Friday, November 16, 2012. A package with all necessary information to participate will be coming home with your student that day. 

 For those who are getting renewal requests for current magazine subscriptions in the mail, please note the following:

 Bigelow Middle School will not get any funds, when you use these renewal mailers. Only when renewing as follows will Bigelow get the 40 % of your subscription price paid:

1. 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),

2. or through your student from the catalog with the paper order forms coming home on November 16, 2012, 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 Berit Ramseier at 617-795-0866 / bramseier@gmail.com, or Marian McDonagh at (617) 332-5504 / mcdonaghfive@verizon.net.

Volunteers needed for Bigelow’s Election Day bake sale on Tuesday, November 6!

100 bakers needed! Presidential elections have a huge turnout so we need lots of items to sell.

When: Tuesday, November 6, from 6 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
3. Buy baked goods

To bake, email Sally Brickell at brickland6@rcn.com . She will send you instructions.

To staff, email Mary Kathryn Fallon at marykathf@aol.com  your first three choices for time slots (two-hour slots preferred) from 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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

Can’t bake? We can also sell store-bought individually wrapped snacks and Halloween candy, bottled water, bananas, and apples.

We would like to thank everyone who participated in this year’s soup stroll! It was a fabulous evening and an enormous success. The money raised will go towards our creative arts and sciences programs as well as technology. A big thank you to the hosts who generously volunteered their homes and who took great care and time to prepare special meals.  Thanks to all of you who participated – for your generous donations and for your terrific community spirit.  As much as the Soup Stroll is a fundraiser, it is a wonderful opportunity for families to connect, meet one another and form new friendships. 
 
A special thank you to all of those who provided a dining experience…

Interested in hosting NEXT YEAR? It’s not too early to be put on the host list…let me know.
 
Happy Fall!
 
Becky Manley and Anna LeBlanc, Event Chairs

We are looking for someone to organize and oversee the election day bake sale.  All money raised goes to support the PTO.   The chair person is responsible for putting a Google docs up and coordinating shifts. They also make sure everything is clearly labeled. Polls open at 7 and the bake sale is right outside the Bigelow gym.  People are in line at 6am so shifts start at 6am and end late afternoon (or till we run out of food). There are already some people are signed up to bake and work shifts.  We have a good helping community, so it should be easy to get additional volunteers.

We hope you can join us for this fabulous night out.  It is a great community event and fundraiser!  You get to support our school and children while enjoying fine food and great company.

Here’s how it works:

On the night of Saturday, October 13th at 7:00pm everyone attending the event gets together for one big hors d’oeuvres party. There, you will receive your assignment as to where you will go for your delicious soup and smaller gathering. After dinner we reconvene as a large group for dessert and coffee at a surprise location.

The Appetizer Party is hosted by Becky and Bill Manley
35 Hyde Avenue

RSVP DEADLINE is Oct. 10th.

You can sign up on-line or by printing the invitation.  Just click below …

http://bigelowpto.org/annual-soup-stroll/

To keep you informed regarding school and PTO activites, we have made several enhancements to the Bigelow PTO website. 

• There is now a list of upcoming events pulled from the PTO Calendar on the right-hand bar.  The PTO calendar includes all parent related events, activities and school closing.
• There is also a link to the Bigelow Student Activities Calendar under Useful Links also on the right-hand bar.  This calendar provides information on all the clubs, activities, and sports events occuring before and after school.