Dear Community Partners,

Happy New Year! Included below are new events and workshops to share with your community that will spark their creativity at the New Art Center! We have holiday and vacation art programs for children and teens. Families can attend our Lunar New Year Community Cultural Day. We also have several short workshops for parents and kids to create something together! 

New Art Center offers full and partial scholarships, just fill out our Tuition Assistance Form to apply. We welcome students of all ages, skills, abilities, and levels.

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Lunar New Year Community Cultural Day

January 22, 2023
12-3PM
Free and Open to Public

Join the New Art Center and our friends from the Korean Cultural Society of Boston for a special Lunar New Year Celebration! This Cultural Community Day celebrates the Asian Lunar New Year with art activities, decorations, and performances. Bring the whole family for a day of fun.

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE

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Thank you to all who attended Tuesday’s PTO meeting and joined in the thoughtful discussion about Bigelow and our school district.

The City of Newton will host the 55th Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration on Monday, January 16, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. at Newton North High School.

If you would like to attend (young children are welcome), please register in advance following this link: Registration for Martin Luther King Day Celebration

In honor of the celebration, the City of Newton is hosting a food drive to benefit the Newton Food Pantry, Newton Centre Food Pantry, and the Arabic Baptist Food Pantry. Locations for food donations include:

• Village Bank Locations *
• Scandinavian Living Center
• Newton City Hall (please note: City Hall is closed on Saturdays)
• Newton Police Headquarters
• Newton Free Library

*Village Bank Locations ONLY until noon on 1/14/23.

Find out more details about the celebration to honor the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. at: 55th Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration

Please join us Tuesday, January 10th at 7 pm for a PTO meeting with Newton Public Schools Interim Superintendent, Dr. Kathleen Smith, and representatives from the School Committee. This meeting will be held in person at Bigelow Middle School.

This is a great opportunity to learn about district initiatives and ask questions of our school district leaders.

Dear Bigelow Community,

We wish great health, happiness, and love this holiday season and into the New Year to all our students, families, faculty, and staff! Sending gratitude and appreciation this holiday season to everyone for helping make Bigelow a place for all our children to learn and grow.

Sincerely,

Bigelow PTO

The last day of the Bigelow PTO Annual Appeal is Saturday, December 31st. Please consider donating before the end of the year to help us reach our goal and continue to support many programs and services that benefit our students.

A gift of any size will help! There are many ways to donate:

• via Venmo @BigelowPTONewton
• write a check and mail to Bigelow Middle School c/o PTO
• via the website at bigelowpto.org/donate/

Thanks to the generosity of a fellow Bigelow family we are also able to offer an exciting Annual Fund matching opportunity!

Starting Tuesday December 20th, the first 4 people to donate $500 to the Annual Fund before December 25th will receive a $500 gift certificate from Asher Nichols & Craftsmen, LLC. Additionally, Asher Nichols & Craftsman will match these donations, doubling your gift to Bigelow! Annual fund donations can be made via Venmo @BigelowPTONewton or at bigelowpto.org/donate/

Many thanks to Bigelow parent Asher Nichols for this generous offer!

On Wednesday, Bigelow teachers and staff were treated to a “Winter Warm-Up” lunch of a variety of soups, salads, and breads.

Special thanks to Ron Farrar and Suriya Ziblatt for organizing this special lunch to help show our appreciation for Bigelow’s incredible teachers and staff!

Wednesday’s lunch was made possible with your PTO donations as well as contributions from many parents who brought salad, rolls, and cornbread to complete the meal and lent crockpots to keep the soup warm.

Many thanks to Alexandra Chakalis, Elizabeth Gagnon, David Hurvitz, Lisa Kirby, Kerry Lavin, Sonya Marquez, Sirimon Parker, Heather Pozen, Rebecca Schmidt, Joanne Wang, Ron Farrar, Elizabeth Gagnon, Erika Holmberg, Lisa Kirby, Heather Pozen, Jenny Rosenthal, Suriya Ziblatt, Nora Zizlsperger, Angela Brooks, Anisha Varma-Wilson, Sara Wantman, and Karen Hite. It was a team effort!

Thank you to all who donated and made the Holiday Gift Card Drive a huge success!

With your generous contrbutions we raised $2,565 to help support 11 Bigelow students and their families this holiday season.

The PTO is hosting a Winter Warm-Up lunch for Bigelow staff on Wednesday December 21st to show our appreciation for all their efforts this year.

Soups will be purchased for the event, but we need help with salad and crackers, rolls, or cornbread. We are also looking to borrow several crockpots to keep the soup warm.

Please sign-up to help via this link by Monday December 19th and drop off any item(s) at school on the morning of Wednesday, December 21st.

Please email ronfarrar@gmail.com and suriya59@hotmail.com with any questions.

Thank you for your support!!

We are halfway to our PTO Annual Fund fundraising goal of $15,000. A BIG THANK YOU to all who have contributed and brought us this far!

Please help us raise the remaining $7,500 to reach our fundraising goal so we can continue to support many programs and services that benefit our students.

A gift of any size will help! There are many ways to donate:

• via Venmo @BigelowPTONewton
• write a check and mail to Bigelow Middle School c/o PTO
• via the website at bigelowpto.org/donate/

Are you planning to make tax deductions for charitable contributions in 2022? Please consider supporting the Bigelow PTO before the end of year! Bigelow Middle School PTO is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and 100% of your donation is tax deductible to the extent of the law

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