Thank you to Bigelow’s incredible staff, especially Oliva Moriarty and Jaime Alberts, Dr. Green, and the many grownups who volunteered their time and effort to help make Newsies a huge success!

A small and engaged group attended this week’s PTO Community Meeting, the second of 4 meetings this year. We welcomed our new PTO Board Treasurer Amy Davis and thanked PTO Board Vice President Rachanee Nelson for filling that role during our search.

Dr. Green and parents who had attended last week’s Newsies performances gave huge kudos to the cast, crew and production team. All agreed it was a spectacular show! Dr. Green also provided a brief overview about the district’s math curriculum planning in relation to recent and upcoming meetings.

The PTO Board reviewed the budget with great appreciation for funds raised so far in the Annual Appeal, reaching about 85% of the goal to date. And we looked ahead to upcoming events, detailed in the weekly PTO newsletter.

We heard updates from the 8 th grade Celebration Planning Committee and opportunities for parents/guardians to join the PTO Board or Committee roles this year and next. Parent Alexander Lee brought updates from Green School Connections and mentioned plans for Earth Month in April. And we heard a few updates from this week’s School Committee budget meeting.

See the March 25th Meeting Notes for details!

We are looking for volunteers to help lead Teacher Appreciation Week (May 4–8th). During this week, each grade (6, 7, 8) organizes a luncheon for teachers and staff.

We are looking for 6th and 8th grade parents to coordinate their grade’s luncheons. Please email Laura Goldworm at lauramandell@yahoo.com if you are interested!

Last year’s restart of Bigelow’s traditional Ten Tables progressive dinner was such a success that we’re doing it again!

On Saturday, May 16, we will join together for appetizers at one Bigelow family’s home and then split into smaller groups for dinner at a number of other families’ homes. This event is a wonderful night of community-building, and a great way to raise money and engagement to support our PTO.

With hosts signed up for the appetizer kick-off, we’re looking for a few more dinner hosts to complete the event.

If you are interested in hosting one of the dinners, please email the PTO at bigelowbulldog@gmail.com, or the event chairs, Kathy Shields at kburdetteshields@yahoo.com or Amy Davis at amygdavis84@gmail.com.

Would you like Bigelow’s grounds to be improved? Volunteer for Newton Serves!

If you are interested in gardening, groundskeeping or landscaping, Newton Serves is a great way to lend your skills to our Bigelow community.

Newton Serves is focused on cleaning and improving our city’s parks, school grounds, open space areas, and conservation lands. If you are interested in bringing this back to Bigelow, we need your help!

Bigelow NEEDS NEW VOLUNTEERS to continue to benefit from the program.

Project registration is NOW OPEN.

Please email bigelowbulldog@gmail.com to express interest and visit the Newton Serves page to learn more.

The 2026 Underwood Online Auction is open and will close at 10pm on Tuesday, March 31st.

View the Auction to check out the many generous donations from favorite businesses in our community that are open to bid! Here are just a few:

• Credit toward NCE classes
• One session of Acting technique at Walnut Hill School for the Arts
• Credit toward April vacation photography camp

April 9th, Raising teens in a digital age  – A discussion with Newton North teacher Rob Greenfield and hosted by the Newton North PTSO.

Thursday, April 9 at 7PM, in the film lecture hall at Newton North High School

Please RSVP HERE

Rob Greenfield is the Digital Literacy Coordinator at NNHS and teaches Modern World History and Intro to AI: Technology’s Impact on Society.

Parenting in an era of ubiquitous digital technologies is difficult, and we are largely left to ourselves to make crucial decisions about our children’s exposure to digital media. As parents, we are in the best position to assist our children through these digital landscapes, even if we don’t have first-hand experience with the technology our kids are using. In this session, we’ll explore the possible impact of smartphones, social media, and AI on kids, discuss strategies for opening up conversation with our children about their relationship with digital technologies, and think about how we can help them navigate digital spaces.

Tickets are on sale for Bigelow Drama’s spring musical, Newsies. Set in turn-of-the century New York City, Newsies is the tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged “newsies.” When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what’s right!

Performances are THIS week:

Thursday, March 19 @ 7 pm

Friday, March 20 @ 7 pm

Saturday, March 21 @ 2 pm

Saturday, March 21 @ 7 pm

Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students. Need discounted tickets? Use code ‘bulldog’ for $1 tickets. Tickets will be on sale at lunch for students and available at the door(pending availability). Here’s a sneak peek — come to the show to see more!

Please join our Bigelow PTO Board on Tuesday, March 24 at 7pm for a Community Meeting in the Bigelow Library.

Learn about how the Annual Appeal Fundraiser benefits Bigelow students throughout the year, and explore opportunities to get involved with our PTO.

We can’t wait to see folks in the gym for Bigelow Global Diversity Night on Tuesday, March 31st! 

So far, our students, families and teachers are representing 16 countries/cultures: Armenia, Italy, Uruguay, China, Germany, Philippines, Vietnam, Argentina, Lebanon, India, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Ireland and Peru. PLUS, we’ll have teas from around the world (back by popular demand)! Is there another country you’d like to see? It’s not too late to sign up to host a table/join a table and/or volunteer. 

Feel free to contact 8th grade Mom Lanni Isenberg with any questions or suggestions: lanni_harris@yahoo.com (she will grant permission to access the sign up sheet). Thanks so much to everybody who has signed up so far!