The Bigelow PTO meeting with Superintendent David Fleishman and School committee members (Rajeev Parlikar and Paul Levy) will take place via Zoom on Wednesday March 23 at 9am. Open to all Bigelow parents/guardians.
Zoom link: https://newton-k12-ma-us.zoom.us/j/5452808903
Password: bigelow
Interpretation: If a family needs Interpretation for this meeting, please complete this Google form at least 3 days before the meeting: https://forms.gle/daA8qQjm61BJDocD7.
In the past we have been able to raise an impressive amount of sustaining funds for our teachers here at Bigelow thanks to your generosity!
Do you have any items pictured below?
We are still looking for volunteers to help make this year’s online auction a success.
Call or text Julie Landesman (508-612-7179) or Alexia Giannakopoulos (781-492-4500) for ways you can help!
If giving of your time is too much, your donations are appreciated!
Click one of the buttons below for your contribution towards this event:
$25 $50 $75 $100 $200or simply send your donation via Venmo to @BigelowPTONewton. Please put “Bigelow Big Night” in the memo line.
Open to the community! Pep band, concessions, half-time entertainment, and more!
Concessions will be sold on behalf of PTO to benefit 8th grade end-of-year activities, and will be CASH ONLY!
This event is intended for the parents, guardians, and/or caregivers only.
From the props and set crew of Alice in Wonderland:
Greetings from the production crew of Alice In Wonderland! We’re in the middle of finding props for our show, and appear to be short on some of these items. We have checked all throughout the past play/musical items and don’t currently have any of the following:
If you happen to have any of these things on hand and they are not too precious to you, we could really use them in order to keep costs down. Bringing these items in for the production would be a really big help to the cast and crew of Alice In Wonderland. For some of the items, we may want or need to alter them, so if it’s something you are okay with us keeping we’d be thrilled, but if it’s something you need back, please let us know so we can keep it in the condition you gave it to us in.
If you are interested in helping, the deadline to bring these items in would be in two weeks from now on the 22nd of March. These items will be returned back to you the 16th of May unless you are okay with us keeping them. (If you do permanently donate an item, you will get to see it on stage for years and years to come.)
Thank you so much,
SSLAPS (Sound, Set, Lights and Props)
If you have questions, please email: Bigelowpops@gmail.com
From the Bigelow Middle School BMS Grade 8 Transition Team and Amy Winston, NNHS Vice Principal:
Here are some important dates and who to contact regarding the NNHS course
registration process:
Teachers talk with students and begin entering course recommendations into
Aspen. Students and parents can access Newton North High School “Opportunities” book for 2022-2023 which contains Newton North course descriptions and elective choices. You should begin to go through thiscatalog with your student. Hard copies will be available to all grade 8 students after winter break.
Grade 8 Parents/Guardians are invited to a “Coffee” with NNHS Principal, Henry
Turner, to address 9th grade scheduling questions. This event will take place
from 8:30 AM-10:00 AM at Bigelow. We will follow up with more information as
the event nears.
8th Graders enter their elective choices into Aspen. Individual teacher
recommendations will be available in Aspen to Bigelow students starting at 5:00
PM. You will also be able to log into Aspen to view the course recommendations
and selections your student has made, however, classes can only be entered
through the student portal. Please review this information with your student.
Course requests MUST be entered into Aspen by 8:00 PM. Counselors
will be checking all student course registration requests in Aspen.
Special Education Courses will be determined with you and your student at the
scheduled IEP/Transition meetings. Your student will participate in his/her
meeting and you will be notified of the time and date. Please do not cancel this
appointment—we are not on a flexible schedule.
The Newton Food Pantry is now serving over 1,800 Newton residents at our renovated City Hall basement location, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue. Clients are able to shop for the items they want and need, selecting from a variety of dry goods, fresh produce, dairy, proteins, personal care items and culturally-relevant foods. Walk-in shopping hours are every Wednesday from 3pm to 7pm.
Our shoppers must be Newton residents (with the exception of Newton-based college students and staff), provide proof of residency and complete a New Client Registration Form, found here. The form is translated in four languages, as is our Get Help page.
In addition to our pantry, the Newton Food Pantry, in collaboration with other local businesses and organizations, opened the Newton Community freedge in March of 2021. The freedge is a free refrigerator and pantry open all day, every day to anyone. No forms or Newton residency required. The freedge is located at 420 Watertown Street, in the Central Drapery and Dry Cleaning parking lot.
Downaload a Flyer in English – Flyer in Spanish – Flyer in Chinese – Flyer in Russian
Questions? Please reach out to Sindy Wayne, Newton Food Pantry Vice President and Community Partner & Client Liaison.
Bigelow Leadership is planning a Wellness Day for staff on Wednesday, March 23rd from 2:10-3:20pm. The plan is to have various stations that host wellness activities (yoga station, mindfulness/breathing station, origami station, basketball station, independent work time, etc.). The PTO will supply a snack station as well.
If you have have a special wellness talents or expertise and would be willing to facilitate a session for staff on that day (ideally in-person at the school), please contact Bigelow Principal, Chassity Coston. Examples would be: drawing, dance, music, etc.
From a Bigelow parent:
As the crisis in Ukraine escalates, my girls, Maia and Luna, were asking how we can help, so I started to look for ways we can support and I found this list of different associations that we can donate to help Ukrainian people:
https://katiecouric.com/news/how-to-help-ukraine-where-to-donate/