Music! Headphones! Friends! Fun! Come one, come all to Bigelow FIRST Annual End of School Year Dance on Friday, 6/17, afterschool until 4:15pm.
Students will have the option to select which genre of music they listen to through their headphones, and can enjoy a fun & creative experience.
For $10, students will receive event admission, headphones, and snacks. Tickets are now on sale at the Bigelow Front Office during lunch.
Newton school families are celebrating our Safety Superheroes – our bus and van drivers – on Wednesday, June 15. Help your student make a card and say a special THANK YOU to our bus/van drivers and crossing guards for another year of helping our students safely get to and from school.
Download a sample card and learn more about Newton Safe Routes to School here: www.NewtonSafeRoutes.org
The FORJ (Families Organizing for Racial Justice) is hosting a Juneteenth event at Newton North High School, 457 Walnut Street, Newton on Sunday, June 19th, from 12-4 pm. It will also be Father’s Day, so this offers the perfect opportunity for a fun family day out!
There will be food by Gourmet Kreyol, ice cream by Tipping Cow, performances by Aashka Dance Company, Gianna Burgess, David Stamps, the New Art Center, and others, vendors including Black-owned businesses, kids’ activities by Fun Factor, a community table hosted by the Massachusetts Association of Haitian Parents, and much more.
Bigelow PTO depends on the generosity and energy of parent/guardian volunteers to help keep our community informed, connected, and strong. Can you help? Please consider applying for these OPEN positions.
Have questions or want to volunteer? Please contact bigelowbulldog@gmail.com
Deadline: The deadline for ordering has been extended until June 3rd.
Price: $ 25
Order online: ybpay.lifetouch.com Bigelow’s ID Code: 1945922
Not sure if you’ve already ordered? Click here to view your order history for the 2021-2022 school year.
Check payable to: Bigelow Middle School
Memo: Student’s First & Last Name, Grade
Checks/cash must be received by May 27th.
For the 2022-2023 school year, Bigelow is expecting the following cuts due to decreased enrollment:
In addition to the reductions above, Bigelow has never had a math interventionist or specialist to help support our students who need extra math support, a position the teachers have been advocating to receive for years. This is such an inequity considering the other three middle schools have been able to establish some form of a math interventionist/math lab teacher for a few years now.
The cuts happening for the 2022-2023 school year will continue to have an impact on student learning in the subsequent years at Bigelow. Bigelow enrollment decline is larger than at any of the other middle schools (see table of project enrollment for Newton Public Schools for FY2022 – FY2027 below). Bigelow may be the smallest of the four middle schools, but we have mighty needs. These needs of our students are currently not being met and cutting positions and funding will only put our students at larger risk for falling behind socially, emotionally and academically.
We are asking members of the community to write emails and make phone calls to the school committee, city counselors, the mayor and the superintendent to start the process of redistricting so that our small school doesn’t become smaller.
Contact information for:
From Newton Public Schools:
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, Middlesex County, along with most of Massachusetts, is now in the “high” community level for COVID-19. You can access current Newton-specific COVID data on the Newton HHS website:
City of Newton COVID Case Data
Newton Public Schools COVID Case Data
Given the increase in cases in our community, the Newton Public Schools STRONGLY recommends students and staff wear a mask. A well-fitting mask is very effective in reducing the transmission of COVID.
For reference, when a community level is “high,” the CDC recommends the following:
Newton Public Schools will continue to notify families of COVID cases using our regular frequency of notification (based upon grade levels.) Families should use this data to assess their own level of risk based upon their family’s circumstances.
