Green your Halloween

Green your Halloween at Newton’s first ever Pumpkin Smash.  What will you do with your pumpkin after Halloween? You could put it in with your yard waste, but how much more fun would it be to smash it?

This family friendly event will be focused on options to manage food waste in Newton. All smashed pumpkins will be composted. By composting your pumpkin, you are reducing waste, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and creating a valuable amendment for our soils. It’s going to be a smashing time! For more information visit: www.newtonma.gov/recycling, checkout the flyer: Pumpkin Smash or see the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/463493014244634/

November 2nd, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Newton City Hall War Memorial Circle

SAT & ACT Classes- Few Spots Remaining

Sexton Test Prep & Tutoring offers SAT and ACT courses to prepare students for college entrance exams. Each course is designed to give your student a complete overview of all sections of the SAT or ACT. By completing our course, students will become familiar with strategies and improve their knowledge of the most commonly tested topics. Space is limited to 16 students per class so be sure to reserve your spot today.

Fall SAT Class
Sexton is offering a 12-hour SAT course to prepare your student for the December SAT. This class will be taught by Ben Sexton, Founder and Owner of Sexton Test Prep. This class will be on Mondays, 7:00 -9:00 pm starting on October 28th. For more information or to sign up for our fall SAT Class click here: SAT

Fall ACT Class
Sexton is offering a 12-hour ACT course to prepare your student for the December ACT. This class will be taught by Roxanna, one of our Master Tutors. This class will be on Sundays, 4:00 – 6:00 pm starting on October 27th. For more information or to sign up for our fall ACT Class click here: ACT

Reading Specialist available

Christine Mandell specializes in creatively remediating students who read at or below a 2nd grade level. She’s a certified Reading Specialist with an M. Ed in Reading Education, 15+ years of experience, and training in Phono-Graphix, Lindamood, & O.G.

Child-friendly lessons incorporate games, toys, and children’s own stories. Free initial assessment. Ages 5 to 7 only. Excellent references. $40.00 per hour. Formerly employed by “The Learning Lab @ Lesley.” Please contact Chris at Birdsongviolin@gmail.com or 617-323-4709. Visit ChristineMandell.com to learn more.

Ten Tables 2019: Join Us on Saturday, Nov 2nd

You are invited to a fun evening with Bigelow families and staff!

Registration is now open! Please reserve your seats here.

Come! We hope to see you!

TEN Tables is a progressive dinner held at several homes in succession on one night. A single course is served at each home. At the first home everyone gathers for appetizers. Guests then go to a second home for dinner with 8-16 people. After that, everyone meets again to finish the night with desserts at a third house. TEN Tables, formerly known as Supper Stroll, has been an enjoyable fundraiser for many, many years. Adults in the Bigelow Community are welcome to participate. 

Saturday, November 2nd 6:30pm-11:30pm

  • Appetizers 6:30-8pm
    Co-Hosted by
    Alessandra Di Bacco & Tomasz Grzegorczyk  
    and Shana & Daniel Smythe
  • Dinners 8-10pm* – Assorted Residences
  • Dessert 10-11:30pm* – TBA

*Guests will be given their dinner host addresses & the dessert location at the Appetizer home.

Buy Your Tickets Now!

A Big thank you to all the families who will generously open their homes to host a dinner for our evening. We still need a host for dessert – please consider contributing to this great event!

If you have any questions, please contact Una Simmons at una@ethannet.com or BigelowBulldog@gmail.com

More information here

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Open House and Parent Coffee 2019

Classrooms in each grade will be open one morning for parents to visit during this week.   Wednesday, October 16, is open house for Grade 6 classes. The day begins at 8 am with coffee in the library for sixth grade parents, and then parents are welcome to visit seventh grade classes until 11:00 am.  Thursday, October 17, is open house for Grade 7 parents.  Coffee will be served for seventh grade parents at 8 am in the library, and then seventh grade classrooms are open until 10:52 am for parents to visit.  The Grade 8 open house is on Friday, October 18.  Again, coffee will be served at 8 am in the library, and then parents may attend eight grade classes in the morning until 10:52 am.  Please bring a copy of your child’s schedule so that you know which classrooms to visit, and please attend only the classrooms of the grade open on each designated day.

Volunteer at “Laps at Lunch” so our students can get some fresh air

Laps at Lunch is a Bigelow program to help our students get some fresh air in the middle of the day. At Laps at Lunch students  walk laps around the inside perimeter of Burr Park once they’re done with their lunches in the cafeteria. As a parent, you help them cross the street and monitor their walk. It’s a fun way to be around the kids and see how much they get from this opportunity. If interested, please contact Mary Fitzgerald (physical education teacher) at: Mary_Fitzgerald@newton.k12.ma.us. More about the program here.