We would like to highlight a few community events this week from Principal Coston’s communications:

• Thursday, February 15th
  • Final Home Bigelow Basketball Game @ 3:30 pm All are welcome to come cheer on the Bigelow Bulldogs in the Bigelow gymnasium!
  • Bigelow Band Winter Concert @ 7 pm Come celebrate the work of Bigelow’s concert band at their rescheduled Winter Concert.
• Friday, February 16th
  • Parent/Guardian Coffee & Conversation with Principal Coston, 8:30-9:30 am in the Bigelow Library. Please RSVP HERE to let us know you’re coming and to learn more about the event.

Please CLICK HERE to access the February Families Organizing for Racial Justice (FORJ) newsletter.

Are you interested in becoming more involved in the Bigelow PTO? We are looking for a Treasurer to join the Bigelow PTO board. This would be ideal for the parent of a 6th or 7th grader who can join the board now and continue for the 2024-25 school year.

Interested? Please email bigelowbulldog@gmail.com

Many thanks to Bigelow parent Cindy Chan for help filing our PTO taxes again this year. We greatly appreciate your time and expertise!

Dear Bigelow Families,

We recognize this has been a very difficult time for our community and that simply reopening school is only a first step toward overcoming the disruption and division that may have occurred. We also recognize that you may still have many questions about how school will adjust (for example, days added to the calendar).  Please look for upcoming opportunities to reconnect with the Bigelow Community.  From the PTO side, we look forward to resuming PTO events and the many activities that support our students.  We’re also happy to hear from you about your concerns or questions, especially those which we could help to bring up with the Bigelow leadership on behalf of many families.

Sincerely,

Bigelow PTO Board

For All Families of Students with IEPs/504 plans:

Please join the Newton SEPAC this Tuesday, February 6, 7:30-9:30 PM for our monthly Open Board Meeting. 

Administrators from the Office of Student Services will join for some of the meeting (exact time to be determined).

Topic: SEPAC Open Board Meeting, with OSS Leaders

Time: Feb 6, 2024, 7:30-9:30 PM 

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87386933193 

The PTO meeting with NPS Superintendent Nolin and members of the School Committee, originally scheduled for tomorrow, January 23rd, has been POSTPONED. We will post an update with the new date and time as soon as details are available.

Join us on Tuesday, January 23rd at 10 am for a PTO meeting at Bigelow with Newton Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Anna Nolin and members of the School Committee.

This is a great opportunity to learn about district initiatives and ask questions of our new superintendent and members of the school committee in a small group setting. You can submit questions to the PTO in advance (email bigelowbulldog@gmail.com) and we will relay your questions at the meeting to cover a variety of topics and as many questions as possible during the hour.

This week, the Bigelow PTO used the Todd Harrison Cares Fund to help a Bigelow family with a child undergoing chemotherapy.

The Todd Harrison Cares Fund was founded in 2021 to honor Principal Todd Harrison’s retirement after 25 years of extraordinary and tireless service to the Bigelow community. This fund goes towards helping Bigelow students and families who are in need, and honors Mr. Harrison’s commitment and belief that all students deserve the same wonderful middle school experience.

Donations to the Todd Harrison Cares Fund can be made via:

• Venmo (@BigelowPTONewton). If donating via Venmo please put “Todd Harrison Cares Fund” in the note field.
• Check payable to Bigelow PTO delivered to the school. (Please specify “Todd Harrison Cares Fund”)
• The PTO website: https://bigelowpto.org/donate/todd-harrison-cares-fund/