Are you concerned about your child’s academic performance?

Do you want to learn how to improve and maintain their grades?

Brain Excel specializes in providing individual training to improve attention, memory, and reasoning. Certified trainers assess and target these cognitive skills through customized exercises to improve your child’s academic performance.  They are also introducing a Group Brain Training where your child may train for free!

To find out more contact us at info@brnxl.com or 781-530-6677 or www.brnxl.com.

LatinSummer Camp

Introducing “LatinSummer Boston,” a two-week summer enrichment program that provides students in grades 1-7 a unique chance to learn about Latin and the classical world! Creative and enthusiastic instructors will provide a wide array of exciting and hands-on activities that introduce students to many varied aspects of classical and conversational Latin, Greco-Roman mythology, and Roman culture and daily life. No prior knowledge of Latin or Classics is required.

LatinSummer Boston will run from July 21st – August 1st, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm   at The Brimmer & May School in Chestnut Hill. Registration fee is $295 with significantly reduced rates also available depending on financial need. Tee-shirts provided! Registrations are accepted by mail or online through May 31st. For more information and to register, please visit www.ascaniusyci.org/boston – this summer, let’s carpe diem and do as the Romans did!

Summer Basketball Camp

Summer is right around the corner. The Joe Jones Basketball Clinic will run from June 30th – July 3rd, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. This is a great opportunity for your child to receive individual instruction as well as learn the value of hard work and teamwork.

The clinic will be held at Case Athletic Center on the campus of Boston University. It is designed for boys & girls ages 7-18. The clinic fee is $225.00. Register via the website www.coachjonesbasketballclinics.com.

 

Big Night Thank you

On behalf of the Bigelow PTO Board, we would like to thank Liz Haas and Laurie Halloran for chairing this year’s Big Night.  Your dedication and leadership lead to a great night and raised close to $10,000 for our children.

With great appreciation, Julie Bourgoin and Carolyn Judge, PTO Co-Presidents

and now a THANK YOU FROM OUR BIG NIGHT CO CHAIRS:

Thanks to everyone who joined us for this year’s BIG NIGHT at the Big Easy PTO Event this past weekend.  It was a wonderful evening thanks to a devoted Big Night committee: Una Simmons, Leah Arteaga, Vicki Ritterband, Michelle Sparks, Stu Schecter, Heather Mehra, Sally Weylman, Sally Brickell, Jen Siegelman, Carena Cremin, Alexis Giannakopoulos, Janet Shapiro and Carolyn Judge.

As well, we thank the additional volunteers who helped us with the set up on Saturday and to  ensure that the event ran smoothly:  Lisbeth Ceriani, Lilian Godoy, Michele Baxter, Becky Manley, Marian McDonagh, Alison Leary, Tiana Celesia, Vicki Spector, Jacquie Arbuckle and Liz Natale

We thank Bigelow parents, Scott Gorikov and Rozz Ozer, for their generosity in sponsoring the rental of the New Art Center and to Leslie Williams and Jack Goldsmith for sponsoring the music for the evening.  We also thank Village Bank for underwriting a portion of the event.  And a huge thank you to all Bigelow families who donated to our auction, we so appreciate your support.

Thanks so much to our Principal Todd Harrison for all his support, and shout out to all the teachers and staff who joined us in celebrating together while we raised essential funds for the PTO.

We are so grateful to the many local businesses who donated food, beverage, or auction items that helped our evening to be special.  We thank Murray’s Liquors for their contributions towards our delicious libations. We thank El Pelon Taqueria for the quesadilla bar, Russo’s for the beautiful cut vegetable platters, Antoine’s Bakery for their cookie assortments, and Buff’s Pub for amazing wings. We also thank Daryll’s Corner Bar and Kitchen for the delicious Southern food.  Please show your support of these businesses.

We also want to thank the New Art Center for hosting us and to the student Jazz Band B-Block Be-Bop who played for the first hour of the evening and got our toes tapping.  And a special thanks to Take 4 from Berklee School of Music who entertained for the rest of the evening with bluesy-jazzy-swingy music.

All around the evening was a huge success!  Thank you to all,

Liz Haas and Laurie Halloran, 2014 Big Night Co-Chairs

Newton Serves Coordinator Needed

Newton Serves is on Sunday April 27.  As part of this effort, we have identified a corridor painting project at Bigelow with Principal Harrison.  We are in need of someone to lead this effort.  Tasks required include purchasing the paint / other misc supplies and overseeing the work effort on April 27.  We will get the volunteers to work with you.  If you are interested, please contact us at bigelowbulldog@gmail.com

City of Newton needs parent/guardian input on transportation to school

Survey on How Students Get To and From School

The City of Newton and the Safe Routes to School Task Force is collecting data on how children get to and from school and why these choices are made. Your input it critical to help the city to form policies and transportation options in the coming years as well as address current issues.
The survey is designed with specific questions geared towards each school level (elementary, middle and high school).  The survey will take less than 5 minutes for each school you are responding about.  For parents with children at more than one school at the same level  (such as having one child at Day and one at Bigelow), you are invited to complete a second survey for that child.
Please go to :  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/tofromschool  to complete the survey.
Responses are anonymous.  Results by school and summary information will be made available to each school to publish.
If you have any questions, concern or other information you would like to share on school transportation, please email Alicia Bowman: pedestrian@newtonma.gov

Cookie Dough Pick up this Thurs March 27

Cookie Dough Pickup is this Thursday. March 27th, 2:45-4:30 p.m. All students who sold cookie dough should report to the cafeteria at the close of school to pick up their orders. Larger orders should be picked up by a parent prior to 4:30. This is the ONLY day for pickup and there is no storage available at the school, so please make arrangements accordingly.

Please contact Lauri Perry at Laurisperry@hotmail.com if you have any questions.  Thank you.

Walk for a great cause!!

MEDA Walk at Newton North!

BOSTON — Sunday April 6, 2014 —  National Eating Disorders Association’s 2nd annual Boston NEDA Walk, themed NEDA Walk. Save a Life, in partnership with the Multiservice Eating Disorder Association will be held on Sunday, April 6 @ 10 a.m. (Registration/check-in begins at 9 a.m.) at Newton North High School, 457 Walnut St, Newton

To pre-register, visit www.nedawalk.org/boston2014 or call 212-575-6200

For more information, contact Brittany Fraser at bfraser@medainc.org

$25 per adult, $15 per student, $10 per child under 12.

The event will be featuring, Erin Gates, editor of the internationally popular design blog, Elements of Style (www.elementsofstyleblog.com) as well as music sensations, The Falk Sisters. This event is sponsored by The Village Bank, Timberline Knolls, and McLean Klarman Eating Disorders Center.

 

Free Clinic on Running Injuries & Prevention, March 24

Boston Marathon® co-medical director Dr. Pierre d’Hemecourt will discuss running injuries and injury prevention on Monday, March 24, from 7-8pm at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center (333 Nahanton Street) in Newton.

Dr. d’Hemecourt, who is also the Director of Primary Care in the Division of Sports Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, will demonstrate how proper techniques, form and strength training can help prevent running injuries and lead to healthier, safer running.

Representatives from Greater Boston Running Company will be on hand
with samples of running shoes that help prevent injuries. The clinic, which is co-presented by The Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention, is free and open to the entire community.