Do you have experience writing promotional letters, press releases and feature stories?
Newton at Home www.newtonathome.org, is looking for volunteers to join the Marketing and Communications Committee to help increase its visibility. Newton at Home and its members (Newton Senior Citizens) will benefit greatly from your expertise. Please call Julie Plaut Mahoney at 617-795-2560 or email: volcoord@newtonathome.org.
Newton Sing of Handel’s Judas Maccabeus
The Zamir Chorale of Boston leads a Newton Sing of Handel’s Judas Maccabeus. Please join the Zamir Chorale of Boston and Director Joshua Jacobson in a highly entertaining community sing of Handel’s Judas Maccabeus. Choral singers of all levels, and lovers of all music are invited to join members of the Zamir Chorale of Boston, and pianist Edwin Swanborn to sing favorite choruses from Handel’s famous Oratorio, including “Hallelujah, Amen” and “See the Conquering Hero.” Bring your own score, or use one of theirs. Admission is free, while donations are welcome. For more information, visit www.newtoncommunitypride.org
Sunday, March 9th, 1:30 pm
Newton City Hall
Learn Chinese in Newton
Small classes, friendly environment, enriched activities, and experienced teachers. After school program and summer camp enrollment is open now. Contact Teresa Liu at jtliu44@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Click on these links for more information:
– After school program: http://www.gbcca.org/?q=node/199
– Summer program: http://www.gbcca.org/?q=node/924
Maximizing Social Media to Market Your Business
Come hear social media and marketing experts share their tips for effectively using social media to market your business. Our distinguished panelists and moderator will share their collective experience on use of LinkedIn, Facebook, Google plus, SEO and other media tools and methods to increase visibility, credibility and revenues for businesses of all sizes and in all industries. Come network, have some nibbles, and learn a few new tricks for marketing your business! And, if you have burning questions that you’d like to submit in advance to be sure the panelists cover the topics, you can do so through the RSVP link below.
Tuesday, March 4th
6:30-7:00 pm Networking
7:00-8:00 pm Panel Discussion and Q&A
8:00-8:30 pm Wrap up and Networking
Waban Library Center, 1608 Beacon St, Waban
RSVP: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F044EA5AA23A31-thenewton/15312666 Presented by The Newton Network. $10 suggested contribution at the door (to cover admission and refreshments).
Panelists:
Diane Greer. Diane is program manager at Newton Schools Foundation. She has 25 years of public relations and marketing experience in a variety of industries including travel, consumer goods, non-profit, and banking. She has expertise in project management, written communication, special events, operational logistics and database management.
Karen Yankovich. Karen is the owner of the DiMare Group. She helps business owners develop and maintain a cohesive, authentic and professional online presence, so that they can leverage platforms such as LinkedIn and Google+ to increase revenue. She has 14 plus years of experience leveraging online media tools to help companies with their marketing plans.
Victoria Nessen Kohlasch. Victoria is the founder of NK&A, a marketing consulting firm. She helps companies build the brand momentum they need to achieve their growth goals. The firm specializes in delivering marketing strategies that define a path to successful growth, branding that connects emotionally to the right audience, and implementation plans that capitalize on internal resources, technology and a good dose of common sense.
Alison Morra. Alison is Vice President at Inkhouse PR. She manages account teams that work on campaigns, social programs, messaging, and media relations efforts. She has developed and managed communications programs for corporate, real estate, finance, professional services, and consumer clients.
Moderator:
Alison Simons. Alison is founder of Simons Marketing, LLC. Alison uses her decade of professional services marketing experience to provide mid-sized firms with high level marketing strategy and hands-on execution on a part-time, salable basis. She earned both a BS in Marketing and an MBA from Boston College and is a Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree.
Next PTO meeting March 11, 7pm – Parent Workshop
Please save the date for our next PTO meeting on March 11, 7pm in the Bigelow school library. Newton Youth Services, in conjunction with the Bigelow PTO, is proud to present:
Creating Successful Students: Understanding Executive Function and Tips for Strengthening These Vital Skills at Home
In a workshop designed specifically for parents, Dan Levine and Laura Moy of Engaging Minds will:
1. Demystify the term “executive function” and explain which skills it encompasses
2. Explain why executive function skills are such an increasingly important aspect of every child’s education, especially in today’s ever-changing world
3. Offer tips and strategies that parents can begin to employ at home to better support their children in strengthening these vital skills
Background on this program:
The Newton Health and Human Services Department was recently awarded a mental health and well-being grant by the West Suburban Community Health Newtork. The project focuses on raising awareness about youth stress in Newton, the negative impacts, and resources available for managing stress in healthy ways. This grant was written as a direct result of Youth Risk Behavior Survey quantitive data and two recent Newton Youth Summit’s qualitative results.
As one piece of the project, Newton Youth Services has partnered with Engaging Minds, a learning center located in Newton focused on teaching executive function skills. These skills include organization, prioritization, initiationof tasks, time management, goal-setting, planning, etc., and are useful in reducing students’ stress. The partnership is focused on bringing programs about executive function to parents, students, and school staff.
BIG NIGHT – Auction Items Needed
The Big Night, Big Easy, the Bigelow PTO’s biggest event of the year. This year it is a Mardi Gras themed event, at the New Art Center in Newtonville on Sat. March 22 from 7pm – 11pm.
Do you have something you would like to DONATE to our auction?? Tickets to sporting events, gift cards for services, restaurant gift certificates, vacation get aways, jewelry, artwork, a dinner or cocktail party, memberships etc are all appreciated. Click here to donate to the auction on line. Thank you to all of you who have already donated to the auction.
Would you like to underwrite a portion of the evening?? We have a number of opportunities available. Click here We would like to thank Leslie Williams and Jack Goldsmith for underwriting the costs of the Music for the evening!!
You can also help by soliciting a local business for an auction donation. Click here for a printable business solicitation letter and donation form.
Bigelow Middle School PTO is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Tax ID #20-0348453. All donations are tax deductible to the extent of the law.
Tickets for the night will be available soon. Save the date. We hope you can join us for the super fun night. If you have any questions please contact Liz Hass at haas.joffe@gmail.com
Thank you, your event co chairs – Liz Haas and Laurie Halloran
Important Information for 8th Grade Parents / Guardians
Please click here to see important information and a timeline of events regarding transition / registration for 8th grade students.
There will be an important parent / student night at Newton North on Thur Mar 6. Click here for detailed schedule information.
Additionally, there will be a coffee with Newton North Principal Jen Price at Bigelow on Mar 12 from 8:30 – 9:30am in the Library.
Student / Faculty Basketball Game – Mar 21
March Madness at Bigelow!! Even though the Bigelow basketball season has ended, there is one event that will keep the energy going. The Annual Student / Faculty Basketball Game is an exciting fundraiser that will be held after school on Friday, March 21.
We are looking for food (individually wrapped snack items (no nuts / peanuts please) and drink donations for our refreshment table. Please remember that the proceeds of this fundraiser will help offset the cost of 8th grade year-end activities.
We will be collecting donations the week of March 17. Please contact JoAnn Speidel (617-997-8622, joannspeidel@aol.com) or Shannon Lynch (617-633-4743, shannon.mlynch@rocketmail.com) to schedule a pick-up or drop-off.
Cookie Dough Drive
The cookie dough drive is back this year. It will run Feb 25 thru Mar 7. Students will be receiving more information during lunch on Feb 25. Proceeds from this fundraiser will support the Cyndi Dailey-Smith and Howard B. Smith Scholarship Fund and other PTO programs.
Questions? Please contact: Lauri Perry at laurisperry@hotmail.com
Book reading event
Newton Author, Boston Globe writer, and Oak Hill dad Neil Swidey will be reading from his acclaimed new book, Trapped Under the Sea, on Wednesday, February 26th at 7:00 pm at Harvard Book Store in Cambridge and on Thursday, February 27th at 7:00 pm at Newtonville Books in Newton Centre.
Dennis Lehane calls the book “extraordinary – it bears comparison with The Perfect Storm in its brilliant evocation of everyday, working class men thrust into a harrowing, at times heroic confrontation with death and disaster.” Neil’s book tells the gripping true story of five men who were sent into a dark, airless, miles-long tunnel, hundred of feet below the ocean, to do a nearly impossible job – with deadly results. For more on the book and other events after Harvard, please go to www.trappedunderthesea.com/events.