The Big Night is seeking volunteers!

Bigelow’s Annual Spring Fundraiser is coming up February 9th !  Save the date!  The event is lots of fun and a great way to support the school. 

We are in need of volunteers in a variety of ways: 

  • Solicit items for the silent auction
  • Help set up on the day of the event 
  • Serve as a check-out volunteers at the end of the event to figure out how much each guest owes, collect payments, and record the transactions.

To volunteer or for more information, please contact Anna Leblanc (annaleblanc@comcast.net) or Andrea Newman (Andrea.newman@verizon.net)

New Year’s Open House at Newton City Hall, Dec. 31

Times Square isn’t the only fun place to spend New Year’s Eve…the New Year’s Open House at Newton City Hall has free live entertainment, face painting, refreshments and balloon animals!

From 1:30 to 3:30 on December 31st, there are four
different continuous live performances, so you can catch them all:
the Joanne Langione Dance Studio dancers, the ever-popular Newton Family Singers, the hilarious Big Joe the Storyteller, and
puppets and songs with Diana Kane.

Kids can get their faces painted and get a balloon animal to take home. The “price” of admission is a non-perishable food item for the Newton Food Pantries, or a child’s book or winter clothing item for Cradles to Crayons. Visit the Newton Community Pride website
for more information, or call 617-527-8283.

Soccer Clinics with BC Lady Eagles, Dec. 27 – 30

We are glad to announce the return of our Boston College Lady Eagles Soccer Clinics, starting with our Winter Session. The camp will be held from December 27 – December 30, from 12pm – 5pm at Boston College Alumni Stadium.

Our program is designed to develop the players in a fun environment. Players, aged 6 – 14 years, are grouped by age and ability and the program is catered to both the beginner and elite club level player.

Our goal is to challenge each camper to leave our clinics with an increased enthusiasm for the game and ideas to further develop them as individual players. The cost for the camp is $295 and registration is available online.

 

Community Celebration of “Luke’s Light,” Dec. 21

Please come to a family dinner and great live music (Loose Change and others) at the Congregational Church, 54 Lincoln Street, in Newton Highlands on December 21, 6PM-12AM.

Luke’s Lights was was born of a wish by Luke Voss-Kernan’s friends and family to spread his light far and wide by buying solar lights for communities in the developing world who live off the electrical grid. Our fundraiser on December 21 will be a celebration of Luke’s shimmer and his lightness of being. All proceeds will go towards a project of Unite-to-Light to bring lights to communities around the globe that otherwise live in darkness.

Tickets $20 are available online

For your $20 ticket fee, two lights will be sent to someone who cannot yet imagine how his/her life will change. We will also be selling the actual LED lights there for $20 each. You get to keep one; and another one gets sent to someone in need.

Brookline Music School Open House & Choral Workshop, Jan. 13

The Voice Department of Brookline Music School is pleased to announce its third annual Vocal Workshop for the Junior District Auditions on Sunday, January 13, 2013 from 1:00-3:00 pm at 25 Kennard Road in Brookline. This workshop is free and open to all students in the Eastern District who are planning to audition the following weekend.

The voice faculty will rehearse the required piece, drill sight-singing, and offer tips on vocal health and auditioning in this two-hour workshop. RSVP’s are requested from those who plan on participating. RSVP’s should include student’s name, voice part, and school district and should be emailed to the Voice Department Coordinator Bonnie Pomfret.

High School junior available for babysitting, homework help

I am an Oak Hill and Bowen alum and current Rivers School Junior available as a babysitter/parents’ helper many afternoons after school, evenings, and
weekends. I am CPR-certified and enjoy art projects, reading to and with younger children and can help with homework.

I have provided childcare at my synagogue and to individual families. References available upon request. Please contact me by email. Thanks!

Zumba classes at the Hut, starting Jan. 7

Back by popular demand after a very successful fall series: Try a zumba class with Param at the Hut and burn 500-900 calories while having a blast!

New session starts Monday January 7th, 6:45-7:45 pm.
Classes are $8 drop-in or 10 classes for $60.
Newcomers welcome!
The Hut is located on Tyler Terrace in Newton Centre, near the Mason-Rice School.

To sign up or for more information email Param or visit her website.

Honor a Teacher or a Student by supporting the Bigelow Library

>>>>>>>>A Perfect Holiday Gift<<<<<<<

 For a $15 donation (via check or paypal), the Bigelow librarian will purchase a book and attach a plate with the honoree’s name into the book. We will send letters to the honorees informing them who donated in their honor.

For questions contact: Eva Schmitt at 617-699-9185 or evaschmitt@hotmail.com

For donation using PayPal please click here: http://bigelowpto.org/buy-a-book-library-fund-2/

For donations by check: Please make check payable to “Bigelow Middle School PTO” and mail to: Bigelow-Buy-A-Book, c/o Eva Schmitt, 5 Briar Lane, Newtonville, MA 02460-1905

Please include with the check or email Eva Schmitt (evaschmitt@hotmail.com) the following:

  •  Name(s) of Honoree(s)
  • Address(es) of Honoree(s): (if not Bigelow teacher or staff)
  • Donor’s address/email 

Your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.  Bigelow Middle School Parent-Teacher Organization, Inc. is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

Creative Arts and Sciences

On Monday December 17th, Theatre Espresso performed The Uprising on King Street for the 8th grade. 

This play examined the legal responsibilities of a government when it sends a military force to occupy a foreign land.  Uprising on King Street engaged students with the people and events central to the upsiring in 1770, and asked them to weigh the issue and arguments.  In role as jurors, students perceived the uprising through the eyes of witnesses – ordinary men and women from a variety of ethnic and racial backgrounds – who were both shaped by, and instrumental in shaping, history.  Students questioned key players and debated the critical points of the case.  Ultimately, the students decided whether Captain Preston, the British officer in command the night of the uprising, should be held accountable.
 
If you have an 8th grader, ask your kids how they voted … and how they felt about the outcome of the trial …