Magazine Drive in Full Swing

Bigelow Middle School’s annual magazine drive is on!  40% of each purchase goes directly to Bigelow!  Proceeds support programs such as creative arts performances, field trips, classroom supplies, and much more!

Looking for a thoughtful holiday gift, that brings joy all year? Check out the fabulous selection at extremely competitive prices! Choose from almost 700 magazines, including America’s most favorite ones. You can save up to 90% off the cover price! 

Renew your current ones, or treat yourself to a subscription for a magazine you sometimes buy at the newsstand at full price!  To order, please visit www.gaschoolstore.com, and log in with Bigelow’s code 2637080. If submitting order forms at school, please make checks payable to Bigelow PTO. 

Deadline for your student to receive double prize credit is this Thursday, November 29, 2012. 

For questions please contact Berit Ramseier at 617-795-0866 / bramseier@gmail.com, or Marian McDonagh at 617-332-5504 / mddonaghfive@verizon.net.

 Thank you for participating!

Bigelow Representative Needed: All School Green Team Committee

The Green Team is an ever-growing group of parents and school staff who are interested in starting Green activities in Newton schools.  They have representatives from most schools involved and would like soemone from Bigelow as well.

They meet during the school year in members’ homes to share successful green projects and best practice ideas. They support one another in person and online to create change in our school communities by leading and through student empowerment.

The next Green Decade School Outreach meeting on December 4th at 7:30pm at Sunwoo Kahng’s home at 60 Garland Road.  

if you would like to learn more, please contact Eric Bobby ericpbobby@hotmail.com or Emily Gelbert emily@bestshine.com.

 

Newton Preservation Awards Celebration, Nov. 27

You are invited to attend the fifth annual Newton Preservation Awards! Help celebrate individuals and projects that have chosen preservation as a sustainable reinvestment in the Newton community.

Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 6:30pm
Boston College Alumni House, 825 Centre Street.

Light refreshments will be served.The event is free but registration is required. Please RSVP by phone, 617-796-1450, or by email.

Historic Newton Book Club — all welcome

Join us for a discussion of the next selection of Historic Newton’s book club, American Colossus by H. W. Brands.

Thursday, Nov. 19, 7:30pm
Jackson Homestead & Museum, 527 Washington St., Newton

In his story of the economic transformation of American society after the Civil War, Brands provides a rounded and largely fair portrait of the capitalists and the world they made. As a New York Times review observed: “Brands, a terrific writer who commands his material, handles this sprawling, complicated story with authority and panache… as close as serious history gets to a page turner.”

The book club is free and new members are always welcome.

Learn about Funding through Community Preservation Act

“What Can Be Funded?” a public question-and-answer session for Newton’s new Community Preservation Act grant guidelines, will be held Thursday November 29, 7 pm, at the Newton Free Library.

Come find out if your project idea is eligible under the recently amended Community Preservation Act & the new Funding Guidelines just adopted by Newton’s Community Preservation Committee.

We’ll also have birthday cake and historic maps & photos from our year of “Happy 10th, Newton CPA!” neighborhood birthday parties. For event details & the full new funding guidelines, visit the Newton Community Preservation Committee’s home page or contact Community Preservation Program Manager Alice Ingerson via email.

CrossFit KIDS Boston training programs

Still looking for a team sport to fit your child’s health and fitness needs? Give CrossFit KIDS Boston a try.

Our training is done under the CrossFit Kids model and utilizes three modalities: Gymnastics, Cardiovascular Endurance, and Weightlifting. The program is specifically designed to increase the functional movement capacity of each student. During practice we use specific mobility movements to help establish balance and flexibility. We incorporate games and challenging coordination drills that target agility and accuracy. Cardiovascular endurance and stamina are also an integral part of our program. As each athlete progresses we make assessments and start to add strength, power and speed through a safe weightlifting program.

More information is available on the CrossFit website. Call for a free trial session: 617-935-2902

Basic Rights in Special Education, Nov. 27

Learn your rights as the parent of a child receiving special education services. Daniel Ahearn, Esq., director of the Landmark School Outreach Program and former director of the Massachusetts Board of Special Education Appeals, will present an overview state and federal special education regulations including new anti-bullying regulations, new transition guidance and autism insurance law.

Nov. 27 at 7:30pm
The Education Center
100 Walnut Street, room 210

Networking and light refreshments beginning at 7:15 pm. All Newton Parent Advisory Council for Special Education meetings are free and open to the public.

Highlands After-School Program for Middle Schoolers

Now that fall sports have ended and the days are getting shorter, are you looking for after-school activities for your child?

The Newton Highlands After-School Program, just for middle school children, has limited space for the season. The program has daily use of the Hyde Gym and offers lots of fun activities.

Arrange a visit or trial day – for more information please visit our website or email Rochelle Acker.