Break out your Bigelow colors and walking shoes––it’s parade time! Students and families are invited to join all the Newton Public School in marching in the Memorial Day Parade on May 17th from 3-5pm! Show your school spirit by walking together as a community, then celebrate at the finish with a well-earned ice cream treat. We will also need several parade parents/caregivers to walk alongside our students. Sign up here and we hope to see you there!
Category Archives: From the PTO
Order Your Bigelow Yearbook Today!
Please support our 2025-26 Yearbook: To order your copy of our yearbook, CLICK HERE or go to https://ybpay.lifetouch.com, and enter our yearbook ID code, which is 1945926. Enter the student’s name and grade. Click next and follow the online prompts to complete your order. Enter your payment directly on the website with a credit card. All orders must be placed by Friday, May 22, 2026.
Yearbooks will cost $32 each. After this date, our final yearbook order has been placed and the number of available copies left online will be limited to a first-come first serve basis.
🎟️ Ten Tables Fundraiser: Tickets Available Now! 🎟️
Tickets are now on sale for Bigelow’s Ten Tables annual progressive dinner fundraising event! Seats are limited and this event sold out last year so reserve your spot today!
Ten Tables fundraiser been a beloved fundraising event at Bigelow for over a decade––a great way to support our school and our children while enjoying the lively company and culinary expertise of Bigelow families! If you are new to the Bigelow community or feel like you don’t know very many people, it is a great way to connect with other parents.
Ten Tables is a progressive dinner held at several homes in succession on one night. At the first home, everyone gathers for appetizers and cocktails. There, you find out who you are going to have dinner with and receive your dinner host’s address. Then you go to dinner in groups of 8-12. All adults in the Bigelow community are welcome to participate.
Saturday, May 16th, 6:30 pm-10 pm
Appetizers 6:30-8 pm
Hosted by Rachanee and Sean Nelson
Dinners 8-10 pm
Assorted Host Residences. Our gracious hosts have an array of cuisines planned so far, including Aromatic Asian, Mediterranean Feast, Moroccan-inspired flavors, and an evening in Italy! *Dinner locations will be distributed at 7:45 pm.
Please contact BigelowBulldog@gmail.com if you would if you have any questions or would like to be added as a dinner host!
Click here to RSVP!
Recap: FORJ Walk for Hunger
The small but mighty team of Bigelow Bulldogs raised money for Project Bread, learned about food insecurity and about the many organizations helping the community this past Sunday at the Walk For Hunger!
Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) Award Nominations
Dear NPS Families,
As you may know, each year, parents, guardians, and students are able to nominate NPS and Out of District teachers and staff for a Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) Award. A SEPAC Award recognizes exceptional NPS and Out of District teachers, aides, behavior therapists, psychologists, bus drivers, crossing guards, administrators, and other staff for the role they played in a student’s special education journey this past academic year. Interested in nominating an exceptional NPS or Out of District teacher and/or staff member? The deadline for nominations is Friday, May 22nd. Here’s how the process works:
- Submit a nomination through the nomination form
- All celebratory nominations will be recognized
- The week of June 15th, your nominee will receive:
- An email with the kind words you wrote about them and a short slideshow of anonymized nominations lifting up the good work taking place across the district.
- A printed SEPAC Award certificate delivered to their school.
- Each principal will receive a list of nominees from their school.
Do you need to nominate everyone from your student’s team? Please only nominate the teachers and staff members who you feel have been exceptional!
Questions? Reach out to: newtonspecialeducationawards@gmail.com
Thank you so much for your participation recognizing the exceptional NPS and Out of District teachers and staff who work so hard to support special education students. Please help us share this message as widely as possible so the SEPAC Awards can reach all corners of our community!
Warmly,
2025-2026 SEPAC Board
🎟️ Ten Tables Fundraiser: Tickets Available Now! 🎟️
Tickets are now on sale for Bigelow’s Ten Tables annual progressive dinner fundraising event! Seats are limited and this event sold out last year so reserve your spot today!
Saturday, May 16th
6:30–8pm
Appetizers and Cocktail Party
**Address will be sent to those attending prior to the event**
7:45pm
Dinner locations will be distributed at 7:45 pm.
Click here to RSVP!
Join Bigelow at the Walk for Hunger on May 3rd
Bigelow families are invited to walk together in this year’s Walk for Hunger, a meaningful Boston tradition supporting food access across Massachusetts.
Contact: Hai Ly Burk | 808-344-0841, ms_haily@yahoo.com
Learn more: https://projectbread.org/walk-for-hunger/about
When you register, choose “Join a Team” and select the BIGELOW BULLDOGS team from the registration page.
We’ll gather as a Bigelow group at 8:45 am by the EMBRACE statue in the Boston Common). If you’re able, wear purple so we can easily find one another!
All are welcome – students, families, and friends. It’s a great way to come together, get outside, and support an important cause! Please consider donating to Project Bread.
Upcoming Teacher Appreciation Week
In honor of National Teacher Appreciation Week (May 5th – 9th), the Bigelow PTO will host three luncheons for our dedicated teachers and staff. Each lunch will be catered by families from each grade:
Monday, May 4th: 6th Grade Families Sign-Up
Wednesday, May 6th: 7th Grade Families Sign-Up
Friday, May 8th: 8th Grade Families Sign-Up
We are also accepting monetary donations to fund luncheon items. If you would prefer to donate money, the steps are:
- Venmo @BigelowTreasurer and add note “[Grade] Teacher Appreciation Lunch”.
- Sign up for an item in the grade-specific SignUpGenius link above. In the comments include “Venmo to Bigelow PTO [$ amount]”.
- A PTO volunteer will cover that item for you the day of the luncheon.
This will be our final staff appreciation event of the year. Let’s give our Bigelow staff a big thanks for all that they do!
If you have any questions, please contact:
6th grade: Heather Hanson heather.freshdesign@gmail.com or Jennifer Rosenthal at jrosenthal222@gmail.com
7th grade: Tara Raposa at taratmr@gmail.com
8th grade: Nisa Dailey at Nisa@okdailey.com
✨ Thank You, Dr J! ✨
The PTO echoes Dr. Green’s thanks to Dr. Jordanna L’Esperance (Dr. J) for her April 15th presentation on middle school mental health and development. Dr. Green shared Dr. J’s slides – click here – if you were unable to attend this virtual meeting.
As Dr. Green mentioned, based on the significant interest in this topic we will hold a similar session for Bigelow parents in the Fall of 2026.
💜 Join the PTO Board Next Year! 💜
This is a great opportunity to get involved, stay connected with our Bigelow community, get to know teachers, staff and families from other schools. Parents and guardians from all grades may join! We especially welcome incoming 6th grades to participate and actively learn more about middle school.
Please throw your hat in the ring by Friday, May 1st so we can prepare a slate to be voted on by all parents at our end-of-year PTO meeting (date TBD).
We have several PTO Board roles open for next year and we would love to have representation from all our feeder schools. Click here for more open roles.