Creative Arts & Sciences

Ruby Bridges book order forms were due on Friday.  If you haven't ordered a book, but would still like to, please contact Felicia Falchuk at feliciafalchuk@gmail.com immediately.  Once the order is placed with Scholastic tomorrow, no additional orders can be accepted.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

1st Grade

Beloved African American author Irene Smalls will visit the 1st grade TODAY beginning at 9:45 in the Cafetorium.  Using games, songs, movement, costumes and slides, Ms. Smalls is known to captivate her audience creating an engaging and dramatic presentation of her books.   Don't miss this 1st grade favorite. 

Creative Arts and Sciences Programs are fully funded by the Burr PTO and are made possible by your generous donations.  If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact:

Felicia Falchuk, felicia.falchuk@gmail.com
Beth Tierney, bethtierney@comcast.net
Pam McVey, s.richard@verizon.net 

Understanding Our Differences Program: 
Chronic Medical Conditions - March 24th (4th Grade)

Our LAST Understanding Our Differences Program: 
Chronic Medical Conditions: March 24th (4th Grade)
 
We are looking for parent volunteers to help our last program of the year:  Chronic Medical Conditions unit (4th grade). This program is brought to Burr by parent volunteers and takes place on Thursday afternoon, March 24 from 12:45 - 3:00pm. Parents can leave at 2:15pm or stay to see the guest speaker. Volunteers do not need to have children in a specific grade, teaching experience, or a medical background.
 
Can you help out? Contact Us:
Carey Ranta: branta1@comcast.net
Stephanie Mamis: stephanie.mamis@verizon.net

GUYS Read - March 24, 6pm

The GUYS Read book club will be meeting on Thursday, March 24th at 6:00pm in Mr. Gaita's room.  The next book will be 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. We will be reading the Classic Start Series.  In this science fiction fantasy book the hero, Professor Aronnax of the Museum of Paris, is on a thrilling and dangerous journey far below the waves to see what creatures live in the ocean's depths. Happy Reading Guys!!!

Race to Nowhere

Racing to Nowhere?

 
Racing from one thing to another?  Stressed?

Could your kids feel this way, too?

Is there an epidemic in our schools?

Coming soon to a theater near you!!

The Burr School will be hosting a showing of the film, Race to Nowhere. Race to Nowhere is a documentary which has been taking the country by storm.
 
The film takes a look at the pressures on today's students. It shows intimate stories of young people across the country who have been pushed to the brink, whose lives are packed with activities, leaving little to no room for downtime, family time.  

The film shows parents under pressure to raise high-achieving children who are good at everything - academics, sports, the arts, community service.

It offers a look at educators who feel overburdened, stressed and worried that students are not learning anything, and a look at college professors/business leaders who feel young people arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired.
 
Race to Nowhere is a call to families, educators and policy makers to galvanize change before it is too late.
 
This film is intended for mature audiences and may contain content disturbing to children. This film is not recommended for elementary school-aged children.
 
Stay tuned!
Pam McVey, Tracy Carter and Dana Hanson

www.racetonowhere.com

Race to Nowhere on YouTube

Burr Friendtrips Pool Party/PTO Meeting

Saturday April 9

Ah, multi-tasking!  A busy parent's best friend...

We invite ALL members of the Burr community to join us for two favorite annual events all wrapped up in one!

Burr Newton/Boston FriendTrips BU Pool Party *AND* April PTO Meeting!
Saturday, April 9 at the Boston University Fitness & Recreation Center
915 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
1:45 to 4:00 pm (change into suits, kids swim/adults have meeting, then potluck snacking party!)
$10 per swimming child

How exactly will this work?  If you've been to the BU party before, this should make sense: the kids will swim and frolic in the fabulous BU kiddie pool under the supervision of lifeguards while we adults will hold our informal meeting in the adjacent room (large windows--you can see everything going on in the pool from there).

We're working on lining up our speaker for the meeting...details to follow in the next Burr Bulletin.  But do RSVP today because the kids LOVE this event and we are limited to 25 kiddie swimmers.  (Parents, if you wish to swim with your children, that's swell...though usually most parents opt not to.)  Click here to get a feel for the scene in the aquatic center--kids love the lazy river, water basketball, and tons of "noodles" and other floating toys on site.  Cost per child swimmer is $10, which we will collect on site at the event.

If you would like to join us, RSVP to Dana Hanson to reserve your spot--again space is limited, so you must pre-register.

Burr School Store 

Don't miss all the exciting new items at the Burr School Store this week!  We will have LIMITED SUPPLIES of some hot new merchandise - games! key chains! fun erasers!  See you on Tuesday morning from 8:20 - 8:35.  The Burr School Store is run by the 5th grade and all proceeds support end of the year activities and a class gift for the school.

Take a night off from cooking -

and benefit Burr too!

Mark your calendars - Chateau Night is coming next month!

Bring your whole family, or plan a grown-up night out, for a great meal at the Chateau Restaurant in Waltham on Wednesday, April 13th from 5-8 pm and 20% of your total bill will go to Burr! Just print this coupon and present it to the waitperson when paying your check. Take-out counts too! You can also make multiple copies of the coupon to hand out to friends and family.  We hope to see you there!
 
Questions? Please email Nancy Caulfield at caulfieldn@aol.com.

6th Annual BURR Ice Skating - Thank you!

We had the best turn out yet for our 6th annual BURR ice skating event last Sunday.  It was a great day to skate, and fun was had by all.  Thanks to the BURR PTO, for sponsoring this free event.

- Jean Giglio

Community News

Auburndale Community Library

4th Grade Parent/Child Book Group

Parents of 4th graders - do you and your kids like to read? Come and join the 4th Grade Parent/Child Book Group at the Auburndale Community Library!

Children and parents will read an assigned book and meet once a month on Thursday evening from 6:30-7:30 pm for the discussion. Children will take turns to lead the discussion with a parent or a friend!

The first meeting will be on March 31. Please sign up by March 18 so we can decide what the first book will be.

To register or for more information:
 
Please call the library (617-552-7158) or email
Ellen Chu (elevenatian@gmail.com) or
Suruchi Kaul (kaulx013@umn.edu)
with your name, child's name, telephone number and email address! 

March 26  Sunday

War Memorial Triangle, Newton City Hall

Get Your Bike Ready for Spring 10 am-2 pm
Bike Newton will help kids and parents learn how to get their bicycles cleaned up and ready to ride into spring! 

Co-sponsored by Bike Newton and the Green Decade.

Summer Programs at The Park School in Brookline

Creative Arts at Park is a 5-week arts and sports program where young people ages 7 to 15 can explore the full range of visual and performing arts as well as sports, video, animation and writing.

Partial time enrollment is available. Call  617-274-6065.

Summer at Park is an ACA-accredited camp for young people ages 4 to 15. Campers can participate in a wide variety of programs             of varying duration throughout the summer.

The Park School

171 Goddard Avenue Brookline

www.parkschool.org/mainsummer

617-274-6024

It's not too late to sign up to spend your spring vacation with Newton Community Ed. We still have openings in our Sports Jam, Marble Machine Madness, Create a TV Show, and Babysitting classes and we'd love to have you. Later this spring you can spend two Wednesday afternoons with us in our Exploring Nature at Crystal Lake class, or enjoy one of our Saturday morning Soccer classes or our Tuesday afternoon T-Ball class.

If you haven't yet seen our fabulous summer course offering, check our website at www.newtoncommunityed.org or call us for a catalog.

We'll be back with our popular Sew...What's New?, Rocket Science, Clay Workshop and Club Invention programs, as well as lots more new and returning programs.

Call us at 617-559-6999 or check our website for details.