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Mark your Calendar
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April 28
Online Auction Opens
May 1
12:30 Early Release
May 5
MCAS Week
Teacher Appreciation Week
May 6
Teacher Appreciation
Breakfast
May 7
MA Walk to School Day
May 10
12:00-3:00pm May Fair
May 26
No School
Memorial Day
June 20
Last Day of School
For the complete calendar, visit www.burrpto.org/calendar
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2014 Online Auction for Burr Playground
5 Days Left to Bid!
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 The Burr School Playground Project
- Bid on over 200 items online - Check out the exclusive Burr Teacher Treats!
- Refer Family and Friends - Do you know people (colleagues, friends, family) who would be interested in our auction? Send them an email and help us build our community.
- Come to the May Fair, May 10th - Visit the Playground Project Table to get more information about the new playground design and pick up your auction winnings!
Bidding open from April 28th - May 9th
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Creative Arts and Sciences Welcomes Author/Illustrator Emilie Boon
Friday, May 2nd and May 9th
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 Author/Illustrator, Emilie Boon, will present to the Kindergarten classrooms on May 2nd and May 9th.
Friday, May 2nd
9:00-10:00 Ms. Rudek
10:15-11:15 Ms. Frail
Friday May 9th
9:00-10:00 Ms. McMahon
10:15-11:15 Ms. Fitch
Emilie Boon, the talented author and illustrator of many books such as Peterkin Meets a Star, Belinda's Balloon and No Kiss for
Grandpa by Harriet Ziefert, will be offering the Kindergarten
classrooms a sneak peek into the world of the author/illustrator.
Her presentation will include a drawing demonstration as well as a
discussion of her beautifully crafted book, Peterkin Meets a Star. She will then conclude with an interactive workshop during which the
students will create their own simple accordion book to illustrate.
Parents are welcome to attend, but no younger siblings please.
Creative Arts and Science programs are fully funded by the Burr School PTO. Thank you for your cooperation.
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Show Your Appreciation For Burr Teachers
Teacher Appreciation and Staff Breakfast
Tuesday, May 6
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The Burr Teacher Appreciation and Staff Breakfast will be held on Tuesday, May 6th. Please sign up to help at:
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Save the DATE!
Burr Mom's Night Out - May 8th
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Celebrate Mother's Day early with a Mom's only night out! Come relax, share a drink and some snacks with the other Burr moms, and make some new friends!
Host: Allison Sharma and the 5th Grade Moving On team
46 Kingswood Rd
Thursday May 8
7:00 - 9:30 pm
The event is open to Burr moms only (sorry Dads!). Suggested donation at the door is $10-20. All money collected will be used to fund the 5th Grade Moving On events.
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The May Fair Needs You!
Saturday, May 10, 2014
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We know it is a nutty time of year and there is so much going on at school and outside of school with spring sports, life and such. However, we need many volunteers to make this event possible!
We are looking for helpers to run games, take tickets, supervise crafts, etc. Please look at the list and pick a time slot that works for you!
Please sign up for shift now:
The Mayfair started in the 60's as a community building event led by some dedicated moms. Back then, it was a swap meet with some simple games and grill. It is still a fun community event. We hope to make a little profit this year to donate to the Playground Fund so that we can have fun playing at Burr for years to come. During the event the winners of the auction and raffle items will be announced and the class gift baskets will be on display. So please stop by for an hour or two and lend a hand and let the kids play.
PLEASE consider signing up for more than one shift. All volunteers will be given free tickets as our way of saying thanks. Kids can help you run a game; they can collect the tickets with your assistance. Dads: We need you too!!! Please look at the Set up/ Clean up or Daddies on the Grill time slots. Bakers: Adults and kids PLEASE bake goodies to be sold at the bake sale, bake a cake for the Cake Walk or find your inner cake boss and decorate a cake. The theme this year is Music. If you have questions please contact Kelly Brown at kellyebrown@verizon.net or anyone on the committee.
2014 May Fair Committee Valerie Wastcoat - valerie@valeriewastcoat.com Kelly Brown - kellyebrown@verizon.net Deanna Salemme - salemme@comcast.net Sloane Goldhagen - sloanego@gmail.com Susandra Pasaribu Ma - suepm1013@gmail.com Jyoti Shah - jyotikshah@gmail.com Justine Fialkosky - jfialkosky@verizon.net
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May Fair Raffle!
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Purchase raffle tickets to win one of these amazing prizes! You choose the raffle items you want to win! Return your completed raffle tickets and money to school by May 9th or return to the May Fair on Saturday, May 10th by 2:00 pm. Winning tickets will be drawn live at the May Fair! (Winner does not need to be present at the May Fair to collect prize)
Ticket Prices:
1 Ticket for $2.00
10 Tickets for $15.00
Prizes include:
Principal for the Day with Ms. Johal
P.E. Teacher for the Day with Ms. Michna
Blue Dragon Remote Control Helicopter
Razor PowerWing DLX
American Girl Doll Isabelle & Book
All proceeds from the raffle go directly to the Burr School Playground Project www.burrplayground.com
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Understanding Our Differences Needs Volunteers
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The Understanding Our Differences Program is looking for parent volunteers to help present an upcoming program at Burr. The goal of this citywide program is to increase information, understanding, and acceptance of people with disabilities and individual differences in our community.
These programs are brought to Burr by parent volunteers and take place on Thursday afternoons from 12:45 - 3:00. The kids will be learning about intellectual disabilities. Volunteers do not need to have children in a specific grade, teaching experience, or a medical background.
The dates for the next program at Burr School are as follows:
Intellectual Disabilities May 15, 2014 (4th Grade)
Can you help out? Contact Us:
Deanna Salemme: salemme@comcast.net
Kate Hoffman: katehoffman@gmail.com
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COLOR DAY IS COMING!
Tuesday, June 3
(Rain Date: Thursday, June 5)
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Mark your calendars now! Parent volunteer forms will be sent home after April vacation.
Please note: All volunteers should have a completed CORI form before Color Day.
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Burr Red Sox Outing June 16!
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Come celebrate the last week of school and the start of summer with a special Burr PTO outing to see defending World Series Champions the Red Sox! 
We have reserved tickets for June 16 in the Grandstand, Sections 42 and 37. Tickets are $25 each (these are less than the cost on the Red Sox site) plus a recommended tax deductible donation of $5 each to help fund the 5th Grade's Moving On events (so $30 total per ticket - still less than ordering online!). The $5 is tax deductible. Please limit requests to 6 per family. If you do want more, send us a note, and if we do not sell out, we will try to accommodate your request.
Payments are due by May 7 so we can place the order with the Red Sox special events office. Checks should be made out to 'BURR PTO' with a note of how many tickets you are ordering, and placed into an envelope in your child's folder labeled '5TH GRADE RED SOX'. We will also have a box in the Burr office for drop offs.
Tickets are First Come, First Served. Note that if fewer than 20 tickets are ordered, the event will be cancelled and your money returned.
If you have any questions, please contact Vicky Gifford at urgiff@gmail.com, 617 548 5636 or Jim Walsh at jim.walsh@mottmacinc.com.
GO SOX!
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Burr Family Looking for a House to Rent
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A Burr School family is looking for a house to rent and move in May or the early days of June.
We are looking for a house that has 2-3 bedrooms, laundry, kitchen, living room, one bathroom, if possible a parking space.
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Free Day for Kids at West Newton Square!
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Its a FREE cookie decorating at L'Aroma Cafe, next Saturday, May 10th (the day before Mother's Day) 3pm to 5pm., no reservations or purchase necessary, open to all children. Six other businesses near us are participating, so kids would not only get a free cookie to decorate, they will also get a free kids popcorn from the West Newton Theater, free slice of pizza from West Newton Pizza, a free Silly Putty from Morning Silver Gallery, free craft making at Hipstich (reservation required), a $5- voucher against any purchase at Artitudes and a free lesson at Rhythmic Dreams.
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Newton Kids FunFEST
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10am - 5pm,Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11 on Newton City Hall Green, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue.
Both days feature kiddie amusement rides and face painting.
Saturday only, please come and participate in free themed arts and crafts activities to celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We will be trying our hand at Indian Rongoli - making beautiful patterns on the pavement using colored rice flour, and decorating jute 'flags' , as well as origami.
On Sunday only is the craft fair, with many types of craft booths where you might be able to find a special treasure for Mother's Day, as well as several food vendors. There are 3 Newton dance studios performing: Star Dance School, Creative Dance Steps and All That Jazz; and a performance by the West Suburban YMCA Band! Admission is free. Visit www.newtoncommunitypride.org
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THANK YOU ALL NEWTON SERVES HELPERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you so much to ALL the parents and children that came to school this past Sunday. It was so nice to see some familiar faces, some new ones and some alums! It takes many hands to keep this school looking nice. I would like to thank all of you for helping! In particular I would like to thank Stephanie and Tim Mamis for fixing the flower bed out front which included trips to Home Depot and home to use power tools and back. Their hard work behind the scenes for all these years will be sorely missed when Calvin "moves on" to Day Middle School this June. If you have a green thumb and want to take over" The Grounds Committee" (AKA Steph, Stephanie, S and Tim and Calvin and Piper) please contact Ms. Johal. I am sure that Steph would be happy to hand over the honey do list to you.
Many Thanks to the following:
Linda,Sloane & Corey Becker, Jean & Deanna Giglio, Amanda Thompson, Hailey Quatromini-Thompson, Amy & Leah Knapp, Sonja & Emma Pleynet, Nate, Sienna & Steve Reilly, Stacey, Ted & Sophia Richard, Kristen Herbert, John, Jenna & Kira Biebel, Kashif Rashid, Donna & Djaden Terwal, Bill, Denise, Nicholas and Evan Hoch, Mary Tara & Dylan Roth, Ted, Maureen and Aiden Vahey, and Alums from 2012 Burr Class Brian Bobby, Tim Brown, Nicholas Hoch, Corey Becker, and Andrew Ruttenberg. As well as Wil Brown, Daniel Salemme, & Nicholas Greblick. And any others I may have missed thank you too!!
I bet you have seen some of the work that was accomplished, if not take a walk around the school. Look at the BCAP garden area - it is a garden again no weeds! The "off the wall area" is clean and free of sand and broken glass! In fact ALL the stairs, paths and entryways where swept. So sorry Nurse I bet you will have less visitors this week for skinned knees! The garden classroom is cleaned out and ready for planting day. The front of the school looks fabulous!! Thanks to Steph and Tim and Steve and his cute crew.
Another special thanks to Bill, my prior co chair, for showing up with the whole family and brining reinforcements from Day Middle School. We love to see Alumni at Newton Serves!!
Thanks a Million!! Fondly, Your 2014 Newton Serves Coordinator Kelly Brown (kellyebrown@verizon.net)
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Free Family Concert for Kids with Food Allergies
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Free Family Concert on May 17 for Kids with Food Allergies
Singer-songwriter Kyle Dine will perform his entertaining and inspiring music about food allergies at a free family concert on Saturday, May 17 at noon at the West Suburban YMCA (276 Church St.) in Newton Corner, MA. There is no charge to attend and pre-registration is not required.
"Kyle incorporates both humor and important educational messages in his music," said Sharon Schumack, Director of Education for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, New England Chapter, which is sponsoring the concert. "He makes it fun for children to learn what they need to do to stay safe, or help their friends with food allergies to stay safe."
The concert was arranged by AAFA New England Board Member Mark Uzzell of Natick, whose seven-year-old daughter is a huge fan of Kyle's. "He's like a rock star in our house," said Uzzell, who has also sponsored an educational assembly by Kyle at his daughter's school to help educate children with food allergies and their friends.
"It is important for everyone to understand the why children with allergies need to strictly avoid their allergenic foods and what to do in case of a severe reaction. That knowledge could help save a life someday," said Schumack. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, food allergies affect an estimated 4% to 6% of children; some estimates are up to 8% when younger children are included, some of whom "outgrow" their sensitivities by the time they reach school-age.
The free concert is kick-off the YMCA's annual "Healthy Kids Day." Everyone is invited to stay and participate in other events planned for the afternoon.
AAFA New England organizes educational support group programs throughout the region, publishes print and e- newsletters, and runs a telephone resource and referral line for people coping with allergies and asthma. For more information call (781) 444-7778 or see www.asthmaandallergies.org
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For more announcements about Newton community events, enrichment programs, sports programs, summer and school vacation camps, and other resources, please visit the Community section of the Burr PTO website:
Additional information can be found at:
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