THE BURR PTO PRESENTS 

Diwali & Dia de Los Muertos

Dear Burr Community,

Our hearts are full and grateful for allowing us to have such a beautiful Diwali & Dia de Los Muertos celebration on Sunday and to see so many of you there! The weather was perfect, the kids performances were amazing, and the story telling and culture sharing was beautiful. We would like to thank the Burr PTO and FORJ for sponsoring this event and to all the parent and kid volunteers for your time and dedication. A special thanks to Burr parents Jyoti Shah for choreographing the children’s dance performance and Aalok Nadkar for being a rocking DJ, to Pushkar for the flute golden melodies, Alejandro Rodriguez for building such a beautiful community altar, and to Amit Bhasin for being an exceptional MC at the event for another year.

Lastly, a special thanks to PTO Community Chair Alyssa Haggerty for helping us execute such a wonderful event!

Warmly,

Jyoti & Aalok Nadkar, Ruchi & Amit Bhasin, Lucy & Alejandro Rodriguez Galvan

Thank you:

Parent Volunteers: Sarabjeet Kaur and Amol, Sumana Hatwar, Debashree Basu, Sangeeta Phatak, Anu and Vignesh Jayanth, Richa Jain, Prabhu and Rajani Jayaprakasan, Anubha and Nitin Khankari, Mari Shakti, Pushkar Phatak, Allison Kelley, Erin Byrne, Erin Fichot, Sonia Yung, Amie Butler, Amy Shen, Rene Krikorian, Brenna Fisk, Casey Kudesia, Meg & Jesus Salgado.

Students & Alumni Volunteers: Andres and Olivia Rodriguez Galvan, Rayna and Samara Phatak, Riva, Arushi, Aneesha, Dhyan, Vihaan, Aaryan, Imara, Niam, Naavya, Ishika, Peehu, Shivangi, Anvita, Rishi and Neharika.

Burr Staff Attendees: A special thanks to Ms. Ellis for making beautiful paper marigolds with the 5th graders for the event! Ms. Espinal, Ms. McVey, Ms. Costello, Ms. Johal for attending & Mr. Derrek Hunt for helping us with logistics on that day.

Community Members Attendees: School Committee Member Tamika Olszewski & Congressman Jake Auchincloss.