THE BURR PTO PRESENTS 


The Online Auction Starts in One Week!


Mark your calendars for this year's auction—Sunday March 27 through Wednesday April 6th.  The online auction is a great chance to win some awesome items while supporting the Burr community. We currently have 80+ auction items worth over $9,500 ready for bidding. Items that will be up for bid include: 
  • Gift Certificates: New Balance, Big Picture Framing, Wegmans, Home Chef, Steven Sulewski Photography, Blackearth Compost, Create-a-Cook
  • Kids Activities and Camps: Class/camp at the New Art Center, Creative Steps Dance Studio, Camp Grossman, Jammin with You music lessons, Newton Youth Soccer, Newton Community Ed, In Home Jams music lessons, Newton Community Farm, Action Athletics, birthday party at Energy Fitness & Gymnastics, All That Jazz, Baseball Card Buddies, Mathnasium, Goldfish Swim School
  • Tickets and Passes: Central Rock Climbing, Launch Framingham, Swan Boats, Treetop Adventures, Paddle Boston boat rental, Discovery Museum, Puppet Showplace Theater, HyLine Cruises, Sturbridge Village, York Wild Kingdom, Essex Steam Train and Riverboat
  • Food: Homemade meals and pies, decorated cookies from Kneads More Sprinkles, Sweet Tomatoes, Paddy's, Fiorellas, Floras Wine Bar, craft cocktail class, Ward 4
  • Fitness/Memberships: Cardio High workout party, YMCA family membership, JCC family membership, Wow Gym, Soul Cycle, Down Under Yoga, Newton Community Golf Course, Fit4Newton, Lymbr, Mass Audobon and more
Thank you to all of the generous families and businesses who have donated so far!  We are collecting items until March 26. Email amie@burrpto.org if you have any questions.

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SEPAC Updates


Dear All,

I hope you’re having a good year! On behalf of Newton Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC), I am sharing two announcements:

If you are eligible for Extended School Year (ESY), please kindly remember to indicate if your child will be attending by Thursday, March 31st through the Aspen portal:


Please join us for our monthly open Board meeting on Thursday, March 24th from 9-10am. Please find the meeting link through the page below:


Grateful to know if there is any way I can support you.

Warmly, Eliza 

Eliza Spaulding
2021-2022 SEPAC Liaison to the Burr School
2021-2022 Newton SEPAC Treasurer
Treasurer@newtonsepac.org 

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 THE BURR PTO PRESENTS 


Save the Date for the Creative Arts & Science Author Fest! 


When and Where: Tuesday April 12, 3:15-5:30pm at Cabot Elementary School

Come meet the creators of some of your favorite books! There will be 22 authors and illustrators at Cabot Elementary for a book signing event that is open to all families district-wide, with four of those creators coming directly to Burr School! A selection of the books featured at AuthorFest are for sale via Newtonville Books until March 21st.




Creative Arts and Sciences programs are fully funded by the Burr School PTO. 
Parents are welcome to attend, but no younger siblings please.
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 THE BURR PTO PRESENTS 


Save the Date for the May Fair 





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Burr Families - We Need Your Help to Make Spring Events Happen!


There are lots of Spring Events on the books but they will not be able to happen without volunteers. 
Please consider volunteering for one of these committees. 
If you have any questions or want us to find you the perfect opportunity that fits your time budget, please email info@burrpto.org. To sign up: https://bit.ly/BurrVolunteers
Thank you!!

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FORJ Double Feature March 17th




Burr FORJ invites you to join us on Thursday, March 17 for our Book Club collaboration with Horace Mann starting at 7pm and a General Burr FORJ meeting right afterwards starting at 8pm. 
Please see the agenda below and feel free to join us for some or part of the program! 
Please note: It's 100% okay if you do not join the Book Club that precedes the meeting or vice versa! 

Agenda: 

7:00pm-8:00pm | We will be reading and discussing King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender.

8:00pm-9:00pm | We will discuss the mayor's recent data on Newton hate incidents/crimes, navigate a scenario involving children and race, and get together in our working groups to discuss the upcoming FORJ sponsored movie night and hear from Michael Fagone, founder of the West Roxbury Diverse Libraries. 

When: Mar 17, 2022 07:00 PM -9:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting here. 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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