The Wolf Fund is our annual giving campaign for the Burr PTO and runs from October to January. The money raised provides the majority of funding for PTO activities through the year.  Our goal is to raise $25,000 through the Wolf Fund with at least half of Burr families giving a gift of any amount.

Spotlight: Community Events

You may have recently trunk-or-treated at our annual BooFest, or be planning to attend next weekend's Diwali and Dia de los Muertos Celebrations. These events help us strengthen our community ties—allowing us to spend time getting to know one another, and sharing our cultures. 


These events, and others like them, are supported by the funds raised through the Wolf Fund campaign. We want to create more opportunities to bring our community together and create wonderful lasting memories this spring at events like May Fair and the World Cultures Event. 

Your Gift in Any Amount Helps Our School Community

Giving is easy. Choose any of these ways to give to the Wolf Fund:
  • Give online. Click here to use your credit card, Paypal, or Venmo.
  • Text BURRPTO to 53-555 to donate.
  • Send a check made out to Burr PTO to school in your child's folder.
  • Mail a check made out to Burr PTO to Burr PTO / 171 Pine St. / Auburndale, MA 02466.
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The Burr Book Fair is BACK and IN PERSON this year! November 28—December 2nd


Please save the dates of November 28th through December 2nd. Many more details to come, but we would love parents (or other affiliated grown ups!) to volunteer to staff the cash register in the library that week. If this interests you, reach out to Robin McManus at mcmanusrobin@gmail.com to connect!


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BooFest—One Week Away!

IT'S GOING TO BE A SPOOKTACULAR EVENT, 
BUT ONLY WITH YOUR HELP!!!!!

Please sign up to host a Trunk, bake some treats for the bake sale, volunteer, and RSVP. Donations are kindly welcomed as the proceeds go to the cost of the event such as DJ, games and crafts.

BooFest is one of the most beloved community events at Burr and without the help of volunteers we can't make the event happen. Please email sonia@burrpto.org with any questions.
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Volunteer Gardeners Wanted!



Come join fellow Burr families as we winterize the school's garden! Help harvest the last of the veggies! Do you have expertise in pruning? Great! Are you a novice who excels at picking up sticks? Also great! We need all hands on deck (or in the dirt) so that we can prepare the gardens for the **Spring Planting**. (Look for information on this in the new year. In short, the PTO provides support for Burr parent volunteers to bring each class into the garden to plant items based on grade-level curriculum.)

Where: Meet at the Burr Garden
When: Sunday, October 23rd, 10:00-12:30
Who: Anyone from the Burr Community, past/present/future. Children are welcome.

What to bring: A willing attitude! Also, while Burr owns some gardening tools, feel free to bring gardening gloves, pruning shears, wheelbarrows, shovels, or other useful items (like snacks!!)

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Diwali & Dia de los Muertos Celebrations



Please join us on Sunday, November 6th from 4pm to 6pm at Burr for a fun afternoon to celebrate two unique cultural holidays! 

We will have performances of music, dancing, and storytelling as well as crafts, face painting, delicious foods for sale and a community altar to memorialize our deceased loved ones. 

The event is FREE and everyone is welcome!
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Library Volunteer Workshop



October 12 8:20-8:50am
There will be a library volunteer workshop that will be held in the library. Ms DePatino will teach us what we need to know while helping the students during their class library time. Please sign up and join us. Also while you are here, you can fill your CORI forms. See you then,

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FORJ - BURR 

Tuesday October 11 - 6:00pm



Our next meeting is still on Tuesday, October 11, but we are moving the time up to 6pm because our guest, Deb Crossley, City Councilor and Chair of the Zoning and Planning (ZAP) Committee, actually has a ZAP meeting that got scheduled later that evening. If you haven't registered yet, please register here. This meeting is open to anyone in Newton, so feel free to share the invite. Thanks!

Tuesday October 11 - 6:00pm - on Zoom - FORJ Meeting

Zoning Changes: Impacts on Affordable Housing & Racial Inequities

Join the next Burr FORJ meeting, where we will be learning about the proposed zoning changes to Newton Village Centers and the public feedback tool that closes on October 16. We will be joined by City Councilor Deb Crossley, who Chairs the Zoning and Planning Committee (ZAP). Among other details, we will discuss how these proposed changes would help encourage development of more affordable housing around our village centers for years to come!

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Walk-Roll-Ride to School Day


Will you walk, roll, bike or bus this year?
Choose what works for your family to celebrate International Walk to School Day this year.

Held annually, this event joins together students from over 40 countries. Visit www.NewtonSafeRoutes.org for more information about walking, rolling, and riding. This day is being coordinated by our Safe Routes to School team. We'll have bookmarks and stickers to pass out - so we could use some parent volunteers for both the front and back of Burr!

Want to help welcome all the students to Burr as they walk - roll - and ride to school on October 12th? Contact Laura Sandler at laura.sandler@gmail.com.
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Please Sign Up to Volunteer



The year is off to a great start and we are so thrilled to see everyone again. We have a vibrant and active calendar of events planned this year, and to make that happen, we need your help. We appreciate as little or as much help as you are able to give. Please take a look at our current volunteer needs at https://bit.ly/BurrVolunteers and see how you might be able to help make this year a great one for our community. Some of our upcoming needs include:  
  • Creative Arts & Sciences—Kindergarten and 2nd grade coordinators, overall co-chair
  • Fundraising Chair or Committee
  • Co-President (email amie@burrpto.org)
  • Library class help (sign ups will come from your room parents soon)
If you are interested in volunteering in the school this year, or chaperoning field trips, don't forget to ensure you have a current CORI/SORI form filled out. 
  • Forms can be found here, or at the front office. 
  • Bring your photo ID and forms to the front office, and Ms. Studley can assist you. 
  • Note: at drop-off and dismissal there is a lot going on at the front office, so if you are able to come a little outside of those times, that is helpful
  • Even if you have filled out in previous years, they are valid for 3 years so be sure yours is current

No previous PTO experience is needed! We look forward to working with you and getting to know you better!
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Curriculum Night October 6 @ Burr


    Come and join us for Curriculum Night, and get to know a little more about our kids day at Burr. 

    This is a great opportunity to hear directly from your children's teachers about what your children will be learning this year, as well as to meet/socialize with other parents in your children's classrooms. It's one night you don't want to miss!

Remember this is a parents-only event! 

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Ball in the House—Thursday, October 6


Creative Arts & Sciences (CAS) presents Ball in the House on Thursday, October 6, in the Cafetorium. 
  • Grades K-2 8:45-9:30 am
  • Grades 3-5 9:45-10:30 am 
 
Creative Arts & Sciences programs are fully funded by the Burr School PTO.
Parents are welcome to attend, but no younger siblings please.
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ELPAC Community Meeting October 6th, 2022 



ELPAC (English Learner Parent Advisory Council) meets next week in person. ELPAC represents ELL families districtwide and collaborates with schools and the district to improve ELL programming and support bilingualism. You are welcome to join this community meeting! 

The ELPAC welcomes all new ELL families to Newton! A new ELL family information session is before the ELPAC meeting at 6:00PM. Please join the information session to learn more about district and community programs and resources. 

Date: Thursday, October 6, 2022

Time: 
6:00-6:30PM New ELL Family Information Session 
6:30-8:00PM for ELPAC Community Meeting

Location: 100 Walnut Street, Newton (the Education Center for Newton Public Schools), Room 111
  • Use 243 Crafts street in your smartphone to find the parking lot behind the building
  • Use the green door, at the top of the steps, towards the right in the parking lot
ELPAC Meeting Agenda:
  • Welcome and Introductions
  • Presentation 1: Zoning Redesign by Jitka Tárrega, NPS parent
  • Presentation 2: Aspen Tutorial by Tere Carmona, NPS parent and ELL staff member
  • Exit Tickets
RSVP: Interpretation, food, and childcare (for children ages 5+) will be provided with RSVP.

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Dine/Take Out Night Fundraiser at Ward 4 on Oct 12, 2022


Take a night off from cooking (or afternoon off, since its an early release day) on Wednesday October 12th, 2022 and order dinner at Ward 4 in Auburndale.

For Take out, you will have to call on Tuesday Oct 11. More details coming soon.

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