THE BURR PTO PRESENTS
Diwali & Dia de los Muertos—Recap and Thank You!
It was so nice to see many Burr Families at the Diwali & Dia de los Muertos Event last Sunday. We love this diversity in our neighborhood and it is a pleasure to be able to celebrate with you all.
A big Shoutout to Lucy Galvan and Alejandro, parents of Burr Alum Andres, and 4th Grader Olivia and little Lucas for sharing the Day of the Dead tradition, for creating a beautiful Altar for Ofrendas and co hosting with our Diwali event and for bringing Robert and Mayela Quesada of Calpuli Coyoxochitl Aztec Dance Group to share their prayers through a captivating performance. A big shoutout also to Burr mom Jyoti Shah for choreographing the children’s dance performances and creating a Diwali sharing slideshow, to Burr dad Aalok Nadkar for not only managing the sound production but also giving an awesome musical performance along with Burr dad Pushkar Phatak. A Big welcome and thank you to Burr Mom Sumana Hatwar for joining the planning committee and creating a wonderful décor for Diwali. A note of gratitude to 5th grader Riva’s dad Amit Bhasin for being an exceptional MC and mom Ruchi Bhasin to keep us organized for their last school year at Burr. Thank you to PTO board members Angie Kim and Kayla Noblecilla and also to the Burr School PTO for sponsoring this cultural event.
Bravo to our young talented performers: K-Ruhan, Riaan, Atharv, Reese. Grade 1: Ishika, Imara, Maya. Grade 2: Naavya, Peehu, Anaya. Grade 3: Rayna and Samara, Niam, Aryaveer. Grade 4: Aneesha, Arushi, Dheer, Dhyan. Grade 5: Aaryan and Vihaan. Burr Alums Shivangi, Rishi and Anvita.
Last but not the least, we couldn’t have run this event smoothly without the support of our volunteers. Burr Alums: Aria Bhasin, Sophie Grace. Burr Parents: Benny Lee, Poonam Jindal and Rajit Gupta, Pooja and Pranay Tiwari, Richa Jain, Anubha Khankari, Debashree Basu, Anu Jayanth, Sangeeta Benjwal, Vibha and Amar Desai, Becky and Altair Silva, Joseph Mattew, Amit and Prerana Golwala, Prabhu Jayapraskasan, Kyle Crossley, Hue Nguyen, Divya Sudhan and Anand Rathi, Amie Butler, Alyssa Haggerty, Brenna Fisk, Erin Fichot, Aidee Ayala, Janhavi Wadhwani, Jessica Tybursky, Pamela Rajasekhar, Principal Mindy Johal, Casey Kudesia, 5th Graders Sofie Ida, Allie Bain and the donations from Burr families.
Indian Food was brought to you by Zaika Indian Bistro based in Woburn.
To continue supporting all PTO events please consider volunteering or donating to the Burr Wolf Fund.
With Gratitude,
Diwali & Dia de los Muertos Planning Committee Members:Angie Kim, Kayla Noblecilla, Lucy Galvan, Sumana Hatwar, Jyoti Shah and Ruchi Bhasin
