THE BURR BUZZ: November 2023

THE BURR PTO PRESENTS

The Book Fair is here!

Burr students will visit the Book Fair during their library session this week!

Want to contribute to the classroom & specialist eWallets for books for the classroom? Donate here

You can send students with cash, checks made out to Burr PTO or you can set up an eWallet. You can load $ into their eWallets and they can use that when they check out at the cash register.

Families are invited to shop in person on Tuesday morning from 7:30am to 8am, on Wednesday evening from 5 to 7pm and Friday morning from 7:30am to 8am.

Once the book fair starts, anyone can buy online at any time until December 10th.

Giving Tuesday

CAN YOU HELP?

Our annual Wolf Fund campaign has begun and Giving Tuesday is almost here! Please consider the Burr PTO in your giving plans for this year.

The Wolf Fund is our annual giving campaign for the Burr PTO and runs through January. The money raised provides the majority of funding for PTO activities throughout the year. These funds support Educational Support, Community Events, Playground improvements and more. Our goal is to raise $22,000 through the Wolf Fund with at least 130 Burr families giving a gift of any amount.

Giving Tuesday is a global movement that unleashes the power of radical generosity to transform communities and the world. Tuesday, November 28th is Giving Tuesday—This year generous donors have agreed to help us launch this year's campaign and raise more $$ for Burr PTO by matching our Giving Tuesday Donations. The first $50 of each donation, up to $1500 will be matched for all donations November 19-30.

Your gift in any amount helps support our school community.

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 and include the form that came home in your folder.
Mail a check made out to Burr PTO, with the form that came home in your folder, to Burr PTO / 171 Pine St. / Auburndale, MA 02466.

THE BURR PTO PRESENTS

Burr Book Fair starts Monday November 27th!

We need volunteers!

The Burr Book Fair will run from November 27-December 1 and students can shop for books during their library time that week. Families can shop November 28th at 7:30am, November 29th from 5-7pm, and December 1 at 7:30am. You can also purchase books online the week after the book fair.

Check out the Burr Book Fair Website here for more information!

VOLUNTEER: The Book Fair needs your help to be successful. Volunteer to help set up the fair, or during class time to help students purchase their books. Sign up here. Email Robin McManus mcmanusrobin@gmail.com with any questions.

IMPORTANT: The bookfair has an easy online payment system you can use. You can set up an eWallet at home. This digital payment option can be used at the in-school Book Fair or online at the Virtual Book Fair. You can create your eWallet from the Burr Book Fair Website. You can also use cash or checks made out to Burr PTO.

Wolf Fund Kickoff!

The Wolf Fund Campaign is beginning! 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 throughout the year. These funds support Educational Support, Community Events, Playground improvements and more. Our goal is to raise $22,000 through the Wolf Fund with at least 130 Burr families giving a gift of any amount.

Spotlight: Giving Tuesday Donor Match Starts TODAY!

Your gift in any amount helps support our school community.

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 and include the form that came home in your folder.
Mail a check made out to Burr PTO, with the form that came home in your folder, to Burr PTO / 171 Pine St. / Auburndale, MA 02466.

Diwali & Dia de los Muertos—

Recap and Thank You!

We would like to thank all the Burr families and alums and everyone from the local community for joining us at this wonderful event to celebrate Diwali and Día De Los Muertos. A shout out to all of the volunteers; we really appreciate your help, we would especially like to thank Sumana Hatwar, Sangeeta Benjwal, Lucy Galvan, Deanna Hoffman, Alejandro Rodriguez, Vibha Desai, Aalok Nadkar, Rajit Gupta, Poonam Gupta, Pushkar Phatak, Kyle Crossley, Divya Anand, Shivangi Nadkar and Lorena Sanchez for their help with performances and music, arranging food, decorations, performance set up and crafts table set up. Big thank you to Lucy Galvan, Sumana Hatwar, Sangeeta Benjwal , Deanna Hoffman and Jyoti Shah, co-chairs for this joint celebration.

Thank you to the amazing Burr students who participated in the play, Ramleela, a dramatic folk re-enactment of some sections of the life of King Ram and story of Diwali celebration. A special thank you to our guest performer, Rosalba Solis, whose performance honored and celebrated El Día De Los Muertos, featuring the altar built by Alejandro Rodriguez & Lucy Galvan.

Finally, we would like to thank Principal Mindy Johal and the Burr Staff for working to make our community aware, inclusive, and celebratory of diverse cultures.

We hope to see you next year!

THE BURR PTO PRESENTS

Election Day Bake Sale—Tuesday, November 7th!

We’ll have a bake sale going all day long for Election Day! We still need volunteers to donate baked goods and to help sell baked goods at the table. Any amount of time you can give will make a difference! Feel free to bring your students along for the afternoon/evening shifts! If you have any questions, please email Angie@burrpto.org.

Thank you so much for your support.

BooFest—That's a Wrap!

2023 BooFest is in the books and it was AMAZING! There are so many people to thank:

The Boo Crew, ALL of our amazing volunteers (many who just pitched in where it was needed Sunday afternoon!), treat donors, bakers, our trunk hosts, Derek for all his help with setup and clean up. Grateful for all the trunk volunteers that showed up, especially so many coming through, we had over 10 cars that day!
Special thanks to the Boo Crew leads, Kayla Noblecilla, Angie Kim, Sonia Yung for leading the event with Kiki Williams, Jon Spack and Vidya Gowda for coordinating all of the volunteers, working hard on a great setup (wind was not our friend that day!). Also a great thanks to all the volunteers that showed up, especially so many trunks coming through at the end.
Yogurt Beach and Ward 4 for donating our prizes.
And thanks to everyone who attended! Much fun was had by all!

The Trunks were definitely a highlight of our BooFest, so creative and absolutely awesome! The winners were:

Spookiest: Camai Mazzulla with Haunted House
Funniest: Derick & Rutt Families with Alien Olympics
Most Interactive: Silva & Gaskill Families with Candyland

Let's have another great BooFest next year—please send your feedback.

While everything is fresh in your mind so we can make next year's event even better, please complete this 1-minute survey. If you'd love to join next year, we'd love to have you . . .

NPS’ Creative Arts & Sciences

Performance Series Returns!

DAKAR-BAMAKO EXPRESS focuses on the rich diversity of African cultures. The performance reflects the musical journeys of the performers on the Crocodile River Music team, each coming from different musical traditions. Students will sing, play instruments, dance, and participate in call and response.

The Crocodile River Music will be performing at Burr on November 8th as part of the Creative Arts & Sciences Performance Series. Parents are invited to join. K-2nd grades will participate in the 8:30am performance and 3-5th grades will participate in the 9:30am performance. This event will take place in the Burr cafeteria, please check in at the front desk first.