THE BURR PTO PRESENTS 

The Auction Starts TODAY!


Bid Early and Often - HERE 

The annual online auction is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year and will run from TODAY until Monday, March 4.  We have some really exciting items up for bid this year, so get ready!  Items that will be up for bid include: 
  • Gift Certificates, Services and Items: Big Picture Framing, mulch from Nicolazzo and Sons Landscaping, Barrett Tree Service East, Newton Marriott, Elements Massage, the Dog Scoop, Learning Express, Carvalho & Roth orthodontics, Kiwi Crates, Blackearth composting, Henry Bear's Park, the Dog Scoop

  • Kids Activities and Camps: Fessenden Day Camp, NEOC, Camp Grossman, Class/camp at the New Art Center, Bay State Skating, Dexter Southfield Summer Camp, Fun and Games, Action Athletics, Creative Steps Dance Studio, Jammin with You music lessons, JamZone classes, birthday party at Energy Fitness & Gymnastics, All That Jazz, Giroux Brothers birthday party, Goldfish Swim School, Hip Stitch, Mass Gymnastics Center, Mathnasium, The Dance Academy, Code Ninja, Newton Little League, Joann Langione Dance Center, The Dance Academy, The Chestnut Hill School Summer Camp, Creation Station, All Newton Music School

  • Tickets and Passes: New England Revolution, Launch Framingham, Plimouth Patuxet Museums, Swan Boats, Treetop Adventures, Discovery Museum, Puppet Showplace Theater, Level 99, Larz Anderson Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, Essex Steam Train and Riverboat, Hyline ferry passes, Sturbridge Village, York's Wild Kingdom, Santa's Village, Bay Spirit Tours, Newport Mansions, the Audrain Museum, West Newton Cinema, Museum of Science, Trustees of the Reservation 

  • Food: Homemade cupcakes, Ward 4, decorated cookies from Kneads More Sprinkles, Sweet Tomatoes, Paddy's, Chiqui's Kitchen, Boston Organics, Judith's Kitchen, Tom's Pizza and Sandwich Shop

  • Student Experiences: Special Burr only experiences for our students- put a joke on the school sign, choose a school spirit experience for your grade, class pet axolotyl for the day, breakfast with Principal Johal, snack and read aloud with Ms. Schechner, class mindful eating exercise, a visit from Leo the Community Resource Dog

  • Health/Fitness/Memberships: YMCA family membership, Acupuncture session, JCC family membership, Barry's Bootcamp, Fit4 Newton, Newton Community Golf, Central Rock Climbing, Cardio High, BeLymbr, Paddle Boston boat rental and more
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Lunar New Year Family Movie Night—Saturday, March 2nd



Happy Lunar New Year! To celebrate the Year of the Dragon, we will be showing Raya and The Last Dragon(PG) at Burr Cafeteria on Saturday, March 2nd. Doors will open at 6pm, the movie will start at 6:10pm, and the event ends at 8:00pm. This is NOT a drop-off event. Parents must attend with their children. We will also lay mats on the ground, so make sure to BYOB (Bring your own Blankets). Please do NOT bring chairs or seats, as they will take up a lot of space.

We will be having a small concession stand (Cash Only), plus craft tables in the gym. This is a FREE event for all of our Burr Community. You can bring dinner or snacks, but please be mindful of allergies and try to avoid peanuts. 
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Kaleidoscope Bags are now available



Kaleidoscope Bags are now available in the Burr School library for students to check out, take home, and share with their families. 

The bags contain age-appropriate books, games, and other activities that create opportunities for families to explore societal diversity.  There is one bag for each grade level, and the materials within each bag differ by grade level. 

We hope that you will encourage your child to take a Kaleidoscope Bag home, explore and enjoy it as a family, and use it as an opportunity to support family discussions about diversity. The bags are intended to strengthen our community’s core value of respect for human differences. 

If you have any questions about the bags, please reach out to Burr FORJ: BurrFORJ171@gmail.com.
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The Auction is Coming!




The annual online auction is one of our biggest fundraisers and is coming:
February 25 - March 4, 2024

Do you have something to share for the auction?  We are asking our community to consider sharing an item or a skill that we could include in the auction. There are so many talented people in our community- and this is a great way to use those talents to help raise funds to support our school. 

Please SIGN UP HERE by February 22nd if you can help. Email amie@burrpto.org with any questions.  Some ideas community members may be able to share: 
  • Event tickets or passes:  Sports tickets? Museum passes? 
  • Share your skills: Photo session? Videography? Piano lessons?
  • Time: Could you be a personal assistant for an afternoon (running errands, grocery shopping, dropping dry cleaning, etc)? Review a resume? 
  • Prepare a meal or dessert: bake a stellar blueberry pie? A homemade Indian family dinner? Consider offering dessert once a month for a year? 
  • Donate an item or gift certificate: do you have unused gifts or gift cards lying around? 
Get Ready to Bid: We have some really exciting items up for bid this year, so get ready!  Items that will be up for bid include: 
  • Gift Certificates, Services, and Items: Big Picture Framing, mulch from Nicolazzo and Sons Landscaping, Barrett Tree Service East, Newton Marriott, Elements Massage, the Dog Scoop, Learning Express, Carvalho & Roth orthodontics, Kiwi Crates
  • Kids Activities and Camps: Fessenden, NEOC, Camp Grossman, Class/camp at the New Art Center, Bay State Skating, Dexter Southfield Summer Camp, Fun and Games, Action Athletics, Creative Steps Dance Studio, Jammin with You music lessons, In-Home Jams music lessons, birthday party at Energy Fitness & Gymnastics, All That Jazz, Giroux Brothers birthday party, Goldfish Swim School, Hip Stitch, Mass Gymnastics Center, Mathnasium, The Dance Academy, Code Ninja, Newton Little League, Joann Langione Dance Center, The Dance Academy, The Chestnut Hill School Summer Camp, Creation Station
  • Tickets and Passes: New England Revolution, Launch Framingham, Plimoth Patuxet, Swan Boats, Treetop Adventures, Paddle Boston boat rental, Discovery Museum, Puppet Showplace Theater, Level 99, Larz Anderson Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, Essex Steam Train and Riverboat, Hyline ferry passes, Sturbridge Village, York's Wild Kingdom, Santa's Village, Bay Spirit Tours, Newport Mansions, the Audrain Museum, West Newton Cinema, Museum of Science
  • Food: Homemade cupcakes, Ward 4, decorated cookies from Kneads More Sprinkles, Sweet Tomatoes, Paddy's, Chiqui's Kitchen, Boston Organics, Judith's Kitchen
  • Fitness/Memberships: YMCA family membership, JCC family membership, Barry's Bootcamp, Fit4 Newton, Newton Community Golf, Central Rock Climbing, Cardio High and more

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 THE BURR PTO PRESENTS 


SEPAC Meeting




For Families of 5th Graders with IEPs/504 plans:

The Newton SEPAC is hosting a "Special Education Transition-to-Middle School Presentation” on February 15, 7:30-8:30 PM. Zoom info below. 


For questions, contact SEPAC member Kim Gallaugher via our listserv. No RSVP is needed; just come with your questions!

Topic: SEPAC Transition to Middle School
Time: Feb 15, 2024, 7:30-8:30 PM
Passcode: sepac

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Garden City Kindergarten Soccer at Burr


Garden City Kindergarten Soccer is a non-profit program that offers co-ed soccer programs in the Spring and Fall for PreK and kindergarten kiddos at Burr Elementary School in Auburndale.  Proceeds go to Newton Public School PTOs of the participants.

Spring 2024 season runs Saturdays, starting in April 20th - June 8th (no games May 27th)
  • 9:00am-10:00am for the Pre-K Soccer League
  • 10:15am-11:15am for the K Soccer League
Please see the website for more details.
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