THE BURR BUZZ

THE BURR PTO PRESENTS

Burr Spirit Week

See all the fun events that Burr has planned for Spirit Week this week, December 18th-22nd! Please know students can participate in whatever way they feel comfortable.

Please feel free to ask your homeroom teachers if you have any questions.

Wolf Fund

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. Our goal this year is to raise $22,000 through the Wolf Fund with at least 130 Burr families giving a gift of any amount. We still have a ways to go towards our goal and are behind our progress last year. If you have not donated yet this year, please consider making your tax-deductible gift of any amount to the Wolf Fund today.

Get a BURR car magnet with a $100 donation!

As an added incentive, all families who donate $100 or more to the Wolf Fund through January (including those who have already given) will be eligible to receive one coveted Burr School car magnet! You can even choose to make a recurring monthly donation to spread your donation across the year.

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.

THE BURR PTO PRESENTS

Just Next Door Shopping Day

Wednesday Dec. 6th

One day only—20% of your purchase at Just Next Door on Wednesday Dec 6th will go to the Burr PTO!

Just Next Door is located at 327 Auburn St. / Auburndale, MA 02466

Make sure to mention Burr School at checkout!

Giving Tuesday for Burr PTO

Thanks to your donations, we met our Giving Tuesday match, securing a $1,500 match for the Burr PTO!

We have raised more than $8,500 with more than 50 supporters so far, but have a ways to go to meet our overall goal of $22,000 with at least 130 Burr families giving a gift of any amount.

Help us reach our goal and contribute to the Wolf Fund now at www.givebutter.com/Burr23-24

Your donation will help support community events, educational interactive programming, teacher supplies and more.

Thank You, Burr Families!

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.

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!

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.