THE BURR PTO PRESENTS 



Please donate to the Wolf Fund and help us reach its gold of raising $24,000. You can contribute to the Wolf Fund by sending a check (made payable to Burr PTO) in your child's folder or from the "Donate" button on the PTO's website at  https://www.burrpto.org.

We greatly appreciate any and all contributions! Every contribution makes a difference in our students' experience at Burr. And everyone who donates to the Wolf Fund by October 31 will be entered into a drawing to win a fabulous Family Game Night Basket.

What is the Burr Wolf Fund? It is the PTO's annual fall fundraiser that raises a significant portion of the PTO's budget and helps pay for the some of PTO's largest and most important  line items: Creative Arts and Sciences, teacher supplies and books for Burr's library.


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DON'T FORGET
THE BURR BOO FEST!!


SATURDAY OCTOBER 27
6pm-8pm 

This beloved Halloween event is just around the corner. If you haven't already please sign up to volunteer at:

www.bit.ly/boofest18 
  
  •  We need help to set up Friday evening 10/26 as well as help the night of the event.
  • Whether you can offer a few minutes or a few hours, your help is greatly appreciated!!
  • Help at the bake sale or run a game. Feeling creative? Help decorate! Explore your theatrical side and try being a fortune teller, mad scientist, or haunted hallway spooker! There is a volunteer role for everyone!
    Got Questions? Please Contact Us!
    • Renee: repk1013@gmail.com   
    • Cristal: cbalis@me.com
    • Molly: spencermolly@gmail.com      
    • Tamika: tamikaolszewski@yahoo.com  
    • Brenna: tomandbrenna@gmail.com

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 FAMILIES ORGANIZING FOR RACIAL JUSTICE EVENT

Please Join Burr FORJ and FORJ Williams as we partner on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 4:30 for a family meet-up of a fun Boston tradition at the Jamaica Pond Lantern Parade. We’ll make our own handmade lanterns, listen to live music, and then at dusk we’ll join in the community parade around the pond. Individual lantern kits are a suggested $5 donation. Kids are encouraged to come dressed in their Halloween costumes if they’d like. Please contact tamikaolszewski@yahoo.com for more information. 

 

 

To learn more about FORJ please visit the website: www.forjnewton.com


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Breakfast at Burr


On the following dates below from 8:30-9:30am, there will be a potluck Breakfast with the parents and Burr Staff of your child’s grade.  It is a great way to meet other parents in your child’s grade and interact with Burr staff as well.  

 Note:  Breakfast at Burr is for Burr students AND their families.  Students will be dropped off normally and then brought down to the caf with their class.  Students will stay from 8:30-9 before returning to their classes and parents can stay until 9:30 to mingle and finish their breakfast.   **Fourth grade's breakfast is this Tuesday and third grade is this Friday!**  

 Please click on the SignupGenius for more details, items needed and to RSVP.

Grade 4 – Tuesday, 10/9   

 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4EAFAE2CA2F58-4thgrade

  Grade 3 – Friday, 10/12     

 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4EAFAE2CA2F58-3rdgrade

  Grade 2 – Tuesday, 10/16 

 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4EAFAE2CA2F58-2ndgrade

  Grade 1 – Friday 10/19      

 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4EAFAE2CA2F58-1stgrade

Kindergarten – Tuesday, 10/23  

 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4EAFAE2CA2F58-kindergarten

 Grade 5 – Friday, 10/26    

 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4EAFAE2CA2F58-5thgrade



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Behind the Scenes at Burr! 


Thursday is the first PTO meeting of the year, Thursday 10/11 at 7 PM.  This meeting will be featuring a student-led tour of Burr!  

 No childcare?  No problem!  We partnered with Newton North again to offer free childcare. The kids had a blast with the babysitters on Curriculum Night, so come get a tour of the school while your kids have fun with their friends and the babysitters!    https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0d4dafaa23a0fb6-ptomeeting

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Burr Online Auction Updates! New Dates, Parent Night, and Volunteers Needed


The Burr Online Auction has a new date! In order to beat the city camp signup rush, the Burr PTO has moved the Burr Online Auction up to January! The new dates will be Saturday, January 19th through Saturday, January 26th. Now you'll be able to bid on all the great camps offered in the auction and still sign up for all your city camp weeks in late January. Plus, we're adding a parent night to the mix! As part of the last day of the auction on January 26th, we will be holding a parent night at a location TBD. Come warm up and visit with all our great Burr parents, have a few pints, and get in your last minute bids. Details coming soon but mark your calendars for the auction and the January 26th parent night!

 Volunteers needed: Anyone looking to volunteer to help out with the auction, or anyone in the Burr community with a business who would like to donate an item or service to the auction, please e-mail Laura Sexton at laurasexton1@hotmail.com. We love to promote Burr community businesses through the auction, and already have some great auction items lined up from our community. Thank you Burr families! 




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Join or update your listing in our online directory!


If you haven't already, please sign up for the Burr Online Directory!  https://www.myschoolanywhere.com/new-family.a5w?fam=BurrElementarySchool70142  

 If you're a returning Burr family, make sure your child's info is updated with their current teacher.  If their listing isn't updated, they won't show up on the class list, so be sure to login and update!  




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Shoo Flu!


Get the flu vaccine at school, not the flu!

 Seasonal flu vaccination clinics will be held during the school day at the Newton Public Schools beginning in late September. Students in Kindergarten through grade 12 may receive vaccine.
The BURR SCHOOL clinic will be on October 17th. Each student to be vaccinated must have a parent/guardian complete two forms:

 1. Consent/Screening form

 2. Vaccine administration record/Insurance form.
Forms are available in the school nurse’s office, or may be downloaded at www.newtonma.gov/flu . You may electronically complete the form, print, sign and return. Forms are due to the School Nurse October 15th.
Only the flu shot (no nasal spray) will be offered at school this year. The Vaccine Information Statement about the flu shot, and additional information for families including tips on preparing kids for a shot is available at www.newtonma.gov/flu or in the school nurse’s office. There is no cost to receive the vaccine, but insurance information is requested. All students, regardless of insurance status, are invited to receive vaccine with parent permission.
Students are not required to receive flu vaccine, however the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends flu vaccine for all people age 6 months and up. There are many places to get a flu vaccine

 including at school, your primary health care provider or community clinics. For additional clinic dates for the whole family, visit www.newtonma.gov/flu .

 In addition to vaccination, it is important to practice good hand hygiene and cough etiquette by washing hands often; covering coughs and sneezes with a tissue or the arm; and staying home when sick.





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Oops!  


For unknown reasons, the Burr Buzz did not go out at is regularly scheduled time yesterday evening.  Here is this week's Burr Buzz.  Next week's should (hopefully!) go out at its regularly scheduled time.  Have a wonderful week!  
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