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Newtonville Books Fundraiser, Tomorrow Monday 6/26—20% of Sales Donated to Burr PTO!



Newtonville Books is generously offering a fun and easy fundraiser for the Burr PTO: 20% of all online and in-person sales on Monday 6/26 will be donated to the Burr PTO! 

Need graduation gifts? Looking to do some reading of your own over the summer? Now is a great time to stock up on books, support a great local business, and help raise funds for the Burr PTO.

Summer Reading Lists are Here! Burr Librarian Ms. de Patino has shared the Newton-wide summer reading list for each grade. Get started now!

Don't have time to stop by tomorrow? Shop online at the Newtonville Books website. You can buy tomorrow and pick up later!

10 Langley Road.
Newton, MA 02459
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Over and Out from the Buzz for Summer!


Thank you for reading the Burr Buzz this year! We're going to take a break from emailing every Sunday, and we'll pick back up against in late August or early September.

Each week the Buzz is a collaboration between the PTO Board, Burr community members, and a dedicated team of Buzz editors who organize, format, design, and proofread each entry. Please give thanks to our 2022–23 editors when you see them––they are Marta Barriga, Alyssa Haggerty, Abby Holstein, Dave Lievens, Kayla Noblecilla, and Spencer Poole! 

We hope that you have found the Buzz to be helpful and informative each week! If you have any feedback, or if you'd like to get involved with the Buzz next school year, please get in touch with Dave Lievens (dave@burrpto.org—outgoing PTO Communications Chair) and Grace Huang (grace@burrpto.org—incoming PTO Communications Chair).

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Thank You, Volunteers!


What an amazing year it has been! Thank you to all the members of the Burr community who made this year possible. So many of you supported our kids and our school by donating money and/or time to help make this school year a huge success, and we are so grateful you are a part of this community. Your efforts helped support community and cultural events, amazing classroom programs through CAS and UOD, teacher appreciation, playground improvements and more!


We'd like to take a moment to give a special thanks to a few members of the PTO Board who are finishing their terms this year. Sarah Barbrow, Dave Lievens and Sonia Yung are all wrapping up after serving on the board for the last few years. They have each made Burr a better place with their efforts and we cannot thank them enough for all of their support.
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May Fair Wrap Up


Despite the weather, last week's May Fair was a great success and we want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped make that happen. We appreciate everyone's flexibility as we moved everything indoors. We couldn't have done it without an amazing May Fair committee, led by Deanna Salemme, including Marie Andrawes, Amie Butler, Evan Hoffman, Anu Jayanth, Seena Koshy, Gina Medaglia, Kayla Noblecilla, Alissa Saginaw and Jyoti Shah. In addition, so many members of our community volunteered their time to bake for the bake sale, run a game, sell concessions, set up or clean up, and more. This event takes a large number of volunteers and our community really came through.




An EXTRA thank you to Ms. Johal, Ms. Robinson, and Ms. Young for being such good sports and participating in the Pie in the Face—SO MUCH FUN!



Thanks also to our sponsors: 
Lead Sponsors: 
Village Bank
DeWire Bros Auto Body

Co-Sponsors:
Deanna Salemme, Coldwell Banker
Just Next Door

Until next year—THANK YOU!!!
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Popsicle Sale 5th Grade Fundraiser


The Burr 5th Graders will be selling Popsicles on a few Fridays after school for $1 to help fundraise for their end-of-year festivities.   

Please stop by in front of the school at dismissal to indulge!

Friday, June 16th
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Wednesday June 7th is Crossing Guard Appreciation Day


On Wednesday, June 7, please reach out to express your thanks to our crossing guards and bus and van drivers to let them know how much you appreciate them! Our Safe Superheroes play an important role in making sure kids arrive at school ready to learn each day. Write a note, say thank you, or print and color a card from the Newton Safe Routes to School website.

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Welcome to the PTO Board!


We are excited to announce the newly elected members of the PTO Board for 2023–2024 school year! They will take on their positions as of July.  Thank you for volunteering for the Burr Community!
  • Co-Presidents- Amie Butler, Angie Kim, Amir Moghimi, and Jyoti Shah
  • Treasurer- Casey Kudesia
  • Secretary- Julie Swersey
  • Educational Support Chair - Mariko Wong
  • Communications Chair - Grace Huang
  • DEI Chair - Shannon Derick
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Burr PTO Community Meeting—Wednesday, May 24


Please join us for our last Burr PTO Community Meeting of the school year on Wednesday, May 24th at 7:30. You can register here for the zoom.

Our agenda will feature:
  • Election of the SY23-24 PTO Board
  • Upcoming Events
  • Feedback and brainstorming

Our candidates include: 
  • Co-President (4 positions)- Amie Butler, Angie Kim, Amir Moghimi, and Jyoti Shah
  • Treasurer- Casey Kudesia
  • Secretary- Julie Swersey
  • Educational Support Chair - Mariko Wong
  • Communications Chair - Grace Huang
  • DEI Chair  Shannon Derick
Look for a separate email with bios and pictures from each of our candidates. We look forward to seeing you on Zoom!
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SEPAC Awards



As you may know, each year, parents, guardians, and students are able to nominate NPS and Out of District teachers and staff for a Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) Award. A SEPAC Award recognizes exceptional NPS and Out of District teachers, aides, behavior therapists, psychologists, bus drivers, crossing guards, administrators, and other staff for the role they played in a student’s special education journey this past academic year. Are you interested in nominating an exceptional NPS or Out of District teacher and/or staff member? The deadline for nominations is Monday, May 22nd. Here’s how the process works:
  • Submit a nomination through this nomination form.
  • All celebratory nominations will be recognized.
  • In early June, your nominee will receive:
    • A printed SEPAC Award delivered to their home school
    • A note with the kind words you wrote about your nominee
    • A short slideshow of anonymized nominations lifting up the good work taking place across the district
  • Each principal will receive a list of nominees from their school
  • Do you need to nominate everyone from your student’s team? Please only nominate the teachers and staff members who you feel have been exceptional!
  • Questions? Reach out to: newtonspecialeducationawards@gmail.com
Thank you so much for your participation recognizing the exceptional NPS and Out of District teachers and staff who work so hard to support special education students. Please help us share this message as widely as possible so the SEPAC Awards can reach all corners of our community!
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