The latest announcements from the Principal and the PTO...

Raffle ticket collection has begun! This week we will be collecting tickets every day during drop off and pick up times.   Don’t forget, you will receive 5 free tickets for every 25 tickets you turn in with payment by tomorrow, Wednesday May 16!

This is our biggest fundraiser of the year.  It is critical that we are successful so we can continue to fund the activities of the PTO including teacher stipends, Creative Arts and Sciences Programming, Understanding our Differences and the International Pot Luck Dinner to name a few.  We haven’t had a fundraiser since the Book Fair back in November so we are hoping you will all do your part in selling those tickets.  And it’s an easy sell with so many wonderful prizes.  (Please note that the Amazon gift certificate is actually $200 -listed as $100 in the book).

When you turn in your paid tickets, we also encourage you to bring in your extra raffle ticket books and prize books. To keep our printing costs low, we print as few as possible and all your unused books and tickets can be used by someone else at school.

We will also be selling and collecting raffle tickets for the first hour of Spring Fling on Sunday.

Thanks for buying and selling lots of tickets; by supporting our school we are ALL winners!

Ticket Collection continues this week.  Remember that you will get 5 free tickets for every full book (25 tickets) you turn in by Wednesday, May 16th. Continue reading →

Stop by our 2^nd annual car wash!  Funds raised will benefit ChildFund International, one of the world’s oldest, most respected child relief/development organizations.  9:00 AM – 11:00 AM  / $7 per car at the Bowen Elementary School, 280 Cypress St, Newton Center.  Rain date is June 3^rd.  Fifth graders and parents – don’t forget to sign up to help out.  We needs supplies (hoses, buckets, rags, nozzles, etc.) and helpers.  You can sign up here at this link

The Newton Partnership will present a Workshop on Sibling Relations at Bowen School on Thursday, May 17th at 7:00pm.  For more information about the program, please visit their website – http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/newtonpartnership/parent_workshops.htm

Dear Families,

Many thanks to all of you who helped “spruce up” both the inside of the school and the school grounds during Newton Serves day on April 29.  The new paint in the hallway and in the gym have refreshed those areas, and the school grounds look terrific.  I appreciate that our Senior Custodian, Mark Pagliaro, and his son were able to join the painting crew!             Continue reading →

We want to thank the School Committee and the Superintendent for coming to our school and talking with us about the education situation in Newton.   Thank you Ms. Bencal and to all the parents that came to the meeting and expressed their points of view about so many important issues related to their children’s education.  The active involvement of outspoken parents is what makes Bowen a wonderful school.

Did you ever wonder where your child’s lunchbox went?  How about a winter coat or boots? Missing a hat or sweatshirt?  Wonder no more.  It probably is in the Bowen Lost and Found.  For the next week, all of the items from lost and found will be displayed in the Bowen Lobby. Please come by this week and take a look.  All unclaimed items will be donated over the weekend.  Happy hunting:)

What a beautiful sight it was yesterday at Bowen.  We had close to 60 volunteers throughout the morning hours work to improve both inside and outside the school.  The bottom trim in the gym has a new coat of fancy blue paint and the downstairs hall near the boys bathroom was repainted.  The school grounds look wonderful with a fresh layer of mulch and  much needed pruning and weeding.   Thank you to all of the volunteers (way too many people to list) but a big thank you to Jenni Acosta and Sue Flicop for organizing the morning.  Well done Bowen!

By all accounts, the Mystery Dinner was a great success!   Almost 60 Bowen parents from every grade (including the incoming kindergarten) as well as staff (thank you Ms Bencal and Jerry and Ms. Elder) joined together for a wonderful evening with old and new friends and good food.  We thank our very generous hosts for opening up their homes:  Remi and Michael Dansinger, Elizabeth and John Dowd, Ellen and Matt Epstein, Shara and Steve Ertel, Sue Flicop and Chris Hill, Brooke and Philip Harrell, Lisa and Charles Lee, Jodi and Michael Riseberg, and Laurie and Cliff Utstein.  A special thank you to Sue Flicop for her amazing organizational skills

We hope to continue this tradition going forward.  Please take a moment to complete the survey at the following link (Survey) to help in our planning for next year.