You can show your support for Underwood by registering your student for the Fun Run using the link below. All students will participate and receive a t-shirt, but the class with the highest participation will receive an extra 10 minutes of recess! In addition, you can sign up to volunteer to help the kids make it safely around their running route. The volunteer sign up is here! Parents and caregivers are also welcome to come enjoy the weather and cheer the kids! The times for the grades runs are: K: 10:15-111: 9:15- 10:002: 2:05-2:503: 11:15-124: 1:00-1:455: 12:00- 12:45 Your child’s fundraising page can be shared with family and friends near and far. All students will participate regardless of registration status, but registration is an easy and fun way to support our school. Underwood School Fun Run | FundHub getmovinfundhub.com
Category: Events
Principal’s Coffee
Principal’s Coffee – September 29, 8:30 at Underwood Join Dr. Talukdar and members of the Underwood PTO on Friday, September 29th at 8:30am for our annual back-to-school meet and greet at Underwood! Can’t make it? Ask a question here.
Welcome Back Picnic
Welcome Back Picnic – Thursday, September 14th – 5:00 – 7:00pm The Welcome Back Picnic is a fun outdoor evening for our entire school community. In addition to entertainment from the Bubble Barge there will be pizza, drinks, and snacks for sale by the PTO. Order pizza here by Noon on 9/13!
COVID-19 VACCINE/BOOSTER CLINIC
SATURDAY JUNE 11, 2022 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM OAK HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL – 130 WHEELER RD This clinic is geared towards children ages 5-11 for first and second doses and boosters with appropriate documentation. All minors must have a parent or legally authorized representative complete the consent form. We will also have them printed and available on site. Pediatric Pfizer vaccines will be available for ages 5-11. Vaccines for all eligible individuals will be available. Click here to register or visit: https://www.holtzmanmedical.org/school?fbclid=IwAR25jZRBcsBIzAEaS8iomcfpEhtR9ziUCPsDCiTzcxTBn_oLXAiAud4g4Rc (AGES 5-11)
2nd Annual Backyard Concert for Adults
Friday, June 10th 7-9pm: Backyard Concert for Adults Grown-ups let loose to the live music from Underwood parent and amazing singer/songwriter Will Dailey! Join us for a BYOB backyard bash to celebrate the end of an exciting and eventful in-person school year, hosted by the Goldworms and Luethys in their connected backyards. REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/UWD-Backyard-22 ABOUT WILL DAILEY Will Dailey is an acclaimed independent recording artist, performer, and artist advocate. His sound has been described as a Venn diagram of multiple genres with a rich vintage vibe channeled through his authentic and energetic performances. All inspiring famed Rock journalist Dan Aquilante to call him “the real deal”. Dailey’s albums are met with stellar reviews. They have 13 million spins on Spotify, top 20 on the national Billboard Heat Seeker chart twice and he’s won 8 Boston Music Awards including Album of the Year, Artist of the year, and songwriter READ MORE
2022 Spring Carnival
The beloved Underwood Spring Carnival is BACK! Save the date for Friday, June 3rd from 3pm-7pm. This is our biggest event of the year – and it is entirely run by volunteers! We need your help! Please sign up for a one-hour time slot: https://bit.ly/2022carnival-signup The 2022 Carnival will feature: Food trucks Games Inflatables Prizes Sand art Snow cones Face painting A dunk tank and a beer garden! More details about tickets will be released shortly!
Underwood Movie Night – May 6th
The Underwood PTO invites your family to attend a free showing of the new release The Bad Guys (https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-bad-guys)! When: Friday May 6th 6:30pmWhere: West Newton Cinema, 1296 Washington St, West Newton, MA 02465Who: Underwood students and families only; all students must be accompanied by an adultRSVP Deadline: 5pm EST, Thursday 5/5. We have a limited number of seats available so please RSVP as soon as possible. REGISTER HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScO1l8r3n3bJVZJo6fGsXwCEc30w0yJAmJ8QXWbEpAiTN-Q4g/viewform Questions: Please email UnderwoodPTO@gmail.com
NewtonServes Day is Sunday, May 1st
Newton Parks, Recreation & Culture Department is excited to share that NewtonSERVES 2022 will be on May 1st. This year we are looking to focus volunteer efforts on cleaning and improving our parks, school grounds, open space areas, and conservation lands. These areas have been so important these past few years and really could use some community TLC! Mr. Gluck is leading our annual Underwood Garden and Playground Cleanup.All ages are welcome and you can sign up here: https://newtonma.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30256 – scroll down to Underwood School Garden! Volunteers should come to Underwood anytime from 9am – 3pm and bring their own gloves and masks – a rake or shovel from home would be helpful, too!
Freedom to Read: Addressing the Banned Books Campaign
Please join us via Zoom on Wednesday, March 30 at 7pm for a Panel Discussion co-hosted by the Newton North and Newton South FORJ chapters entitled Freedom to Read: Addressing the Banned Books Campaign. In light of current legislative efforts to ban books (and other legislative efforts to limit teachers’ abilities to teach concepts of anti-racism, inclusion, and social justice) we think it’s important to have an open discussion around what we want our students to learn. We are delighted to have on our panel Lorena Germán, an educator focused on antiracist and anti-bias work in education, and the founder of the groups #DisruptTexts and Multicultural Classroom. She is the author of The Anti Racist Teacher: Reading instruction workbook, and Textured Teaching: A framework for culturally sustaining practices. Please RSVP here to receive the zoom link at the email address you provide on the day of the event. READ MORE
Letter from the Co-Presidents – march 2022
Key Upcoming Dates: April 5: PTO Social at the Social April 6: Community Conversation: Newton METCO Presentation 7pm April 15: Good Friday (No School) April 18-22: April Recess _____________________________________________________________________________ Dear Underwood Families, Thank you for making the 2022 Underwood Online Auction a smashing success! The auction raised over $10,000, which will cover nearly the entire Creative Arts & Sciences (CAS) budget for this year. Thank you not only to the generous business who provided items, but to Julie Chrzan, Jared and Tess Leeds, Victoria Peake, the Abram, Curran, Dao, Davis, Morgan, and Peterson families, and our Underwood staff for generously donating items and events to help make the auction a success! Speaking of CAS, all Underwood students will experience three enrichment programs this spring, including Authorfest on April 12th. All grades will have an author visit the classroom in person READ MORE
April Community Conversation
Join the Underwood PTO and Newton METCO Director, Lisa Gilbert-Smith for this interactive presentation on Wednesday, April 6th. Lisa Gilbert-Smith is the Director of the Newton METCO Program. As Director, she oversees all activities for the METCO program in the Newton Public Schools and provides guidance to administrators and faculty on cultural proficiency, multicultural curriculum and the goal of high academic expectations for urban students of color. Learn general information about the Newton METCO program and its history. Join the discussion on how partnerships ensure that all students in Newton Public Schoolsflourish. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/community2_2022
AuthorFest 2022
AuthorFest is back for Spring 2022! We are so excited that Underwood and CASC will host these amazing experiences for our students this year. Kindergarten – Science Discovery Museum: Bubbles! May 25– David Zucker: Poetry in Motion; Outside, with 1st grade! April 26 (rain date April 28)– AuthorFest: Emilie Boon (visiting 5/18 instead of 4/12) 1st Grade – Drumlin Farm: Wild Adaptations; late spring; outside (pending)– David Zucker: Poetry in Motion; Outside, with 1st grade! April 26 (rain date April 28) – AuthorFest: Juana Medina, April 12 2nd Grade – Shaw Pong Liu: The Middle Kingdom through Music and Story; Jan-April; virtual (pending)– Joe and Vida Galeota: Day in Ghana; April-June; outside (pending)– AuthorFest: Juana Medina, April 12 3rd Grade– Annawon Weeden: First Light Fun; Outside, May 27– Techsploration: Structures; Outside, June 9– AuthorFest: Grace Lin (virtual), April 12 4th Grade – Science Discovery Center: Rocks and Minerals, May 18– Origamido; virtual, being rescheduled from READ MORE