Bulletin   MSPA Parent to Parent information      ------------------------------------------- Sign-up for the MSPA newsletter/announcements and John Glenn Middle School email announcements    ------------------------------------------- Monthly Book Club Please consider joining us for our monthly book club held on the first Friday of each month in the library of the Congregational Church, 25 Great Road.  We meet at 10:00 a.m. and welcome new members.  If you are interested in childcare, please contact Wendy Stacey at 781-275 5480 or Ann Guay at 781-271-9062.  Our selections appear below.  February 5th   The Mennonite in a Little Black Dress:  A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen March 5th       The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows April 2nd        Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri May 7th          The Help by Kathryn Stockett June 4th          The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Happy Reading!
		------------------------------------------- BYFS Donations Needed Bedford Youth and Family Services is looking for possible donations of any electronics such as Playstation, video games, Guitar Hero, Dance Dance Revolution, karaoke machines, etc.  If you have made any upgrades and are willing to donate your old electronics to our department we could put them to great use for upcoming Friday night events for the middle school students.  Please contact Lesley McGovern at lmcgovern@town.bedford.ma.us if you have any questions or would like to make a donation.  Thank you! ------------------------------------------- MSPA Needs Your Support - You can donate online with PayPal!

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BHS to Stage ‘The Music Man’

The Bedford High School Music Department will stage its spring musical, “The Music Man,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, March 10, 12 and 13; and at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 11, in the BHS Auditorium. Advance tickets go on sale March 1.

Evening-performance tickets to “The Music Man” are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Matinee tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door. Advance tickets will be on sale at Fetch It!, 48 Great Road (781-275-0584); Great Road Gallery & Framing, 363 Great Road (781-275-8886); and the Bedford Council on Aging, 12 Mudge Way (781-275-6825). Tickets will also be on sale in the school offices at Davis, Lane and JGMS.

For more information about the BHS production of “The Music Man,” contact Diane Pritchett at diane_pritchett@bedford.k12.ma.us or 781-275-1700 ext. 4200.

Bedford Education Foundation

The newly formed Bedford Education Foundation would like to thank all of our community supporters this year. With your help, the BEF raised over $20,000 to fund teacher grants in the Bedford Public Schools this past year.  Utilizing the BEF grant application process, all Bedford Public School teachers were encouraged to identify projects that were creative and innovative. From the over fifty grant applications received, the BEF grant giving committee supported projects in all four Bedford Public Schools across a variety of curricula. The Middle School received the following items:  replica bones for the social studies department that will help bring history alive, honoraria for an interactive Shakespeare performance and the Boston Lyric Opera, Body Sox for the theater department, supplies for the athletic, music, and foreign language departments, and funding for the anti-bullying initiative. 
 

The Bedford Education Foundation is your organization.  We encourage you to participate by volunteering and/or donating.  We are actively seeking new board members.  Volunteers are needed to assist with publicity, PR, fundraising, grant writing, events, and Bedford Day.  Please visit us at http://www.bedfordeducation.org/.  We encourage you to contact us at Ilsa@bedfordeduction.org or annmarie@bedfordeducation.org.

Last updated - February 16, 2010