“A Day at the Park: Polar Park Experience for a Woo Sox Game” basket put together by the BDS 4th-grade parents features the following items:

• 6 tickets (Section 8, Row 11, Seats 6-11) to the Woo Sox vs. the Rochester Red Wings on Sunday, July 30th at 1:05pm
• $200 gift card for Polar Park (for use at concessions and the Team Store)
• Woo Sox merchandise including 2 hats, 2 mini bats, 1 pennant,1 foam finger and 1 foam smiley to cheer the Woo Sox on to victory!

In addition to watching the baseball game, it is “Pirates, Princes, and Princesses Day” at Polar Park for those who want to dress up and kids can run the bases after the game. What a fun family day it will be at Polar Park!!!

Take some time away from the kids and pamper yourself or bring your kids along for new adventures with this parent emergency gift basket designed by the kindergarten class. This wonderful basket includes a wealth of experiences designed for one parent to the whole family.  The following items are included in this emergency basket.  

• Four tickets to any 2024 Boston Opera House performance for when you need to watch a live performance.  Options for the 2024 season include Moulin Rouge, The Book of Mormon, Cinderella, Company, Carmen, MJ the Musical, and Les Misérables.
• Two AMC movie tickets for when you need to watch something that isn't on Netflix.
• Dinner for 2 at Menton in the Seaport for when you need a fancy dinner that doesn't include a happy meal.
• One hour massage at Body Zen Spa in Belmont for when you need some rest and relaxation.
• Codzilla tickets for 2 adults and 2 children (can also be used for Boston Harbor Cruises) for when you want to show your kids you can have fun too.
• A Boston Public Market gift card of $100 for when you need a food adventure.

To honor Pre-K’s curriculum theme of “Home”, the Pre-K families invite you to enjoy specialties inspired by our hometowns, past and present, with this simple poem.

To begin our journey, what better way to set forth than with maple popcorn and brittle from Vermont, courtesy of our friends to the north

For a taste of Europe, chocolates are legendary. Also not to be missed – afternoon tea for two at Boston Public Library.

Can’t get enough tea? Do not despair. Sip some white or jasmine in your comfiest chair.

With April break just past, summer will arrive in a blink. But fear not, for our friends at Winchester Country Club have you covered with a water bottle and hat in hot pink.

For the wine enthusiast, we offer up Californian and Ethiopian varieties To challenge even your most ardent pieties.

Curious about cookies served to celebrities and US presidents? Here’s $30 to splurge at Cookie Time Bakery, a longstanding favorite of Arlington residents.

We turn our attention to handicrafts so exquisite. A Chinese silk scarf, scented wooden fan, and decorative utensil set will have you dreaming about faraway lands to go visit

To round out our adventure, we must end on a familiar note And nothing transports you back home like Nutella, $50 worth of Dunkin’ Donuts, and a BDS tote

Have a blast outside this summer with the 6th-grade Summer Fun in the Sun basket! Included in this basket are:

• Four tickets to Canobie Lake Park (Experience thrills on roller coasters or cool off with water rides at this amusement park in Salem, NH! Tickets may be used any day the park is open, May-October)
• Gift card to Kimball Farms (Mini-golf, bumper boats, animal adventures, arcade, delicious food & ice cream and more – this place has it all!)
• Waterproof Picnic Blanket
• Two Handheld Misting Fans
• Four Cooling Towels

Fill your rainy days with fun inside activities, courtesy of the 6th-grade Summer Fun on a Rainy Day basket! Included in this basket are:

• Four tickets to Boda Borg (Immerse in adventure and embark on an unforgettable “real life quest!”)
• Gift Card to an AMC movie theater (What better way to spend a rainy day than to eat popcorn & watch a summer blockbuster at the movies!)
• Cuisinart Ice Cream Machine (No need to leave home for a sweet treat!)
• Ice cream storage container
• Ice cream scooper
• Popsicle Molds

Do you want to delight in the playfulness of chickens?  Send the kids out to collect fresh eggs for breakfast and learn more about where food comes from?  Bid now on the Chicken basket put together by the 5th-grade parents and featuring a rental package from Rent-the-Chicken!  You read that right - you can rent chickens for the summer and experience the joy of caring for hens and eating health eggs.

The winning bidder will receive a package from Rent-the-Chicken via a local farm that has arranged everything you need to care for your chickens from early May to Oct/Nov and includes the following:

• Delivery and setup of 2 hens ready to lay 8-14 eggs a week
• A coop
• Organic Feed
• Accessories
• Pick up from your home at the end of the season.  (The winner may opt to "adopt" the chickens at the end of the season or arrange to re-rent the same ones next year).

Fifth-grade families want to make sure you enjoy and succeed in this endeavor so they have also included these fun supplements to the package: 

• Two egg-collecting baskets
• The Egg Cookbook
• A white whisk
• A squishmallow chicken
• A chicken-themed puzzle
• Best of all, a personal tutorial with self-certified chicken consultant and BDS parent, Clair Kamenski, who will offer advice and a tour of the Kamenski family's chicken setup.