Dear Wines Families,
As seems customary at this time of year, I have a number of important announcements in today’s posting.
Tech Bond
By now I hope everyone knows that next Tuesday, May 8th there is a Technology Bond election in Ann Arbor. I want to encourage everyone to participate in this important vote. If you would like more information about the bond, please visit http://www.a2schools.
NWEA Testing
Our final round of NWEA testing begins next week. Over the next two weeks, every student at Wines will take the MAP assessment in Reading and Math. This is one of many indicators of student success we use in our school. This final round of testing is important because the NWEA assessment is a growth model and with this final round of testing, we can now measure every student’s growth over the course of the year. We will be stressing to students not to become stressed about the test, but at the same time, we want our students to do their best. We hope you can do your part by making sure your child comes to school each day ready to learn! We also hope you can reiterate to your child to do his or her best on the assessment.
Girls on the Run
Please mark for your calendars for Tuesday, May 8th! Girls on the Run will be hosting a 5K running event at WINES immediately after school (3:45-5:15). Please consider supporting the girls by coming out to CHEER THEM ON!! - friends, students, siblings, parents, teachers, ... We need a crowd to line our route in support as we encourage their efforts to conquer a 5K. It will be a fun time for all with music, snacks and smiling runners!! If you can volunteer your support to help set-up prior (3-3:30) and/or host a water table, please emailholly.a.murphy@gmail.com. Our route is through the Creal Park neighborhood - so if your home lies in the neighborhood please let us know if you can host a water table! We appreciate your support.
Bike to School
On May 9th, we are encouraging students to participate in National Bike to School Day. Wines has been selected to host an expert from Mott Hospital who will professionally fit your child’s bike helmet. There will also be stickers for students. In addition, we will be raffling off 4 new bike helmets donated by Mott. If you would like to help organize the event (not much work needs to be done and you get a t-shirt!), please email me directly.
Raffle/Auction Information
Please look for another email from me on Friday with important information about the upcoming Raffle and Silent Auction taking place during the Country Fair. Our group of volunteers is busy putting this information together and so I will send that out on Friday.
David
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