Weekly Blog 10/2

Dear Wines Families,
I sent out my weekly email a day early this week because we have a lot of important things happening on Wednesday. First, tomorrow is International Walk to School Day. Again this year, Wines will participate in this day as a kickoff to our Walktober celebration. Students are encouraged to walk or ride to school tomorrow. We will also be walking on Friday and every Friday this month. Students who ride the bus will be dropped off at the south parking lot of Forsythe and I will meet them there along with parent volunteers. So everyone can have a chance to walk!

Wednesday is also Count Day for schools in Michigan. A large percentage of our state funding comes from the count of students tomorrow. We want everyone who is healthy to please be in school on Wednesday. If your child is ill, we do not want him or her to be at school. We will be able to count absent children when they return. However, the fewer unnecessary absences we have, the less headache Robin has in the office as she is in charge of compiling the lengthy state report for count day.

This Friday we will kick off our Run-a-Thon with a pep rally at 3:00 PM. The Run-a-Thon is next Friday, October 12th. Every student at Wines will participate in the run and receive a t-shirt. We hope every child will also participate in the fundraising part of the Run-a-Thon as well. We again hope to raise enough money to continue to upgrade our playground structures.

To lead up to next Friday, we will have a special Spirit Week next week. The days are as follows:

Monday: Pajama Day
Tuesday: Inside-out/Backwards Day
Wednesday: Crazy Hair Day
Thursday: Wines Colors Day (red, white and black)
Friday: Run-a-Thon Team Spirit Day. Students are encouraged to collaborate with their class to figure out the best way to display class spirit during Run-a-Thon. They can come up with a team cheer, wear the same color/outfit for Run-a-thon, wear same hairstyle, etc.

In addition to raising money for our school, 10% of proceeds from Run-a-Thon will go to a local charity. Staring tomorrow, students will vote at lunch for the charity of choice. This year, the three deserving charities students will vote on are Ele’s Place, Peace Neighborhood Center, or 826Michigan.

Attached to today’s email is a Run-a-Thon informational flyer as well as the schedule for when different grades are running.

Finally, I want to let everyone know that on Oct. 11th at 7:00 PM, there is a neighborhood meeting to discuss making Newport Road more pedestrian friendly for students and families. City Council Woman Sandra Briere will be in attendance. The meeting will take place in the Wines cafeteria.

That’s all for now!

David