Dear Wines Families,
I hope this message finds you well today. I have a few
important announcements this week.
Important information
from the Office
We are finalizing all of our paperwork in our system this
week. If you have not turned in your opening week paperwork please do so ASAP
(items include the green emergency card, Google Apps permission, and other
items sent home the first week of school). If you need another copy of
anything, please let us know.
Please, if you are visiting the school for any reason, you
must sign in to the front office. Our computer system has finally officially
crashed (we’ve been waiting for that for a couple years), so we have the old
fashioned sign in located at the computer station. I realize that many parents
are frequent visitors to our school and are known by our entire staff. We need
you folks to set the example for everyone else! This is a critical safety issue
and we appreciate your help.
Picture Day Next Week
Our annual Picture Day is next Tuesday. Picture forms were
sent home last week. You can also order your pictures online. Go to order.inter-state.com and use the Wines access
code 735833. Please note, on the order
form and online, there is a package 11, which is just a yearbook. ALL WINES
STUDENT RECEIVE A YEARBOOK WHETHER YOU ORDER A PICTURE PACKAGE OR NOT. PLEASE
DO NOT PURCHASE PACKAGE 11. All students will have their picture taken and
be included in the yearbook even if you don't order a package.
Adult Run-a-Thon
Registration
Just a reminder that adults can participate in this year’s
Run-a-Thon and receive a t-shirt. Registration ends on Sunday. Go to the link
below to register. https://ugpogo.undergroundshirts.com/groupIndex.php?cart_id=3832
Walktober Starts Next
Week!
Our annual celebration of Walktober begins next week. Every
Friday during the month of October as well as on International Walk to School
Day (Wed. Oct. 8) we encourage all Wines students to walk to school. If your
child rides a bus to school, busses will drop students off at south Forsythe
parking lot and I will be picking up our morning care students and walking a
loop to Forsythe to pick up the bus riders. So everyone can participate in this
great Wines tradition! So plan on walking beginning next Friday.
BYOT Permission Forms
We hope to collect all of our BYOT permission forms this
week so we can begin to slowly roll out BYOT in our classrooms. As I’ve
indicated a few times, the roll out will be deliberately slow so please watch
for classroom emails or newsletters with specifics on if/when devices will be
allowed in your child’s classroom. If you need a new form, please let me know.
Fairy Garden and More
Art Room News
Let’s build a spectacular Fairy Garden for Wines Elementary!
Enhancing community bonds while we’re at it! Among the trees near the
Butterfly Garden, Ms. Hendrick and the Fairy Garden Committee have devised a
way to attract fairies, gnomes, dwarves, and other magnificent creatures known
to be kind to children to this beautiful space.
All families are welcome to join our effort to create an
atmosphere of fun, whimsical, outdoor play in our very own schoolyard. Please
sign-up for gardening sessions, plants and other donations, natural building
material collection, and much more fun:
We’ll have many opportunities to join in! Phase One is
underway this fall. Phase Two continues in the spring, and beyond! For more
information, please contact Jill Anthony Stephenson jamastep@gmail.com and Patricia Ferrer
Beals pferrer@umich.edu>.
Ms. Hendrick’s Art Room News was also attached to today’s
email.
That’s all for this week.
David
