Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Weekly Blog 9/3/2014

Dear Wines Families,
What a great first couple of days! It was so wonderful to see everyone on Tuesday and while the first day of school is never a “normal” day, by the end of the day and certainly into today, there are moments when it seems like we never left.

For new families, this post serves as the first of my weekly blog messages. Since this is the first post of the year, it will be a bit longer than usual! On Wednesdays, your child will also come home with a take home folder with items from class and those items that must go home on paper (though we try to be nearly paperless from the office). In the folder that comes home today, you will see lots of important back to school information. Much of it needs to be returned to school. Please take some time to review today’s folder. One item that is in today’s take home folder is a yellow packet with information about the rollout of Google accounts for all students. This is an exciting district initiative. Please read through the information and return the items that need to be returned. I will be discussing this at some length at Curriculum Night next Tuesday evening. I will also be discussing the Wines rollout of Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) and discussing our newly acquired iPads at Wines. This is an exciting time to be a Wines student and I know there will be many questions. I will try to address all your questions, but please know that there will certainly be a bit of unknown this year.

Welcome Back Picnic
Please join us for our annual PTO Welcome Back Picnic tomorrow evening beginning at 6:30 on the back playground. Please bring a picnic dinner and beverages for your family, a blanket, and if possible, fruit to share (K-2) or dessert (3-5).
Curriculum Night
Our annual Curriculum Night is next Tuesday, September 9th. Teachers will be presenting in their classrooms from 6:30-7:00. I will welcome our entire community in the Multi-Purpose Room from 7:00-7:30. Teachers will be back in their rooms for a second presentation for those of you with more than one child from 7:30-8:00. We hope to see you there! Please note that Curriculum Night is for parents only. We simply cannot provide childcare at this event.

Run-a-Thon
Our annual Run-a-Thon takes place on Friday, October 10th. You will be receiving lots of information in the coming days and weeks. This is not only an important fundraiser at Wines, it is also one of the most fun days we have at school for both kids and adults! Do you own or work for a local business that would like to help sponsor Run-a-Thon? Are you interested in being part of the planning committee or volunteer the day of the event? Please contact Molly Bazzani at mollybazzani@hotmail.com.

Library Volunteers
Mrs. Evaldson is in need of volunteers in the Media Center. No need to know the Dewey Decimal System required!! Attached to today’s email was a volunteer sign up form.

ThinkStretch
Our kids have been working hard all summer on their ThinkStretch summer learning packets. These will be due next Friday, September 12th. Attached to today's email was a letter about ThinkStretch from Kerianne Tupac. Please have a read!


David


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