Dear Wines Families,
Yesterday was such an exciting day for us here! Being named
a Blue Ribbon School is certainly an honor and I again want to extend my thanks
not only to our incredible staff, but also to all of you in our community who
make this school so special. If you have time to read our full application
you’ll see that while achievement is part of our story, the majority of our
story is about this wonderful community. So I thank you! Now, on to lots of
important items this week.
PTO Meeting
Our first PTO meeting of the year takes place tomorrow
evening. At 6:00 we will host a special “orientation” meeting for new families
so you can learn about what our PTO does, who are PTO leaders are, and get a
sense of the many ways you can participate in our school. At 7:00, we will hold
our regular meeting. As always, free childcare will be available.
Speaking of PTO, we are looking for more volunteers for our
numerous events this year. I sent an attachment with today's email with online sign
ups for all of our events. If you are interested in helping out, please take a
look at the sheet.
Walktober
Tomorrow marks the first day of October meaning our annual Walktober celebration begins. We will
encourage students to walk to school every Friday in October as well as next
Wednesday, Oct. 7th for International Walk to School Day. Again this
year, our students who ride the bus will be able to participate, as the busses
will drop kids off at the south parking lot at Forsythe. I will also be picking
up our morning care students and walking them over to Forsythe to meet the
busses. We’ll need some help greeting the kids as they enter our property and
at our entrances to make sure they all get a hand stamp indicating they walked
to school. If you are willing to help out please visit http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c45a9ac28a2f94-walktober
Run-a-Thon
Next Friday we kick off our Run-a-Thon with our annual Pep
Rally. The Run-a-Thon takes place on Friday, Oct. 16th. Every Wines
student receives a t-shirt for the event. Historically, we’ve had lots of
parents who wanted t-shirts as well. If you are interested in purchasing your
own t-shirt, there is a link below. Proceeds go to our Run-a-Thon fundraiser.
Also, please look for more information about Run-a-Thon next week as well as
the pledge forms that will go home on Oct. 12. Any questions, please contact
Molly Bazzani at mollybazzani@hotmail.com.
Skyline Homecoming
Our neighbors at Skyline are celebrating their homecoming
this weekend and there Friday evening there are great events that our kids and
families might be interested in. On Friday at 5:30 there is the homecoming
parade. At 6:00 there is BBQ from Blue Tractor as well as chips, drinks, and
ice cream (for purchase). Finally, at 7:00 PM the Skyline football team takes
on cross town rival Huron.
Picture Day
Picture Day is next Tuesday, Oct. 6th.
Information went home last week about pictures. If you need financial
assistance purchasing pictures, please contact me directly.
Show Your Support
My apologies for the
late notice, but this week Wines is participating in the promotional
“Show Your Support” fundraising program through the Ann Arbor PTO Thrift
Shop. Shoppers show their support by shopping and – for
every $5 spent in the shop – dropping a token into your collection jar.
The Thrift Shop then donates a portion of the proceeds to our PTO.
Token totals at the end of each week determine the amount of funds your
group receives. This week's schools are Abbot, Wines, Clague, and Tappan.
North Campus
Criterium
Here is a note from one of our wonderful Wines parents about
a special event this weekend.
Hello everyone, my name is Jeremy Zeigler. I have a child in
Wines Elementary like all of you and want to share a fun big “little” event
I’ve been working on with the powers-that-be on U of M’s North Campus. I’d like
to formally and personally invite all of you to bring the kids (and their
bikes) to be part of the North Campus Criterium with me this Sunday,
October 4, 2015. Kids Race is at 11:30am!
What is a Criterium, you ask?
It’s really just a fancy word for a bike race… and even if
racing isn’t your thing I encourage you to stop by and see what all the fuss is
about. There is a little something here for the entire family: a Kids Bike
Race, an Open Bike Race for adults, a PRO-AM Race for the
local talent (cyclists), and the main event will be a Relay Race for
University Students and Staff. It’s going to be a very fun event to watch
and be a part of and I’m happy to say I’ve been placed in charge of the kids
event! The kids event is FREE and we will have a closed little .2 mile
loop (very safe) all set up for the kids. We’ll divide the kids into groups
day-of when we see how many we have at the event. All kids get a NCCRIT ribbon!
I would love to see you and the kiddos on Sunday it's guaranteed to be a ton of
fun!
That’s all for this week!
David
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