Weekly Blog 5/27

Dear Wines Families, 

By the time most of you read this, our 5th graders along with Julie Spiroff, Janet Heaton, and I will be well on our way to Camp Tanuga! But we will be home just in time to enjoy the Country Fair and Raffle on Friday. Below is the final message regarding the Country Fair. We'll see you Friday! 

David

Get Ready for the Wines’ Country Fair, Raffle & Auction!
Friday May 29^th 6-8:30 p.m. on the Playground

Join Us for Family Fun and One of Wines’ Biggest Fundraisers!
Food, Games, Inflatables, Cake Walk, Raffle, Auction & More!

Volunteer Sign Up - Sign up via volunteerspot.com or please contact Cristina Rojas at cristina_rojas@yahoo.com

Wristband, Food & Raffle Ticket Sales
Advance Ticket Sales at Wines (May 26-29) - purchase tickets at the sales table outside the main school doors before and after school. (cash, check, or credit card.) Ticket Sales at the Fair (May 29) - purchase tickets onsite at ticket tables outside the school. (cash, check, or credit card). Tickets are NOT available at the school office.

Cake Walk Donations - Calling all Bakers Kindergarten through 5^th Grade!  
Jiffy Mix is helping out with a donation of cake and frosting mixes for our student bakers. Mixes can be picked up the week of the Country fair. Cakes, cupcakes, and other baked good can be dropped off Friday, May 29. Ribbons will be awarded for student baked donations showing the most Wines spirit. Please include the child’s name and grade on a note taped to the baked good.

We look forward to seeing you Friday, May 29^th! The Wines Country Fair, Raffle and Auction Team: Christy Hale (Chale1084@yahoo.com), Kerianne Tupac (kmtupac@umich.edu), Mary Nickson (mnickson@umich.edu)

Look for the Country Fair flyer in today's folders. 

Weekly Blog 5/20

Dear Wines Families,

It’s hard to believe that the Country Fair and Auction is just over a week away. Included in today’s email was information from our organizing committee. In addition, there were two important attachments. The first is information all about the fair including Cake Walk information, ticket sales, and information about the raffle. The second attachment has pictures of the amazing classroom projects that were created by students that will be available at this year’s auction. In addition, we have some information from Girls on the Run in today’s email.

The Raffle/Silent Auction is Around the Corner!

Silent Auction News

NEW THIS YEAR! The Silent Auction is moving - look for the big tent outside on the playground. In addition to the regular wonderful auction items, each classroom worked on a personalized project for the Silent Auction. The kids made simply amazing projects - check them out in the attached file! 

Raffle Donations Needed

The raffle/silent auction committee is hard at work collecting prizes for the upcoming raffle and silent auction at the Country Fair on May
29.  We hope families will consider making a prize donation. 

Some popular Raffle items to donate:  $1 scratch-off lottery tickets, cotton-candy and ice-cream makers, movie candy & gum, board games, iTunes cards, Quality 16 movie passes, and U-M sports regalia. We welcome ALL prizes and really hope you may surprise us with a great prize idea.  To see our complete wish list click on the link: http://bit.ly/WinesRaffleWishes   Don't have time to shop? Consider making a monetary donation and we’ll do the shopping for you. Just contact us to make arrangements. Donations may be placed in the bin labeled "raffle” located under the counter in the work room off the office. 

Classroom Basket Items Needed

Don’t forget to bring in items for the classroom baskets. Collection boxes are in each classroom. The classroom themes this year are:

K - Arts & Crafts

1 - Legos

2 - The Wonderful World of Science

3 - Camping, Swimming & Outdoor Fun

4 - Sports & Outdoor Fun

5 - It's A High Tech World

Stay tuned for a sneak peak at all the Raffle and Silent Auction items for this year. Thank you for your continued support!!
Kerianne Tupac, Raffle/Silent Auction Committee Chair

kmtupac@umich.edu

The Wines Girls on the Run team loves the Humane Society of Huron Valley!

The GOTR team is celebrating a successful season by collecting donations for the Humane Society (wish list at http://www.hshv.org/site/PageNavigator/help/wishlist.html). Donation boxes are located near the entrance to the school office. Please help us give back to the community by bringing in pet food, pet toys, and pet supplies byThursday, May 28. Contact Coach Suzanne (admiraal@umich.edu) if you have questions about our project. Thank you!

That’s all (for now…) Please look at your email and take a look at the important Country Fair attachment as well.

David

Weekly Blog 5/5

Hello Wines Families, 

I have a number of important announcements today and a few are important to get out today, so this week's blog post is a day early. 

Vote Today!

I hope our entire Wines community gets out and votes today. There is an important School Bond proposal on the ballot. If you need some more information regarding the bond before you hit the polls, below is the link I sent out last week. 

http://www.aaps.k12.mi.us/aaps/bond_video

Bike To School Day Tomorrow/ACES

Another time sensitive item. Tomorrow we will be participating in the annual Bike to School Day as well as ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously). We encourage kids to ride to school. In addition, during the morning, Ms. Wahl will lead our entire school on a walk to take part in ACES. Please note, in the event of inclement weather (it should be fine based on tomorrow's forecast) please make a family decision regarding if your child will ride to school. There will not be a formal "cancellation" announcement in the event of bad weather. 

Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast

Our staff would like to invite every volunteer to our school to our annual Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast on May 22. We will meet at 8:00 in the Media Center. Individual teachers will be contacting volunteers, but we know that every Wines parent volunteers in one way or another so everyone is invited! 

Class/Grade Leve Picnics

As a building in conjunction with PTO leadership, we have made a decision that instead of individual classroom/grade level end of year picnics at various locations around town, we will instead have one large school-wide celebration. This will take place the afternoon of June 9th. This will be a culminating celebration for many things. In addition to celebrating the end of the school year, we will celebrate our success during March is Reading Month and I will become a human ice cream sundae. We will also hold the staff/student kickball game for the winning class from the raffle and each student will receive ice cream. In the coming days, teachers will reach out as to how classroom parents can help out that day. There are many reasons why we are making this change. If you have specific questions, please contact me directly. 

Parking Lot

I want to remind parents that students are not allowed to use the cross walk in front of school without an adult accompanying them during the busy pick up and drop off times. If you choose not to use the lineup and park instead, please walk with your child to or from school. This is a critical safety issue. I've stopped a small few recently when I am out there, but I've received reports of students crossing before I come out in the morning. Also, I generally come outside around 8:40 each morning. Students should not be lining up before that time as they are not sufficiently supervised. 

That's all for this week! 

David