Weekly Blog 4/27

Dear Wines Families,

I have a few important items today and I’ve also included some of the Auction reminders that I sent out earlier this week.

Parent Input for Class Placement

It’s that time of year again. We will soon begin the important process of making class placement decisions for the 2016-2017 school year. Below is a link to a parent input form for parents to fill out if they would like to share information to help us in this process. As always, we appreciate your understanding that we cannot accept requests for specific teachers or specific requests to not have your child with a specific teacher. If you would like to provide us any input, please fill out the form below.

Class Placement Parent Input

Special Education Millage Election May 3

Voters in Washtenaw County will be asked to vote May 3rd on a 1.5 mill property tax increase to fund special education services. Please make sure you know where your polling place is and vote on May 3rd! Below is a link to some Frequently Asked Questions about the Millage. I encourage you to read through these FAQ’s about this important election. As a reminder, there is no school next Tuesday.

Special Education Millage FAQ's

We Need Help Selling DVDs Before the Kindergarten Music Show

The PTO hires a videographer to film each grade level music performance and create DVDs and Blu-Rays for parents to purchase. We need one or two volunteers to take down orders for DVDs and collect payments before the Kindergarten show next week! The process is very simple and you are only needed from 6:30 to 7:00 pm. If you are able to volunteer, please contact Annemarie Dolan at akilburndolan@comcast.net.

Auction Reminders:

The first “off site” Wines Auction takes place this Saturday at Null Taphouse in Dexter.  If you are planning on attending the Auction (and I certainly hope you do!), please purchase your tickets in advance. You can purchase tickets at the link below:

https://squareup.com/store/wines-elementary-school-pto/item/silent-auction-ticket

Volunteers

We are still in need of a few volunteers for Saturday. Please see the link below for volunteer opportunities.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0c4da9af2ba64-thewines

David

Weekly Blog 4/20

Dear Wines Families,

As I indicated earlier this week, we are in full Wines Auction “mode” here and I’m so excited about this new event! With the Auction coming up in just over a week, I want to repeat my messages from earlier this week. In addition, please look for an email from me later today with a picture of your child’s class auction project (they are quite stunning!).  The class auction items will be auctioned off as part of a live auction hosted by Duncan Riley. 

Wines Auction Information

The event takes place on Saturday, April 30th at Null Taphouse in Dexter beginning at 6:00 PM. This will be a great event and we hope to see you there!! If you haven't purchased your tickets yet, please go to the link below to purchase online. 

Wines Auction Tickets

We will also need volunteers for the evening to help make it a success (you can volunteer and also have the opportunity to enjoy the evening!) Below is a link for volunteers:

Wines Auction Volunteer Sign Up

Art Night

In other news, our annual Art Night takes place on Thursday, May 5^th from 6:30-8:00. Mr. Wyse is planning an amazing event and we hope you can join us.

Parking Lot Reminders…again

The end of the day pick up at the front of the building is getting a bit hectic and so I want to remind you of how you can help make this more efficient and safe. As always, you cannot park along the curb and the line up can start up towards the Newport entrance. Remain in your car and continue to pull up until you are at the front of the school. DO NOT encourage your children to begin walking up the sidewalk to greet you. This may make your pick up faster, but it slows down the entire process for everyone else. We will remind the students as well, but we need your assistance. I appreciate your help. If you have babysitters or others who are not regular pick up participants, please share this information.

That’s it for this week!

David

Weekly Blog 4/13

Dear Wines Families,

Below is a link to the April Wines Times Newsletter and there is lots of important information there, so I’ll be brief.

Wines Times Newsletter

I do want to highlight the information in the Wines Times about the upcoming Wines Auction. Note that the name is no longer “Silent” Auction because part of the evening will be a live auction. Specifically, the classroom projects will be auctioned live. Duncan Riley will be our guest auctioneer!! Speaking of the classroom projects, they are OUTSTANDING. I will soon be sending each classroom a picture of the item from the class that will be up for auction. 

The Wines Auction is April 30^th beginning at 6:00 at Null Taphouse in Dexter. Tickets to the Auction can be purchased at: https://squareup.com/store/wines-elementary-school-pto/item/silent-auction-ticket

Brownie Troop Water Drive

Wines Brownie Girl Scout Troop 40551 is working on their Wonders of Water Journey.  This involves a service project related to water and our troop voted to help the residents of Flint with a bottled water drive.  A box will be available at the entrance of Wines to collect your bottled water donation now until Wednesday, April 27th.  Thank you so much for your help!

David