Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Weekly Blog 2/8

Dear Wines Families,
I have lots of important announcements today. Before moving forward, I want to send a sincere thank you to Jini Jain, Wendy Langrock, and Itzel Fernandez Camacho for all of their work putting on International Night last week. It was our largest event ever! Big thanks also to Mary Nickson for helping with the fashion show, and to the over 50 families who had displays and food that night. It was a great evening! On to this week’s news:

Parent Involvement Day Monday, Feb. 13
As a reminder, our annual Parent Involvement Day is next Monday. We hope you can join us for part of the day (or all day!). Please complete the RSVP at the link below if you are joining us. The RSVP is most important if you are staying for lunch so we have an accurate count for our order.  Please RSVP by tomorrow.


Wines Times Newsletter
This months PTO Newsletter is here. Please click on the link below for all the important information from our PTO.

Great Ideas Grant Deadline
Do you have a great idea? The Great ideas Grant program is an opportunity for Wines students, parents, and staff to turn a great idea into a funded program to benefit the Wines community!The grant approval committee meets twice a year to vote on applications. Submissions are now accepted online only.  The next and last deadline is March 1st.

The links for the Adult and Child application can be found on the Wines PTO website: www.winespto.org. Don’t let a great idea go to waste! Submit now! Submit several! Contact: Sarah Ball – sjcball@yahoo.com

Free workshop! Autism, Happiness & Systems Thinking 
Sylvia van Meerten is a Wines parent and the creator of Camp Tall Tree (an overnight camp for kids with autism and their siblings). She specializes in helping families with autism find practical strategies to build confidence and encourage independence at home. Sylvia has offered to do a free workshop for Wines parents on February 22nd from 6pm -7pm.  If you'd like to attend, please fill out the RSVP form here.  If you have questions for Sylvia, please call 828-458-0313.  

Autism, Happiness & Systems Thinking 
February 22nd 2017 
6pm - 7pm 
Wines Media Center
RSVP via email (sylvia@empowerautism.com) or this form.

 Disability Awareness Workshop
Our annual Disability Awareness Workshop takes place on Thursday, March 23. We will need parent volunteers to help out with this wonderful event for our 4th grade students. You do not need to be a 4th grade parent to help! To volunteer, please use the sign up link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080c48afaf28a31-disability

Any questions, please contact Jessi Averill 267-495-6208 or jessi.averill@gmail.com

 Skyline Basketball Youth Night Feb. 10
Elementary and middle school students receive free admission to Friday evening’s women’s basketball game vs. Pioneer. This event is a fundraiser for the Vada Murray Fund for Cancer and the Skyline team features many former Wines kids! See below for an informational flyer.

That’s all for this week!

David


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