Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Weekly Blog 1/10

Dear Wines Families,
Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you had some time to relax during the break. We have a lot happening here at Wines this month and throughout 2018. Here is the news for the week:

January Wines Times
Below is a link to the January Wines Times newsletter from our PTO. Please have a look!

Kindergarten Round Up Feb. 6—Young 5’s Included!!
Our annual Kindergarten Round Up takes place on Tuesday, Feb. 6th at 6:30 PM. In addition to discussing and introducing kids to Kindergarten, we will also be discussing an exciting possibility at Wines next year: the addition of a Young 5’s classroom! If you have a child who will be a candidate for Kindergarten or Young 5’s next year (or if you have friends and neighbors who do), please bring your child to Round Up on Feb. 6th. To help us be as prepared as possible, please also contact Robin in the office before Round Up so we can have your child on our list.

International Night: Jan 31st 6:30-8:00
Sign up online to host a country for International Night at:

Feel free to choose a country you are from, have spent time in, or are simply interested in learning about and sharing with others. Teach others about the country with food, information, an activity, game, craft, or anything else that's representative. Students are also invited to march in the Parade of Nations wearing a traditional outfit from their chosen country, whether or not your family is hosting a table.

Help Wanted: Science Olympiad Coaches!!
Please be an event coach for WESO 2018.  We have 140 preliminarily interested students, the biggest yet!  We need your help to allow participation from every interested student.  Want to hear from past / present Wines coaches and hear exactly, **all** details on what is involved? Then join us on Thursday, January 11th @ 7pm  in the Wines Multi-Purpose Room.

Want to learn about the how’s to coaching a WESO event from WESO?
January 24th @ Forsythe 7pm.

Want specifics on a particular event and competition expectations? 
January 31st @ Pioneer HS at 7 PM and repeat sessions at 8 PM.  

If you coach; you pick the practice times and your child receives first preference for participation.  **First come --> first promised.  

Email Wines WESO <scienceowines@gmail.com> as soon as possible to express interest.  

Auction/Raffle Planning Meeting: Tomorrow
If you are interested in helping in any way with the Wines Auction and Raffle then please come to our planning meeting on Thursday, January 11th at 3:15pm in the teachers lounge to find out more.
If you can't make the meeting but would still like to help then please email:

Friday Floor Hockey is Back!
After a brief hiatus in December, our weekly Friday before school floor hockey sessions are back! With snow on the ground, PLEASE have your child wear boots or a second pair of shoes into the building and change into dry shoes for the gym.

MLK Day
We will host our annual MLK assembly on Friday at 2:00 PM. Parents are more than welcome to attend! As always, please note that parent seating will be extremely limited, but there will certainly be “standing room” for adults. There is no school on Monday in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday.

It’s great to be back!!

David

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