Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Weekly Blog 3/21


Dear Wines Families,

I only have a couple of announcements today.

Hearing and Vision Screening Forms
In your child’s Wednesday Folder yesterday, you should have received a hearing and/or vision screening form. Hearing and vision screening takes place in April. You do not need to send the form back in unless there is information that needs to be shared (i.e., your child has previously been diagnosed with hearing and/or vision impairments).

Spring Break Next Week
There is no school next week for Spring Break. If you are traveling, have safe travels. When we return our teachers and students will get back to work as we finish out the last third of the school year. It’s hard to believe that summer is just around the corner!

That’s all for this week.

David


Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Weekly Blog 3/14


Dear Wines Families,
I have just a couple announcements today.

Report Cards/PLP’s
The March Report Card and updated Personalized Learning Plan for each student will be coming home tomorrow in your child’s backpack. Please take some time to review your child’s progress. You will notice a signature line for the PLP. Parents do not need to sign the March PLP. If you have any questions about the report card or PLP, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher.

Burns Park Run—Wines Benefits!
Thursday March 14 is the deadline for early registration for the Burns Park 5K on May 6th.  Runners in grades K - 12 can have $10 of their registration fee donated to the Wines PTO.  Registration remains open until May if your schedule frees up and the money can still be donated!  For more information see https://www.burnsparkrun.org/.

That’s all for this week!

David

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Weekly Blog 3/7


Dear Wines Families,
I have a lot of information today.

Wahoo Wow!!
Our annual Wines Wahoo was another smashing success. Thanks to everyone who was able to attend and big thanks to the small army of volunteers who made the event possible. I want to give a special thank you to Michelle Sigakis who took on the role of event planner this year. Michelle not only organized this large event but also made some subtle changes that made the night even more successful.

Speaking of volunteers like Michelle, I want to quickly remind everyone that while it may seem like our PTO and our PTO events are organized by a large, well oiled “machine”, in truth, our PTO leadership team is small and our event coordinators are an even smaller group. In the coming weeks, please look for information about opportunities to get involved with some of our larger events with the possibility of taking on a leadership role in subsequent years. We are looking for families with young students to take on leadership roles as many of our coordinators have children who will be leaving Wines soon. If you are a new family and/or a family that will be with us for a while, please consider these opportunities to learn now so that later you can take on a leadership role. We need you!!! The first such opportunity is to help learn about running the Wines Auction. See below.

Wines Auction
With the Auction getting closer we are looking for donations. If you are able to donate to the auction, some ideas are: 
Restaurant and other Gift Cards, Wine priced at $25+ for the wine pull, Sports Tickets and Memorabilia, Vacation homes and any other items you would like to donate.  

Also we are still looking for someone to start learning how to run the auction.  If you would like some more information about this please email Tracie Clarke at traciemcginty@hotmail.com 

Student Council Used Book Drive
Wines Student Council is continuing to work on acts of kindness. To connect an act of kindness to March Is Reading Month, student council is holding a drive for gently used children's books. Be kind and spread the joy of reading! Look for collection boxes labeled by genre in the main hallway. 

Great Ideas Grants: Deadline Extended!
We only received a couple of PTO Great Ideas Grant applications so the deadline has been extended until next Monday. The adult application can be found at: https://docs.google.com/a/aaps.k12.mi.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_68l6yDUh-WYtpHFWv_0k3PwF36eLoFfoOGOpKjIt_dF6qg/viewform



Forsythe Young Scientists Expo
The Young Scientists Expo with Scientist Spotlight will be at Forsythe Middle School, Sunday, March 11 from 1-4 PM.  Visit over 100 student projects!  Meet U-M scientists from the U-M Museum of Natural History's Science Communication Fellows program and participate in activities related to their research!  There will be activities for everyone, as well as the chance to see the results of so much hard work by the students.

Details:
Location: Forsythe Middle School, 1655 Newport Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
1:00pm: Expo opens to view student projects and visit exhibitors
1:30: Awards Ceremony for student scientists
4:00pm: Close

Thanks!
David