Weekly Blog 4/25

Dear Wines Families,

I have a number of items today.

Parent Input for Class Placement

Below is a link to a brief survey for families who wish to provide input for us as we make class placement decisions. As always, please note that we do not accept requests for a particular teacher nor do we accept requests for a student to not have a particular teacher. The input form simply allows families the opportunity to provide information that you feel will be helpful as we make placement decisions. Below is the link. If you wish to participate, please complete the form by Wednesday, May 9^th.

https://goo.gl/forms/zZnWs1N6Pke2oEFB3

 Important Millage Vote: May 8

The Ann Arbor Public Schools Operating Millage is on the ballot on May 8^th. The proposal is to restore, replace, and extend the authority of AAPS to levy mills for operating purposes. For AAPS homeowners, the millage will not increase tax rates over the current authorization. Please click on the link below for a video message regarding the proposal. The second link is to a FAQ regarding the millage vote.

https://youtu.be/aqVPkxxACpY

https://www.a2schools.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=13223

Art Night May 17: We Need You

We need just a few volunteers to make Art Night a success! Specifically, we need a couple of people to help hang student artwork on Tuesday, May 15th from 2-4ish, and we need some adult presence in the cafeteria to arrange the cookies and quickly clean up at the end of the evening. Easy stuff!

This is a stress-free volunteer opportunity that supports art in our school. Our Art Night organizer, Peg Knight, is “graduating” to middle school next year so we would also love for someone to take over Art Night for the 2018-2019 school year. If you are interested, please let Mr. Wyse know.

Below is the Sign Up Genius link for volunteers.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f4ea8a62fa3f49-artnight

Robotics Team Success!

On Friday, March 13 the first ever Elementary Robotics competition took place at Forsythe Middle School. Our PLTW teacher, Sarah Schemankse, led a group of 28 4^th and 5^th graders on eight different Robotics teams. I had the pleasure of attending the event and I was extremely impressed with our kids and the event itself. The Wines Firewolves took 2^nd place in the event. Big thanks to Sarah for starting this team and helping create what I’m sure will be a new tradition in AAPS.

Let’s Dance needs 1 More Student!

"Let's Dance" class offered at Wines this spring is in need of at least 1 more student to make it a go. This class is scheduled to start May 3rd. See the information about the class below.

Let's Dance at Wines

Thanks!

David