Dear Wines Families,
I hope this message finds you all well. I have a few important messages today.
Please Help Limit Office/Classroom Interruptions
Parents, we need your help to keep office and classroom interruptions to a minimum. Robin is often the only person in the office during the day and is juggling a million things all the time. I want to return to a message I’ve sent earlier this year about early pick-ups. We certainly understand that sometimes students need to leave early for critical appointments (such as vaccinations). With that said, we are currently seeing a significant increase and this can be extraordinarily disruptive to the classroom and the office. Please limit this as much as possible. Also, just a reminder that we cannot release students after 3:15 daily as this is a busy time all over the school.
In addition, when Robin is needed to greet parents at the door with forgotten lunches, masks, boots, instruments, etc., she needs to stop everything she is doing. We then need to interrupt classrooms to deliver items or have students come to the office to pick them up.
While on the surface these interruptions seem minor, this is happening multiple times a day. We have extra masks, lunch is free and available for all students daily, and sometimes not having your boots one day will help kids remember them the next time!! Obviously, there are times when it is critical that parents come to school with items. We simply ask that you consider if your trip is essential. If it isn’t essential, we ask that you not come to school during the day.
The above reminders are good for every day. However, next week they will be critical as we will be short staffed in the office all week (non-COVID related). Please help us keep the office as interruption free as possible next week. Please know that under normal circumstances (which I promise will return eventually!!), we can be much more flexible. However, with current restrictions impacting how our school is run on a daily basis, things are more challenging for everyone in the organization.
Country Fair Volunteers
Calling All Volunteers!!! We need help planning this year’s Country Fair. We’ve missed this event for the past two years and we are committed to hosting this end of year tradition this spring and making it better than ever. This is the biggest event at Wines and we need lots of help. Please call/email/text our Fair organizer, Lizzy Hurwitz -- lizzy@lizzyhurwitz.com or 734-545-6880 to help!
Young 5’s/Kindergarten Round Up
Believe it or not, as we pass the halfway point of this school year, we are planning for next fall. Our virtual Young 5’s/Kindergarten Round Up takes place on Feb. 22nd. If you have a child coming to Wines for Young 5’s or Kindergarten next fall or if you have friends or neighbors interested, please mark your calendars for this date and please contact Robin Moore at moorero@aaps.k12.mi.us and give her your child’s information so we can add you to our list. PLEASE NOTE: Placement in the Young 5’s program is not guaranteed and applications are accepted. The application process is open now for both neighborhood and In-District Transfer families for Young 5’s. Please go to www.a2schools.org/enroll for information and links for the application. Please feel free to contact me with any questions about Young 5’s or Kindergarten for 2022-23.
Chess Competition Opportunity
The Michigan Chess Association will hold the annual K-5 (and K-3) team championships on Saturday, Feb. 5 at Cass HS in Detroit. A team consists of four players from the same school. If you are interested or for more information, please contact raygarrison@arborchess.com or text Mr. Garrison at 734-945-5951.
Thank You!
Thank you to everyone for working with us as we’ve navigated the reduction in school bus routes. I greatly appreciate your patience and things have been going much better than I anticipated. We are hopeful that bus service will return in full next Monday.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
David
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