Weekly Update 4/24

 Dear Wines Families,

I know there is a lot of uncertainty, worry, anger, and many other emotions surrounding the financial situation our district finds itself in. Unfortunately, I do not have any new information to share about what will or will not happen as far as next steps or if and how Wines will be impacted. As I said a few weeks ago, I will be transparent with our staff and our community every step of the way. I will say that Wines is very healthy in terms of enrollment and we are anticipating a fairly significant increase in enrollment next year including the addition of a second Young 5's classroom due to such high demand. 

I want to express my deep gratitude to our staff who, understandably, share in the uncertainty and worry. However, they have been absolutely professional from the beginning and have not let this situation impact their students in any way. I’ve never been prouder of this staff in any of my fourteen years at Wines.

Noon Hour Volunteers Needed

Looking for a great way to spend some time at Wines and help our kids out in the lunchroom and the playground? We are looking for noon hour volunteers as our crew has thinned a bit temporarily with vacations and other commitments. This is a very fun job and now that the weather has turned a bit, it won’t be cold! If you are interested, please contact our coordinator Randa Choate at choate.rj@gmail.com.

Last Call: Parent Input for Class Placement Due Today

As we prepare to make class placement decisions for next year, if you would like to provide information about your child to help us in this process, we welcome it. Below is a link to a parent input form. Filling out the form is completely optional. Please be aware that we do not accept requests to be in a specific teacher’s classroom or to not be placed with a specific teacher. Such requests will be deleted and not considered. Below is the link. Note: Today is the final day we will be accepting input.

PARENT INPUT FOR CLASS PLACEMENT

Art Night

Art Night is fast approaching on Thursday May 16th.  Volunteers will be needed to hang art and help on the evening of the event. Please sign up below if you are able to help.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054CAEAF22A64-49262593-artshow

Science Olympiad Success! 

Our student scientists worked very hard at this year's Washtenaw Science Olympiad event. We want to thank all 60+ of our students for their commitment over the last few months, their parents for the support and all of our coaches volunteering their time to help the kiddos learn. The massive event had 1,700 students from 34 schools. Twelve of our teams received medals this year, including two teams that won their event! Big thank you to Nolan Earle for taking on the role of organizing our teams this year and to our many parent coaches.

Please keep an eye out next year for information on the 2025 Wines Science Olympiad Team!

2nd Grade:

On Target - Honorable Mention

Zip-it - 2nd Place

3rd Grade:

Feathered Friends - 5th Place

Barge Building - 4th Place

iRobot - Honorable Mention

4th Grade:

Potions - 1st Place

The Human Machine - Honorable Mention

Write It/Build It - Honorable Mention

Feathered Friends - 1st Place

On Target - 3rd Place

Aerodynamics - Honorable Mention

5th Grade:

Potions - 5th Place

Call to Action: Wines ROAR Volunteers Needed

The ROAR, our end of year celebration on May 31st, is in full planning mode but we need more help! Specifically, we need to help with:

• Helping coordinate food trucks at the event

• Securing donations

• Raffle execution

• Running games 

The time commitment is minimal: an hour or two every other week leading up to the event and then event day support for set up, event logistics, and tear down. If you have the interest and the time in joining our committee please contact Sarah Lesch at sarahrhenry@gmail.com. 

David