Dear Wines Families,
Lots of information
to share today, sorry for the long message!
Reminder, Early Release Today: Dismissal this afternoon
at 1:29
There are two
remaining Early Release days this year. Feb. 28 and May 23. Please mark your
calendars.
International Night: TONIGHT!
Come join us and learn about countries and cultures from
around the globe, all presented by Wines students and families! There will be
delicious food, interesting facts and fun activities. The evening
begins at 6:30 and ends at 8pm. The Parade of Nations
starts at 7:45pm and serves as our grand finale!
Parent Involvement
Day 2018
Our annual Parent Involvement Day takes place on Monday,
Feb. 12. Look for a paper invitation in your child’s Wednesday Folder today. I
will be following up tomorrow with an electronic RSVP. We hope to see you
there!
Kindergarten and
Young 5’s Round Up: Feb. 6
Our Kindergarten and Young 5’s Round Up will take place next
Tuesday, Feb. 6th at 6:30 PM. This event is for parents AND incoming
students. We are excited to introduce our new Young 5’s program and discuss “traditional”
kindergarten at Wines. Please help spread the word to your friends and
neighbors.
Wines Auction and
Raffle: Looking for New Leadership
The Wines Auction are looking for one or two people to help
run the Wine Pull. This includes collecting the wine, and
gift wrapping the wine. Shannon Stewart is in her last year as a
Wines parent and has offered to run it this year but needs some help
and it's the perfect time for people to shadow her and learn how to do it.
It is fun and easy!
Also next year will be Tracie Clark’s last year as organizer
of the Auction. This is another opportunity for someone to shadow her to learn
the ropes and take over. This is a well-oiled machine and just needs someone
step in and take over the oiling! If you are interested in either of
these roles then please email Tracie at:
traciemcginty@hotmail.com
With this in mind, the head of the Raffle committee,
Kerianne Tupac, is also approaching her last year next year and is looking for
a person to step into her role. Again perfect time to start shadowing her
to learn the ropes! Please email
kmtupac@umich.edu.
Wines A2 Allergy
Parents Group
Does your Wines student have food allergies? If you are an
allergy parent, please consider joining the Wines A2 Allergy Parents Group on
Facebook:
Screenagers: Growing
up in the Digital Age
You are all invited to a screening of the award-winning
documentary, "Screenagers: Growing up in the Digital Age"
on Thursday, Feb 1 at 6:30pm in the Forsythe Auditorium. The film will be
followed by a discussion led by school counselors. Parents are HIGHLY
encouraged to bring their middle school and high school children.
Through poignant and unexpectedly funny stories, along with surprising insights
from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, Screenagers reveals how tech
time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower
kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance. To see a
2-minute movie trailer go to the movie website at:
www.screenagersmovie.com
If you are unable to attend Forsythe's viewing date, an additional screening is
available at Skyline High School, March 6 at 6:30pm.
That’s all for this week!
David
Thank you to everyone who has signed up to volunteer so far!
The annual Wines Wahoo is scheduled for March 2nd at Forsythe
Middle School. This Wines tradition needs volunteers to make it another
fantastic event. Please click on the link below to volunteer.
