Weekly Blog 11/28

Dear Wines Families,

Attached to today’s email is the November Wines Times newsletter. As always, there is lots of important information in theTimes, so please have a look. I want to highlight one item in the Wines Times for families of 2nd-5th graders. Our Science Olympiad registration is beginning. In the Wines Times there is information about the various opportunities. In addition, a paper copy of the information and registration is coming home today as well. I’ve also attached this information (in Word and PDF) to today's email. This year, you can register for Science Olympiad online at: http://winespto.org/ScienceOlympiad/scienceRegistration.html.


A couple of other important items did not make the Wines Times. Please see below.

Canned Food Drive
Student Council is working with Food Gatherers on a holiday canned food drive.  We will be collecting all types of non-perishable food donations from Friday, November 30 until Wednesday, December 19. Students can bring in their food donations to their classrooms or put hem directly into the bins provided by Food Gatherers.  These bins will be stationed at 3 locations around the school building. Student Council thanks you for support!

Lunchtime Extra Specials are starting January 15th!
This is one of the Wines students’ favorite activities of the year and we need volunteers to make it happen! Please contact Annemarie Dolan (akilburndolan@comcast.net) or Shireen Syed (shisy786@yahoo.com) and sign up to lead or assist in an area that interests you. If you have an idea for a different activity that you’d like to lead, please email us as well. Younger siblings are always welcome! Here are some of the activities we have so far:

• Knitting
• Paper Airplanes
• Legos
• Yoga
• Sewing and Crafts
• Beads, Beads, Beads
• Bal-A-Vis-X
• Great Ideas
• Yearbook
• Board Games- including Speed Stacking

We look forward to seeing you at lunch in January!


David

Weekly Blog 11/14

Dear Wines Families,

I have a number of important announcements this week. Sorry for the long email!!

Movie Night
Our first Movie Night is this Friday beginning at 7:00. The movie is Space Chimps. As a reminder, Movie Night is not a drop off event. All students need to be accompanied by an adult.

Lost and Found
Our Lost and Found is full. We will be donating items during the Thanksgiving weekend. Please come and look through items before we leave for break. We will be “displaying” the items on tables beginning Friday. If you are coming to Movie Night, take a moment and look through the tables.

Book Fair
Our annual Book Fair takes place right after Thanksgiving. The Fair begins on Tuesday, November 27th and runs through Friday, November 30th. Our Book Fair Family Night is Tuesday the 27th. Attached to today’s email is an informational flyer. Have a look!

Thank You!!
I’m pleased to announce that Wines received the most tokens during the PTO Thrift Shop “Show Your Support” event. As a result, we earned $365 to help support Lunches with Love. Thank you Wines!! We will again participate from Dec. 30th-Jan. 5th. The PTO Thrift Shop continues to make many generous contributions to Wines and all AAPS schools. They also have lots of great stuff!! So please check them out.

Girls on the Run 5k event at Wines: We need your help!
Our Wines "Girls on the Run" team is holding a practice 5k event after school on Tuesday, November 27 and would like to invite you to run with us, cheer for us, or quench our thirst! We will be starting at the front of school at 4pm. Our route takes us through the Creak Park neighborhood. It would be awesome if some families in the neighborhood could set up water tables for our runners or be in your front yards to cheer us as we run by. Or, come to school at 4pm and run with us! We are practicing for the end of the season run with all the Girls on the Run teams in southeastern Michigan which will take place on Dec. 9th at Eastern Michigan University. We'd love to see you there. For more information about the event or how to sign up to run with your daughter or support your Wines team, go to http://girlsontherunsemi.org/events/GOTR-events.php. If you would like to help with our practice 5k or for more information, contact coach Nasreen Islam at nrislam@comcast.net.

Vada Murray Fund for Cancer Research “Tailgate”
Attached to today’s email is an informational flyer about an upcoming event at Michigan Theater to support the Vada Murray Fund for Cancer Research. You can watch the Michigan/Ohio State game on the big screen at the theater and help raise money and awareness. This sounds like a great event!

Music Room News
Attached to today’s email is the most recent newsletter from Ms. McNally from the music room.

That’s all!

David