Dear Wines Families,
As I indicated last week, please expect additional emails
over the next couple of weeks as we head into the Country Fair and Raffle on
May 30th. In addition, my weekly emails and blog posts will likely be longer as I
will have general messages as well as Country Fair information. At the end of today’s
post, you will find lots of Country Fair information and beginning tomorrow
you will be receiving grade level specific emails about volunteer
opportunities. As we say each year, in order to have a successful Country Fair,
we need help from every family!
Severe Weather
Well, the Monday afternoon tornado warning was certainly an
“experience”. I want to commend our students and our staff for doing such a
great job that day. I also want to express my appreciation to parents for your
understanding of my decision not to allow students to leave the building with
family during the warning. This is a fairly straightforward safety issue and I
appreciate the many parents who waited it out with us and helped facilitate
dismissal when it finally ended.
Volunteer Breakfast
You are cordially invited to a breakfast in honor of our
incredible parent volunteers next Wednesday, May 21st at 8:00 AM in
the Media Center. Our teachers and staff are anxious to express our sincere
appreciation for all that you do for us. Please join us next Wednesday morning!
No Floor Hockey this
Week
We will not have Floor Hockey this Friday. Our final floor
hockey session for this school year will be next Friday, May 23rd.
We will certainly pick up again with weekly floor hockey next fall!
Photo Permission
As I wrote about last week, our 2nd-5th
graders recently took part in an exciting series of workshops brought to us by
the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. During their stay, the
folks from the museum took pictures of kids that they may use in promotional
materials. No children’s names will be used in the materials. There are many
pictures to choose from so if you wish for the museum NOT to include your child
in the materials, please let me know and I will be sure any pictures including your
child will not be included.
Student Council Book
Drive
Beginning this week, Student Council members are asking the
Wines Community to donate used books to help a school in Ghana get their new
school up and running. In a partnership with The Philippines Project, Barbara and Godwin Okonkwo are
working with Council members to collect and box books for a new school in
Ghana. Last year, students collected school supplies for a school in the
Philippines coordinated with Virginia Rezmierski and her Philippines Project. This year, Virginia has connected us with the
Okonokwo’s. Won't you join us in bringing in any books that will go help to
help kids in need?
FRIDAY MAY 30th WINES COUNTRY FAIR, RAFFLE
AND AUCTION
Country Fair
This year, families have the opportunity to buy food
tickets, wristbands, and raffle tickets in three ways:
*Pre-Order Online with your credit card
from May 14-25 at http://winespto.org/raffle/tickets.php .
Tickets can be picked up at the Will Call table during advance ticket
sales or the night of the fair. We are no longer using Google for online sales,
we are using SquareUp. For online sales we would like to request a
minimum purchase of $10. Please note: tickets will NOT be
shipped.
*Advance Ticket Sales the week of the fair (May
27-30). A table will be located outside the main doors before and
after school. (Cash, check, or NEW THIS YEAR credit card.)
*At the Fair - ticket sales tables will be set
up the night of the fair outside of school. (Cash or check only.)
Note: Tickets are NOT available at the school office.
Questions about ticket sales? Contact Christine Hale
at chale1084@yahoo.com.
Raffle/Silent Auction
The raffle/silent auction committee is hard at work
collecting prizes for the upcoming raffle and silent auction. We hope families
will consider making a prize donation. To see our complete wish list click on
the link: http://www.winespto.org/
raffle.php.
Some popular items to donate: $1 scratch-off lottery
tickets, cotton-candy machine, sno cone machine, books, board games,
pillow pets, official minecraft handbooks, Quality 16 movie passes
and team regalia. We welcome ALL prizes and really hope you may surprise us
with a great prize idea!!
Don't have time to shop? Consider making a monetary donation
and we'll do the shopping for you. Just contact us to make arrangements.
Donations may be placed in the bin in the office workspace
room now through May 23. Thank you for your support!!
Any questions please contact:
Margaret Compton - bagladycompton@yahoo.com
Kerianne Tupac - kmtupac@umich.edu
Classroom Basket donations are also being collected now
through May 23. If you would like to contribute to the classroom baskets
you may send in your donation to your child's classroom. The classroom themes
are:
K - Arts & Crafts
1 - Legos
2 - The Wonderful World of Science
3 - Camping, Swimming & Outdoor Fun
4 - Sports & Outdoor Fun
5 - It's A High Tech World
Any questions please contact
Stephanie Gensheimer at tsgensheimer@att.net.
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