Dear Wines Families,
Despite the cold, it does look like we are going to have a
full week of school this week. This week was not without some unexpected drama,
however. Your child may have come home Monday talking about the “flood” in
the computer lab. Fortunately, it was not a flood, but we did have a coil burst
in our HVAC unit causing steam to blow into the room over the course of two or
three days last weekend. As a result, our lab resembled a steam room on Monday
morning more than a classroom. While things were quite wet, our Technical
Assistant, Cheryl Wonders along with Sally Evaldson and our wonderful custodian
Jamil Jackson sprung into action and cleared the room and dried everything off.
Yesterday a technician from Apple checked our computers and iPads and
everything appears to be in working order. We are waiting another day to ensure
that the keyboards have had time to sufficiently dry, but we anticipate our lab
being operational on Thursday. So disaster avoided!
With the snow days and the “flood”, our NWEA schedule has
been changed significantly. We will resume our assessments tomorrow and we will
eventually complete this round of assessments this month. Just a quick note on
NWEA. The purpose of NWEA is to provide our teachers with another piece of data
in order to best meet the needs of our students. NWEA is part of a larger
picture of student performance to help us know each child as a learner. It is
by no means a “high stakes” test and we know as professionals that while the
data may be very helpful for some students, the NWEA does not always accurately
reflect how a student learns and we never rely on a single piece of data.
Again, it is just part of our work to ensure we are meeting students’ needs at
their personal level.
In other news, I want to highlight the three attachments to
today's email:
Important Science
Olympiad News
Attached to the email is a letter that addresses a change in
the tournament set up resulting in a situation where Wines may not be able to
send every participant to participate because our team is too large. We are
working hard at trying to find solutions to this so that any interested WESO
participant can participate. Please read the attached letter if your child
participates in Science Olympiad.
Social Media Safety Presentation
at our PTO Meeting Next Tuesday
Our PTO meeting next Tuesday evening will feature a
presentation from the Washtenaw Council for Children on Social Media safety. I
urge parents to attend this meeting. We begin at 6:30 and childcare is
available. A flyer is attached to today’s email and a paper copy comes home
today as well.
International Night
Attached again today is the sign up to participate in
International Night. If you would like to share your family culture or
traditions, please fill out the form. We would like all forms back by this
Friday.
Stay Warm,
David
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