Weekly Blog 9/21

Dear Wines Families.
Well, here we are in Week 3 of the school year. This is usually the first "normal" week of the year and it certainly feels that way. The newness of the first week of school is now gone and the first full week of school is behind us. So we are now into our routines here at school and, hopefully, for you at home as well. Here is the news for the week!

• Our first PTO meeting of the year is next Tuesday, September 27th. At 6:00 PM we will hold a special meeting/orientation for new families. This will give you a sense of what our PTO does, how you can be involved, and we will look at the school event calendar so you have a better sense of the specifics of our many events. At 7:00 we will hold our regular meeting. New families are certainly welcome to stay for both meetings! As always at our PTO meetings, there is childcare available.

• Picture Day is Oct. 4th. An order form is coming home today in your child's Wednesday Folder. You can order your pictures online at www.inter-state.com/order. Our school code is 09191BA.

• Project Lead the Way is underway at Wines!! Our 1st and 5th graders began their first PTLW units this week and I can see already that we are in for a fantastic, project based, STEM learning experience this year. In today's email, I sent a link to the first PTLW newsletter. Sarah Schemanske will send a newsletter home weekly to the grade levels that are doing PTLW. I wanted to give everyone a chance to see what is coming your child's way this year.

• If your child is going to be absent or late to school or if there are changes to pick up routines, etc., please be sure to call the school office (you can leave a message). While it is also nice to send an email to the classroom teacher, it is critical that the information comes to the office. Also, if your child is home sick and you are leaving a message, please let us know in the message the symptoms they are experiencing. We must report certain illnesses to the state and it is helpful for us to know. We also alert classrooms when certain illnesses are in the class. Thank you for your help with this.

That's all for this week. As always, let me know if you have any questions.
David