Weekly Blog 5/24

Dear Wines Families,

Below is A LOT of very important information and requests for our Country Fair and Raffle. PLEASE take some time to read through the information. Before that, however, I have some important news to share.

Fond Farewell!

It is with a bit of sadness but more importantly, appreciation, admiration, and affection that I share with you today that Susan Seely will be retiring at the end of the school year. Susan’s career started in Iowa in 1982 where she served as a teacher for Hearing Impaired students. In 1986, Susan began her career at Wines teaching in the Hearing Impaired program that used to be housed in our school.  After five years in that program, she began her career as a 1^st grade teacher at Wines where she has been serving for the past 26 years!! 

Susan has been an anchor on the Wines staff for 31 years and everyone at our school will miss her dearly. I am honored to have been able to share in seven of those 31 years and I hope you join me in recognizing and celebrating a tremendous career by a true educator in every sense of the word!

10 days to the Wines Country Fair! 

Join us Friday, June 2, 6-8:30 p.m. on the playground for carnival style games, inflatables, rock climbing wall, group photo booth, flush tank, NYPD pizza, lemonade, water, popcorn, Washtenaw Dairy ice cream, the Cake Walk, Farmer John’s farm animal show, and of course the amazing raffle!

Purchase Tickets for Wristbands, Food & the Raffle:

Purchase Tickets Online (Now through May 30) with your credit card, a minimum purchase of $10 is required at https://squareup.com/market/wines-elementary-school-pto/. Pick up tickets at the Will Call Table during advance ticket sales or the night of the fair. If ordering the week of the Fair, please allow for a 24-hour turn around.

Purchase Tickets at Wines (May 30-June 2) at the sales table outside the main school doors before and after school with cash, check, or credit card.

Purchase Tickets at the Fair (June 2) at the sales tables outside of the school with cash, check, or credit card. Tickets are NOT available at the school office.

Cake Walk Contest - Calling all Wines K-5 Bakers and Cake Decorators! 

This year's contest theme is "Literary Characters/ Favorite Book." To be eligible for the contest, student entries must be delivered to Wines by 9 a.m. on June 2. Throughout the day teachers will judge entries based on theme fit compared to other entries from that grade. Entries will be used as prizes for the cake walk and will be on display throughout the Fair!  **Donations of cakes and cupcakes from Wines families are also welcome.**

K-5 Classroom Raffle Baskets - Donations Needed:

Each year the classrooms from each grade create an amazing raffle basket. Below are classroom themes for your donations. Collection baskets are located in each classroom.
Kindergarten - Arts & Crafts

1st Grade - Legos

2nd Grade - The Wonderful World of Science

3rd Grade - Camping, Swimming & Outdoor Fun

4th Grade - Sports & Outdoor Fun (Team regalia is great too!)

5th Grade - It’s A High Tech World

Raffle Items Needed – See the Wish List:
Please see the wish list at http://bit.ly/WinesRaffleWishes. Items include: board games, slip-in-slide, Quality 16 movie tickets, scratch-off lottery tickets, loose change, gum, scooter, sponsor a teacher experience, and many more. We appreciate your donations! If you have questions or may have a new idea, please contact Raffle Chair Kerianne Tupac atkmtupac@umich.edu or 734-657-5870.

Calling all Volunteers!  

Please sign up today! The link can also be accessed at: https://signup.com/client/invitation/6775657374/1884032/false#!1884032/false/false. We still need volunteers for 45 min. shifts to help with the carnival games, raffle, cakewalk, tykes basketball, ice cream table and food concessions.

We invite your entire family to join us for an evening of fun!

The Wines Country Fair Team: Christy Hale (Chale1084@yahool.com), Denise Cope (dcopeaa@gmail.com), and Mary Nickson (mnickson@umich.edu)

David