Weekly Blog 3/7

Dear Wines Families,

I have a lot of information today.

Wahoo Wow!!

Our annual Wines Wahoo was another smashing success. Thanks to everyone who was able to attend and big thanks to the small army of volunteers who made the event possible. I want to give a special thank you to Michelle Sigakis who took on the role of event planner this year. Michelle not only organized this large event but also made some subtle changes that made the night even more successful.

Speaking of volunteers like Michelle, I want to quickly remind everyone that while it may seem like our PTO and our PTO events are organized by a large, well oiled “machine”, in truth, our PTO leadership team is small and our event coordinators are an even smaller group. In the coming weeks, please look for information about opportunities to get involved with some of our larger events with the possibility of taking on a leadership role in subsequent years. We are looking for families with young students to take on leadership roles as many of our coordinators have children who will be leaving Wines soon. If you are a new family and/or a family that will be with us for a while, please consider these opportunities to learn now so that later you can take on a leadership role. We need you!!! The first such opportunity is to help learn about running the Wines Auction. See below.

Wines Auction

With the Auction getting closer we are looking for donations. If you are able to donate to the auction, some ideas are: 

Restaurant and other Gift Cards, Wine priced at $25+ for the wine pull, Sports Tickets and Memorabilia, Vacation homes and any other items you would like to donate.  

Also we are still looking for someone to start learning how to run the auction.  If you would like some more information about this please email Tracie Clarke at traciemcginty@hotmail.com 

Student Council Used Book Drive

Wines Student Council is continuing to work on acts of kindness. To connect an act of kindness to March Is Reading Month, student council is holding a drive for gently used children's books. Be kind and spread the joy of reading! Look for collection boxes labeled by genre in the main hallway. 

Great Ideas Grants: Deadline Extended!

We only received a couple of PTO Great Ideas Grant applications so the deadline has been extended until next Monday. The adult application can be found at: https://docs.google.com/a/aaps.k12.mi.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_68l6yDUh-WYtpHFWv_0k3PwF36eLoFfoOGOpKjIt_dF6qg/viewform

The student application can be found at: https://docs.google.com/a/aaps.k12.mi.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKyn1faZ3i0CY5qtzHxLwqGYC3ofY2UFFKvw-pWwOjE8SppA/viewform

Forsythe Young Scientists Expo

The Young Scientists Expo with Scientist Spotlight will be at Forsythe Middle School, Sunday, March 11 from 1-4 PM.  Visit over 100 student projects!  Meet U-M scientists from the U-M Museum of Natural History's Science Communication Fellows program and participate in activities related to their research!  There will be activities for everyone, as well as the chance to see the results of so much hard work by the students.

Details:

Location: Forsythe Middle School, 1655 Newport Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

1:00pm: Expo opens to view student projects and visit exhibitors

1:30: Awards Ceremony for student scientists

4:00pm: Close

Thanks!

David