Weekly Blog 11/14

Dear Wines Families,

As usual, lots to report today. I’ll send out an abbreviated Wednesday message next Tuesday before we leave for Thanksgiving break. Please note that report cards will go home with students on next Tuesday. There is no school Wed.-Fri. next week.

Wines Auction Date Change: April 27

I want to alert everyone to a date change for the Wines Auction. The date has changed from April 13^th to April 27^th. Our fantastic partners Null/Jolly Pumpkin had a conflict on the 13^th and we gladly moved our date! The change announcement gives us a perfect opportunity to remind everyone to save the date on your calendars and arrange childcare for our best (and only!) adults only Wines event.

Science and Builders Fair Thanks!

Thank you so much to all of the young scientists and builders that were at this years' fair. The parent and teacher support and enthusiasm was incredible! This year we were fortunate to have exhibits from PLTW at Wines and Forsythe, and robotics teams and displays from Forsythe and Skyline. We appreciate all of the adults and students affiliated with these groups for making it possible. It added another layer of inspiration for our Wines students. This all school event would not be possible without the many families that volunteered!  Thank you! A BIG thank you goes out to Bryan and Ruthie Kowalk for organizing the event again this year. Check out some photos from the event on the website!

https://winesscienceandbuilders.weebly.com/gallery.html

Wines Science Olympiad

The Science and Builders Fair is a great way to start the conversation around Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad (WESO).  We're so lucky to have WESO, the largest elementary Science Olympiad competition in the country right in our backyard.  WESO is open to all 2nd through 5th graders in the Washtenaw County.  The date for competition, May 11th, 2019.  

What does this mean to Wines students? Every 2^nd-5^th grade Wines student is given the opportunity to participate in this program.  Hour long practices are held once per week, usually before or after school, for approximately 10 weeks prior to competition. This year, practices can start right after Winter Break.  

There are 21 event categories from biology to electronics to physics. I included a description of the events with today's email. Please show your children the events and start the conversation.  

At Wines, we are an all volunteer coaching team.  There are plenty of opportunities and benefits to coaching.  We will host an introductory coaches meeting on Jan. 10^th for all parents possibly interested in coaching and our veteran coaches who know they will coach again this year.  It is a tradition at Wines that the children of our coaching volunteers get first choice for event placement. SO: please consider coaching and attending the information meeting on Jan 10 @ 7pm.  Event sign ups will release on Jan. 31^st via sign up genius. Placements (other than coaches’ children) will be made on a first come, first serve basis. Any questions, please direct to scienceowines@gmail.com.

That’s all for this week.

David