Weekly Blog 3/13

Dear Wines Families,

It finally feels like we are back into full swing now with a few full five day weeks under our belts. Here is the news for the week:

Report Cards

Report Cards will be sent home with students next Friday, March 22^nd.

Welcoming Schools Update

Thanks to our outstanding teachers and students, our entire school has been engaged in our Welcoming Schools lessons this month. Each classroom has or will soon be engaging in lessons related to inclusion, being an ally, bystander roles, words that hurt, and how to feel safe in school. I’ve had the opportunity to visit classrooms during these lessons and the work has been quite powerful and this school wide effort, we hope, will have a positive impact on all kids. We are proud to be part of this important work.

In addition to the classroom lessons, we are also initiating our “Family Book Bags” as part of our school-wide diversity literature project. Each classroom has family book bags with titles related to diversity and inclusion. Students will have the opportunity to take these bags home and families can choose to spend time together reading these books. We are getting a bit of a late start on this project and having this as part of the regular classroom routine will take some time. But we are excited to get started and we hope to have a great launch this year as a great kick off to a full year of use next year. In today's email, I included a document with more information on this prjelow is a link to information and book titles about this project.

Disability Awareness Workshop - Call for Volunteers!

Our annual Disability Awareness Workshop will be on Wednesday, April 17. We're in need of parent volunteers to help out with this wonderful event for our 4th grade students. You do not have to be a parent of a 4th grader to volunteer! 

To volunteer, sign up at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080c48afaf28a31-disability. Any questions, please contact Jessi Averill 267-495-6208 or jessi.averill@gmail.com

Wines “Off Site” Auction April 27

Get your babysitters lined up for our fantastic adult event on April 27^th. The annual Wines Auction (silent and live) takes place on April 27 at the Jolly Pumpkin in Dexter (formerly Null. Same location as previous years, new name). We hope to see you there. Below is a flyer with more information. Please mark your calendars!

That’s all for this week.

David