Weekly Blog 1/29

Dear Wines Families,

It’s hard to believe that we are heading into February. While we may still experience the “teeth” of Winter come February, every day is a day closer to spring! Below is the news for the week.

Parent Involvement Day Feb. 10

Our staff is excited to host our families on Feb. 10^th for our annual Parent Involvement Day. In addition to the opportunity to join your child/children in class, we have other great opportunities that day. Our PTO will be providing coffee and light refreshments when school begins. Staff will be providing lunch to any parent who is able to stay. Staff will also provide snacks all day. We have parent workshops with our partners from the Human Rights Campaign’s Welcoming Schools program. In addition, we are partnering with the Generosity Project who will be on hand to pass out bags for families to fill for The House By the Side of the Road. This is an optional at home family service project to support this great community organization. We know they are collecting kids pajamas, socks, underwear, and boys pants. A more complete list of items to collect will be available that day.

Below is a link to RSVP to Parent Involvement Day. It is most important that we have information on how many adults are eating lunch with us and also how many adults are joining our parent workshops. Please fill out the brief RSVP form below so we can gather this important information.

https://forms.gle/yUDAGtabLs81hFHa6

Y5/K Round Up: Time Change

As I hope you know from previous emails, our Kindergarten/Y5 Round Up is next Wednesday, Feb. 5^th. It has come to my attention that in the various publications from the school district in the Ann Arbor Observer, etc. the start time is listed as 6:00 and not 6:30 as I have advertised locally. While we will still likely wait until 6:30 to get things started, we do expect folks to arrive earlier due to this small error.  Again, if you have a child who will be eligible for Y5 or Kindergarten next year and/or have friends and neighbors who do, please join us with your child. If you know your child is coming to our school next year, please contact Robin at moorero@aaps.k12.mi.us and let her know so we can add them to our list.

Current Young 5’s Families: You do not need to attend Round Up. We will provide you information on registration requirments at a later date.

Disability Awareness Workshop - Call for Volunteers!

Our annual Disability Awareness Workshop will be on Wednesday, March 18. 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, click here for the online sign up
Any questions, please contact Jessi Averill 267-495-6208 or jessi.averill@gmail.com

Thanks!

David

Weekly Blog 1/15

Dear Wines Families,

Here is the news for the week. A few are repeats, but timely!

No School Monday, January 20^th

Just a reminder that there is no school on Monday in honor of the Martin Luther King holiday. We will be holding our annual MLK assembly on Tuesday, January 21^st at 10:00 AM.

International Night

Next week is our annual International Night. We hope to see you there! If you're still interested in hosting a country, please sign up at https://goo.gl/forms/3Cf0DZHHyPmW0SuP2 by this Friday, Jan. 17, so we know how many tables we need.  We still have several volunteer spots that we need to fill too - setup, cleanup, and helping at the registration table during the event. Please go to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0a4fa8af2da1ff2-international to choose a volunteer spot if you are able. 

Sign Up Your Kids Now for Extra Specials!

Extra Specials are right around the corner. Below is a link to sign your child up to participate.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfElYHwmEjdfWHlLPTn8MIKaWSpRonkD3Dg6F4ihZMoadesJA/viewform

Kindergarten/Young 5’s Round Up Feb. 5^th

Feb. 5^th is our annual Kindergarten/Young 5’s Round Up. The event is at 6:30 PM. If you have a child who will be eligible for Kindergarten or Young 5’s, please bring them that evening. We are already beginning to put our list of students together so if you know your child will be joining us, please email Robin Moore at moorero@aaps.k12.mi.us and provide your child’s information (name, birthdate, etc.). Please alert your friends and neighbors as well. To be eligible for Kindergarten, students must be 5 years old by Sept. 1^st, 2020. To be eligible for Young 5’s, students must turn 5 between May 1^st, 2020 and Dec. 1^st 2020.

Friday Floor Hockey starts Jan. 24^th

Our weekly before school floor hockey games for all interested students begin on Friday, January 24^th. The game starts at 8:15 AM. You can drop your child off to play or you can join us for the game! Students do need to have dry shoes to play.

Science Olympiad: We Need You!

We're still in need of many event coaches for Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad (WESO).  Please consider coaching an event.  No experience necessary, it's super fun and many of the curriculums have already been created.  It's a great event and opportunity to donate your time and talents to our community.  Please direct any / all questions to scienceowines@gmail.com.

That’s all for this week!

Weekly Blog 1/8

Dear Wines Families,

Happy New Year. We’ve had a great start to the new year at Wines and while many kids (and staff…) had a little trouble waking up on Monday morning, the week has been energetic and everyone quickly got back into the swing of things here at school. With the new year means lots of important information. Please take a few minutes to read through this week’s message.

PTO Meeting and Speaker Series Jan. 14^th

Please join us next Tuesday, January 14^th for our annual PTO “Speaker Series” at the PTO meeting. Wines parent, doctor, and author Anthony DeBenedet will be speaking about the Art of Rough Housing. His talk follows his presentation last year on Playful Intelligence. Dr. DeBenedet has published two books by the same names. His talk was very well received last year and we are excited to have him back! The PTO meeting begins at 6:00 with Dr. Debenedet speaking at 7:00. Free childcare is available.

International Night Thursday, Jan 23rd

Thanks to everyone who already submitted a form to host a country for International Night! We still have plenty of space for more countries - below is a link to the form once again.

https://goo.gl/forms/3Cf0DZHHyPmW0SuP2    

In addition to participants, we are also looking for volunteers to help before, during, and after the event - including THIS Thursday to help set up the International Night display in the main hallway! Below is a link to a volunteer Sign Up.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0a4fa8af2da1ff2-international  

Lunchtime Extra Specials

Thanks to everyone who has volunteered to run a lunch time extra special. We have a great group but could use a few more people—particularly anyone interested in organizing a Kindergarten activity. The commitment is one lunch period per week, for a total of 6 weeks, from Feb.4^th- March 17^th. If you have younger siblings at home with you during this time, feel free to bring them in with you! If you are interested or have questions, please contact Michael Newberry at mnewberry88@gmail.com.

Kindergarten/Young 5’s Round Up Feb. 5^th

As we have entered 2020, we are beginning to plan for the 2020-21 school year. The first phase of this planning begins on Feb. 5^th at our annual Kindergarten/Young 5’s Round Up. The event is at 6:30 PM. If you have a child who will be eligible for Kindergarten or Young 5’s, please bring them that evening. We are already beginning to put our list of students together so if you know your child will be joining us, please email Robin Moore at moorero@aaps.k12.mi.us and provide your child’s information (name, birthdate, etc.). Please alert your friends and neighbors as well. To be eligible for Kindergarten, students must be 5 years old by Sept. 1^st, 2020. To be eligible for Young 5’s, students must turn 5 between May 1^st, 2020 and Dec. 1^st 2020.

2020 Wines Auction Sponsorships

We are excited to add the option of purchasing Sponsorships (Corporate or individual) to this year’s annual Wines Auction being held at Stonebridge Golf Course on Saturday March 21 from 6-10pm. Options are: 

$1,500 Event Sponsor
Banner/Sign at entry of event
Named in all communication going forward as the sponsor

Named as event sponsor on Front Cover of Auction Booklet

$500 Food Sponsor
Half page of back cover of auction booklet or inside the booklet

Signage at food station as sponsor

$500 Door Sponsor

Half page of back cover of auction booklet or inside the booklet

Signage at door as sponsor

$500 Bar Sponsor
Half page of back cover of auction booklet or inside the booklet
Signage at bar as sponsor

$100 Platinum Sponsorship - listed in book
$75 Gold Sponsorship - listed in book
$50 Silver Sponsorship - listed in book

$25 Bronze Sponsorship - listed in book

Please go to https://wines-elementary-school-pto.square.site/shop/auction/4 to sign up now or contact Michelle Chien at mknezek@hotmail.com.

Science Olympiad: We Need You!

We're still in need of many event coaches for Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad (WESO).  Please consider coaching an event.  No experience necessary, it's super fun and many of the curriculums have already been created.  It's a great event and opportunity to donate your time and talents to our community.  Please direct any / all questions to scienceowines@gmail.com.

Friday Floor Hockey

A number of students and parents have inquired with me about when we will be starting our Friday before school Floor Hockey games. We will begin soon. I am looking for two parents who would be willing to help run the games on Friday mornings (I ask for two so you can share the duties). It is very easy to run, we just need an adult who likes to have fun! If you are interested, please let me know. I will organize the first couple of games so you will know how the games run. Again, it is a very easy role and quite fun.

Thanks for reading!

David