Dear Wines Families,
As we approach Thanksgiving, I want to extend my sincere thanks to our entire community. While we all share in the current uncertainty and challenges, we also share in our connection to each other and to our wonderful school. I am so thankful for our students and our families for your support, resilience, and positivity in the face of a school year like no other. I’m so proud of our kids! I’m also so thankful for our staff who continue to learn and adapt to the online environment. I’ve been able to spend a lot of time “in” classrooms over the past few weeks and I continue to be struck by the strong communities that our teachers and staff have helped create. Our first mission this year has been to provide a safe and welcoming place for kids in their virtual classrooms and I believe we have done that in every classroom. When we have such an environment, then learning can take place and learning is taking place! Although this Thanksgiving will likely be different for all of us, I wish you peace and I thank you all for your support.
The Book Fair is now LIVE until Sunday December 6th!
Here is the latest from our Book Fair Chair, Stacy Guldal:
Perfect for holiday shopping (think CyberMonday) and a great way to expand our home libraries! Every book that is in stock and ordered by December 6th is guaranteed to arrive before the holidays. It's safe, easy, and FUN! As an added bonus it will greatly help Wines Elementary be able to provide books and other classroom resources next year for our teachers, classrooms, and school library.
This link will take you to our book fair website: Wines Elementary Virtual Book Fair. Towards the bottom you will find two ways to shop online, the traditional online shopping site and our 360 degree virtual fair site. You can pick your grade level, browse cases and see the books up close and read their descriptions by using the icons in grey circles. There are lots of other things that interact on the Virtual Book Fair site as well, including posters, bulletin boards, and displays as well as play button icons in the cases to open videos showcasing particular books!
If you are like me, you're constantly looking for ways to bring a little "normal" to our social distancing measures. How about a Virtual Family Night? If your family has a free evening in the coming days, make a plan to sit down and look through the fair together. Take turns navigating the cases and let your kids pick out a book or two for immediate ordering. Add a favorite family dinner and there you have it! A great night for the littles who may need help navigating the fair site and a memorable night for the bigger kids who may really miss browsing the cases and coming to family night.
Here is a list of recommendations that our teachers have offered if you want to order a holiday gift or need a little inspiration for your shopping! Book Fair Recommendations
If you plan on shopping between now and the end of the day on Thanksgiving, please use code "VIP20" for an additional 20% off of your order!
Wines Spirit Wear Now Available
The online Wines Spirit Wear Apparel Store is now open and will remain open until Nov. 29. Below is a link to the store. Nothing says 2020 like a Wines Wildcat face mask! (joking aside, I'm buying one!!). Please confirm sizing as we cannot accommodate returns.
https://pogo.undergroundshirts.com/collections/wines-wildcat-apparel
Direct Donations
Thank you to everyone who has been able to make a direct donation to the PTO. I can’t tell you how much we appreciate it! We understand the challenges that many in our community are facing right now and we honor the fact that a donation at this time is simply not possible for some. If you are in a position, however, we humbly ask you to consider this opportunity.
If you are able to make a donation, please go to https://wines-elementary-school-pto.square.site
Speaking of supporting our school, I’m pleased to let you know that our new playground structure on the lower el playground is nearing completion. I was at school this morning and it looks great! If you are near school, have a peek at the rear of the building outside of Ms. Shanteau’s classroom and you’ll see the new structure! Projects like these are made possible from the support of our community. Thank you!
David
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