Weekly Update 12/15

 

Dear Wines Families, 

Here is the news for my last Wednesday message of 2021! 

Forsythe Closure Today

As many families know, Forsythe Middle School is closed today out of an abundance of caution following an incident yesterday. Understandably, there are questions about the potential impact for Wines due to our proximity. While I’m not able to share information about what occurred at Forsythe, the situation is isolated to Forsythe and while we are remaining vigilant with our daily security measures, we are not under an increased level of concern. 

Pajama Day Friday

Let’s send out 2021 with some…comfort. Friday is Pajama Day at Wines for everyone. I know a couple classrooms already have this planned and everyone else can join in the fun. 

Thank you! 

I’d like to thank our community one last time for all you support to make school happen this fall. Our kids continue to come to school each day excited to be in the building and we’ve had a wonderful first part of the year. Thanks to all of our families and a BIG thank you to our staff who continue to go above and beyond to provide a joyful school experience during trying times. I hope everyone has some time to rest and rejuvenate over the next couple of weeks and I look forward to 2022 together! 

David

Weekly Update 12/8

 Dear Wines Families, 

I have just a couple of announcements this week: 

Vaccine/Quarantine Update

We are fortunate that we continue to be only minimally impacted by COVID cases in our school. With that said, we do continue to have cases resulting, unfortunately, in the need to quarantine close contacts from school. Now that vaccines are available for those five and older and many of our students have begun the vaccine regimen, I’ve had a number of questions about what this means for future cases. Moving forward, when we have a reported positive COVID case, we will initiate our same case investigation as we always have and identify close contacts. We will contact families alerting them that their child is a close contact. We will then inquire about vaccine status. If a close contact can provide documentation of being two weeks past their second vaccine dose, then that student does NOT need to quarantine from school provided they do not have symptoms. This is an exciting development as we anticipate the need for fewer students to quarantine and, hopefully, fewer cases overall as more of ours students are vaccinated. 

Food Drive Ends Tomorrow

Our extended food drive will end tomorrow. The extra days have been helpful as our bins have begun to really fill up! If you would like to donate, tomorrow is the final opportunity. 

Reminder: Picture Re-Take Day Dec. 15

Picture Re-Takes are next Wednesday. If your child did not have their picture taken, they will have it taken Wednesday. You can order a package at https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/62321Z. If you would like a re-take, please bring in your previous package. All Wines student have their picture taken and all students receive a yearbook whether you order a package or not. 

Lost and Found

Our Lost and Found has been sorted and displayed for a number of days and kids have done a great job of locating missing items! We will display the remaining items until next Wednesday. After that, remaining items will be donated. Please encourage your child to look for any missing items. This is a good opportunity to remind families to please try to label all of your kids items so we can find the owner without needing the Lost and Found. 

Best, 

David

Weekly Update 12/1

Dear Wines Families, 

Unfortunately following yesterday’s events in Oxford, I write today with a heavy heart. These acts of school violence and tragedy are challenging to comprehend, let alone explain. For me personally, I learned last night that the incident had a direct impact on a student and family I know well. The daughter of one of my former teachers is a student at Oxford High School and was extremely close to the event. She is physically safe, fortunately, but as you might expect, she will now have this memory with her for the rest of her life. 

Please know that our staff is ready today to support students who have questions or worries. Our top priority each day is the physical and emotional safety of our students. Our message to our kids is that they are safe at Wines, but we will also reflect on the school safety drills we have had this year that help students understand the procedures and options we have in the very unlikely event that we have a dangerous situation in our schools. 

PTO Meeting Tomorrow Night

7:00-8:30pm. Zoom information was shared in today's email. 

Picture Re-Take Day Dec. 8

Wednesday, Dec. 8th is Picture Re-Take Day. If your child was absent on the original day please go to https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/62321Z for information and ordering options. There is also information coming home in today’s Wednesday Folder. For those students who would like to get their picture retaken and bought a package, they MUST bring their package to school that day for exchange. 

Food Drive

Our Food Drive has been extended to this Friday. There are bins located at all Wines entrances. 

PTO Donation Letter

In today’s Wednesday Folder, please look for a letter from our PTO that includes great information and updates from this fall as well as an opportunity to make a direct donation to the PTO. Please find a moment to read the note. 

As always, let me know if you have any questions or concerns. 

David