Dear Wines Families,
With the Wines Wildcat ROAR (formerly the Country Fair) fast approaching, I have a number of announcements related to that great event. Prior to that, I have a few new items to share but please read through this whole message so you can get information about the ROAR including raffle information, volunteer opportunities, International Night, and “Musical Cakes”!
COVID Cases Increasing
As you likely know, we are experiencing another “surge” in COVID cases in our community. We are doing everything we can to continue to remain in person for learning and we just need a little help! Please monitor your children for symptoms and please do not send them to school with any COVID symptoms. Click HERE for a pre-screener to help identify symptoms. We encourage at home testing and if needed, we can supply you with at home tests. Also, we are finding that once this variant is in the home, it is highly likely to transmit to other family members so if anyone in your home has tested positive, please be extra vigilant about monitoring and testing all family members and consider keeping exposed children home. Finally, if anyone in your household has been diagnosed with COVID, please alert both me and our nurse, Mary Delis (delism@aaps.k12.mi.us).
Lunches with Love
Lunches with Love takes place next week and is a terrific opportunity for the students to give back to their community. We will prepare bagged lunches for Food Gatherers who will distribute them to local shelters. There will also be boxes in the front of the school where students can drop non-perishable items to be donated. If you’d like to volunteer to help, please use this link: Lunches with Love.
Parent Input for Class Placement
On Monday I sent our annual survey for parent input regarding class placement for next year. Below is the link again. Please complete by no later than Friday, May 20. Again, we do not accept requests for specific teachers.
https://forms.gle/t9nPXWLeFyr77A7o9
Gracie Update
Our trainer Greg brought Gracie home with him this past weekend and her training has begun! First order of business—potty training!! He has been sharing pictures and she is doing great. Soon Ms. Fata and I will begin visiting Gracie to begin our own training and rapport building with her. Here is a picture of her from Saturday.
Wines Wildcat ROAR May 20
Mark your calendars, the Wines Wildcat ROAR! (formerly known as the Country Fair) will be on Friday, May 20 from 5-8pm! Enjoy a fun-filled evening with games, prizes, live music, and more! Win a cake at Musical Cakes! Enjoy dinner from one of the food trucks! Come try and dunk Dr. DeYoung in the dunk tank! Learn more about other cultures at the International Fair tables! Win one of the many fun items at the raffle! At the raffle, there will be prizes to bid on from local businesses and fun teacher/school experiences, but in addition to that we're looking for more items and we need your help! This is the last week to donate to the classroom baskets!
(1) Donate to the CLASSROOM BASKETS. Each grade puts together raffle baskets according to a theme. The themes are
Y5/K: Arts & Crafts
1st: Legos, Games & Puzzles
2nd: Wonderful World of Science
3rd: Camping, Swimming & Outdoor Fun
4th: Sports & Outdoor Fun
5th: It's A High Tech World ($ donations towards an iPad + other tech)
Each classroom will have a collection bin. Deadline is May 13.
Wines ROAR Volunteer Sign Up
Thank you to everyone who has signed up to volunteer at the Wines ROAR. We are still in need of volunteers. Volunteering is easy and you can still enjoy the evening. Below is the link.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080c4aadaa28a64-wines.
Calling all Student Bakers!
The ROAR is Calling All Student Bakers Young 5 to Grade 5. Bake a cake or cupcakes based on the theme "Animals". Bring your creation in on Friday, May 20th by 9 a.m. to be eligible for the cake contest where teachers will judge cakes and award ribbons to the top three best-themed cakes in each grade. Entries will be used as prizes for Musical Cakes that evening and will be on display at the Roar! (Please note, we are not able to refrigerate items.)
We also appreciate any donations of cakes and cupcakes from Wines families for Musical Cake prizes.
International Night @ the ROAR
If you are interested in bringing food or representing your culture at the International Night portion of the ROAR, you can sign up at the link below.
David
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