Weekly Update 10/12

Dear Wines Families, 

It has been a great Spirit Week so far as we inch closer to Friday’s Run-a-Thon. The kids have shown great spirit! 

Early Release Oct. 20

Our next Early Release Day is next Thursday, Oct. 20. School will dismiss at 1:18. 

Run-a-Thon Pledges

As I’ve indicated, Run-a-Thon is our largest fundraiser of the year. We are encouraging all students to collect pledges—any amount helps! Last week I announced two participation incentives for kids. For every class that has 100% of their students participate in collecting pledges, that class will be able to throw a pie in my face. I’m hoping to be pelted by 19 pies! In addition, if we meet our schoolwide fundraising goal of $20,000, I will spend a night camped out on the Wines roof! 

$20,000 is a lofty goal and is works out to approximately $50/student. To reach this goal, we really need everyone to chip in! If you are not able to contribute $50, any amount will help! If you are able to solicit pledges over $50, this will be a great help to our school! Online pledges are a great way to contact out of town friends and families. Online pledges can be made at: https://www.ptowines.org/wines-runathon.

One of the highlights of our Run-a-Thon pep-rally was a discussion of all the wonderful things that our PTO supports via proceeds from the Run-a-Thon. We talked about field trips, our 5th grade Camp Tanuga trip, playground upgrades, our art and music programs, and others. The kids were most excited that this year, our PTO is supporting the training and care for our Therapy Dog, Gracie, who we hope will be joining our school very soon! Below is a recent photo of Gracie. She is making great progress and we couldn’t welcome her without the financial support of our PTO and contributions made by our Wines community. 

Run-a-Thon Schedule

If you want to come and join us to cheer on the kids, the schedule for the morning can be found HERE.

Upcoming Author Visit!

We are beyond excited to share that award-winning illustrator and author, Supriya Kelkar, is visiting our school to celebrate the release of her newest picture book, Brown is Beautiful!  She will read the book and answer student questions in person at Wines on Wednesday, November 2nd. Supriya will also sign copies of the book for families who have pre-ordered them. If you would like to pre-order a book to have it signed by the author, please complete the form sent in today's email and send in your check (made out to Schuler Books) and drop it off to Mrs. Goldberg by October 14. If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Goldberg (goldbergr@aaps.k12.mi.us). 

Thanks for reading! 

David