Weekly Update 12/14

 Dear Wines Families, 

We are inching closer to our Winter Break and while there is excitement in the air, the students are focused and working hard. Here is the news for the week. 

 International Night Jan. 19

This school year, we are excited to bring back our annual International Night in person! We have set the date for Thursday, January 19 from 6:00-7:30 PM. Please join us for a fun evening of culture and mingling. Our students can represent a country they are from, have visited, or are merely interested in sharing with the school. If your student(s) is/are interested in representing a country, please register for the event at this link. Contact Celeste Kanpurwala at celesteLsmith@gmail.com if you have any questions. 

Extra Specials Volunteers Needed

We are excited that our lunchtime “Extra Specials” are yet another Wines tradition making its return in 2023! For one day a week across six weeks, students can choose a special activity to do indoors during their lunch recess. There are two sessions between February 1 - March 8, so students can try something new. Past activities range from Lego Building and Paper Airplanes to Logic Puzzles and Magic Tricks. But we need volunteers who are willing to spend about 90 minutes once per week over six weeks to lead these lunchtime activities for students. Interested? Please email Michael Newberry at mnewberry88@gmail.com with your preferred day of the week and activity you'd like to lead. Not sure what you'd like to do? Just sign up to volunteer and we can supply an activity for you.

Gracie Update

Finally, I wanted to pass along some exciting Gracie news. This week, we began introducing her to our school during the day with kids present. In a word, both Gracie and the kids are doing GREAT! Gracie is getting used to being around so much activity and the students have done a great job of maintaining their composure under exciting circumstances! Each classroom engaged in a morning meeting over the past week or so where we shared student expectations, reactions, etc. when they are around our Therapy Dog. I have been beyond impressed with how everyone has done! 

 

David