Weekly Update 10/4

 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!

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 and any amount helps. 

Last year the kids reached 100% participation and each class got to throw a pie in my face.  The kids were really thrilled to smush all those pies in my face, so we’re bringing it back this year. I also spent an evening on the roof last spring to honor the kids reaching our fundraising goal. We’ll be bringing that incentive back again this year as well. 

So....for every class that has 100% of their students participate in collecting pledges (of any amount), that class will be able to throw a pie in my face. I’m hoping to be pelted by 19 pies! And if we meet our overall fundraising goal, I’ll spend a night on the roof. 

We aim to raise $20,000 for Wines through the Run-a-thon. It is a lofty goal and 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 and 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 allow out of town friends and families support our school and 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 has just built new soccer goals for the playgrounds!

We still have some Run-a-Thon volunteer slots open.  Sign up here if you’re interested & we’ll see you Friday.

Here is the Run-a-Thon grade-by-grade running schedule.

Well Deserved Recognition for Mr. Mosher! 

If you haven’t read the recent A2 School News article on our own 5th grade teacher, Mr. Mosher, take a moment and click on the link below. 

https://news.a2schools.org/nick-mosher-wines-elementary-5th-grade-teacher/

Movie Night October 20th

Plan on dropping off your students for Wines’ first Movie Night on Friday, October 20, from 6-8PM. We will have chaperones, snacks, and a fun, free movie watching experience set up in the cafeteria. Kids can wear PJs and bring sleeping bags to sit on to watch Disney’s Elementals.

Still looking for volunteers! Click here to sign up: 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508094AADA72DA2FA7-44657729-movie 

Thanks! 

David