Dear Wines Families,
It has been a great start to the new year! This week, in addition to feeling fortunate to see all of our wonderful students and families, we are feeling most fortunate that our building received air conditioning last year! I could not be prouder of our kids and our staff for such a smooth opening and certainly I celebrate our families as well for all of your assistance in making the first few days of school such a success.
This is my first “Wednesday Email” of the year. You can expect to receive a message from me each Wednesday all year. I try very hard to limit my correspondence to just once a week so I hope you can find time each week to read through all the news. Occasionally, I will have timely information that needs to go out on a day other than Wednesday and sometimes (particularly during the busy times at the beginning and the end of the school year) I may sneak in another message. But I do try hard to limit the messages in your inboxes. You can also find my Wednesday message on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/wines-elementary), on Twitter @wineselementary, and on my blog at www.winesprincipal.blogspot.com.
Here is the news for the week:
Curriculum Night
Our annual Curriculum Night takes place on Monday, September 16th from 6:00-7:30 PM. All teachers will be presenting in their classrooms from 6:00-6:30. At 6:30, I will meet with all families in the cafeteria. Teachers will then repeat their presentations at 7:00 in the event that you missed the 6:00 session or if you have more than one child at Wines. Curriculum Night is designed for parents only and is not a student event.
Wines PTO
Big thanks to our PTO for the wonderful breakfast on Monday. As a Wines parent, you are automatically a member of the PTO. There are numerous ways to get involved and most require no specific skills. Please go to www. https://www.ptowines.org for more information. Our first big event is coming up with our Run-a-Thon on Sept. 27th. This is a GREAT event to put your toe in the water for volunteering as it is a great and easy event to help out! See below:
The Run-A-Thon serves as Wines’ largest fundraiser for the PTO. This year’s Run-A-Thon will be held in the morning of Friday, September 27th starting at 9am. The event will be at the soccer fields with a DJ, prizes and snacks, and each grade takes turns running for a set amount of time. Parents are encouraged to join to cheer on all the students!
Important Information:
ATTEND AND CHEER: Mark your calendars for the morning of Friday, September 27th to watch & cheer on your runner at Wines.
DONATE: Keep an eye out for your child to come home with an official Runathon packet, which will include info on how to ‘sponsor’ a runner and raise funds for Wines.
SPONSOR: Do you have or work for a business that can support the Runathon with a tax-deductible donation? We rely on local corporate sponsors from our Wines Community to make our Runathon fundraiser a success. Sponsorship details (starting at $250) can be found on our corporate sponsor site. Please email any questions & your company logo to jourdan.ludwig@gmail.com by Thursday, September 5th.
VOLUNTEER: If you’d like to volunteer, please email jourdan.ludwig@gmail.com.
For All Volunteers
We are excited to welcome parents and caregivers to volunteer at our school. Each year, we require our volunteers to register and we complete a background check. If you volunteered last year, you still need to fill this form out again this year. It just takes a minute and once you fill it out, unless you hear from us, you can assume that you are cleared to volunteer. Please note that you still must come to the office and provide your driver’s license when you check in. After the first use of your license, you will be in our system and we will not need the ID when you check into the office. Below is a link to register as a volunteer.
https://forms.gle/39Ntr49jAYDz8ZiZ9
Library Volunteers
Speaking of volunteers, our Librarian, Rachel Goldberg, is recruiting volunteers for the library. If you are interested in volunteering in the library, please complete this form and Rachel will be in touch within the next few weeks.
Important Lunch Form
As we know, the state of Michigan provides free lunch and breakfast to all students. In order to maintain this incredible service to students and families, it is crucial that all families fill out the EBT form. This used to be called the “Free and Reduced Lunch Form”. We need all families to fill this out—even if you will not qualify for free or reduced meals. More information and instructions to fill out the form online can be found HERE.
Pick Up and Drop Off Reminders
It has been fairly smooth the first couple of days considering the construction affecting our Cooley entrance and some increased traffic at our front entrance. For Driveline users at the main entrance, please refer to my email from yesterday. For Cooley folks, please continue to be patient with the construction and I’ll keep everyone as informed as I can with closures, etc.
Fall After-School Classes
AAPS Rec & Ed is excited to offer several after-school classes focused on fun, learning, movement, and discovery. Registration is NOW OPEN! Click on each class ID# below or visit www.aarecedonline.com. Scholarships are available! Please call (734) 994-2300 ext. 0 for assistance.
David
