Dear Wines Families,
I hope this message finds you well and keeping warm as winter seems to have decided to stick around for a while. As the weather will likely be cold for the foreseeable future, please be sure to send your child prepared to go outside daily. We will go outside as long as the temperature is zero degrees windchill or above. With all of our winter gear, please try to label items as our lost and found is filling up with gloves and hats!
We kicked off our week on Monday with an all school read aloud of the book We are the Builders by Deepa Iyer. The book focuses on the many roles we can have in our community to make it a better place. Every student at Wines has subsequently chosen a role (Builder, Caregiver, Frontline Responder, Disrupter, Experimenter, Visionary, Weaver, Healer, Storyteller) and written or drawn something to represent their role. These will be displayed in school starting this week and will be the anchor for our celebration of MLK Day on Friday. We will have an all school assembly Friday that will include students sharing their roles and Ms. Sinta will lead an all school song of Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder. Stevie wrote the song in order to raise awareness of the need to have a national holiday honoring Dr. King. Deepa Iyer will be joining our school virtually next week as well to discuss the book we shared.
Below is the news for the week.
No School Monday
In honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, there is no school on Monday next week.
PTO Meeting Tonight!
The PTO Meeting will take place in the Wines Library or via Zoom (zoom info was sent in today's email)
Please find the agenda here
International Night NEXT WEEK, Wednesday, January 22 from 6:30-8:00 PM
NEXT WEDNESDAY is our annual International Night. In order to have a successful evening, we need volunteers! If you can help out, please go to https://bit.ly/internationalnightsignupgenius. If you are interested in signing your child(ren) up to table or parade for a country, there is still time! We ask that you complete this form by the end of this week to ensure that we have the appropriate number of tables set up in the gym - https://bit.ly/winesinternationalnight2025. We look forward to an eventful evening!
Looking for Extra Specials Volunteers
It's that time of year again! Extra Specials are an optional lunch recess program where students can sign up for a weekly indoor enrichment activity. Past Extra Specials have included: Paper Airplane Folding, Magic Tricks, Math Games, Logic Puzzles, Lego, Arts and Crafts, Yoga, and Read Aloud. But we need volunteers to lead these fun programs! Here's what we're looking for:
- Commit to leading an activity during lunch recess, once a week
- You create and prep the activity, or we can provide you with one
- Offer your activity for Session I, Session II, or both Sessions
- Sessions are three weeks long
- Session I runs Jan. 27-Feb. 14
- Session II runs Feb. 24-Mar. 14
Interested? Email Michael Newberry at mnewberry88@gmail.com
Kindergarten/Young 5’s Round Up Feb. 11
Please save the date for our annual Kindergarten/Young 5’s Round Up. We will host families and incoming students on February 11th from 6:30-7:30 PM. If you have a child who will be in Young 5’s or Kindergarten for the 2025-26 school year, please plan on attending with your child. If you have friends and neighbors with students entering our programs next year, please share this information. If you have a child entering Wines next year, it is helpful for us to begin to compile a list even before Round Up. Please contact Robin Moore at moorero@aaps.k12.mi.us and alert her.
Note: Current Wines Young 5’s students and families do not need to attend Round Up.
Congratulations Ms. Goldberg and the Wines Library!
Ms. Goldberg recently applied for our library to be receive the 21st Century Library Certification. Over the past few years Ms. Goldberg has worked diligently to cull and update our library collection as well as implement best practices in her library instruction. This certification is a product of her hard work as well as the profound support we receive from our community for our library!
Save the Date: Wines Parents Night Out & Auction
Book the sitter for our annual Parents Night Out & Auction. This year’s event will be held April 4th from 6-10PM at Circ in downtown Ann Arbor. This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with parents and teachers outside of school in a low key, casual environment. Interested in helping? Email Jane.Lardo@gmail.com for volunteer opportunities.
Friends of the AAPS Libraries Update
Please join us for the next "Friends of the AAPS Libraries" meeting! We will meet in person at the Huron High School library on Wednesday, January 22 from 6pm to 7pm. In our meeting, we will:
• Learn more about our current library programs and the challenges they face
• Focus on filling open volunteer opportunities
• Celebrate the $15,000 Sora grant recently awarded by the James A. & Faith Knight Foundation!
There is no need to RSVP. Please join us if you are able. There is no Zoom option. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, January 22! Please follow us on social media and spread the word!
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David
