Dear Wines Families,
I guess I’ll start with the obvious this week: it’s cold! Fortunately, while temperatures will be very cold for the next few days, it appears that for now that we will be able to be in school for the remainder of the week. It actually looks like we might get a brief respite tomorrow afternoon and hopefully the kids can go outside and enjoy the snow.
Parent Involvement Day (NAAPID) RSVP
We are excited for another great day on Feb. 9th for our annual Parent Involvement Day. If you are able to join us that day, please fill out the RSVP form so we can prepare. It is especially important that you RSVP if you are staying for lunch so we can ensure we order enough food. Link below:
https://forms.gle/peSsqskCbPyPJL6BA
Parent Workshops at NAAPID
We are thrilled to announce that we will be hosting two parent workshops during NAAPID. Each workshop will be offered in the morning and repeated in the afternoon. Below is information on each workshop:
Why Talk about Race with Kids? -- A NAAPID workshop for Parents
Join us for an interactive 30-min workshop that explores why parents should talk about race with their kids! Participants will learn about some of the science behind when kids learn about race, the roles that caregivers can play in supporting children's racial learning, a review of key resources for parents & families, and a time for Q&A. The workshop will be led by Andrea Huang, Community Building & Learning Manager for EmbraceRace, and parent to four kids (three of which are at Wines and one Wines alum!). EmbraceRace is a national nonprofit that helps parents, caregivers, and educators raise children who are thoughtful, informed, and brave about race, especially in the birth through middle school years.
Sessions will run at 10am and again at 2pm in the FLEX Room in the Wines modular building.
Supporting Your Student with Reading and Writing at Home:
Come hear about the literacy learning shifts that have been taking place, the new reading and writing curriculum, Arts and Letters, and how you can best support your student at home!
Session topics will include: literacy learning shifts, rationale behind some of the changes, how your student experiences reading and writing in the classroom and ways you can support your student at home. The workshop will be presented by Charity Lemke, Building Literacy Coach
Sessions will run at 10:45am and again at 1:15pm in Room 107.
Volunteers needed for Extra Specials (Lunch Recess)
It's that time of year again and 2026 is promising to be a COLD one! Extra Specials are an optional lunch recess program where students can sign up for a weekly indoor enrichment activity - and stay cozy warm! Past Extra Specials have included: Paper Airplane Folding, Magic Tricks, Math Games, Logic Puzzles, Lego, Arts and Crafts, Yoga, and Read Aloud.
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 M-Th during the first, second, and fourth weeks of February
Session II runs M-F, the first three weeks of March
Interested? Email Liv Racine at lracine@reinhartrealtors.com
Wines Wahoo Feb. 6
The Wines Wahoo is back again this year! Join us Friday, February 6th at Forsythe Middle School from 6-8pm. This is a Wines favorite and we are so excited it's back for another year! Join your friends for music, pizza, open gym, crafts, a silent disco, and more. Younger siblings and parents are welcome. Suggested $5 donation per family at the door with pizza, drink, and snack tickets available for purchase for $1 each. Snacks and drinks will be one ticket, and pizza will be 2 tickets. This event is cash only, Venmo will be available if necessary but an additional fee will be added. This event will need LOTS of volunteers, so we need your help! Please sign up at the link below
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C44AEAA22A2F8CE9-61769552-wines#/
Science Olympiad Update
Student Sign-Ups
We are releasing one final call for students to sign up to participate in this year's Science Olympiad! We have openings for the following events (by grade). They are first come first serve. Please send an email to scienceowines@gmail.com if you'd like to sign your kid up. Event descriptions can be found here.
Second Grade
• Zip It (3 slots remaining)
• The Human Machine (2 slots remaining)
Third Grade
• Zip It (1 slot remaining)
Fourth Grade
• Feathered Friends (1 slot remaining)
• Circuit Wizardry (1 slot remaining)
• Pentathlon (5 slots remaining)
• Zip It (1 slot remaining)
Fifth Grade
• Potions (2 slots remaining)
• The Human Machine (2 slots remaining)
Coaching
We have been fortunate to be able to offer as many events as possible as a direct result of parent volunteers -- thank you! We'd like to take this opportunity to provide one final call for additional coaches. Additional coaches = more events = more students. The time commitment as a coach is 1 hour/week and we will provide all resources needed. Please send us an email as soon as possible (scienceowines@gmail.com) if you're thinking about volunteering or if you have any questions! Event descriptions can be found here. We need coaches for the following events (by grade):
Second Grade
• On Target
• What Went By
Third Grade
• Aerodynamics
• On Target
• Read It/Build It
• What Went By
Fourth Grade
• Aerodynamics
• Code Busters
• iCompute
• On Target
• Photon Phun
Fifth Grade
• Aerodynamics
• Code Busters
• iCompute
• On Target
Sylvia & Manori (scienceowines@gmail.com)
Save the Date: Wines Auction April 17
Our annual adult Wines Auction will take place on April 17 at Venue by 4M. Much more information to follow, but book the babysitter now for this fantastic evening!
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