Winchester Weekly
January 14th 2022
Winchester Purpose & Mission
Winchester is a Leader in Me school with a common purpose to inspire students to be critical thinkers and problem-solvers who demonstrate responsibility for themselves and respect for others.
Learning together, Leading forever!
Upcoming Key Dates
January 13th: Registration Nuts about Science opens
January 17th: No School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 20th: Northville C.A.R.E.S. - Chasing Childhood 6:30 PM
January 28th: 1/2 Day of School - Records Day - Dismissal 12:15 PM
January 29th: Northville C.A.R.E.S. - Chasing Childhood 10:00 AM
Northville C.A.R.E.S. : Chasing Childhood
As part of Northville C.A.R.E.S, we are happy to provide 2 opportunities for our families to view the movie Chasing Childhood. Chasing Childhood explores the pressures for families and children in a high achievement culture. Northville Youth Network and the PTA are sponsoring this movie in the Northville High School Auditorium on:
Thursday, January 20th 6:30-8:15
Saturday, January 29th at 10:00-11:45
There will be a short Q & A after the movie facilitated by Amy Prevo (Director-NYN), Kerri Ann Sondreal (Social Work-NYN) and Dianna Shamus (Social/Emotional Learning Counselor-NHS). Please feel free to view the Chasing Childhood trailer
If you would like to reserve a spot to view Chasing Childhood, please contact Susan Johnson johnsosu@northvilleschools.org to communicate which showing and how many spots you are reserving.
Nuts About Science
Registration for the next session of Nuts About Science has been so successful we are adding an extra class on Thursdays.
- Registration closes January 27th at 11pm.
- Classes are Wednesdays 3:45-5:00 February 9th, 16th, 23rd, March 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd, and Thursdays 3.45-5.00 February 10th, 17th, 24th, March 3rd and 10th (if class is cancelled the make-up date is April 7th).
- More information visit www.nutsaboutscience.com or contact Sarah Beydoun shbeydoun@gmail.com
Space is limited and fills up quickly! For more information please see below.
PTA Northville Art House Program
Click here or the link in the attached PDF to register for the Young Artist After School Art Program. Currently the Thursday class is full, but there are still spaces on the Friday class.
8th Annual Northville STEAM Fair
Please note that the format of the fair will be decided by 1/31/22.
Spirit Days!
- February 2nd: Sports Teams
- March 2nd: Dress as a book or movie character
- April 6th: Under the Sea
- May 4th: Crazy Accessories (hat, headband, mask, socks)
- June 1st: Career Day
Winchester PTA
INVEST IN YOUR CHILD! MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Why should you support the Invest in Your Child Fundraiser? It is through generous donations from you that the Winchester PTA is able to provide:
* Movie Nights
* Holiday Scavenger Hunts
* Junior Enrichment Series (JES) enriching and interactive
presentations provided to students during the school day
* Teacher Stipends
* Field Day
* March is Reading Month activities and guest authors
* Math Pentathlon
* Health and Wellness (Girls on the Run/STRIDE)
* Yearbook
* Paper Bound Student Directory (only provided to PTA members)
* Mother/Son Bowling
* Breakfast with a Buddy
WINCHESTER PTA MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
We need YOU! Have you joined the PTA? Please go to https://winchesterpta.memberhub.com/ and join today! Thank you to everyone that has already joined! We are getting closer!
Yearbook
Order your Winchester Elementary Yearbook in our PTA Store! Yearbooks are $17 each (includes shipping to the school and MI sales tax). If you’d like to help build our yearbook, please contact the PTA Yearbook Committee at winchestermiyearbook@gmail.com.
Submit Pictures for Yearbook
The attached file provides details of how to submit pictures at https://studio.balfour.com/ezpix/ or using the Balfour ImageShare app. Images must be high-resolution .jpg or .png format.
The Yearbook Committee will review all photos and determine final yearbook content. We cannot guarantee that all submissions can be used (for example, low picture quality), but we do make every effort to utilize all images. We need and appreciate all picture submissions as these make up a large part of our yearbook each year! Please submit only high-resolution photos that are school related activities/clubs.
Brrrr!!!!! Winter is here!!!
It is important that you label all of your child's winter gear. This helps us get it back to them in the event an item gets misplaced.
Lost and Found
Northville Public Schools Close Contact Quarantine Protocol
NPS has aligned our Close Contact Protocol with the guidance provided by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) shown here in the School Quarantine Guidance graphic and supported by our local Health Department. This guidance provides multiple pathways for students to remain in school. For a more detailed explanation of this graphic, please see this NPS Close Contact Quarantine Protocol Explained document.
If your child is an identified Close Contact to a positive COVID case, we will contact you and further explain your options of, where possible, keeping your child safely in school.
*Note: If your child is identified as a contact fully masked 3 to 6 feet apart, we will send an email notification regarding monitoring your child for 14 days.
COVID Safety and Mitigation Plans
As we come together in learning this year, it is important to remember to perform at-home self-monitoring using the COVID-19 Daily Student Symptom Screening Tool. This screener serves as a daily reminder that children who are exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 (or ANY illness) need to stay home from school. This is an important measure that will help prevent or reduce the spread of COVID-19 in our schools. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation in using this screener each school day. In addition to the daily screener students and staff are required to wear masks while indoors.
Northville Public Schools is hiring the following part-time positions:
- Food Service Assistant: Please visit www.northvilleschools.org click on the "Employment Tab" and select "Current Job Openings" for more information.
- Lunch/Recess Monitor: Please contact the school principal for more information.
- Substitute Teachers, Paraprofessionals, Para Educators: Substitute employment opportunities can be found through educational placement services at EDUStaff. Northville Public Schools uses this service for placement of teachers, K-12 Paraprofessionals, Para Educators and Office Support. If you are interested in becoming a Substitute, please visit www.edustaff.org/ or call (877)974-6338 for more information.
Office Hours
Our office is open from 8:00 to 4:30.
Contact us at (248) 465-2400
Website: http://winchester.northvilleschools.org/
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