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A2O Wednesday Packet ISSUE 11|February 22, 2017

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February(22,(2017((

Although(the(midwinter(break(was(missed(by(many,(our(unseasonable(warm(spell(wasn’t(a(bad(consolation(prize.((We(hope(the(threeAday(weekend(allowed(families(and(staff(time(to(enjoy(the(resplendent(sunshine.((Last(week(the(building(was(quite(alive(with(events(like(NAAPID,(Community(Gatherings,(Valentine’s(Day,(author(assemblies,(and(100s(day.((During(our(last(Community(Gathering(our(KA8(groups(or(“families”(melded(the(themes(of(gratitude,(positivity,(and(Valentine’s(Day.(In(our(small(groups(we(explored(the(idea(that(spreading(love(and(appreciation(can(change(the(world(in(unpredictable(ways.((We(then(expressed(our(love(and(gratitude(with(homemade(Valentine(cards(for(valued(members(in(our(community,(like(parent(volunteers,(lunchroom(helpers,(bus(drivers,(and(office(staff.((Additionally,(our(grade(7A8(student(leaders(led(each(group(in(teambuilding(activities.((Slowly(but(surely,(these(Community(Gatherings(are(cultivating(relationships(throughout(the(building,(creating(unifying(experiences,(and(promoting(tangible(opportunities(for(positively(impacting(our(community.((If(you(have(ideas(for(upcoming(Community(Gatherings(you(can(email([email protected](anytime(or(share(ideas(at(the(next(Coffee(&(Conversation(event(on(Tuesday,(March(7th(from(8:00A9:00am.(

Because(there(is(rarely(a(dull(moment(at(school(and(in(the(office,(we(ask(that(you(help(our(office(staff(by(communicating(absences(by(8:05am.((Please(remember(to(call(the(office((994A1910)(or(email([email protected](if(your(child(is(sick,(coming(in(late,(going(on(vacation,(etc.((Pertinent(to(morning(protocols,(we(also(want(

Meg’s & Chris’s Corner – Notes from the Principal

CHILDREN COME TO SCHOOL IMMERSED IN THEIR OWN LEARNING. SCHOOL AND

HOME ARE BLENDED TOGETHER INTO A LARGER COMMUNITY AS CHILDREN, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS

WORK TOGETHER.

A2O Wednesday Packet

ISSUE 11|February 22, 2017


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to(remind(families(that(students(and(parents(should(remain(in(the(auditorium,(cafeteria,(or(gymnasium(until(the(first(bell(rings.((Please(keep(conversations(out(of(the(lobby(and(media(center(before(8:00am(as(it(interferes(with(teachers’(ability(to(prepare(for(the(day(and/or(host(parent(meetings(in(their(classrooms.( Tomorrow(evening(we(look(forward(to(seeing(families(milling(about(the(auditorium(for(the(Book(Fair(and(learning(throughout(the(gymnasium(during(the(Science(Fair.((We(thank(Sarah(Baird(and(the(many(parent(volunteers(she(organized(for(orchestrating(this(evening(of(scientific(inquiry(and(ingenuity.((On(April(13th(we(will(host(another(opportunity(to(showcase(student(work(during(the(Maker(Fair(&(PLTW(Expo.((Details(forthcoming!

Warm(regards, Meg(&(Chris


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FUNDRAISING CORNER Thank you to everyone who took advantage of February’s “Parent’s Night

Out” in support of Leslie’s class.

Tomorrow! Good books and Science Fair will be here!

Thursday February 23rd the Science Fair and Usborne Book Fair will be held at the school. Proceeds will go to the Library.

For questions contact our school librarian, Christine Deucher: [email protected]

Spring clean up time? Don’t toss your child’s best art pieces! Art Fundraiser coming soon during the month of March!

Save your child’s favorite artwork and plan to celebrate their creativity by having it presented around

the house in innovative ways! Possible gift ideas just in time for Mother’s Day! For questions contact

Julie Bird: [email protected] or Molly Zawacki: [email protected]

Another chance to enjoy a dinner out and support A2Open all at the same time! Restaurant Night at Elevation Burger is coming up March 7th. Just mention Ann Arbor Open at

purchase of meal and a percentage of the sale will go to support our school. For questions contact Stacey Seaver: [email protected]

You may have just had one but you probably already need another night out!

Plan on going out Friday, March 17th, as Leslie’s class hosts another successful Parent’s Night Out starting at 5:30pm. For questions contact Amy McKenna: [email protected]

Need a good Thrift Shop?

Just wait and shop the entire week of March 1925th for some PTO thrift shopping to help support the

Science Olympiad. For more information contact Angie Smith: [email protected]

Fundraising Tip: Burns Park Run Request to support A2Open at Registration and our school will receive a portion of the proceeds. Early

Registration Starts Feb1st, Run is May7th. For more info visit: http://www.burnsparkrun.org/

For more information on fundraising at A2Open visit http://www.aaopencc.org/fundraising or

contact Kaarin Piegaze Lindquist: [email protected]




!INSTRUMENTAL!MUSIC!NOTES! ( More(Upcoming(Performances: ( Saturday,(March(18,(7(p.m.((Advanced(Band(performs(at(Bands(In(Review,(Pioneer(HS Thursday,(May(11,(7(p.m.(Beginning(Orchestra(and(Band(Concert,(A2O(Auditorium Monday,(May(15,(7(p.m.((Intermediate/Advanced(Orchestras(and(Bands(Spring(Concert,(Forsythe(Middle(School Saturday,(May(13((afternoon(time(TBA)(Advanced(Band(performs(at(Picnic(Pops,(Pioneer(HS(Lawn

Shop the Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop and Support Our Schools

Donations are up so the store is full. Stop by and find your deal. The Shop is located at 2280 S. Industrial Hwy., Ann Arbor.

The Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization supporting the Ann Arbor Public Schools and its students'

enrichment. Profits from sales are distributed to participating AAPS PTOs, PTSOs, and 501c3s which sponsor clubs, organizations, teams, and

enrichment activities in their schools.

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ARTWARE FUNDRAISER Suggested Themes: Self-Portraits, Family Fun and Pets

Through Artware, A2O families can turn their children's artwork into gifts and at the same earn some revenue for the art department. Examples include notecards, t-shirts, travel mugs and coffee cups, etc.

Students will be able to use artwork they create in art class or favorite pieces they've already done.

Watch for order forms for ArtWare to come home from art class the week of March 13. Orders will be due March 27, they can be returned to the students teacher. Orders will arive the beginning of May.

Start now to gather up your old favorites and create new favorites!

If you have any questions, please contact Julie Bird at [email protected]

Proceeds will be split between the AAOCC general fund and the Art Department.

Enjoy a St. Patty’s date night

while Leslie’s class

entertains your K-4th graders!

Friday, March 17th @AAO

5:30 - 9:30pm

GAMES, FOOD, FRIENDS, CRAFTS, MOVIE

$25 per child ($5 sibling discount)

Fundraiser for Leslie’s class overnight trip.

Contact Amy to register: [email protected]

DON’T MISS IT!

A2O SCIENCE FAIR IS COMING FEBRUARY 23RD!




Let channel energy into harnessing outside funds for our school. Scrip stores Tuesday mornings at 7:45am, and Friday afternoons 2:45pm. And by arrangement to [email protected] *barring snow days :)

Our scrip team is happy to help. You can reach us by email at [email protected], by phone or text at 734-717-8475 and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/260842087281933

It’s Almost Here! A2O Science Fair

Thursday, February 23rd 6-8 PM A2O Gymnasium

Come Join the Fun! Support your classmates!

We're hosting aWe're hosting aWe're hosting aWe're hosting a B B B BOOK FAIR!OOK FAIR!OOK FAIR!OOK FAIR!

With Usborne Books & More! More than 1,500 titles are available – from baby board books and teen fiction to high school reference books. Usborne and Kane Miller books are:

o Fun, educational, eye-opening

o Commercial-free

o Multicultural - Kane Miller books are written all over the world

o Feature Fantastic Non-fiction and Award-winning Fiction

Our book fair is now:

Thursday, February 23rd -- 1 - 8:30 pm

(Same day as the Science Fair)

Shop Online: www.ItBeginsWithBooks.com > click SHOP > select AAO's Event at Checkout

You will have an opportunity to purchase gift certificates for

your teachers.

Ann Arbor Open’s 7/8 presents

Sunward Cohousing Community Common Room

420 Little Lake Drive, Ann Arbor

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THE Silent Auction

We need a new team! !

!!

The Ann Arbor Open Ice Cream Social Committee needs you (and six of your best panda friends)!

Our committee has been going strong for what seems like generations. While we’re only

growing wiser, our kids are growing older, and all of us will graduate within a year.

The Ice Cream Social is the largest single fundraiser for the AAOCC, and it MUST carry on. It MUST!

This year is our best opportunity for an easy transition. We’re hoping to attract the attention of a small group of interested, willing parents who can apprentice with us this spring and take

over next year’s event. We can do this with a motley crew or a group of friends who want to make it a mission.

Tasks, as we’ve organized them, include:

boss of inflatables, games, and small plastic prizes ticket master,

water boy (or girl), signage consultant,

pizza guru, champion of the ice cream,

cake walk specialist, and middle manager of other food.

Our first planning meeting will be held in mid-March. We usually meet once in April and once

again in May before the Social, which is always scheduled for the first Thursday in June. Please let us know that you’re interested in helping to carry the fun forward! Call or email Katie Jones at 734-945-9411 or <[email protected]>. Do it now, before you think twice.!

Collyer A. Smith, President Brandon J. Black, Director John G. Ackenhusen, Vice President Donald E. Deatrick, Director Barbara Eichmuller, Secretary Glenna Frank Miller, Director Mark C. Ouimet, Treasurer Leo Shedden, Director Ashish D. Sarkar, Immediate Past President Stephen M. Schram, Director David B. Williams, Sergeant-at-Arms Gregory M. Stejskal, Director John T. White III, Club Administrator

Rotary Club of Ann Arbor

P. O. Box 131217, Ann Arbor MI 48113-1217

www.annarborrotary.org • (734) 662-1734 • [email protected]

“Rotary Serving Humanity”

ROTARY FIGHTS SUMMER HUNGER! Spring Canned Food Drive March 13–March 24, 2017

Purpose of the Drive Hunger is real in Washtenaw County. Each year, 45,000 people turn to Food Gatherers to feed themselves and their families. This includes 9,700 children and 2,800 seniors. These individuals are our neighbors, relatives, friends and co-workers.

Spring food drive donations are especially important for families with school-aged children who depend on free/reduced breakfast and lunch programs during the school year. When school lets out for summer, many low-income families need assistance to replace those meals. The food collected during the Rotary food drive will help ensure that children in these families can grow healthy and strong—our goal is to provide 75,000 meals throughout the summer. Food will be made available through Food Gatherers’ network of 150 partner programs throughout Washtenaw County, including up to 25 Summer Food Service Program sites serving children with food along with nutrition education classes.

Rotary is partnering with Washtenaw County’s food rescue/food bank program — Food Gatherers — to help fight hunger locally. More than 80 local businesses and organizations will be working with the Rotary Clubs to collect needed canned and non-perishable food items to be distributed to 150 non-profit programs who work to alleviate hunger in our community every day. Some of these programs include the Salvation Army, Dawn Farm, Ozone House, Peace Neighborhood Center, Perry Nursery School, Dexter Senior Center, SOS Community Services, the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County and Hope Clinic. What to Contribute?

• For summer, the food bank is in particular need of high-protein products such as peanut butter, tuna, canned meats, beans, chili, hearty soups and stews, plus canned fruit, baby food/formula and Ensure or other nutritional supplement drinks.

• Anyone who finds financial contributions a more convenient way to help, is encouraged

to do so! Financial gifts of $25 or more to Food Gatherers through the Rotary Fight

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor

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Summer Hunger Food and Fund Drive will be matched dollar for dollar through the Harold and Kay Peplau Match Challenge. A gift of $25 will provide enough food for 150 meals when you include the match! To give online: www.foodgatherers.org/rotary

Who Can Contribute?

• Everyone!— employees, customers, clients, family and friends. The goal is to collect as much food as possible for our neighbors in need throughout our community.

• To donate financial gifts; Businesses can collect gifts of cash, checks (made payable to Food Gatherers) and donate online www.foodgatherers.org/rotary Gifts can be delivered to Food Gatherers Warehouse, 1 Carrot Way, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 along with food donations. Receipts for financial gifts will be issued by Food Gatherers for checks and online gifts.

• Getting the word out is important! Include information in your company newsletter, in

employee paychecks, e-mails. Explore fun ways to encourage participation as well. For example, slip a grocery bag on each employee’s desk for their own personal food collection to be added to your company’s bin.

Food Collection Boxes • The food collection boxes stand about 3 feet tall and just under 2 feet square. Identify a

location that is easily accessible, but won’t be in the way of normal day-to-day traffic flow. • Boxes will have food drive posters already attached. We will also provide an extra poster for

display, preferably on the wall near your collection site, as well as fliers for your patrons. • You will also receive a Donor Form to be completed and returned along with your food.

Collection Box Delivery • Food collection boxes (flattened) will be delivered to you during business hours on either the

week of March 6th. Food Drop-Off


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At Food Gatherers, 1 Carrot Way, Ann Arbor MI 48105 • When the drive is over, collected food and your food collection box should be dropped off at

Food Gatherers. Pull up to the large orange loading door and enter the orange doors to the right that say “Agency and Food Donor Entrance.” Please have your Rotary Donor Form in hand and filled out with your information. We will fill in the total weight of your collection when all the food has been weighed.

Food Drop-Off Hours: Monday, March 27 9 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 28 9 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Please note: For easier transport, you will need to transfer your food into boxes which can be easily lifted. Xerox paper boxes are a good size, for example, and will stack easily if not over filled. Remember people’s backs when packing food into boxes! Directions to Food Gatherers: From Plymouth Road: Take Plymouth Rd. to Nixon Rd. (in front of Pfizer). Go north on Nixon (the only way you can) for about 1 mile. Turn left on Dhu Varren Rd. (the only way you can). Go about 1 mile, cross over the railroad tracks. Food Gatherers will be at the top of the hill on your right. Turn right on Carrot Way near the new Carrot Way Apartments. Look for Food Gatherers’ giant carrots! From Pontiac Trail: Head north out of town approximately 2 miles, cross Barton Dr. Turn right on Dhu Varren Rd. Pass the Olson Park. Turn left onto Carrot Way. Questions? If you have any questions or concerns prior to or during the food drive, please contact your assigned Rotarian or Todd Kephart by email at [email protected]. To learn more about The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, visit the web at www.annarborrotary.org. To learn more about the local hunger relief activities of Food Gatherers, go to www.foodgatherers.org. To learn more about child hunger in the United States, see http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/impact-of-hunger/child-hunger/child-hunger-fact-sheet.html


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About the Rotary Rotary International is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world. About Food Gatherers Food Gatherers is Washtenaw County’s food bank and food rescue program, distributing 6 million pounds of food to 150 non-profit programs serving low-income adults, seniors and children annually. For a list of food donors and recipient agencies or to learn how you can become involved in the fight against hunger, please visit www.foodgatherers.org or call (734) 761-2796.

Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

6:30 P.M. Tappan Middle School Media Center

2251 East Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

Featuring: Elizabeth Koschmann, Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry

University of Michigan Health System

All Ann Arbor Public Schools Parents Are Welcome

Supporting Teens Affected By

Stress and Anxiety

Ann Arbor Public Schools Counseling Outreach Series Presents:

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