Werner Weekly

Stay up-to-date with the Werner School Calendar

• May 6-10-Teacher Appreciation Week
• May 7-9- BOGO Book Fair, Media Center
• May 9- 4th/5th Grade District Track Meet
• May 10- 5th Grade Middle School visits, 9:30-11:30
• May 11- 4th/4th District Track Meet
• May 13- Werner Art Fair, 5:00-7:00 pm

Our Werner Teachers & Staff are ROCK STARS! Let's show them we're their Biggest Fans!

Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up May 6th – 10th, and we are excited to celebrate our Rockstar Teaching Staff and show them how much we appreciate them for all their hard work this year! We need help from all our Wildcat Families to make this week special! There are plenty of opportunities to contribute throughout the week, so please check out the PTA’s Sign-Up Genius to sign up for anything you would like to help with.

To kick the week off, we would love to have families come down on Sunday, May 5th to decorate outside your teachers’ doors with sidewalk chalk art and notes for a fun surprise to welcome them when they arrive Monday morning. The PTA will have chalk available for everyone from 4-6pm that evening, or you can bring your own and come decorate anytime that day!

Please make sure to coordinate with your room parents to help contribute towards a class gift basket to give your homeroom teachers at the end of the week! You can show your teachers some extra love by having your student make them a card and bring it in to give them on “FAN FARE” Friday!

Thank you so much for your help celebrating our awesome teachers and giving them some VIP Treatment next week!

📚 Our Scholastic Buy 1, Get 1 FREE* Book Fair is coming next week, May 7th - 9th! Stock up on books before summer vacation starts. What's even better, they get one FREE book for every book they buy!

**Shopping hours are every day at lunch and after school, Tuesday-Thursday. We will also be open Wednesday morning (this will be the only morning shopping day) from 8:00 - 8:45am.

We can't make the fair happen without your help! Please sign up here to volunteer:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0D48ACAF2FA5FD0-49288830-book

Be sure to set up your child's eWallet so that they can shop on their own and not worry about losing cash. You can also have grandparents or anyone else add funds to their eWallet. Visit our Book Fair homepage to get started with eWallet and for online shopping:

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/wernerelementaryschool

*All free items must be of equal or lesser value than the ones you buy. Titles vary by Book Fair. All items are available while supplies last. Online purchases are not eligible for Buy One, Get One Free pricing.

For any questions, please email our Book Fair Chairperson, Patti Haswell, at haswellpatti@gmail.com

You can order your child's school supplies for next year through EPI School Supplies. Just enter the code "WER013". These supplies will be delivered to your child's desk in August. Order before 5/21/24 to save more money! This optional service provided to our Werner families.

Registration opens online for 2024-25 on November 27 for new students. Please go to the PSD School Registration and our Werner Registration site for more information. For Kindergarten registration, you can find more information on our Werner Kindergarten Information site. If you are interested in learning more about our school, call (970-488-5550) our main office to set up a personal tour with our staff.

Throughout the year, we ask our community for photos that could be used for our yearbook and/or social media. This relates to school events only (e.g. classroom parties, field trips, school events, spirit days and enrichment opportunities). You can upload pictures to our 2023-2024 Werner Photo Album throughout the year. Please be mindful to not include photos of students that may not have permission.

We often get questions about our staff and their favorite things (for appreciation, etc.). You can access those remotely at Staff Favorites. This list is also under the "About Us" tab on our school website.

We are excited to share that all students will receive one free breakfast and lunch daily starting in 2023-24 through the Healthy School Meals for All program! This new statewide program, approved by Colorado voters, is helping Colorado children and teens have access to nutritious food at our school. Meal prices for adults are below:

Milk- 8 oz. $1.00

Breakfast 2nd Entree $1.50

Adult Breakfast $2.00

Lunch 2nd Entree $3.25

Adult Lunch $4.65

Upcoming Events To Look Out For

May 6th-10th- Teacher Appreciation Week! More details to come.

May 7th-9th- Spring Bookfair which means BOGO!

**Volunteer sign ups to come. We would love your help to make these events amazing for the last month of school!**

JOIN THE WERNER PTA

The PTA has a lot of fun things planned throughout the school year and we can't wait to share it all with you! Membership does not obligate you to volunteer hours or to attend meetings. We'd love your support any way you can give it.

• Sign up for the PTA HERE to receive a free Werner yard sign & notifications of upcoming events. You may pay the $10 membership dues via PayPal HERE or Venmo @WernerPTA or drop off cash/check to the main office in a marked envelope.
• *****New this year***** Wildcat stickers are available for sale! Stickers are $3 each and available for purchase at our PTA meetings, New Family Orientation, or at select school events.

For any questions please email the PTA at ptawernerelementary@gmail.com

FREE MONEY FOR YOUR SCHOOL! Did you know there are ways to donate money to the school by doing things you already do?

• If you shop at King Soopers with a loyalty card they will donate to Werner when you sign up here.
• If you like to eat out, the PTA hosts Werner Dines Out once a month and the restaurants we partner with will donate back to the school.

Your Werner PTA

Follow us on FACEBOOK to stay engaged with school events, Werner families, and see what the PTA is up to!

Your 2023/2024 PTA Board

PTA President | Nicole Kidd

PTA Vice President | Gladys Kanode

PTA Treasurer | Patti Haswell

PTA Secretary | Juliana Schump

PTA VP of Community Programs | Marissa McNulty

Connect with us at PTAWernerElementary@gmail.com

There Is No Wrong Way to PTA. How Do You PTA?

Thank you for supporting the Werner Elementary PTA!

Please help out PTA with some needs to help support our students and school. Check out the opportunities available on this link.

To keep our community informed about long-range planning efforts, we will send an update after each meeting of and presentation by the PSD Facilities Planning Steering Committee to the school board.

You can find all committee updates and additional communications on the Long-Range Planning web section.

Key Takeaways

• At the April 23 Poudre School District Board of Education meeting, representatives of the Facilities Planning Steering Committee and Colorado State University's Institute for the Built Environment (IBE) made their second presentation to the board.
• Presenters summarized the feedback from the community regarding the initial scenarios developed by the committee for possible school closures, consolidations, and boundary adjustments. Visit YouTube to watch the presentation.>>
• The committee spent more than 200 hours listening to community feedback, received nearly 1,800 responses to their questionnaire, hosted 16 student engagement sessions, and had more than 1,255 people attend their listening sessions. A community engagement summary report is linked here.>>
• No new scenarios were presented to the board at Tuesday's meeting. Visit the PSD website to review scenarios A1, A2, B, and C.>>

Next Steps

• May 7 (estimated) - The Facilities Planning Steering Committee will share with the community new draft scenarios that the committee is currently developing. A second questionnaire will be provided with these scenarios so the community can provide feedback.
• May 14 - The steering committee will present updated scenarios to the Board of Education at a regularly scheduled board meeting.
• May 28 - The steering committee will make recommendations regarding possible school closures, consolidations, and boundary adjustments at a regularly scheduled board meeting.
• June 4 - The Board of Education will host a second listening session from 5:30 to 10 p.m. in the Fort Collins High School auditorium.
• June 11 - The Board of Education is anticipated to vote on potential changes.

Myths and Misconceptions

Are you curious about the data behind these discussions? Not sure what criteria the steering committee is using to create scenarios? Overwhelmed by enrollment, finance, and capacity numbers? Follow this link to the new Questions, Concerns, and Myths section of the Long-Range Planning section of the PSD website.>>

One of many ways information is shared is through the PSD Now community newsletter, which features timely information about the latest happenings in the district. This is emailed to families and interested community members about every other Thursday.

Here is the most recent newsletter of PSD Now. For archived newsletters and information about how to sign up, go to: https://www.psdschools.org/department/communications.

We are now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 Free and Reduced Meals program. Please fill out ALL required information in the application. Incomplete applications cannot be processed. Only one application per household is required. Applications may also be picked up at the Child Nutrition Department, 1502 S. Timberline Road.

PSD Free and Reduced Meals Policies | PSD Free and Reduced Meals Policies (Spanish)

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Website: https://wer.psdschools.org/
Location: 5400 Mail Creek Lane, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Phone: (970) 488-5550
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