Werner Weekly

Stay up-to-date with the Werner School Calendar

• Dec. 10- PTA Mtg., 9:05. Staff Lounge
• Dec. 12- 5th Grade Group Picture
• Dec. 16- Werner Dines Out, Penrose Taphouse, 5-8 pm
• Dec. 16- School of Choice (1st Round) applications due by 4:00 pm
• Dec. 17- Werner Jazz Cat Choir Concert, 5:30 pm, Gym
• Dec. 19- Spirit Day: Summer in December
• Dec. 20- Winter Holiday Parties
• Dec. 20- 1st semester ends
• Dec. 23-Jan. 6- Winter Break
• Jan. 10- Werner Spelling Bee (4th/5th), 2:00 pm

Dear Werner Community,

I hope you all had a wonderful Fall Break and time for Thanksgiving! We are so grateful for sharing your child(ren) with us and for your ongoing support!

This past month, we celebrated Veterans from our community! We had about 30 veterans enjoy breakfast with their student and they had time to connect with each other and hear a special concert from 1st and 2nd graders.

Thanks so much for your help with our Meals That Matter and Turkey Round Up! Through your generosity, we had over 30 turkeys/1 ham/1 chicken donated to the Larimer County Food Bank. For the Meals that Matter, we had several boxes of food items donated for the Serve 6:8 Thanksgiving donations and that served about 10 families from our community. Thanks for your generosity! Our annual Giving Tree is open now to support gifts for those in need in our community. Look for more details in this newsletter.

As we begin to end this calendar year, we are already in preparations for the upcoming school year. Registration is now open for the 2025-26 school year for our incoming kindergarten class. For more information on registration, go to our website. During the month of January, we will have our annual survey for priorities for the coming school year. Look for more information to come later.

Thanks, again, for making Werner a great place to be! I hope you all take time to reflect and recharge during this holiday season.

Best regards,

Hayden

• Giving Tree- Please see the info below regarding our Giving Tree. Our Giving Tree will end Dec. 13.

• Health Office Needs- The health office in need of girls' sweatpants 4th-5th grade size. If you have any to donate, please drop them off to the front office or send them to school with your student. Thanks so much!!

• PTA Meeting, Dec. 10- The next meeting will be on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 9:05 in the staff lounge. We hope to see you there!

• Arrival/Dismissal Reminders- Here are few reminders we could use your help with:

• Students should not arrive before 8:45 am unless they are participating in an enrichment club or part of AlphaBEST.
• Please do not park in restricted "No Parking" zones along our surrounding streets. Also, please do not block driveways or crosswalks.
• Please use crosswalks when crossing busy streets.
• Please drive slowly (less than 20 mph) and do not use your cell phone in the School Zone.
• Please leave your pets at home or stay off campus with them. Service pets are an exception.

Werner is carrying on the special tradition of The Giving Tree this holiday season. This year, we are partnering with Serve 6.8 to host a Giving Tree for their Adopt-A-Family program. This is an opportunity to help families at Werner, and our community, who need a little bit extra during this holiday season.

How you can help:

• Stop by the office to pick up an ornament tag from the Giving Tree.
• Purchase the gift, attach the ornament tag and return them to the office, unwrapped, by Friday, December 13 at the latest. The tags say 12/20 but the earlier the better!

If you’d like to donate to directly assist Werner families, you can drop off cash or check at the office – clearly label with ‘Giving Tree’ or Venmo.

Together we can make this holiday season a special time for all the children in our community.

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 2024-2025 Werner Photo Album throughout the year. Please be mindful to not include photos of students that may not have permission.

Save the Date

12/10- PTA Meeting @9:05 am

Through 12/16-Giving Tree Tags available at the front office. All gifts need to be in by 12/16

12/16- Werner Dines Out at Penrose

**With the new year around the corner, we are beginning sign ups for volunteers to help with the planning of International Night. Click here to sign up as a volunteer or presenter! **

Thank you to everyone who purchased items from our Teacher’s Wish Lists at the Book Fair! It’s always truly appreciated.

JOIN THE WERNER PTA

From our annual Fall Festival to this year's Read A Thon, we have some memorable events planned and would love your help. Although membership doesn’t obligate you to volunteer hours or attend meetings, we always love to meet more of our Werner community and have your support in any way you can give it.

• Sign up for the PTA HERE to receive a free Werner yard sign & notifications of upcoming events.
• *****New this year***** Wildcat Spirit Wear is launching with new shirts, hoodies, and stickers! Visit our Givebacks website HERE for a one stop shop for everything your PTA has to offer.
• 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 anywhere from 10-15%!

- American Warehouse is now offering rewards back to Werner for any purchase you make throughout the whole year. Just mention Werner at checkout!

Your Werner PTA

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

Your 2024/2025 PTA Board

PTA President | Gladys Kanode

PTA Vice President | Caitlin Papp

PTA Treasurer | Patti Haswell

PTA Secretary | Juliana Potts

PTA VP of Community Programs | Marissa McNulty

PTA Past-President | Nicole Kidd 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!

• PSD sends frequent emails to currently registered volunteers, but those are getting lost in some recipients' junk mail folders. If you are registered as a volunteer with PSD, please check your junk mail & mark those sent by "Volunteer Coordinator" as safe to receive.

• For those who are not yet registered to volunteer but want to help in our schools please visit - Volunteer Registration

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.

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