Werner Weekly

Stay up-to-date with the Werner School Calendar

• Nov. 8-Veteran's Day Breakfast (see flyer below), 9:15 am
• Nov. 8- 1st/2nd grade Music Program, 5:30 pm, Fossil Ridge High School PAC
• Nov. 11-No School-District Professional Development Day
• Nov. 12- PTA Meeting, 9:00-10:00 am, Staff Lounge
• Nov. 13-Spirit Day: Wear anything with the word "Kind" on it
• Nov. 14- 2025-26 Kindergarten Info Meeting, 5:30 pm, Media Center
• Nov. 25-29- No School, Thanksgiving Break

Dear Werner Community,

Welcome to November! First of all, thank you to all the parents and staff that made made Halloween parties and parade such a success! It has been a great tradition and yesterday was sure fun!

I also want to thank you all for your support of our Read-A-Thon. You'll see more details coming soon, but this will be one of our largest grossing fundraisers ever! Students will get their prizes later next week and I think there will be slime being dumped on me by some of our highest earners. Stay tuned on more with that! Thank you to our PTA for organizing and supporting such a great fundraiser!

Last, I want to encourage you to invite any special veteran, to your family, for our Veteran's Day breakfast and concert next Friday, November 8. We are looking forward to honoring these special people and our 1st/2nd graders will be giving them a preview of their music concert. See more details in the flyer in our Werner Weekly.

I hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy the extra hour you get this weekend!

Best regards,

Hayden

• Read-A-Thon- Thank you for your support with our fist Read-A-Thon! Our PTA is working on our final numbers, but this will be one of our largest grossing fundraisers! This money will go to support new playground enhancements, classroom/program budgets, and more. More details will come in the future about how we use this to enhance our school and opportunities for students. Thank you to our PTA for all their work is organizing and supporting this fundraiser!

• 1st/2nd Grade Concert- Please see details in the flyer below about our upcoming 1st/2nd Grade Music Program, An American Tribute.

• Meals That Matter and Turkey Roundup- Our annual tradition continues with ways to help support our community during the holidays. Please see the flyers for Meals that Matter and Turkey Roundup below.

• 2025-26 Registration and School of Choice- Please see the communication down below and in your emails about registration and SOC opening on Nov. 4. For more information, go to: https://www.psdschools.org/choose-poudre-school-district

• Veteran's Day Breakfast, Nov. 8- Please see the flyer below about a special opportunity to honor our veterans or active military.

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

Nov 4th-15th- Meals that Matter donation collection (drop off boxes located inside school)

Nov 8th- last day to sign up for Battle of the Books

Nov 12th- PTA Meeting

Nov 13th- Werner Dines Out @ Smok Barbeque

Nov 19th- Board & Brush Fundraiser Night 6:30-9:30pm

Our Read a Thon has ended and our amazing Wildcat community raised $37,268!! That makes it our most successful fundraiser in 5 years!! Thank you to everyone who donated.

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!

Oct. 28, 2024

Dear Poudre School District community:

PSD will begin accepting both school registration and first-round school choice applications for the 2025-26 school year on the same date: Monday, Nov. 4, 2024.

Poudre School District is proud to offer strong academic and social opportunities for students in each of our 54 schools. Attending a neighborhood school means living near classmates and building a tight knit community together over time.

However, we know some families want to enroll their children in schools outside their neighborhood to participate in a specific program or curriculum that best meets their children’s educational needs. PSD’s K-12 school choice program offers them this opportunity.

School Choice for the 2025-26 school year

The first window of opportunity for families to apply for school choice for 2025-26 is Nov. 4 through Dec. 16, 2024. The application will become available at psdschools.org on Nov. 4. First-round seat offers will be sent the week of January 5, 2025. Those offered a seat must respond to the offer within five weekdays, or the offer will be marked as declined and the application removed from the school’s waitlist. Weekdays are defined as Monday through Friday, including any holidays and school closure days during the week.

• First-round applications are processed through a lottery, not on a first-come, first-served basis. A priority ranking system is used in this process. Please review the School Choice policy and priority rankings.

• Applicants can apply to multiple schools, but they must submit a separate application for each school and cannot rank them in order of preference.

• Submitting a school choice application does not guarantee enrollment at a particular school. Acceptance is based on eligibility requirements and space availability at each school.

• Students who currently attend a school through school choice do not need to re-apply to continue at that school in 2025-26.

• Students on a school’s waitlist for the 2024-25 school year who have not yet received a seat offer must re-apply for consideration in the 2025-26 school year – an application for 2024-25 does not carry over to 2025-26.

A second-round school choice window is scheduled to open in mid-January 2025.

• Unlike the first-round, applications are based on priority ranking and the date and time of when the application was submitted (not a lottery system).

• Students are placed on the waitlist after any first-round applicants within the applicable priority ranking.

More information, including instructions on using the application system and school options, are available on the PSD School Choice Process web page.>>

Registration in PSD

Online registration for new students and students who previously attended PSD, left, and are returning for the 2025-26 school year will begin Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. To learn more about online registration and enrolling new or returning students, visit the PSD Online Registration web page.

Kindergarten Registration

Kindergarten families can register online beginning Nov. 4, 2024, or in-person at their PSD neighborhood elementary school on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. Contact your student’s PSD neighborhood school for school hours and visit the School Locator to determine which school is your neighborhood school.

Parents/legal guardians must register students entering kindergarten at their designated PSD neighborhood school, even if a school choice application is pending. Please refer to District Policy JEB for age requirements for kindergarten in PSD.

• Registering at the PSD designated neighborhood school does not impact a pending school choice application or potential seat offers from a choice school or program.

• Parents/legal guardians of incoming kindergartners should register as soon as possible to help schools to determine their classroom sizes, staffing needs, and the number of school choice seats they can offer. However, online registration will still be available for families throughout the rest of the year.

• To learn more about kindergarten registration, visit www.psdschools.org/kinder.

Learning About PSD Schools

Many schools host information sessions, tours, and open houses. Please contact the school or schools you are interested in applying to for details about their events. You can also learn more about our schools and programs at www.psdschools.org/schools or view our PSD at a Glance guide to schools in English, Spanish, or Arabic.

Sincerely,

Poudre School District

Oct. 23, 2024

Dear PSD parents and guardians:

In an effort to foster a culture of mutual respect, effective communication, and quality customer service, PSD has created a set of norms for staff, family/guardian, and community engagement. These norms aim to set a positive tone for interactions between staff and parents and community members, whether they happen in person, over the phone, or in writing.

The norms will be posted in all PSD schools and include expectations that:

• Calls or emails that are not emergencies will be acknowledged within three school days.

• Appointments between the parties involved will be established as a norm for addressing concerns or discussing important matters through direct communication.

• Appointments will take place as soon as reasonably possible. Adequate time is needed for preparation and research before an appointment.

• Communication will focus on collaboration and understanding – respectful language and non-confrontational behavior from all parties are expected.

• Boundaries between personal and professional life will be maintained, and sensitive matters will not be addressed in community settings.

If you experience an emergency or need to report an immediate safety or criminal issue, please contact 911. You can also visit See Something, Say Something to learn about reporting a tip through Safe2Tell, learn about reporting sexual harassment, or report harassment or other incidents of concern through the incident report system.

It’s important for everyone in our schools and in our communities to feel welcome and engage in mutual respect to best serve students. Thank you for taking the time to read this message.

Sincerely,

PSD Assistant Superintendents

• 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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