Werner Weekly

Stay up-to-date with the Werner School Calendar

• May 24- No School, Staff workday
• May 24- Clean Up Nature Center (10-2)
• May 28- 2nd grade field trip to park
• May 29- 5th grade promotion picnic, 1-2:30
• May 30- Last Day of School, students dismissed at 12:00

Thursday, May 30 will be our last day of school. There will be transportation to and from school that day. Breakfast will be served, but there will not be any lunch. Students will be dismissed at 12:00.

This is the last call for all items in the Lost and Found (located by the art room). Feel free to stop by before school ends on the last day. All items will be donated after that.

You can still 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. This optional service provided to our Werner families.

Parents/guardians, please stop by the health office to pick up medications/ health office supplies that have been stored during this school year. Medications cannot be sent home with your student. This policy is important to safeguard all students against improper or accidental ingestion of medication. All medications & health office supplies must be picked up before 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 30th. If your student has non-emergency medications at school, please come in any time before May 30th to pick up medications.

If you choose not to pick up the medication, please let us know and our school nurse, Lynne Ryan, will follow state health department procedures and medications will be properly destroyed. Medications & forms cannot be saved in the health office over summer break.

If new medication forms are needed for the 2024-2025 school year, you may obtain new forms from the PSD website at any time. New forms are needed every school year and do not carry over. You can visit the newly updated PSD website for more information and for new forms: https://www.psdschools.org/programs-services/medications-health-action-plans

Thank you and have a wonderful summer!

Lynne Ryan, RN

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

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.

May 20, 2024

Tonight, the PSD Board of Education voted unanimously on three decisions key to the future of Long-Range Planning in the district:

The board voted to end the current Long Range Planning process. With this vote, the work of the Facilities Planning Steering Committee has also ended and there will be no school closures or consolidations for the 2025-26 school year.

• Members of the steering committee will present a debrief and reflection on their work and the long-range planning process at the board’s May 28 meeting.
• The one-hour community meetings with board members on June 4 will continue to be offered.
• With this decision, the board will not vote on scenarios at its June 11 meeting.
• The board voted to ask staff to determine the feasibility of finding another space to house Transitions Pathways/Programs starting in 2025-26.
• The board voted to ask staff to determine the feasibility of finding another space to house Poudre Community Academy (PCA) starting in 2025-26.

Staff charged with finding new homes for Transitions Pathways/Programs and PCA will bring recommendations as to where these programs might be housed to a Board of Education meeting this fall.

The board invited state legislators and local elected officials to join them for Monday’s meeting to discuss the future of our community. We would like to thank those who were able to attend: Colorado Rep. Cathy Kipp, Colorado Rep. Andrew Boesenecker, and Larimer County Commissioners Jody Shaddock-McNally, Kristin Stephens, and John Kefalas.

Again, the board will still host its scheduled listening sessions on June 4. Additional opportunities to engage in conversation with the board will be scheduled in the future.

The board and district leadership would again like to emphatically thank the PSD Facilities Planning Steering Committee and the Colorado State University Institute for the Built Environment for their work.

The board and district leadership would also like to thank all members of our community for strong engagement and for sharing voices throughout the long-range planning process. We are committed to engaging with the community in the future.

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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