Werner Weekly
January 27, 2023
Coming Up
- Feb. 7- PTA Meeting, 9-10 am, Staff Lounge
- Feb. 10- Spirit Day: NFL Day
- Feb. 14- Valentine's Parties
- Feb. 20- No School, Staff Exchange Day
- Mar. 1- 1st-4th Music Programs, Fossil Ridge High School, 5:30-7:30 pm
NEWS FROM WERNER
5210+ Challenge
2023-24 Planning
Help Needed for a Werner Family
Upcoming Music Programs
Music Programs:
1st and 2nd Grade: March 1st @ 5:30 at Fossil Ridge High School Auditorium
3rd and 4th Grade: March 1st @ 6:30 at Fossil Ridge High School Auditorium
More info will be provided later.
School Lunch and Fee Payment Information
Paying for school fees and/or lunches is easy using SchoolPay. Below is the link for signing your student up, paying fees and/or adding funds to your student’s meal account.
PSD offers an easy and secure way to make payments to your child’s school on-line with a credit/debit card for fees and other charges as well as your child’s meal account through the District’s payment portal, SchoolPay.* The Pay Fees/Charges web page has information and instructions on paying fees and other charges online or go directly to the SchoolPay website.
Fees may also be paid in person at your child's school, paying with cash or check.
Werner Photo Album 2022-23
NEWS FROM WERNER PTA
Join the Werner Elementary Parent Teacher Association!
Receive a Wildcat’s Roar yard sign as a FREE GIFT when you register with our PTA! Membership is a $10 donation and does not obligate you to volunteer hours or to attend meetings. We'd love your support any way you can give it. Please fill out this Google form and submit your donation with our PayPal link (you don’t have to have a PayPal account). we'll be handing out the signs on the playground at the School Supply Drop Off, Monday, August 15th. (Registration is per person, not per household)
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 shop on Amazon, you can sign up for Amazon Smile and they will donate 1% of purchases.
- 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
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Thank you for supporting the Werner Elementary PTA!
PTA President | Nicole Kidd
PTA Vice President | Open
PTA Treasurer | Patti Haswell
PTA Secretary | Juliana Schump
PTA VP of Community Programs | Marissa McNulty
PTA VP of Fundraising | Megan Bright
There Is No Wrong Way To PTA. How Do You PTA?
NEWS FROM PSD
Family Engagement Survey
Hello PSD Families,
Poudre School District (PSD) wants to better understand, and continuously improve, the student and family experience within PSD schools. Please take 15 minutes to click on the survey link below and answer questions that have to do with student transitions between schools and between grade levels, the welcoming and inclusive environment of our schools, communications between school and home, and supporting student success.
Your individual responses will remain anonymous in all reports. The information collected
will be aggregated to produce actionable school-specific feedback that will be shared with the staff of each school. PSD administrators and teams of educators take your input seriously and look forward to continuing to provide a world-class education experience here in Northern Colorado. For questions or comments, please contact Dwayne Schmitz at dschmitz@psdschools.org or (970) 490-3693.
Thank you for taking a moment to provide us with your input and thoughts. This survey closes 2-10-23 at 5:00 pm.
Support Students Experiencing Homelessness
The number of PSD families and youth experiencing homelessness has risen by 10% since last year, and their needs have risen exponentially. Currently, one out of every 27 students is experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity in our district. Students experiencing homelessness encounter many barriers to their education. Our department works to help youth and families overcome these barriers, including transportation, access to extracurricular activities, before and after-school care, and meeting basic needs. We do this along with case-management to help them reach independence.
Your generous donation allows the Language, Culture and Equity Department to support these students and families with personal items, temporary shelter, provisions, clothing, etc.
The need has never been greater.
Please help us reach our goal of raising $40,000 to support PSD students and families facing housing insecurity and homelessness.
*All donations are tax deductible, and an automated email will provide you with your tax receipt.
https://schoolpay.com/pay/for/Support-for-Students-Experiencing-Homele/SPrfYG
You can now easily donate via this link: All donations are tax deductible. Please share this message far and wide, anyone can donate through this link. The opportunity to give does not end now, this link will be live throughout the holiday season.
PSD Now Newsletter
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.
FREE & REDUCED MEAL PROGRAM
It’s not too late to apply for the Free & Reduced Meal Program for this school year. By doing so your student’s approval to the program carries over for the first 30 days of next school year. Also, there are advantages to being on this program with discounts given throughout our community for student summer programs. Check out fcgov.com/reducedfee website for more information. The before and after school program, AlphaBest, also gives a 15% discount. Apply on-line at www.myschoolapps.com. Please note that August 1, 2022 is the first day you can apply on line for the 2022-2023 school year. Families do have to apply each school year unless they receive a letter stating otherwise.
NEWS FROM THE COMMUNITY
Transfort Feedback Needed
Transfort, the transit agency owned by the City of Fort Collins, seeks community input on permanently changing to a fare-free transit system.
In March 2020, Transfort eliminated fare collection as part of the agency’s response to COVID-19. Although COVID restrictions have been lifted and Transfort has resumed regular operations, Transfort has not resumed fare collection, opting instead to explore whether fare free operations are possible on a permanent basis.
Community members can provide feedback by taking Transfort’s survey at www.fcgov.com/transfortsurvey. The survey contains a section of fare-related questions as well as other transit-related questions, including what factors community members consider when making decisions to ride (or not ride) Transfort.
The survey will be open until Feb. 15, 2023.
Thank you
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Transfort, la agencia de transporte propiedad de la Ciudad de Fort Collins, busca la aportación de retroalimentación comunitaria con respecto a cambiar permanentemente a un sistema de transporte sin tarifas.
En marzo de 2020, Transfort eliminó el cobro de tarifas como parte de la respuesta de la agencia al COVID-19. Aunque se han levantado las restricciones de COVID y Transfort ha reanudado las operaciones regulares, Transfort no ha reanudado el cobro de tarifas, optando en cambio por explorar si es posible o no la operación sin tarifas de forma permanente.
Los miembros de la comunidad pueden proveer retroalimentación tomando la encuesta de Transfort en www.fcgov.com/transfortsurvey. La encuesta contiene una sección de preguntas relacionadas a las tarifas además de otras preguntas relacionadas al transporte, incluyendo cuáles son los factores que los miembros de la comunidad consideran al hacer decisiones sobre si viajar (o no viajar) en los autobuses de Transfort.
La encuesta estará abierta hasta el 15 de febrero, 2023.
Gracias
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Werner Elementary School
Email: hcamp@psdschools.org
Website: https://wer.psdschools.org/
Location: 5400 Mail Creek Lane, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Phone: (970) 488-5550
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