Werner Weekly

Coming Up:

Stay up-to-date with the Werner School Calendar

Nov. 16-20- Meals that Matter and Turkey Roundup (see flyers below)
Nov. 16- Werner Dines Out, Penrose Taphouse and Eatery, 5-8 pm
Nov. 19- Pie Day and Turkey Round Up, Drop-off time (8:45-9:05 am)
Nov. 19- 2027-28 Werner Info Night/Open House (for more general info about our school), 5:30-6:30 pm (for parents)
Nov. 23-27- No School, Thanksgiving Break

NEWS FROM WERNER

UPDATES FROM WERNER

Werner Dines Out- See the flyer below for our next Werner Dines Out on Nov. 16 at Penrose Taphouse.
Meals That Matter and Turkey Roundup- Please see the flier below about how you can support with this annual tradition. Our Turkey Round Up will be Nov. 19. Thanks for your support!
Veteran's Day Breakfast- Thank you for attending and to our PTA and staff that helped support with organizing our annual Veteran's Day breakfast this week! We had our best turnout yet and the smiles were gratifying. Thanks, again, for all your support!
When to Keep Your Child Home- As we enter the flu/cold season, please check the button above When to Keep Your Home. As a reminder, students and staff need to be fever-free, without the use of fever-reducing medications, and symptoms are improving for 24 hours before returning. If vomiting is unexplained and inconsistent with a person's baseline state of health, students and staff may return 24 hours after their last episode.
2027-28 Kindergarten Info Night- If you missed our Kindergarten Info night, please check out website for more info and feel free to call the main office (970-488-5550) to set up a tour if you would like.

Pie Day coming up Nov. 19th – Help Give Our Teachers Something Sweet!

Our Werner Teachers are sweet as pie! Let's give thanks and show our gratitude by treating them to a special day full of their favorite desserts! Please use the link below to sign up to bring in your favorite dish. *BONUS: these can be homemade (calling all bakers!) or store bought! 😊

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4EAFAA29A2F5C61-67550107-pieday

You can bring your items into the front office by the morning of Thursday, November 19th (non-perishable items can be dropped off earlier in the week). Thank you for helping us put together a fun and yummy day for our amazing teaching staff!

Meals that Matter and Turkey Roundup

During this time of year, our school serves our community by asking for food donations for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Meals are assembled for families in our school needing more support and the rest of our food donations go to our local partners with Serve 6:8 and the Larimer County Food Bank. Look for more details in the flyers attached below. Students may bring in food beginning on Monday, Nov. 16. Turkeys (or ham or chicken) may be dropped off on Thursday, Nov. 19 during morning drop-off at the front entry sign. Thanks for you support of our community!

Open Houses for 2027-28

Upcoming Opportunities for Learning More About Werner

As we begin to plan for the 2027-28 school year, we will have opportunities for new families interested in learning about Werner. Our Kindergarten Info Night will be Nov. 11 from 5:30-6:30 and our Werner Open House/Info Night (for more general info about Werner) will be on Nov. 19 from 5:30-6:30. Both nights are for parents only. If you missed our Kindergarten Info Night, you can find more information here.

Upcoming Music Programs

2026-27 Werner Photo Album

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 2026-27 Werner Photo Album throughout the year. Please be mindful to not include photos of students that may not have permission.

Staff Favorites

We often get questions about what are some of our favorite things for staff. You can find out more at this Staff Favorites link. This is also located under the "About Us" tab on the Werner website.

NEWS FROM WERNER PTA

PTA UPDATES

UPCOMING DATES

- Meals That Matter: November 16th - 20th

- Werner Dines Out @ Penrose Taphouse: Monday, November 16th

- Pie Day: Thursday, November 19th

- Scholastic Winter Book Fair: December 1st - 4th

- PTA Meeting: Tuesday, December 1st @ 5:30pm

Used Book Drive - PTA is thrilled to announce a new initiative for this school year: our used book drive! In lieu of our usual Spring Scholastic Book Fair we will be holding a Read-It-Again Used Book Sale this spring. I’m sure many of us have books our kids have outgrown that are ready for a new home. Our hope is that we can come together as a community to help provide new-to-you summer reads for our fellow Wildcats. There are two “Book Monsters” in the front lobby of the school who are hungry for your gently used books. See the attached flyer or check out our new interactive website for more information!

Meals That Matter - Please see the attached flyer for information about Meals That Matter, our annual food collection drive to help provide Thanksgiving meals to families in our community. Boxes will be set up on Monday to begin collecting donations from each grade level. We will also have our annual Turkey Round-Up Donation on Thursday morning, November 19th.

Sign Up For Pie Day - It’s that time of year again! Next Thursday is Pie Day! This is our chance to fill the Teachers Lounge with festive treats to show how thankful we are for our wonderful Werner teachers and staff. Because these goodies are for staff, not students, they can be store-bought or homemade. Visit our Pie Day SignUp Genius to sign up for the treat of your choice!

Werner Dines Out at Penrose Taphouse - Grab dinner at Penrose Taphouse on Monday between 5-8pm and 10% of proceeds will come back to Werner! To-Go orders also included, call the restaurant to order.

Scholastic Winter Book Fair - More information will be coming about our Scholastic Winter Book Fair but the SignUp Genius for volunteering at the fair is open now. The Book Fair takes quite a bit of manpower to pull off so if you’re available to help - we’d love to have you! Visit the SignUp Genius to view available dates and times.

Stay up to date on all things PTA by visiting our website: http://wernerpta.com/ There you can join the PTA, fill out our volunteer interest form, and get our calendar for the year (syncable to your phone!).

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 Elementary PTA when you sign up here. See the flyer below for more information.
American Furniture Warehouse is now offering rewards back to Werner for any purchase you make throughout the whole year. Just mention Werner at checkout!

Your 2026/2027 PTA Board

PTA President | Alison Aristoff

PTA Vice President | Nikki Erickson

PTA VP of Fundraising | Tabitha Nikolaev

PTA Treasurer | Ashley Kure

PTA Secretary | Juliana Potts

PTA Secretary Shadow | Sam Boren

PTA Past-President | Gladys Kanode

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!

NEWS FROM PSD

Board of Education Action on Blevins Middle School and Bamford Boundary Change

11/13/2026

Dear PSD community,

At its meeting tonight, Thursday, Nov. 12, the PSD Board of Education acted on two items. Both relate to the school closure and consolidation resolution the Board approved Oct. 27.

Blevins Middle School

The Board voted 4-3 to amend the resolution and remove Blevins Middle School from the closure list. Under the amendment, Blevins will stay open for at least five years and receive up to $250,000 in dedicated funding for the next two school years to be used for marketing and staffing needs. An advisory committee, consisting of representatives of Blevins families and district staff, will also be formed to collaborate on objectives related to Blevins’ enrollment and programming.

Bamford-to-Bacon boundary change

The Board voted 7-0 to keep grid code 1254, which is currently assigned to Bamford Elementary School, within the Bamford boundary instead of being reassigned to Bacon Elementary for the 2027-28 school year.

All other parts of the resolution approved Oct. 27 remain in effect:

Effective July 1, 2027, Beattie Elementary School, Johnson Elementary School, and Putnam Elementary School will close.
Effective July 1, 2027, Centennial High School and Poudre Community Academy will consolidate to form a new school.
Effective July 1, 2028, Irish Escuela Bilingüe Elementary School will close. In addition, the Board directs the administration during the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years, to develop a more unified Dual Language program that will begin during the 2028-2029 school year.
Effective July 1, 2028, Timnath Elementary School will close unless the Town of Timnath secures funding to fully fund the cost of building a new elementary school that would be owned and operated by the Poudre School District, before the District’s first round of school of choice application opens no later than November 5, 2027, and an intergovernmental agreement is entered into between the Poudre School District and the Town of Timnath regarding the parties respective roles and obligations by January 31, 2027.

Poudre School District

Update: School of Choice application window now opens Nov. 30

Dear Poudre School District community,

At its Nov. 3 meeting, the Board of Education decided to revisit the resolution they approved regarding school closure and consolidation at the October 27, 2026 meeting by considering an amendment to that resolution. The Board needs time to finish that process and will be scheduling a special meeting no later than November 13, 2026 to complete their work. It is important that families who intend to apply for School of Choice have accurate information about their options before they submit Choice applications for the 2027-28 school year. For both reasons, it is anticipated that the first-consideration School Choice application period will now open at 8 a.m. on Monday, November 30, 2026.

What this means for your family:

School of Choice applications will not open on Nov. 4 as originally communicated. Instead, applications can be submitted beginning Nov. 30. The deadline for first consideration application submissions is still December 16, 2026.
New student and kindergarten registration will also begin on Nov. 30. You can register at olr.psdschools.org.

More details are coming. Before the window opens, we will share updated information to make sure every family has clear, accurate information about their school options.

Should the district be able to open the School Choice application period and the new student and kindergarten student registration period sooner, this will be communicated to families.

Thank you for your patience. You can continue to learn about PSD schools on the Choose PSD website and at fall open houses.

Sincerely,

Poudre School District

Board Action on Comprehensive Planning Recommendation

Dear PSD Families, Students, Staff, and Community Members,

At the Board Meeting convened on Oct. 27, the Board of Education voted to close or consolidate six Poudre School District schools beginning in the Fall of the 2027-2028 school year. The Board of Education voted to close two more schools beginning in the Fall of the 2028-2029 school year. This is a challenging moment for our community, but I believe these changes will make us a stronger district that is better able to support our students as we move into this new future. Thank you to the many students, families, staff, and community members who shared their perspectives throughout this process.

Based on the Board of Education’s vote, the following changes will be implemented:

Effective July 1, 2027, Beattie Elementary School will close and students within the neighborhood boundary will be assigned to Lopez Elementary School and Bennett Elementary School.
Effective July 1, 2028, Irish Escuela Bilingüe Elementary School will close and students within the neighborhood will be assigned to Cache la Poudre Elementary School and Bauder Elementary School. In addition, the Board directs the administration during the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years, to develop a more unified Dual Language program that will begin during the 2028-2029 school year.
Effective July 1, 2027, Johnson Elementary School will close and students within the neighborhood boundary will be assigned to Olander Elementary School and McGraw Elementary School.
Effective July 1, 2027, Putnam Elementary School will close and students within the neighborhood boundary will be assigned to Dunn Elementary School and Tavelli Elementary School.
Effective July 1, 2028, Timnath Elementary School will close and students within the neighborhood boundary will be assigned to Linton Elementary School and Bamford Elementary School, unless the Town of Timnath secures funding to fully fund the cost of building a new elementary school that would be owned and operated by the Poudre School District, before the District’s first round of school of choice application opens no later than November 5, 2027, and an intergovernmental agreement is entered into between the Poudre School District and the Town of Timnath regarding the parties respective roles and obligations by January 31, 2027.
Effective July 1, 2027, a boundary change will be implemented for Bacon Elementary School.
Effective July 1, 2027, Blevins Middle School will close and students within the neighborhood boundary will be assigned to Webber Middle School and Lincoln Middle School.
Effective July 1, 2027, Centennial High School and Poudre Community Academy will consolidate to form a new school. The future location will be determined in early 2027.

What’s Next

If you intend to apply for a seat at a school other than your student’s new neighborhood school, please visit the School Choice page of the PSD website for more information. The first round School Choice window opens November 4, 2026, and closes December 16, 2026. Students from closing schools will receive priority consideration in the School Choice process.
Information about Early Childhood enrollment will be shared with district families in a separate message.
Transportation will be available to students who live outside of the walk zones for their newly assigned schools. This means students residing more than 1 mile from their elementary school, 1.5 miles from their middle school, or 2 miles from their high school will be eligible for PSD transportation. Transportation is not provided to students attending a School of Choice.

Resources and Information

For questions about how these changes affect your student, please call 970-490-3005 or email info@psdschools.org.
Frequently Asked Questions
For mental health support services for students, families can contact the front office of their school and ask to be connected to a member of your school’s mental health SSP team (Counselor, Mental Health Specialist, Psychologist or Social Worker). Community-based mental health resources are also available below for those who may find them helpful:

Longview Behavioral Health Urgent Care, 2260 W. Trilby Road in Fort Collins: 970-494-4200

- I Matter Colorado (up to six free, virtual counseling sessions): imattercolorado.org or yoimportocolorado.org (la versión en Español)
- Child, Adolescent and Young Adult Connections (CAYAC): 970-221-3308 - CAYAC empowers families to navigate behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and young adults across Larimer County.
- Health Info Source - https://healthinfosource.com/ - Source for Your source for mental health resources and information for Larimer County, Colorado.
- Connections – Adult Services: 970-221-5551
- 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 24/7 free, confidential support. Call or text 988 to reach a trained counselor. Help in Spanish: www.988lifeline.org/es/inicio/

I recognize that change like this affects our community deeply. As we prepare for change in the year ahead, please be assured that we are committed to supporting all members of our community. More information about transition supports will be shared with impacted families, students, and staff in the months ahead. Please continue to follow the Comprehensive Planning page of the website for updates.

With appreciation,

Brian Kingsley
Superintendent of Schools
Poudre School District

PSD Insider Newsletter

One of many ways information is shared is through the PSD Insider community newsletter, which features timely information about the latest happenings in the district. This is emailed to families and interested community members that sign up. To sign up, or review past newsletters, go to the PSD Communications website.