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Warner What’s Happening – 09/26/16

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Issue: #07
Week of 9/26/2016
Principal’s Corner: A Message From Principal Kamau
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Congratulations Warner Football Team
The Warner football team played three games on Saturday and won all three to advance to the next round! 
WAVE meeting and Cyber Security Talk
Please join us for the next…

WAVE meeting and Cyber Security Talk
Tuesday, October 4th at 8:30am in the Banooni Auditorium.

Keeping Your Kids and Yourself Safe Digitally by Alan Silberberg
Tuesday, October 4th at 9am in the Banooni Auditorium

In 20 minutes or less get a campus update on all the happenings at Warner Avenue School.  Immediately following the WAVE Meeting, please plan to stay and hear a special presentation from Alan Silberberg.
Our children are growing up in a digital, social media-saturated world.  Come learn about family safety online, including your digital footprint and cybersecurity.

Alan Silberberg is a Founder of Digijaks, a cybersecurity company specializing in social media and mobile devices. He is a member of the California Cyber Security Task Force (established by Gov. Jerry Brown) and subject matter expert on cybersecurity for the US SBA.  Mr. Silberberg is a Warner parent and his tech column is often featured in the Warner What‘s Happening newsletter.
Calling All Kids Who Care
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Party (Book) On!
BOO!!!
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Halloween Haunt Community Service Opportunity
 
Parents, we would love to have your older students volunteer in exchange for community service hours!  Please have your older kids (6th grade & above) contact: camilleanderson1@gmail.com for volunteer opportunities.
Warner STAR Wish List


Thank you to all those who have made the beginning of NOVA Session 1 such a wonderful success!!!! There are still some classes with availability, so should you be interested, please call us in the STAR Office at 310/470-1868.

Throughout the summer, STAR has realized that we need some items to get us through another school year here at Warner. Any and all donations are humbly welcomed and accepted.
                          ****STAR’s WISH LIST****
     1. A working refrigerator w/ freezer
     2. A working iron
     3. 4 square balls (2)
     4. Basketballs  (3)
     5. Hand Ball Balls (2)
     6. Soccer Balls (3)
     7. New ball bin with lock
     8. New electric ball pump
Thank you all very much and have a lovely week!!!!!
WARNER STAR TEACHERS
Join the Orchestra!
Open enrollment has begun for the school’s instrumental music program.
Woodwind, brass and string classes are now being formed for students of all levels.
Get all of the information online and register at:
App Safety 2016
(By Alan W. Silberberg, father of 2 Warner kids + 1 Alumni, and Founder of Digijakswhich is a cyber security company with emphasis on preventing socially engineered attacks. He is a member of the California Cyber Security Task Force + a Subject Matter Expert on Cyber Security for the U.S. SBA.)
 
App safety. That sounds a little scary, and perhaps for some people, if not many, like science fiction. Considering that the first thing most kids do when they get to use their parents’ phone or tablet (or use their own) is to use apps. Apps as games. Apps as communication. Apps as drawing. Apps as cameras. Sometimes the apps are combinations of things.
How often do you check the app privacy settings? Before you or your kids download them from the app stores? You should check them every single time. Game apps are notorious for asking for: every single app permission – allowed by that device.Why? Because most kids and most parents simply do not ever actually read the permission requests for apps. Instead, we usually just click accept, and boom there it is.

Why is this seemingly innocent thing such a problem?
  1. Apps can serve malware and viruses through your devices once the permissions are granted. This can lead to identify theft, compromising of personal and or financial information and can provide information about your kids to strangers with ill intent. (While this is rare on the Apple store directly or Google play store, it is quite common for apps downloaded outside of the stores.) SOLUTION: Set all your devices to only download apps from the official app stores. Depending on your phone or device, you will need to check the settings, and specifically for apps and or the default download settings. Don’t download apps that ask for every permission unless there is a good reason.
  2. Apps can record the user’s interactions on the device and/or online through various tracking software. This leads to profiling and creation of databases about our kids, with a permanence attached to their names that will follow them for the rest of their lives. Most of the time this is done in the background, ie, surreptitiously, and kids’ apps and games are highly vulnerable to this kind of intrusion and potential privacy breach. Delete apps that do this; look at permissions on each app to determine which ones can.
  3. Apps can trigger the gps or “geo-location,” or the camera, or SMS messaging, or email, and/or contacts and also ask for permission to read the contents of all these files on the device. When they “read” them they are also building databases about your kids and you. These databases are used to profile you and your kids and to create permanent records that may or may not be accurate. There is no reason why an app outside of an email or social media app would need access to emails, and SMS messages, or photos, or your contacts, and or geo locations. Games do not for sure. Drawing apps do not.
  4. Apps can be “trojan horses” for something else. Kids can be especially vulnerable online to clicking on things that look cool, or are flashing with bright colors, without thinking through the consequences of possible malware or viruses. Again, set your devices to only download apps from the official app stores. If the app starts acting weird, delete it from your device. There are ways to monitor usage by apps on phones and tablets. When you see high memory use or high cpu use by the app (depending on the device this can be found in settings,) and power. By using one of the tools listed below to find apps that are out of normal range;what you find is often an indicator that it is doing something over the internet that it should not with information on your tablet or device.
Solutions:
Find an app to scan other app permissions – – like Norton 360 Mobile or Malwarebytes or Lookout – – that will pre-screen new apps for problems, and they can be used to show the app permissions of apps you have already put on-board your devices.
Talk to your kids often about which apps they are using, and why. Look at the app permission settings. If the app is asking for everything the device can do, that is a big red flag, especially with apps that kids are using. The picture below is of an Android app that Digijaks created, that has optimal app permissions. In other words it asks for almost no permissions. No email access. No SMS access. No geo location access. No picture access. Contrast this photo the two bad ones below it; and to the app permissions of 99% of the apps you and your kids have on your devices. Unfortunately almost all apps do something that would be deemed unacceptable if you heard it in plain English, rather than as a box in a quick mobile authorization .
GOOD

 BAD

REALLY BAD
Sign up your Ralphs Rewards Card — Get Free $ for Warner!
Ralph’s Community Rewards program just re-started in September.  We have to enroll each year, but when you enroll your Ralph’s Rewards card and choose Warner as your charity, every time you shop at Ralphs, they’ll donate a % of your purchases to our school.  That’s it!  This could add up to thousands of free dollars for Warner.  Tell your family, ask friends to sign up, register Grandma and Grandpa to help our school
at no cost to them! 
Three ways to sign up:  (1) online; (2) by phone, or (3) make us do it for you!!
(1) Online option.
Get your Ralphs Rewards number (back of your card). If you access Ralphs Rewards with your phone number, you have to call the 1-800 number to get your Rewards number or to enroll by phone.  Click the link below and follow the directions.  You’ll create an online account first, if you don’t have one – then you get to pick your “community rewards” organization.
Please be sure to pick Warner Avenue Elementary, #81123 (not a “pop warner” football team).
(2) Phone option.
Call Ralph’s Community Rewards, 1-800-443-4438 and the representative will enroll you.  Be sure they enroll you for WarnerAvenue School, # 81123.
(3) Make us do it for you!
Volunteers standing by!   Just send us your info and we’ll do the data entry.  (Note – if all you have is a phone number, or if you already set up an account online with a password, we can not enroll you.  In those cases, go online or call the 1-800 number)  Email silverton.sarah@gmail.com with:  Name, email address, home address.  We will set your password to be “615Holmby” and refuse all emails.  You’ll get a confirmation email when we’re done, and you can go into your account via www.ralphs.com to update it at any time.
Thank you!
Double Your Annual Fund Contribution With Matching Gifts!
Corporate matching gift programs are a great way to double your gift to the Annual Fund. Many corporations match your generosity dollar for dollar. This is a free and easy way to make your contribution go further.
Please CLICK HERE see a list of companies that offer matching programs for charitable contributions.
While this list is extensive, if it doesn’t contain your company and you aren’t sure if you have matching funds available, please check with your HR department. That one call can do a lot to help support Warner.
Please consider making your donation today securely online at https://warneravenueelementary.com/warner-annual-fund/
Thank you for your continued support of our school.

Karen Hamilton
Director, Warner Annual Fund
Any questions, please email me atwarnerannualfund@gmail.com
Check Out Our New Website!

 is the official website for WAVE, the parent-teacher organization that supports enrichment and education at Warner Avenue Elementary.

You will find links to our 2016-2017 calendar (download it to your phone!), a list of event chairs and committee heads, list of WAVE Officers and Directors, various downloadable and online forms, and much, much more.
Corporate Sponsors Wanted

 

Any parent or business interested in corporate sponsorship (advertising in the roster, banners at school corners, this newsletter) please contact Tracy Austin at tsue73@yahoo.com.

It’s a tax-deductible contribution to Warner AND a great way to advertise your business to all the parents and the entire neighborhood.
Interested in Volunteering?

If you would like to volunteer in a classroom or on campus, or for a WAVE event, you must complete an online application and obtain a LAUSD volunteer badge from the district.
You must wear your badge while you are volunteering on campus. All volunteers are required to complete an online application every year. Please follow the steps below:
1)    Go to volunteerapp.lausd.net.
2)    Choose “LAUSD parent/guardian”.
3)    If this is your first time completing an application online, do not attempt to log in. Click “Register” to register first.
4)    Once your account is set up with your email, log in.
5)    Start a “New Application”.
6)    On Step 4-School Placement, enter your child’s information.
*Please use your child’s classroom number as the School ID.
7)    After you submit the application, print it out, sign at the bottom, and bring it to the main office with your new TB test results. If your TB status is already on file (valid for 4 years), you do not need to bring a copy.
8)    Read and sign the Volunteer Commitment Form in the main office. This form is also available on www.warneravenuelementary.com in the Volunteer atWarner section.
If you have questions, please email warnervolunteer@gmail.com.
Click Warner B 4 U “Cart” on Amazon

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Everyone who goes through the Amazon portal onWarner‘s website before shopping can earn us a 4­-10% referral kickback at no additional cost.  This could be thousands of free dollars for our children’s school!

Here’s how:
 (1) Send all your friends and family all over the world an email with a link to Warner‘s website:www.warneravenueelementary.com
 (2) Need to shop on Amazon? Every single time, go to Warner‘s website first and click through our portal to get there. The portal will always be on the very bottom of every page on our site, and we’re trying to put up a more prominent portal as well.
(3) Even to browse ­­make it a habit. Every new purchase has to be put in the cart and paid for ONLY after clicking through our portal or we are not credited.
(4) You will not get confirmation that the purchase earned us a referral reward, but if you follow these steps, we’ll get free money!

FAQ:
1.  Can I shop, put stuff in my cart and then click throughWarner‘s website to buy?  No. Your cart will be there and the purchase will look the same to you, but Warner will not earn any money from it. The system is set­up to credit us only for funneling a customer to them, and a customer is defined as a person who goes on our site, clicks through to Amazon’s site, commits items to a cart, and eventually makes the purchase. You must go through our portal before putting items in your cart to benefit Warner.
2. What if i click through the portal, browse and don’t put anything in my cart.  I leave the window up, and later that day I make an Amazon purchase? Once you click through our portal, you’ve activated a 24 ­hour session timer. Purchases made in that window should be credited. But you’re safer always, always, always clicking through Warner‘s Amazon portal to browse or shop on Amazon.
3. What if I click through Warner‘s portal, put stuff in my cart and then wait a while before I compete the purchase…like more than 24 hours? So long as you accessed Amazon through our Warnerportal and put items in your cart in that session, the purchase is credited to us if made within 90 days.  But again, you’re safer if as a habit, you always, always click through Warner‘s Amazon portal before you even browse, or shop, or finalize a purchase on Amazon.
4. What about Amazon Smile? We are working to link the Associate program to our Smile program. It should be invisible to you, but if it turns out there’s another step to the process we’ll update this page. Otherwise, if you were to shop smile.amazon.com without going through our website portal, we only earn a fraction of 1%, instead of 4%­10%.
5. How much money do we earn? Amazon’s formula is complicated, with the numbers depending on the type of items purchased, the amount of money spent, and the total volume of click­through customers we refer. Don’t worry about it! Just shop as you normally would, after always first going to Warner‘s site and clicking our portal to Amazon. The more people do it, the more we earn.
6. How long does the program run? Amazon is running the Associate program year ­round without limitation. Unlike other promotions, it earns money for Warner even when school is not in session.
7. Will doing this mess up my Amazon Prime account? No.
8. Does Amazon allow Warner access to data about my family’s purchases or account? No. WAVE administrators can get frequent updates on how much the school has earned in total, and that’s it. We can’t tell you if a particular purchase was credited, and we don’t get customer account data at all.

So every time you shop Amazon, first go to:www.warneravenueelementary.com, Then click­through to Amazon from our portal, fill your cart and check out as usual.  Every single time.
Thank you for supporting Warner Avenue Elementary!
Shopping in Century City? Earn Money forWarner
Earning money for Warner is easy when you shop in Century City.
  • Join the Westfield Rewards program by visitingwestfield.com/rewards
  • Once your account is confirmed, you can submit receipts by signing into your account. Select the ‘Points’ tab, then ‘Add Points.’ Be sure to ‘Pick Partner’ and choose Warner. Or submit your receipts to the Westfield Customer Service Desk within 7 days.
  • Upload your receipts within 14 days of purchase.
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Lost And Found
The Lost and Found is located outside the kindergarten yard. Please check regularly for your children’s lost items. Lunch boxes will will thrown out at the end of the day each Friday. Unclaimed clothing will be donated monthly.
Warner What‘s Happening Newsletter Submissions:
All newsletter submissions must be approved and emailed towarneravenews@gmail.com

by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s newsletter.  If you have a time machine, deadlines probably don’t matter to you…

Help Warner Thrive
CLICK HERE to donate to the Annual Fund.

Bagel Fridays
Thank you to the Kohn family for providing breakfast to the teacher and staff on Friday.
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler atreginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
First Grade Parent Social
Thursday, September 29th

Fifth Grade Parent Social
Saturday, October 1st

WAVE Meeting & Cyber Security
Tuesday, October 4th
8:30am @ Banooni Auditorium

Cafeteria Menu
CLICK HERE for the current month’s menu

Amazon Logo  CLICK HERE to shop Amazon and earn free money forWarner.  Click through the Amazon link at the bottom of our website.
Do't Forget

Dollars For Warner
Shop at OFFICE DEPOT and they’ll send Warner 5% of every purchase!!  Simply mention WARNER School to the cashier if in stores or at the time of check out on line or punch in Warner‘s NEW ID# 700-100-74.  Thank you for supporting Warner!!
Box Tops
Box Tops
eBoxTops are worth 10 cents each, and they add up fast! Our school can use the money to buy whatever it needs!  Here’s how:
Sign up to support Warnerat: BTFE.COM/HERO

For all questions contact:  Marek Pycia @pycia@econ.ucla.edu 

There is potential for our school to earn thousands of dollars through these programs so PLEASE participate and sign up.
THANK YOU for supportingWarner!!

Recycle

Please recycle your used  ink cartridges.  Drop them off in the containers by the Main Office.  Look for more recycling drives coming toWarner this year!
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Warner What’s Happening – 09/19/16

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Issue: #06
Week of 9/19/2016
Beautification Day Was a Beauty
Thank you to everyone who showed up to give our campus a little spit and polish — more polish than spit thankfully!
Party (Book) On!
BOO!!!
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Halloween Haunt Community Service Opportunity
 
Parents, we would love to have your older students volunteer in exchange for community service hours!  Please have your older kids (6th grade & above) contact: camilleanderson1@gmail.com for volunteer opportunities.
Warner STAR Wish List


Thank you to all those who have made the beginning of NOVA Session 1 such a wonderful success!!!! There are still some classes with availability, so should you be interested, please call us in the STAR Office at 310/470-1868.

Throughout the summer, STAR has realized that we need some items to get us through another school year here at Warner. Any and all donations are humbly welcomed and accepted.
                          ****STAR’s WISH LIST****
     1. A working refrigerator w/ freezer
     2. A working iron
     3. 4 square balls (2)
     4. Basketballs  (3)
     5. Hand Ball Balls (2)
     6. Soccer Balls (3)
     7. New ball bin with lock
     8. New electric ball pump
Thank you all very much and have a lovely week!!!!!
WARNER STAR TEACHERS
Warner Dance Team Auditions

Come audition for the 2016-2017 Warner Dance Team! The dancers will be trained in jazz, hip hop, and contemporary under the direction of SuperStars Dance Academy. In addition to performing at Warner events, the team will attend two competitions during the year.
Date: Friday September 23, 2016
Location: Banooni Auditorium
Time: 2:45-3:30pm
Junior Team: Grades 3-5
Petite Team: Grade K-2
The dancers will be taught a combination and then asked to execute the choreography with style, enthusiasm, and stage presence!
For more information, contact superstarsdanceacademy@gmail.com
Thank you for your interest in the Warner Dance Team! GOOD LUCK at the audition!
Join the Orchestra!
Open enrollment has begun for the school’s instrumental music program.
Woodwind, brass and string classes are now being formed for students of all levels.
Get all of the information online and register at:
Double Your Annual Fund Contribution With Matching Gifts!
Corporate matching gift programs are a great way to double your gift to the Annual Fund. Many corporations match your generosity dollar for dollar. This is a free and easy way to make your contribution go further.
Please CLICK HERE see a list of companies that offer matching programs for charitable contributions.
While this list is extensive, if it doesn’t contain your company and you aren’t sure if you have matching funds available, please check with your HR department. That one call can do a lot to help support Warner.
Please consider making your donation today securely online at https://warneravenueelementary.com/warner-annual-fund/
Thank you for your continued support of our school.

Karen Hamilton
Director, Warner Annual Fund
Any questions, please email me atwarnerannualfund@gmail.com
Check Out Our New Website!

 is the official website for WAVE, the parent-teacher organization that supports enrichment and education at Warner Avenue Elementary.

You will find links to our 2016-2017 calendar (download it to your phone!), a list of event chairs and committee heads, list of WAVE Officers and Directors, various downloadable and online forms, and much, much more.
Corporate Sponsors Wanted

 

Any parent or business interested in corporate sponsorship (advertising in the roster, banners at school corners, this newsletter) please contact Tracy Austin at tsue73@yahoo.com.

It’s a tax-deductible contribution to Warner AND a great way to advertise your business to all the parents and the entire neighborhood.
Interested in Volunteering?

If you would like to volunteer in a classroom or on campus, or for a WAVE event, you must complete an online application and obtain a LAUSD volunteer badge from the district.
You must wear your badge while you are volunteering on campus. All volunteers are required to complete an online application every year. Please follow the steps below:
1)    Go to volunteerapp.lausd.net.
2)    Choose “LAUSD parent/guardian”.
3)    If this is your first time completing an application online, do not attempt to log in. Click “Register” to register first.
4)    Once your account is set up with your email, log in.
5)    Start a “New Application”.
6)    On Step 4-School Placement, enter your child’s information.
*Please use your child’s classroom number as the School ID.
7)    After you submit the application, print it out, sign at the bottom, and bring it to the main office with your new TB test results. If your TB status is already on file (valid for 4 years), you do not need to bring a copy.
8)    Read and sign the Volunteer Commitment Form in the main office. This form is also available on www.warneravenuelementary.com in the Volunteer at Warner section.
If you have questions, please email warnervolunteer@gmail.com.
Click Warner B 4 U “Cart” on Amazon

Amazon Logo  

Everyone who goes through the Amazon portal on Warner’s website before shopping can earn us a 4­-10% referral kickback at no additional cost.  This could be thousands of free dollars for our children’s school!

Here’s how:
 (1) Send all your friends and family all over the world an email with a link to Warner’s website:www.warneravenueelementary.com
 (2) Need to shop on Amazon? Every single time, go to Warner’s website first and click through our portal to get there. The portal will always be on the very bottom of every page on our site, and we’re trying to put up a more prominent portal as well.
(3) Even to browse ­­make it a habit. Every new purchase has to be put in the cart and paid for ONLY after clicking through our portal or we are not credited.
(4) You will not get confirmation that the purchase earned us a referral reward, but if you follow these steps, we’ll get free money!

FAQ:
1.  Can I shop, put stuff in my cart and then click through Warner’s website to buy?  No. Your cart will be there and the purchase will look the same to you, but Warner will not earn any money from it. The system is set­up to credit us only for funneling a customer to them, and a customer is defined as a person who goes on our site, clicks through to Amazon’s site, commits items to a cart, and eventually makes the purchase. You must go through our portal before putting items in your cart to benefit Warner.
2. What if i click through the portal, browse and don’t put anything in my cart.  I leave the window up, and later that day I make an Amazon purchase? Once you click through our portal, you’ve activated a 24 ­hour session timer. Purchases made in that window should be credited. But you’re safer always, always, always clicking through Warner’s Amazon portal to browse or shop on Amazon.
3. What if I click through Warner’s portal, put stuff in my cart and then wait a while before I compete the purchase…like more than 24 hours? So long as you accessed Amazon through our Warner portal and put items in your cart in that session, the purchase is credited to us if made within 90 days.  But again, you’re safer if as a habit, you always, always click through Warner’s Amazon portal before you even browse, or shop, or finalize a purchase on Amazon.
4. What about Amazon Smile? We are working to link the Associate program to our Smile program. It should be invisible to you, but if it turns out there’s another step to the process we’ll update this page. Otherwise, if you were to shop smile.amazon.com without going through our website portal, we only earn a fraction of 1%, instead of 4%­10%.
5. How much money do we earn? Amazon’s formula is complicated, with the numbers depending on the type of items purchased, the amount of money spent, and the total volume of click­through customers we refer. Don’t worry about it! Just shop as you normally would, after always first going to Warner’s site and clicking our portal to Amazon. The more people do it, the more we earn.
6. How long does the program run? Amazon is running the Associate program year ­round without limitation. Unlike other promotions, it earns money for Warner even when school is not in session.
7. Will doing this mess up my Amazon Prime account? No.
8. Does Amazon allow Warner access to data about my family’s purchases or account? No. WAVE administrators can get frequent updates on how much the school has earned in total, and that’s it. We can’t tell you if a particular purchase was credited, and we don’t get customer account data at all.

So every time you shop Amazon, first go to:www.warneravenueelementary.com, Then click­through to Amazon from our portal, fill your cart and check out as usual.  Every single time.
Thank you for supporting Warner Avenue Elementary!
Shopping in Century City? Earn Money for Warner
Earning money for Warner is easy when you shop in Century City.
  • Join the Westfield Rewards program by visitingwestfield.com/rewards
  • Once your account is confirmed, you can submit receipts by signing into your account. Select the ‘Points’ tab, then ‘Add Points.’ Be sure to ‘Pick Partner’ and choose Warner. Or submit your receipts to the Westfield Customer Service Desk within 7 days.
  • Upload your receipts within 14 days of purchase.
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lost and found
Lost And Found
The Lost and Found is located outside the kindergarten yard. Please check regularly for your children’s lost items. Lunch boxes will will thrown out at the end of the day each Friday. Unclaimed clothing will be donated monthly.
Warner What’s Happening Newsletter Submissions:
All newsletter submissions must be approved and emailed towarneravenews@gmail.com

by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s newsletter.  Today sure was hot!  I’m going to get some shaved ice…

Help Warner Thrive
CLICK HERE to donate to the Annual Fund.

Bagel Fridays
Thank you to Hannah and Stephanie Harrison for providing breakfast to the teacher and staff on Friday.
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler atreginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
Warner Dance Auditions @ Banooni Auditorium
Friday, September 23rd
2:45-3:30pm

Kindergarten Parent Social
Saturday, September 24th

First Grade Parent Social
Thursday, September 29th

Fifth Grade Parent Social
Saturday, October 1st

Cafeteria Menu
CLICK HERE for the current month’s menu

Amazon Logo  CLICK HERE to shop Amazon and earn free money for Warner.  Click through the Amazon link at the bottom of our website.
Do't Forget

Dollars For Warner
Shop at OFFICE DEPOT and they’ll send Warner 5% of every purchase!!  Simply mention WARNER School to the cashier if in stores or at the time of check out on line or punch in Warner’s NEW ID# 700-100-74.  Thank you for supporting Warner!!
Box Tops
Box Tops
eBoxTops are worth 10 cents each, and they add up fast! Our school can use the money to buy whatever it needs!  Here’s how:
Sign up to support Warner at: BTFE.COM/HERO

For all questions contact:  Marek Pycia @pycia@econ.ucla.edu 

There is potential for our school to earn thousands of dollars through these programs so PLEASE participate and sign up.
THANK YOU for supporting Warner!!

Recycle

Please recycle your used  ink cartridges.  Drop them off in the containers by the Main Office.  Look for more recycling drives coming to Warner this year!
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Warner What’s Happening – 09/12/16

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Issue: #05
Week of 9/12/2016
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The Next WAVE Meeting
 
The monthly WAVE meeting will be tomorrow, Monday, September 12th, at 8:30am in the Banooni Auditorium after morning assembly.

Get a campus update on all the happenings at Warner Avenue Elementary.  Also, School Site Council/Leadership will be holding elections.
Save the Date for Beautification Day!

Please mark your calendars for Beautification Day. It is on Sunday, September 18th, from 10am – 2pm. 

Opportunities for cleaning, painting, gardening and fun!
Please join us to help make your school the most beautiful place in Los Angeles!!!

Questions? Contact Don Wyse at 213/400-3300 ordon.wyse@gmail.com.
Party (Book) On!
BOO!!!
 
Halloween Haunt Community Service Opportunity
 
Parents, we would love to have your older students volunteer in exchange for community service hours!  Please have your older kids (6th grade & above) contact: camilleanderson1@gmail.com for volunteer opportunities.
Warner Dance Team Auditions

Come audition for the 2016-2017 Warner Dance Team! The dancers will be trained in jazz, hip hop, and contemporary under the direction of SuperStars Dance Academy. In addition to performing at Warner events, the team will attend two competitions during the year.
Date: Friday September 23, 2016
Location: Banooni Auditorium
Time: 2:45-3:30pm
Junior Team: Grades 3-5
Petite Team: Grade K-2
The dancers will be taught a combination and then asked to execute the choreography with style, enthusiasm, and stage presence!
For more information, contact superstarsdanceacademy@gmail.com
Thank you for your interest in the Warner Dance Team! GOOD LUCK at the audition!
Thank You Drop Off Volunteers
We appreciate the parents from Ms. E. Lee’s class who covered the drop off lane over the last week:

Farnaz Manavi
Chris George
Jody Hedien
Sara Jara
Tanaz Banooni
Elizabeth Saven
Carrie Casden
Scott Shelton
Dan Selzer
Stacie Binder
Sandy Thayer
Danny Grover
Sue Selzer
Sarah Grover
Maite Alvarez
Jessica Earnhardt
Second & Fourth Grade Socials
 
FOURTH GRADE SOCIAL 
The 4th Grade Parent Social will be on Thursday, September 15thfrom 7-10pm. We hope to see all 4th grade parents there! Please RSVP through the evite. If you did not receive an evite, please email Jeannine at jrsehati@gmail.com
SECOND GRADE SOCIAL 
The 2nd Grade Parent Social will be on Saturday, September 17th at 8pm. We hope to see all 2nd grade parents there! Please RSVP through the paperless post invitation. If you did not receive an invitation, please email Jeannine at jrsehati@gmail.com
Join the Orchestra!
Open enrollment has begun for the school’s instrumental music program.
Woodwind, brass and string classes are now being formed for students of all levels.
Get all of the information online and register at:
Message About Warner Annual Fund

Dear Warner Families:

Welcome back (or welcome if you are a new family) to 2016-17 school year and launch of the Warner Annual Fund Drive!
WAVE Foundation established the Annual Fund to bridge the gap between basic district funding with essential 21st century resources, services and equipment necessary to promote a highly successful learning environment.  We cannot afford to take Warner’s excellence for granted.  Public funding alone does not guarantee academic excellence for our children.  That’s why your donation is critical.

Your child should have brought home an Annual Fund brochure earlier this week in their backpack.  if you did not get one, there are extra brochures outside the office or you can download a brochure by clicking HERE.

Annual Fund contributions can be made online via credit card or bill pay via your checking account atwww.warneravenueelementary.com/warner-annual-fund/.  Donations are tax-deductible and can be made in full or in three or six installments.

The Annual Fund is the school’s highest giving priority as it supports the educational and enrichment programs that make Warner unique.  Our children are counting on our support.

Please consider making your gift to the Annual Fund today!  Each gift provides an immediate and direct benefit to our children.

Thank you in advance for your generosity and best wishes for a wonderful school year.

Karen Hamilton
Director, Warner Annual Fund
Any questions, please email me at warnerannualfund@gmail.com
Check Out Our New Website!

 is the official website for WAVE, the parent-teacher organization that supports enrichment and education at Warner Avenue Elementary.

You will find links to our 2016-2017 calendar (download it to your phone!), a list of event chairs and committee heads, list of WAVE Officers and Directors, various downloadable and online forms, and much, much more.
How to Parent A School Age Child

Please take the time to read the brilliant advice given by Betsy Brown Braun, a child development and behavior specialist, parent educator and best-selling author (reposted with Betsy’s permission of course).

HOW TO PARENT A SCHOOL AGE CHILD
by Betsy Brown Braun on Sep.06, 2016,

School has begun (at last!)  Every parent wants to help her child get off to a good start. Every parent wants her child to have a great school experience. Every parent wants to be the best parent of a student that she can be with her child’s successful year in mind.
I am going to cut right to the chase. Here’s what you, the parent, can do in order to help your child have a good school year, get the most of his school experience this year, and cultivate in him the traits that will help him grow to become the adult you hope he will be one day.
1. Wait SIX weeks before you make a judgment about the new class, new teacher, and new year. It takes six weeks for things to settle down and for a child to get comfortable in his new setting.
2. Keep your child’s teachers in the loop. Share with them any significant information that affects your child-travel, surgery, moving houses, ailing family members. Your child’s teachers want to support him and need to know what is going on in his life.
3. Don’t use email to share anything that is “hard” with your child’s teacher. Use email to arrange a time to speak in person or send a quick, easy message. Respect your teacher’s time away from school. She needs her time to be the best teacher she can be.
4. Respect the chain of command, the pecking order of your child’s school when there is an issue. Start with the classroom teacher, then the lead teacher, then the level chair, and finally the principal. The system is in place for a reason, and it usually works.
5. As I used to tell the parents in the school I directed, “I will only believe half of what your child tells me about you, and you should believe only half of what they tell you about us.”
6. Follow the school rules. (Obey the signs, respect the boundaries, follow the directions you have been given.) They apply to everyone…even the biggest donors! You are a model for your child in doing so.
7. Be discreet. Your child is always listening, especially when you think he is not. Save your judgments and criticisms about his school, his teacher, the program for your truly private time.
8. Do not compare your child to other children. Every child has his own style and timetable for growing and learning. And in the end, each child will learn it all. Remember, faster is not always better or desirable, and more is not necessarily what a child needs.
9. Your child’s homework is your child’s. The teacher doesn’t need to know what you can do. Ask your teacher how involved she wants you to be. My suggestion:  After you have helped your child to create a homework spot, after you have discussed his plan for getting his homework done, back off. You need to butt out of his homework.  And if he is not meeting his teacher’s expectations for homework, allow him to experience the consequences of those choices.
10. Help set up your child to be successful. If he is forgetful, hang a list by the back door of things he needs to remember each day. If he needs to recharge after his day, allow him time to snack, rest, and regroup.
11. Allow your child to make mistakes, even fail. Allow him to forget his homework, to forget his lunch, to forget his trip slip, to forget to bring his soccer shoes, do a lousy job on his homework. Let him experience what happens when you don’t take responsibility for these. Next time he will.
12. Be careful not to race in fix things that have gone awry. By doing so you give your child the message that you don’t think he is capable of fixing things himself or making a course correction.
13. Insist that your child works towards solving his own problems. Ask, “How are you going to handle this?” Then let him do what he says and not what youthink he should do. Self-esteem grows out of successful experiences that the child has authored. Let him feel capable.
14. Stifle your judgments. Of course you know better; your child needs to learn to do better. Use a speaking voice that is caring and interested but not concerned. No judgments, please.
15. Don’t take the bait when your child complains. Parents are quick to want to jump in and try to solve an issue. Often issues shrink with time and distance. Give it a day or two and then ask what your child wants to do about the issue, if anything.
16. Support your child in helping him to discover what he loves. Hyper specialization at a young age may be important in a particular sport or in music, but it cuts into the child’s willingness to explore.
17. It is okay for your child not to do everything he wants. Learning to make a choices is an excellent lesson.
18. Downtime really is important. It is in downtime that learning happens, that children process their experiences, their learning, their days. The child who has no downtime doesn’t learn to entertain himself.
19. Emphasize the importance of sleep. The link between health/achievement and sleep is well documented. Insist on a bedtime. Collect tech devices at a specific time. Beds should be used for sleep, not for homework, not for cell phones.  This is true for all children.
20. Eat dinner as a family. It needn’t be a long event; it needed even be home-cooked. But circling the wagons reminds the child of his place in a family. His family is his safety net, always. And for families with more than one child, there is much ambient learning in hearing your siblings’ stories.
21. Give your child the gift of time alone with you on a regular basis. Your undivided attention is invaluable. You don’t have to go out; you don’t have to be doing anything special.  That you want to be with your child alone sends a powerful message about his significance in your life.
Betsy Brown Braun, best selling author of the just released, You’re Not the Boss of Me: Brat-Proofing your 4 to 12 Year Old Child(HarperCollins, 2010) and the award winning Just Tell Me What to Say: Sensible Tips and Scripts for Perplexed Parents (HarperCollins, 2008 – now in it’s 14th printing), is a child development and behavior specialist, parent educator, and multiple birth parenting consultant.  With 45 years of experience in public and private early childhood and elementary education, Betsy has directed and founded school programs, taught in both public and private schools, has been a school director, and was the founding director of Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s Early Childhood Center. In 2001 Betsy founded Parenting Pathways, Inc. to provide guidance to parents seeking the skills and confidence needed to negotiate the often-challenging parenting pathway

 Betsy and her husband Ray Braun are parents of adult, married triplets and grandparents of six .
Corporate Sponsors Wanted

 

Any parent or business interested in corporate sponsorship (advertising in the roster, banners at school corners, this newsletter) please contact Tracy Austin at tsue73@yahoo.com.

It’s a tax-deductible contribution to Warner AND a great way to advertise your business to all the parents and the entire neighborhood.
Interested in Volunteering?

If you would like to volunteer in a classroom or on campus, or for a WAVE event, you must complete an online application and obtain a LAUSD volunteer badge from the district.
You must wear your badge while you are volunteering on campus.All volunteers are required to complete an online applicationevery year. Please follow the steps below:
1)    Go to volunteerapp.lausd.net.
2)    Choose “LAUSD parent/guardian”.
3)    If this is your first time completing an application online, do not attempt to log in. Click “Register” to register first.
4)    Once your account is set up with your email, log in.
5)    Start a “New Application”.
6)    On Step 4-School Placement, enter your child’s information.
*Please use your child’s classroom number as the School ID.
7)    After you submit the application, print it out, sign at the bottom, and bring it to the main office with your new TB test results. If your TB status is already on file (valid for 4 years), you do not need to bring a copy.
8)    Read and sign the Volunteer Commitment Form in the main office. This form is also available on www.warneravenuelementary.com in the Volunteer at Warner section.
If you have questions, please email warnervolunteer@gmail.com.
Click Warner B 4 U “Cart” on Amazon

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Everyone who goes through the Amazon portal on Warner’s website before shopping can earn us a 4­-10% referral kickback at no additional cost.  This could be thousands of free dollars for our children’s school!

Here’s how:
 (1) Send all your friends and family all over the world an email with a link to Warner’s website: www.warneravenueelementary.com
 (2) Need to shop on Amazon? Every single time, go to Warner’s website first and click through our portal to get there. The portal will always be on the very bottom of every page on our site, and we’re trying to put up a more prominent portal as well.
(3) Even to browse ­­make it a habit. Every new purchase has to be put in the cart and paid for ONLY after clicking through our portal or we are not credited.
(4) You will not get confirmation that the purchase earned us a referral reward, but if you follow these steps, we’ll get free money!

FAQ:
1.  Can I shop, put stuff in my cart and then click through Warner’s website to buy?  No. Your cart will be there and the purchase will look the same to you, but Warner will not earn any money from it. The system is set­up to credit us only for funneling a customer to them, and a customer is defined as a person who goes on our site, clicks through to Amazon’s site, commits items to a cart, and eventually makes the purchase. You must go through our portal before putting items in your cart to benefit Warner.
2. What if i click through the portal, browse and don’t put anything in my cart.  I leave the window up, and later that day I make an Amazon purchase? Once you click through our portal, you’ve activated a 24 ­hour session timer. Purchases made in that window should be credited. But you’re safer always, always, always clicking through Warner’s Amazon portal to browse or shop on Amazon.
3. What if I click through Warner’s portal, put stuff in my cart and then wait a while before I compete the purchase…like more than 24 hours? So long as you accessed Amazon through our Warner portal and put items in your cart in that session, the purchase is credited to us if made within 90 days.  But again, you’re safer if as a habit, you always, always click through Warner’s Amazon portal before you even browse, or shop, or finalize a purchase on Amazon.
4. What about Amazon Smile? We are working to link the Associate program to our Smile program. It should be invisible to you, but if it turns out there’s another step to the process we’ll update this page. Otherwise, if you were to shop smile.amazon.com without going through our website portal, we only earn a fraction of 1%, instead of 4%­10%.
5. How much money do we earn? Amazon’s formula is complicated, with the numbers depending on the type of items purchased, the amount of money spent, and the total volume of click­through customers we refer. Don’t worry about it! Just shop as you normally would, after always first going to Warner’s site and clicking our portal to Amazon. The more people do it, the more we earn.
6. How long does the program run? Amazon is running the Associate program year ­round without limitation. Unlike other promotions, it earns money for Warner even when school is not in session.
7. Will doing this mess up my Amazon Prime account? No.
8. Does Amazon allow Warner access to data about my family’s purchases or account? No. WAVE administrators can get frequent updates on how much the school has earned in total, and that’s it. We can’t tell you if a particular purchase was credited, and we don’t get customer account data at all.

So every time you shop Amazon, first go to:www.warneravenueelementary.com, Then click­through to Amazon from our portal, fill your cart and check out as usual.  Every single time.
Thank you for supporting Warner Avenue Elementary!
Shopping in Century City? Earn Money for Warner
Earning money for Warner is easy when you shop in Century City.
  • Join the Westfield Rewards program by visitingwestfield.com/rewards
  • Once your account is confirmed, you can submit receipts by signing into your account. Select the ‘Points’ tab, then ‘Add Points.’ Be sure to ‘Pick Partner’ and choose Warner. Or submit your receipts to the Westfield Customer Service Desk within 7 days.
  • Upload your receipts within 14 days of purchase.
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Lost And Found
The Lost and Found is located outside the kindergarten yard. Please check regularly for your children’s lost items. Lunch boxes will will thrown out at the end of the day each Friday. Unclaimed clothing will be donated monthly.
Warner What’s Happening Newsletter Submissions:
All newsletter submissions must be approved and emailed towarneravenews@gmail.com

by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s newsletter.  Late submissions must be communicated by flag semaphore.

Help Warner Thrive
CLICK HERE to donate to the Annual Fund.

Bagel Fridays
Thank you to the IsHak family for providing breakfast to the teacher and staff on Friday.
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler atreginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
WAVE Meeting @ Banooni Auditorium
Elections for School Site Council & Local School Leadership Committee
Monday, September 12th @ 8:30am

Back to School Morning
Grades K-2
Wednesday, September 14th
8:00-8:45am

Back to School Morning
Grades 3-5
Thursday, September 15th
8:00-8:45am

Fourth Grade Parent Social
Thursday, September 15th

Second Grade Parent Social
Saturday, September 17th

Beautification Day
Sunday, September 18th
10am-2pm

Warner Dance Auditions @ Banooni Auditorium
Friday, September 23rd
2:45-3:30pm

Kindergarten Parent Social
Saturday, September 24th

First Grade Parent Social
Thursday, September 29th

Fifth Grade Parent Social
Saturday, October 1st

Cafeteria Menu
CLICK HERE for the current month’s menu

Amazon Logo  CLICK HERE to shop Amazon and earn free money for Warner.  Click through the Amazon link at the bottom of our website.
Do't Forget

Dollars For Warner
Shop at OFFICE DEPOT and they’ll send Warner 5% of every purchase!!  Simply mention WARNER School to the cashier if in stores or at the time of check out on line or punch in Warner’s NEW ID# 700-100-74.  Thank you for supporting Warner!!
Box Tops
Box Tops
eBoxTops are worth 10 cents each, and they add up fast! Our school can use the money to buy whatever it needs!  Here’s how:
Sign up to support Warner at: BTFE.COM/HERO

For all questions contact:  Marek Pycia @pycia@econ.ucla.edu 

There is potential for our school to earn thousands of dollars through these programs so PLEASE participate and sign up.
THANK YOU for supporting Warner!!

Recycle

Please recycle your used  ink cartridges.  Drop them off in the containers by the Main Office.  Look for more recycling drives coming to Warner this year!
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Warner What’s Happening – 09/05/16

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Issue: #04
Week of 9/05/2016
Principal’s Corner: A Message from Principal Kamau

Hello Warner Community:
Happy Labor Day weekend to you! I hope you are having a relaxing time with loved ones.
Construction Project
I am aware of the difficulty and drain of energy that the construction project is taking on everyone. I meet with the District Project Manager at least twice a week and each week the completion deadlines are extended. He is not at fault for any of the delays. The delays have been as a result of: engineering redesign due undocumented piping on blueprints and the age-old, sub-contractors not showing up as expected. At our latest meeting the Project Manager is confident that the job will be completed in three weeks; let’s just say the end of September! Patience builds character.
Traffic Safety
Question: Has the construction project caused us to abandon all driving guidelines especially around our children? We (teachers and concerned parents) are appalled at the dangerous driving practices we are witnessing daily. How is it that parents are parking alongside cars in the carpool lane to let their children out, or screaming and insulting others for suggesting that they are not being safe? There have been several incidents of road rage and accidents that needed police assistance. Parents, we need your help to keep our children safe. Additional support around the carpool lanes to usher traffic in the right direction would be so helpful. Please consider taking a few minutes out of the day to assist. And most importantly, slow down, obey traffic and carpool rules!
Parent Meeting
On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 8:30am there will be a 45-minute presentation on the A-G high school graduation requirements that have been adopted by LAUSD to ensure that students are College and Career Ready. The presenter is LAUSD Ms. Traci Calhoun, Parent and Community Engagement Administrator, ESC West. The presentation is in the Banooni Auditorium. Come and be informed!
Parent Committee Elections – September 12, 2016 WAVE meeting
Elections for School Site Council – there are four vacancies. Nominations and elections will be held at the meeting.
Elections for Local School Leadership Committee – there are three vacancies. Nominations and elections will be held at this meeting.
Reminder
 
We return to school on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 an early release day, 1:43pm.
Be Well: Be Kind
Agnes Kamau, Principal
Thank You Book Fair Volunteers
 
Thank You Drop Off Lane Volunteers

We appreciate the parents who covered the drop off lane over the last three weeks:
Ben Austin
Carrie Casden
Dan Harrison

Dana Levertov

Farnaz Manavi
Holly Shuter

Jeannine Sehati

Jeffrey Lustgarten

Jelena Verny

Jessica Weisblum

Jon Grove
Julian Zolkin

Karen Hamilton

Kristin Grove

Lauren Polak
Michael Adler

Neda Rahimi

Nook Suphamongkhon
Ron Silverton

Rose Krieger
Sabrina Ishak

Sanjeev Narayan

Tracy Austin
BOO!!!
 
Warner Dance Team Auditions

Come audition for the 2016-2017 Warner Dance Team! The dancers will be trained in jazz, hip hop, and contemporary under the direction of SuperStars Dance Academy. In addition to performing at Warner events, the team will attend two competitions during the year.
Date: Friday September 23, 2016
Location: Banooni Auditorium
Time: 2:45-3:30pm
Junior Team: Grades 3-5
Petite Team: Grade K-2
The dancers will be taught a combination and then asked to execute the choreography with style, enthusiasm, and stage presence!
For more information, contact superstarsdanceacademy@gmail.com
Thank you for your interest in the Warner Dance Team! GOOD LUCK at the audition!
Third Grade Social
 
The third grade parent social is on Saturday, September 10thfrom 7pm – 10pm.

For more information, please click here:  LINK.
STAR Registration for Nova #1
If you haven’t signed up for STAR Nova classes, don’t worry you still have time and we still have space available in many of our classes!
We will be sending class reminders to your children through their classroom teachers all next week and Monday, September 12th.
Please remind your children on their class day(s) to go to STAR and we will direct them accordingly. Remember, STAR will pick up Kindergarteners and make sure that they get to their STAR classes everyday, all year long!

Please come to the STAR office FIRST, with ID before picking up all Kindergarteners and 1st graders from Nova classes!
We look forward to seeing your children in Nova #1!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact STAR at310/470-1868 or warner@starinc.org.
The Next WAVE Meeting
 
The monthly WAVE meeting will be on Monday, September 12th, at 8:30am in the Banooni Auditorium after morning assembly.

Get a campus update on all the happenings at Warner Avenue Elementary.  Also, School Site Council/Leadership will be holding elections.
Save the Date for Beautification Day!

Please mark your calendars for Beautification Day. It is onSunday, September 18th, from 10am – 2pm. 

Opportunities for cleaning, painting, gardening and fun!
Please join us to help make your school the most beautiful place in Los Angeles!!!

Questions? Contact Don Wyse at 213/400-3300 ordon.wyse@gmail.com.
Join the Orchestra!
Open enrollment has begun for the school’s instrumental music program.
Woodwind, brass and string classes are now being formed for students of all levels.
Get all of the information online and register at:
Message About Warner Annual Fund

Dear Warner Families:

Welcome back (or welcome if you are a new family) to 2016-17 school year and launch of the Warner Annual Fund Drive!
WAVE Foundation established the Annual Fund to bridge the gap between basic district funding with essential 21st century resources, services and equipment necessary to promote a highly successful learning environment.  We cannot afford to take Warner’s excellence for granted.  Public funding alone does not guarantee academic excellence for our children.  That’s why your donation is critical.

Your child should have brought home an Annual Fund brochure earlier this week in their backpack.  if you did not get one, there are extra brochures outside the office or you can download a brochure by clicking HERE.

Annual Fund contributions can be made online via credit card or bill pay via your checking account atwww.warneravenueelementary.com/warner-annual-fund/.  Donations are tax-deductible and can be made in full or in three or six installments.

The Annual Fund is the school’s highest giving priority as it supports the educational and enrichment programs that make Warner unique.  Our children are counting on our support.

Please consider making your gift to the Annual Fund today!  Each gift provides an immediate and direct benefit to our children.

Thank you in advance for your generosity and best wishes for a wonderful school year.

Karen Hamilton
Director, Warner Annual Fund
Any questions, please email me atwarnerannualfund@gmail.com
Check Out Our New Website!

 is the official website for WAVE, the parent-teacher organization that supports enrichment and education at Warner Avenue Elementary.

You will find links to our 2016-2017 calendar (download it to your phone!), a list of event chairs and committee heads, list of WAVE Officers and Directors, various downloadable and online forms, and much, much more.
Interested in Volunteering?

If you would like to volunteer in a classroom or on campus, or for a WAVE event, you must complete an online application and obtain a LAUSD volunteer badge from the district.
You must wear your badge while you are volunteering on campus. All volunteers are required to complete an online application every year. Please follow the steps below:
1)    Go to volunteerapp.lausd.net.
2)    Choose “LAUSD parent/guardian”.
3)    If this is your first time completing an application online, do not attempt to log in. Click “Register” to register first.
4)    Once your account is set up with your email, log in.
5)    Start a “New Application”.
6)    On Step 4-School Placement, enter your child’s information.
*Please use your child’s classroom number as the School ID.
7)    After you submit the application, print it out, sign at the bottom, and bring it to the main office with your new TB test results. If your TB status is already on file (valid for 4 years), you do not need to bring a copy.
8)    Read and sign the Volunteer Commitment Form in the main office. This form is also available on www.warneravenuelementary.com in the Volunteer at Warner section.
If you have questions, please email warnervolunteer@gmail.com.
Click Warner B 4 U “Cart” on Amazon

Amazon Logo  

Everyone who goes through the Amazon portal on Warner’s website before shopping can earn us a 4­-10% referral kickback at no additional cost.  This could be thousands of free dollars for our children’s school!

Here’s how:
 (1) Send all your friends and family all over the world an email with a link to Warner’s website:www.warneravenueelementary.com
 (2) Need to shop on Amazon? Every single time, go to Warner’s website first and click through our portal to get there. The portal will always be on the very bottom of every page on our site, and we’re trying to put up a more prominent portal as well.
(3) Even to browse ­­make it a habit. Every new purchase has to be put in the cart and paid for ONLY after clicking through our portal or we are not credited.
(4) You will not get confirmation that the purchase earned us a referral reward, but if you follow these steps, we’ll get free money!

FAQ:
1.  Can I shop, put stuff in my cart and then click through Warner’s website to buy?  No. Your cart will be there and the purchase will look the same to you, but Warner will not earn any money from it. The system is set­up to credit us only for funneling a customer to them, and a customer is defined as a person who goes on our site, clicks through to Amazon’s site, commits items to a cart, and eventually makes the purchase. You must go through our portal before putting items in your cart to benefit Warner.
2. What if i click through the portal, browse and don’t put anything in my cart.  I leave the window up, and later that day I make an Amazon purchase? Once you click through our portal, you’ve activated a 24 ­hour session timer. Purchases made in that window should be credited. But you’re safer always, always, always clicking through Warner’s Amazon portal to browse or shop on Amazon.
3. What if I click through Warner’s portal, put stuff in my cart and then wait a while before I compete the purchase…like more than 24 hours? So long as you accessed Amazon through our Warner portal and put items in your cart in that session, the purchase is credited to us if made within 90 days.  But again, you’re safer if as a habit, you always, always click through Warner’s Amazon portal before you even browse, or shop, or finalize a purchase on Amazon.
4. What about Amazon Smile? We are working to link the Associate program to our Smile program. It should be invisible to you, but if it turns out there’s another step to the process we’ll update this page. Otherwise, if you were to shop smile.amazon.com without going through our website portal, we only earn a fraction of 1%, instead of 4%­10%.
5. How much money do we earn? Amazon’s formula is complicated, with the numbers depending on the type of items purchased, the amount of money spent, and the total volume of click­through customers we refer. Don’t worry about it! Just shop as you normally would, after always first going to Warner’s site and clicking our portal to Amazon. The more people do it, the more we earn.
6. How long does the program run? Amazon is running the Associate program year ­round without limitation. Unlike other promotions, it earns money for Warner even when school is not in session.
7. Will doing this mess up my Amazon Prime account? No.
8. Does Amazon allow Warner access to data about my family’s purchases or account? No. WAVE administrators can get frequent updates on how much the school has earned in total, and that’s it. We can’t tell you if a particular purchase was credited, and we don’t get customer account data at all.

So every time you shop Amazon, first go to:www.warneravenueelementary.com, Then click­through to Amazon from our portal, fill your cart and check out as usual.  Every single time.
Thank you for supporting Warner Avenue Elementary!
Shopping in Century City? Earn Money for Warner
Earning money for Warner is easy when you shop in Century City.
  • Join the Westfield Rewards program by visitingwestfield.com/rewards
  • Once your account is confirmed, you can submit receipts by signing into your account. Select the ‘Points’ tab, then ‘Add Points.’ Be sure to ‘Pick Partner’ and choose Warner. Or submit your receipts to the Westfield Customer Service Desk within 7 days.
  • Upload your receipts within 14 days of purchase.
Corporate Sponsors Wanted

 

Any parent or business interested in corporate sponsorship (advertising in the roster, banners at school corners, this newsletter) please contact Tracy Austin at tsue73@yahoo.com.

It’s a tax-deductible contribution to Warner AND a great way to advertise your business to all the parents and the entire neighborhood.
lost and found
Lost And Found
The Lost and Found is located outside the kindergarten yard. Please check regularly for your children’s lost items. Lunch boxes will will thrown out at the end of the day each Friday. Unclaimed clothing will be donated monthly.
Warner What’s Happening Newsletter Submissions:
All newsletter submissions must be approved and emailed towarneravenews@gmail.com

by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s newsletter.  Is anyone reading this far down still?

Help Warner Thrive
CLICK HERE to donate to the Annual Fund.

Bagel Fridays
There was no school on Friday, September 2nd.  Sorry, teachers and staff.  Better “lox”this Friday!
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler atreginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
NOVA #1 Starts
Tuesday, September 6th

A-G High School Graduations Requirement Presentation by LAUSD Ms. Traci Calhoun @ Bonooni Auditorium
Friday, September 9th
8:30am

Third Grade Parent Social
Saturday, September 10th

WAVE Meeting @ Banooni Auditorium
Elections for School Site Council & Local School Leadership Committee
Monday, September 12th @8:30am

Back to School Morning
Grades K-2
Wednesday, September 14th
7:45-8:30a

Back to School Morning
Grades 3-5
Thursday, September 15th
7:45-8:30a

Fourth Grade Parent Social
Thursday, September 15th

Second Grade Parent Social
Saturday, September 17th

Beautification Day
Sunday, September 18th
10am-2pm

Warner Dance Auditions @ Banooni Auditorium
Friday, September 23rd
2:45-3:30p

Kindergarten Parent Social
Saturday, September 24th

First Grade Parent Social
Thursday, September 29th

Fifth Grade Parent Social
Saturday, October 1st

Cafeteria Menu
CLICK HERE for the current month’s menu

Amazon Logo  CLICK HERE to shop Amazon and earn free money for Warner.  Click through the Amazon link at the bottom of our website.
Do't Forget

Dollars For Warner
Shop at OFFICE DEPOT and they’ll send Warner 5% of every purchase!!  Simply mention WARNER School to the cashier if in stores or at the time of check out on line or punch in Warner’s NEW ID# 700-100-74.  Thank you for supporting Warner!!
Box Tops
Box Tops
eBoxTops are worth 10 cents each, and they add up fast! Our school can use the money to buy whatever it needs!  Here’s how:
Sign up to support Warner at: BTFE.COM/HERO

For all questions contact:  Marek Pycia @pycia@econ.ucla.edu 

There is potential for our school to earn thousands of dollars through these programs so PLEASE participate and sign up.
THANK YOU for supporting Warner!!

Recycle

Please recycle your used  ink cartridges.  Drop them off in the containers by the Main Office.  Look for more recycling drives coming to Warner this year!