Warner Avenue School Fundraising

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Warner What’s Happening – 11/28/16

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Issue: #16
Week of 11/28/2016
WAVE Meeting and Presentation Monday, December 5th
Please join us for the next…
WAVE meeting
Monday, December 5th at 8:30am (immediately after assembly) in the Banooni Auditorium

In 20 minutes or less get a campus update on all the happenings at Warner Avenue School.  Your attendance is strongly encouraged.
Please plan to stay and hear a 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 Shoppers!

Buy a Teacher, Friend, or Family Member the perfect holiday gift….$$$ to shop at the 2016 Warner Holiday Boutique!  Give them a gift of Holiday Boutique Dollars here!
Get your holiday lists ready to shop our best Warner Avenue School Holiday Boutique yet!!  Come shop from our impressive vendors offering a vast selection of gifts for all your family and friends!  We will have clothing, jewelry, housewares, kids’ clothes, toys, accessories, food vendors, and much more!
The Holiday Boutique will be held on Thursday, December 1st, from 8am-4pm in the school parking lot.  Parking restrictions on the surrounding streets near the school will be lifted.  Please feel free to tell your friends, family, or anyone who is looking for a fun and positive shopping experience!
Hope to see you all on Thursday December 1st!!!
*A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the school.
Your Holiday Boutique Chairs,
Rene Farahmandian and Sharon Monempour
Warner Avenue Party Book Is Live

 
We hope you received your hard copy of the 2016-17 Warner Party Book!
Please go to www.warnerpartybook.com to sign up.

Parties will be added and changes may be made throughout the year.

We will continue to provide updates in the Warner What’s Happening, but please also checkwww.warnerpartybook.com
for real-time revisions.

Parties may fill up quickly so sign up now!
UPCOMING PARTIES

DECEMBER PARTIES
#104 CUPCAKE AND COOKIE PARTY
Party Date:             Friday, December 2, 2016
Party Time:            3:30-5:30p
Hosted By:              Maliha Fakhri
Party Location:     930 Thayer Avenue, LA, 90024
#105 PRIVATE SCREENING – DISNEY’S MOANA – THIS EVENT IS NOW OPEN TO ALL GRADES!
Party Date:             Sunday, December 4, 2016
Party Time:            3:00-5:30p
Hosted By:              John Song & Mary Shannon
Party Location:     Dick Clark Screening Room Santa Monica
#106 MOM’S WINE AND CHEESE NIGHT
Party Date:             Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Party Time:            7:00p-9:00p
Hosted By:              Deborah Hakim
Party Location:     10488 Lindbrook Drive, LA, 90024
Supporting Our Children Through the Annual Fund
Thank you to those families who have made their contribution to the Annual Fund!  Please CLICK HERE to see a list of names of the families who have supported computer, physical education, art, science, library, the Winter Sing and so much more for our kids! This year WAVE will also be hosting a new program on campus through the Music Center entitled DANCING STORYTELLERS: INDIAN MYTHOLOGY AND ME on April 19th, 2017.
And remember…if you are looking to take your Annual Fund contributions a tax deduction in 2016, please make the donation now as it is 100% tax deductible.
You can make your contribution online now at: https://warnerfundraising.org/warner-annual-fund/ or fill out a hardcopy contribution form that you can download HERE and leave it in the office.
Thank you in advance for your support of our children!
Questions? Contact Karen Hamilton at warnerannualfund@gmail.com
Holiday Toy and Book Drive
Warner Pride
Bring out your inner Wildcat!  Join Warner Wear Wednesdays!!
From now on, every Wednesday is WARNER WEAR WEDNESDAY! Warner students (and their parents) are encouraged to wear any Warner shirt (vintage or new).  That could be their field trip shirt, Haunt shirt, Warner Walk shirts or one of the cool Warner Wear shirts available at the Warner Wear Store.
*No purchase necessary, but if you do want to buy new gear, we have a wide range of t’s and sweatshirts for adults and kids at the Warner store, open Mondays at assembly and Fridays at dismissal.   We’re proud of our school and proud of our students; Warner Wear Wednesdays!
Spring Auction – Save the Date
Mark your calendars for the Spring Auction: Saturday, March 4, 2017 at the Sofitel Hotel.  More details to come in 2017.

In the meantime, you can help during your holiday travels. We are seeking donations, specifically in the form of certificates for travel (hotel, resorts & vacation homes), restaurants, sporting events, music concerts and other fun experiences.  How to do this?
1.  Download a solicitation form  HERE. Forms are also available outside the Main Office.
2.  Keep a supply in your car and in your purse, so you have them handy when away for the holidays, at dinner, or at one of your children’s extracurricular activities.  Remember, donations are 100% tax deductible.
Any questions?  Please contact Julian Zolkin (asianyenta@gmail.com).
Winter Sing 2016
Free Zone Volunteers

Calling all parents of grades 1-5!
Come and tap into your inner-Picasso, as a volunteer at the Art/Free Zone tables, while enjoying the lovely children of Warner Avenue.  Enjoy an afternoon playing board games, directing an art activity, or just simply creating through writing, art and conversation. Your role can be as simple as a supervisor, or as demanding as a facilitator of your own project.

For further instruction, or questions, please contact either Paula Lewis at paulafmlewis@gmail.com or Sherry Lavian at sklavian@yahoo.com. We are happy to get you started with your first shift.

Please note, if you plan a project, it should take no longer than 10 minutes. The children are only at the tables for 15 mins max.
Please click on the link below to view the online sign up sheet for “Free Zone Grades 1-2”.
Please click on the link below to view the online sign up sheet for “Free Zone Grades 3-5”.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR GRADES 3-5
Photo Day Online

Dear Warner Avenue Families,
Nathanson’s Photography has put your students individual photos online for you to choose the image you want to use for your prepaid package.
Please go to:
Click on:
Purchase photos
Find:
Warner Avenue School
Password:
was2016
Find your Students Classroom Number
You will be asked for your Keyword:
This is your students first or last name (not both and use lower case only).
Select the prepaid package option if you have  sent in a prepaid form.
It will ask you for information which need to be filled out, but not for a payment.
Those of you who did not send in a prepaid form can order online as well and it will ask for payment information.
Please contact us at info@nathansons.com if you have any questions or requests.
Package #2 through Package #6 include an 8×10 class photos.
Please go online and make your selections by November 30th to receive your photos delivered to school before you leave for Holiday Break.
Sincerely,
Nathanson’s Photography
310-392-4900
Warner STAR – 1st Lego League, Winter Break Camp, and Vote 4 STAR

Congratulations to Ethan Lee, Shane Lambert, Leo Town, Hamilton Akabueze, Julian Freck, Lucas Knight, Matthew Tarica,
Ben McCollough, Justin Perlman, Austin Thayer & Zachary Robinson for completing their first Lego Robotics Tournament.
We are very proud to announce that out of 35 teams the team of Technic Trackers tied for 16th place!
The Warner STAR Winter Camp registration is OPEN!
Please go to www.starcamps.org and register today.
Camp info:
Dates: December 19th – December 23rd & January 3rd – January 6th
Hours: Camp Hours 9am – 3pm (Extended hours 8am – 9am & 3pm – 6pm)
Fees:
December Camp:     Galaxy – $200
                                     Nova/G4 – $250
                                     Non – STAR – $275
                                     Extended Hours: $50 per week
January Camp:          Galaxy – $175
                                     Nova/G4 – $225
                                     Non – STAR – $250
                                     Extended Hours – $40 per week
*January 5th all sites will be going to Dave and Buster’s.
 
We going to have a Winter Wonderland of fun, hope we’ll see you at Warner!
Please take a moment to help STAR win $5,000 from the Lakers Youth Foundation.
It takes just a moment to click on the link below and cast your vote:

Thank you!
Prime Time Sports Camp
Paul Revere Middle School Information 
 
Help Us Get Free Money From Ralphs

Now is the time to re-register your Ralphs card & earn free money for Warner!

You must re-register your Ralphs card each school year in order for Warner to receive Community Contribution funds…
Click the link below for Ralph’s instructions.
Follow the prompts to register your card or sign in to your existing account.  When you get to pick an organization for “community rewards,” be sure to select Warner Avenue Elementary School (not a “pop warner” team), organization #81123.
Please contact Sarah Silverton with any questions
Calling All Kids Who Care
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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.
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!
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 visiting westfield.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 to warneravenews@gmail.com by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s newsletter.  I can’t believe there are so many things you can do with turkey leftovers:  turkey soup, turkey chili, turkey bone charm bracelets…

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

Bagel Fridays
Poor Mrs. Ichikawa confused Bagel Friday with Black Friday so she was waiting for the teacher’s lounge to open at 5am.
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler at reginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
Holiday Boutique
Thursday, December 1st
8am-4pm

WAVE Meeting & Cyber Talk
Monday, December 5th
8:30am @ Banooni Auditorium

Toy Drive Ends
Friday, December 9th

Winter Sing
Friday, December 16th

Minimum Day
Friday, December 16th

Winter Break Begins
Monday, December 19th

STUDENT COUNCIL SPIRIT DAYS

Crazy Hat Day
Friday, January 27th

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve
Tuesday, February 14th

PJ Day
Thursday, March 2nd

Hero Day
Friday, April 21st

Color Day
Friday, May 19th

College Day
Friday, June 2nd

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 – 11/21/16

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 WH Logo
Issue: #15
Week of 11/21/2016

Warner Avenue Elementary wishes you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving break!
WAVE Meeting and Presentation Monday, December 5th
Please join us for the next…
WAVE meeting
Monday, December 5th at 8:30am (immediately after assembly) in the Banooni Auditorium

In 20 minutes or less get a campus update on all the happenings at Warner Avenue School.  Your attendance is strongly encouraged.
Please plan to stay and hear a 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.
Warner Avenue Party Book Is Live

 
We hope you received your hard copy of the 2016-17 Warner Party Book!
Please go to www.warnerpartybook.com to sign up.

Parties will be added and changes may be made throughout the year.

We will continue to provide updates in the Warner What’s Happening, but please also checkwww.warnerpartybook.com
for real-time revisions.

Parties may fill up quickly so sign up now!
UPCOMING PARTIES

DECEMBER PARTIES
#104 CUPCAKE AND COOKIE PARTY
Party Date:             Friday, December 2, 2016
Party Time:            3:30-5:30p
Hosted By:              Maliha Fakhri
Party Location:     930 Thayer Avenue, LA, 90024
#105 PRIVATE SCREENING – DISNEY’S MOANA – THIS EVENT IS NOW OPEN TO ALL GRADES!
Party Date:             Sunday, December 4, 2016
Party Time:            3:00-5:30p
Hosted By:              John Song & Mary Shannon
Party Location:     Dick Clark Screening Room Santa Monica
#106 MOM’S WINE AND CHEESE NIGHT
Party Date:             Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Party Time:            7:00p-9:00p
Hosted By:              Deborah Hakim
Party Location:     10488 Lindbrook Drive, LA, 90024
Warner Pride
Bring out your inner Wildcat!  Join Warner Wear Wednesdays!!
From now on, every Wednesday is WARNER WEAR WEDNESDAY! Warner students (and their parents) are encouraged to wear any Warner shirt (vintage or new).  That could be their field trip shirt, Haunt shirt, Warner Walk shirts or one of the cool Warner Wear shirts available at the Warner Wear Store.
*No purchase necessary, but if you do want to buy new gear, we have a wide range of t’s and sweatshirts for adults and kids at the Warner store, open Mondays at assembly and Fridays at dismissal.   We’re proud of our school and proud of our students; Warner Wear Wednesdays!
Supporting Our Children Through the Annual Fund
Thank you to those families who have made their contribution to the Annual Fund!  Please CLICK HERE to see a list of names of the families who have supported computer, physical education, art, science, library, the Winter Sing and so much more for our kids! This year WAVE will also be hosting a new program on campus through the Music Center entitled DANCING STORYTELLERS: INDIAN MYTHOLOGY AND ME on April 19th, 2017.
And remember…if you are looking to take your Annual Fund contributions a tax deduction in 2016, please make the donation now as it is 100% tax deductible.
You can make your contribution online now at: https://warnerfundraising.org/warner-annual-fund/ or fill out a hardcopy contribution form that you can download HERE and leave it in the office.
Thank you in advance for your support of our children!
Questions? Contact Karen Hamilton at warnerannualfund@gmail.com
Spring Auction – Save the Date
Mark your calendars for the Spring Auction: Saturday, March 4, 2017 at the Sofitel Hotel.  More details to come in 2017.

In the meantime, you can help during your holiday travels. We are seeking donations, specifically in the form of certificates for travel (hotel, resorts & vacation homes), restaurants, sporting events, music concerts and other fun experiences.  How to do this?
1.  Download a solicitation form  HERE. Forms are also available outside the Main Office.
2.  Keep a supply in your car and in your purse, so you have them handy when away for the holidays, at dinner, or at one of your children’s extracurricular activities.  Remember, donations are 100% tax deductible.
Any questions?  Please contact Julian Zolkin (asianyenta@gmail.com).
Calling All Shoppers!

Buy a Teacher, Friend, or Family Member the perfect holiday gift….$$$ to shop at the 2016 Warner Holiday Boutique!  Give them a gift of Holiday Boutique Dollars here!
Get your holiday lists ready to shop our best Warner Avenue School Holiday Boutique yet!!  Come shop from our impressive vendors offering a vast selection of gifts for all your family and friends!  We will have clothing, jewelry, housewares, kids’ clothes, toys, accessories, food vendors, and much more!
The Holiday Boutique will be held on Thursday, December 1st, from 8am-4pm in the school parking lot.  Parking restrictions on the surrounding streets near the school will be lifted.  Please feel free to tell your friends, family, or anyone who is looking for a fun and positive shopping experience!
Hope to see you all on Thursday December 1st!!!
*A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the school.
Your Holiday Boutique Chairs,
Rene Farahmandian and Sharon Monempour
Winter Sing 2016
Photo Day Online

Dear Warner Avenue Families,
Nathanson’s Photography has put your students individual photos online for you to choose the image you want to use for your prepaid package.
Please go to:
Click on:
Purchase photos
Find:
Warner Avenue School
Password:
was2016
Find your Students Classroom Number
You will be asked for your Keyword:
This is your students first or last name (not both and use lower case only).
Select the prepaid package option if you have  sent in a prepaid form.
It will ask you for information which need to be filled out, but not for a payment.
Those of you who did not send in a prepaid form can order online as well and it will ask for payment information.
Please contact us at info@nathansons.com if you have any questions or requests.
Package #2 through Package #6 include an 8×10 class photos.
Please go online and make your selections by November 30th to receive your photos delivered to school before you leave for Holiday Break.
Sincerely,
Nathanson’s Photography
310-392-4900
Warner Movie Night
Prime Time Sports Camp
Thank You For Supporting the Warner Technology Plan
 
WE DID IT! Thank you to all of you who participated in the Technology Plan fundraising effort. As a result of your generosity, we have achieved our goal! The chromebook order has been placed and soon our students and teachers will have technology readily available for use in the classroom.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR CONTRIBUTORS! 
Regina and Michael Adler
McCollough Family
Nader & Ronit Ahdout
Medifar Family
Tiffany and Shahrad Aynehchi
Katelyn Meidel Family
Bakshian Family
Melamed Family
Adrienne, Eric, Michael & Jake Barr
Mishael/Sweeney
Bolour Family
Jason & Melissa Mitchell
Vicki Bolton
Kira and Gennady Musher
Berenji Family
Monempour Family
Carosello-Perman Family
Moore Family
Bradley Friedman & Ilana Charet
Sam & Camellia Naim
Chow Family
Natella-Paul Family
Alex and Nazanin Cohen
Narayan Family
Elizabeth Cohen and Wayne Greene Family
Nazarian Plastic Surgery
Lilian Clinton
Nowain Family
Closter Family
Nate and Lia Oster
Cohn/Ortega Family
Nikoo and Peter Parker
Adam and Maliha Fakhri
Peykar family
Fang Family
Sandy and Kambiz Pirnazar
Fenton Family
Reif Family
Freeby Family
Richardson Family
Garg Family
Sachs Family
Ghahremanpour Family
Saeedian Family
Gonsky/Urdan
Sallam Family
Gray Family
Samadi Family
Arthur Gregory
Saven Family
Grove Family
Sehati Family
Lila and Robert Hanasab
Kambiz & Ziba Sharim
Dawn Sierra for Wyatt Hatfield
Silverton Family
Dan and Libby Harrison
Parisa and Babak Shayestehfar
Estelle Isaac
Shuter Family
IsHak Family
Slaten Family
Jafari/Schnabel Family
Snyder Family
Joshi Family
Song Family
Kelly Family
Suphamongkhon Family
Khorshidi Family
Tabib Family
Klaparda Family
Taino Family
Krieger Family
Tarica Family
Yuliya Krokhaleva
Toobian Family
Lambert Shinefield Family
Tulloch Family
Lanlua Family
Verny Family
Lavian Family
Hiroshi Watanabe
Lee Family (Ethan)
Lauren and Matt Weisbarth
Leopold Family
Weisblum Family
Lev Family
Wertheimer Family
Levins Family
Wohlschlegel Family
Matthew & Naomi Lieberman
Wyse Family
Lustgarten/Barnow Family
Zolkin Family
Paul Revere Middle School Information 
 
Help Us Get Free Money From Ralphs

Now is the time to re-register your Ralphs card & earn free money for Warner!

You must re-register your Ralphs card each school year in order for Warner to receive Community Contribution funds…
Click the link below for Ralph’s instructions.
Follow the prompts to register your card or sign in to your existing account.  When you get to pick an organization for “community rewards,” be sure to select Warner Avenue Elementary School (not a “pop warner” team), organization #81123.
Please contact Sarah Silverton with any questions
Calling All Kids Who Care
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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.
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!
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 visiting westfield.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 to warneravenews@gmail.com by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s newsletter.  Have a great week off, students!  And to the parents, good luck!

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

Bagel Fridays
Thank you to the Wyse Family – Don, Cyn, Morgan & Madison – for providing breakfast to the teachers and staff on Friday.
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler at reginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
Thanksgiving Break
November 21st-25th

Holiday Boutique
Thursday, December 1st
8am-4pm

WAVE Meeting & Cyber Talk
Monday, December 5th
8:30am @ Banooni Auditorium

STUDENT COUNCIL SPIRIT DAYS

Crazy Hat Day
Friday, January 27th

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve
Tuesday, February 14th

PJ Day
Thursday, March 2nd

Hero Day
Friday, April 21st

Color Day
Friday, May 19th

College Day
Friday, June 2nd

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 – 11/14/16

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Issue: #14
Week of 11/14/2016
Warner Avenue Party Book Is Live

 
We hope you received your hard copy of the 2016-17 Warner Party Book!
Please go to www.warnerpartybook.com to sign up.

Parties will be added and changes may be made throughout the year.

We will continue to provide updates in the Warner What’s Happening, but please also checkwww.warnerpartybook.com
for real-time revisions.

Parties may fill up quickly so sign up now!
UPCOMING PARTIES
NOVEMBER PARTIES
#102 AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION -TOMORROW! – BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE ONLINE OR PAY AT THE DOOR
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Presentation
*Pattie Fitzgerald is recognized as a leading expert in the field of childhood sexual abuse prevention.  She has been featured on Good Morning America, ABC World News, CNN Headline News, MSNBC, Dateline NBC, and local television and radio news programs across the country.   Please CLICK HERE for more details.  We expect this to sell out!
Party Date:             Monday, November 14, 2016
Party Time:            8:30a-9:30a
Party Location:     Warner Auditorium
Hosted By:              Nook Suphamongkhon
#103 TACOS AND TEQUILA – DATE CHANGED TO MAY 6, 2017!
Party Date:             Saturday, November 19, 2016 May 6, 2016
Party Time:            7:30pm
Party Location:     519 S. Beverly Glen Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Hosted By:              Danny & Rene Farahmandian, John & Sherry Bral, Nate & Cambrien Snyder, David & Jodi Fenton, Noel & Dina Cohen, Fred & Sharon Monempour
DECEMBER PARTIES
#104 CUPCAKE AND COOKIE PARTY
Party Date:             Friday, December 2, 2016
Party Time:            3:30-5:30p
Hosted By:              Maliha Fakhri
Party Location:     930 Thayer Avenue, LA, 90024
#105 PRIVATE SCREENING – DISNEY’S MOANA – THIS EVENT IS NOW OPEN TO ALL GRADES!
Party Date:             Sunday, December 4, 2016
Party Time:            3:00-5:30p
Hosted By:              John Song & Mary Shannon
Party Location:     Dick Clark Screening Room Santa Monica
#106 MOM’S WINE AND CHEESE NIGHT
Party Date:             Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Party Time:            7:00p-9:00p
Hosted By:              Deborah Hakim
Party Location:     10488 Lindbrook Drive, LA, 90024
Supporting Our Children Through the Annual Fund
Thank you to those families who have made their contribution to the Annual Fund!  Please CLICK HERE to see a list of names of the families who have supported computer, physical education, art, science, library, the Winter Sing and so much more for our kids! This year WAVE will also be hosting a new program on campus through the Music Center entitled DANCING STORYTELLERS: INDIAN MYTHOLOGY AND ME on April 19th, 2017.
And remember…if you are looking to take your Annual Fund contributions a tax deduction in 2016, please make the donation now as it is 100% tax deductible.
You can make your contribution online now at: https://warnerfundraising.org/warner-annual-fund/ or fill out a hardcopy contribution form that you can download HERE and leave it in the office.
Thank you in advance for your support of our children!
Questions? Contact Karen Hamilton at warnerannualfund@gmail.com
Calling All Shoppers!

Buy a Teacher, Friend, or Family Member the perfect holiday gift….$$$ to shop at the 2016 Warner Holiday Boutique!  Give them a gift of Holiday Boutique Dollars here!
Get your holiday lists ready to shop our best Warner Avenue School Holiday Boutique yet!!  Come shop from our impressive vendors offering a vast selection of gifts for all your family and friends!  We will have clothing, jewelry, housewares, kids’ clothes, toys, accessories, food vendors, and much more!
The Holiday Boutique will be held on Thursday, December 1st, from 8am-4pm in the school parking lot.  Parking restrictions on the surrounding streets near the school will be lifted.  Please feel free to tell your friends, family, or anyone who is looking for a fun and positive shopping experience!
Hope to see you all on Thursday December 1st!!!
*A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the school.
Your Holiday Boutique Chairs,
Rene Farahmandian and Sharon Monempour
Spring Auction – Save the Date
Mark your calendars for the Spring Auction: Saturday, March 4, 2017 at the Sofitel Hotel.  More details to come in 2017.

In the meantime, you can help during your holiday travels. We are seeking donations, specifically in the form of certificates for travel (hotel, resorts & vacation homes), restaurants, sporting events, music concerts and other fun experiences.  How to do this?
1.  Download a solicitation form  HERE. Forms are also available outside the Main Office.
2.  Keep a supply in your car and in your purse, so you have them handy when away for the holidays, at dinner, or at one of your children’s extracurricular activities.  Remember, donations are 100% tax deductible.
Any questions?  Please contact Julian Zolkin (asianyenta@gmail.com).
Congratulations Boys’ Basketball Team

Warner Boys’ Basketball team played three games on Saturday and won all three! The team allowed only ONE POINT to be scored against them in all three games! The team will be advancing to the next round of playoffs. Congratulations boys!
Warner Pride
Bring out your inner Wildcat!  Join Warner Wear Wednesdays!!
From now on, every Wednesday is WARNER WEAR WEDNESDAY! Warner students (and their parents) are encouraged to wear any Warner shirt (vintage or new).  That could be their field trip shirt, Haunt shirt, Warner Walk shirts or one of the cool Warner Wear shirts available at the Warner Wear Store.
*No purchase necessary, but if you do want to buy new gear, we have a wide range of t’s and sweatshirts for adults and kids at the Warner store, open Mondays at assembly and Fridays at dismissal.   We’re proud of our school and proud of our students; Warner Wear Wednesdays!
Upcoming Talks
Monday December 5th
On Monday, December 5th, 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.
Warner Food Drive
Thank You For Supporting the Warner Technology Plan
 
WE DID IT! Thank you to all of you who participated in the Technology Plan fundraising effort. As a result of your generosity, we have achieved our goal! The chromebook order has been placed and soon our students and teachers will have technology readily available for use in the classroom.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR CONTRIBUTORS! 
Regina and Michael Adler
McCollough Family
Nader & Ronit Ahdout
Medifar Family
Tiffany and Shahrad Aynehchi
Katelyn Meidel Family
Bakshian Family
Melamed Family
Adrienne, Eric, Michael & Jake Barr
Mishael/Sweeney
Bolour Family
Jason & Melissa Mitchell
Vicki Bolton
Kira and Gennady Musher
Berenji Family
Monempour Family
Carosello-Perman Family
Moore Family
Bradley Friedman & Ilana Charet
Sam & Camellia Naim
Chow Family
Natella-Paul Family
Alex and Nazanin Cohen
Narayan Family
Elizabeth Cohen and Wayne Greene Family
Nazarian Plastic Surgery
Lilian Clinton
Nowain Family
Closter Family
Nate and Lia Oster
Cohn/Ortega Family
Nikoo and Peter Parker
Adam and Maliha Fakhri
Peykar family
Fang Family
Sandy and Kambiz Pirnazar
Fenton Family
Reif Family
Freeby Family
Richardson Family
Garg Family
Sachs Family
Ghahremanpour Family
Saeedian Family
Gonsky/Urdan
Sallam Family
Gray Family
Samadi Family
Arthur Gregory
Saven Family
Grove Family
Sehati Family
Lila and Robert Hanasab
Kambiz & Ziba Sharim
Dawn Sierra for Wyatt Hatfield
Silverton Family
Dan and Libby Harrison
Parisa and Babak Shayestehfar
Estelle Isaac
Shuter Family
IsHak Family
Slaten Family
Jafari/Schnabel Family
Snyder Family
Joshi Family
Song Family
Kelly Family
Suphamongkhon Family
Khorshidi Family
Tabib Family
Klaparda Family
Taino Family
Krieger Family
Tarica Family
Yuliya Krokhaleva
Toobian Family
Lambert Shinefield Family
Tulloch Family
Lanlua Family
Verny Family
Lavian Family
Hiroshi Watanabe
Lee Family (Ethan)
Lauren and Matt Weisbarth
Leopold Family
Weisblum Family
Lev Family
Wertheimer Family
Levins Family
Wohlschlegel Family
Matthew & Naomi Lieberman
Wyse Family
Lustgarten/Barnow Family
Zolkin Family
Thank You Warner Crossing Partners
 

Thank you to Ms. Chan’s Room 22 crossing partner volunteers:

Hengameh Khani
Vicky Vlachonis
Lauren Polak
Stephanie Schwartz
Gloria Jafari
Alyssa Schreiber-Nguyen
Paul Revere Middle School Information 
 
Help Us Get Free Money From Ralphs

Now is the time to re-register your Ralphs card & earn free money for Warner!

You must re-register your Ralphs card each school year in order for Warner to receive Community Contribution funds…
Click the link below for Ralph’s instructions.
Follow the prompts to register your card or sign in to your existing account.  When you get to pick an organization for “community rewards,” be sure to select Warner Avenue Elementary School (not a “pop warner” team), organization #81123.
Please contact Sarah Silverton with any questions
Warner STAR’s First LEGO League Competition (FLL), Thanksgiving Camp, and Thank Yous

Please come and support Warner STAR’s first competitive LEGO Robotics League!  Warner STAR’s two teams will be participating at an all day tournament on Saturday, Nov. 19th from 8:00am – 4:00pm. in La Canada.  For more details please feel free to call STAR at 310 470 -1868 or email us at warner@starinc.org.
Thanksgiving Break is almost here!  Please keep STAR in mind if you need camp during the break.  Westwood Charter STAR will be having a three day camp.  You can get locations, information and sign up for camp at www.starcamps.org.
STAR would like to give big “thank you’s” to The Isaac family and The Sachs family for theirgenerous contribution to the STAR wish list!
Amended STAR WISH LIST
1. New ball bin with a lock
2. New electric ball pump
Have a wonderful week and a very happy Thanksgiving Break!
Calling All Kids Who Care
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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.
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!
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 visiting westfield.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 to warneravenews@gmail.com by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s newsletter.  After the Kit-Kats, I’m on to Twix and peanut M&Ms.  Where’s my Lipitor?

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

Bagel Fridays
Due to the Veteran’s Day holiday, the faculty and staff had to make due at home with Ritz crackers and a box of Bisquick.
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler at reginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
Food Drive
November 7th-15th

Thanksgiving Break
November 21st-25th

Holiday Boutique
Thursday, December 1st
8am-4pm

WAVE Meeting & Cyber Talk
Monday, December 5th
8:30am @ Banooni Auditorium

STUDENT COUNCIL SPIRIT DAYS

Sports Day
Friday, November 18th

Crazy Hat Day
Friday, January 27th

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve
Tuesday, February 14th

PJ Day
Thursday, March 2nd

Hero Day
Friday, April 21st

Color Day
Friday, May 19th

College Day
Friday, June 2nd

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 – 11/07/16

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Issue: #13
Week of 11/07/2016
Principal’s Corner: A Message From Principal Kamau
WAVE Meeting and Presentation This Monday 

Please join us for the next…
WAVE meeting
Monday, November 7th at 8:30am (immediately after assembly) in the Banooni Auditorium

In 20 minutes or less get a campus update on all the happenings at Warner Avenue School.  Your attendance is strongly encouraged.
Please plan to stay and hear a presentation from Dr. Shereen Tabibian, clinical neuropsychologist.  She will be speaking to Warner Elementary parents about learning disorders in reading, writing and math. She will discuss key signs and symptoms along with the social, emotional, and academic implications in school-aged children for parents and caregivers to know.
Upcoming Talks
Monday December 5th
On Monday, December 5th, 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.
Warner Avenue Party Book Is Live

Please go to www.warnerpartybook.com to sign up.

Parents!  Your child will be coming home next week with a copy of the 2016-17 Warner Party Book.

Please take some time to look through all the fabulous parties that you and/or your child can attend. Whether you’re looking for a chance to meet and make new friends or in search of an opportunity to share new experiences, there is something for everyone!  It’s a great opportunity to create bonds with other families in our Warner community.  Parties may fill up quickly so sign up fast and have fun socializing with your friends old and new.

UPCOMING PARTIES
NOVEMBER PARTIES
#101 COOKING THERAPY – PARTY FULL
Party Date:             Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Hosted By:              Nui Keuper
#102 AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION –
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Presentation
*Pattie Fitzgerald is recognized as a leading expert in the field of childhood sexual abuse prevention.  She has been featured on Good Morning America, ABC World News, CNN Headline News, MSNBC, Dateline NBC, and local television and radio news programs across the country.   Please CLICK HERE for more details.  We expect this to sell out!
Party Date:             Monday, November 14, 2016
Party Time:            8:30a-9:30a
Party Location:     Warner Auditorium
Hosted By:              Nook Suphamongkhon

#103 TACOS AND TEQUILA
Party Date:             Saturday, November 19, 2016
Party Time:            7:30pm
Party Location:     519 S. Beverly Glen Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Hosted By:              Danny & Rene Farahmandian, John & Sherry Bral, Nate & Cambrien Snyder, David & Jodi Fenton, Noel & Dina Cohen, Fred & Sharon Monempour
DECEMBER PARTIES

#104 CUPCAKE AND COOKIE PARTY
Party Date:             Friday, December 2, 2016
Party Time:            3:30-5:30p
Hosted By:              Maliha Fakhri
Party Location:     930 Thayer Avenue, LA, 90024
#105 KINDER PRIVATE SCREENING – DISNEY’S MOANA
Party Date:             Sunday, December 4, 2016
Party Time:            3:00-5:30p
Hosted By:              John Song & Mary Shannon
Party Location:     Dick Clark Screening Room Santa Monica
#106 MOM’S WINE AND CHEESE NIGHT
Party Date:             Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Party Time:            7:00p-9:00p
Hosted By:              Deborah Hakim
Party Location:     10488 Lindbrook Drive, LA, 90024
Warner Annual Fund- Please Contribute Now
Thank you to those families who have already donated to the Warner Annual Fund. Please click HERE to see which families have already made their contribution.

Sadly, we are only at 33% schoolwide participation. We need to increase our participation, both in terms of class participation and dollars contributed.
If you’re procrastinating–don’t. If you think your contribution won’t be missed–it will.  If you can’t give the suggested amount, give what you can.  Every dollar matters.  Again, we need widespread support to ensure we can provide the high-caliber education we want for our kids.
You can make your contribution online at https://warnerfundraising.org/warner-annual-fund/.  Or you can fill out the attached form and drop it off in the office. You can find it by clicking HERE.
Thanks in advance for your support for our children!
Calling All Shoppers!

Get your holiday lists ready to shop our best Warner Avenue School Holiday Boutique yet!!  Come shop from our impressive vendors offering a vast selection of gifts for all your family and friends!  We will have clothing, jewelry, housewares, kids’ clothes, toys, accessories, food vendors, and much more!

The Holiday Boutique will be held on Thursday, December 1st, from 8am-4pm in the school parking lot.  Parking restrictions on the surrounding streets near the school will be lifted.  Please feel free to tell your friends, family, or anyone who is looking for a fun and positive shopping experience!

Hope to see you all on Thursday December 1st!!!

*A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the school.

Your Holiday Boutique Chairs,
Rene Farahmandian and Sharon Monempour
A Message From Your WAVE Fundraising Co-Directors 
A heartfelt THANK YOU to all the parents who showed up on Saturday and Sunday, worked a booth, set up tables and chairs, made signs, hung signs, and cleaned up.  We couldn’t have done it without you! 
Thank you to all the teachers especially Ms. Stults, Ms. Tascione, and Mr. Crossley for Haunt assemblies.
Thank you to Jerome, Lala, and Tony.
Thank you to Pam, Carolyn, Mrs. Chi and Principal Kamau.
We especially want to thank the following parents for taking on leadership roles and for their help in making this the best Haunt ever!  We apologize in advance for any misspellings or omissions.
2016 Haunt Co-Chairs
Camille Anderson
Molly Richardson
Dennise Weir
Cynthia Wyse
Volunteers/Info Booth
Sharona Yashar
Chehreh Soleimani
Haunted House Creative Team
Jessica Earnhardt, Adriana Cervantes
Special FX Make-up Artist – Jeanne Ofek
Zombie – Chuck Lambert
Haunt Construction
Nigel Briand
Don Wyse
Permits
Rene Farahmandian
Sherry Bral
Kindergarten Yard
Roya Melamed
Teacher Auction 
Tiffany McAvinue
Cathy Corell
Dina Cohen
Assembly
Lianne Passage
Jeanne Ofek
Casper’s Clink 
Nigel Briand
  
Silent Auction
Ramona Shamoolian
Bake Sale
Lyora Peykar
Cambrien Snyder
 
Warner Cafe
Ramona Shamoolian
Betim Anthony
Shilla Naimian
Food and Beverage
Sarah Isaac
Cash Management
Nook Suphamongkhon
Karen Hamilton
Heather Robinson
Center Stage
Daniella Akka
Lianne Passage
Signage
Kim Loncar
Melinda Van Atta
T-shirts
Dennise Weir and family
Ghostly Giveaway
Stefanie Schwartz
Prize Room
Alyssa Schreiber
Haunt Photographers
Holly Shuter
 
Silly Zone
Dean O’Leary
Nick Zargarpour
Bobbin’ for Donuts
Lauren Polak
Ticket Boxes
Kindra Kelly-Scrumpia
Sound System
Jeff Bernstein
Rentals    
Ron Zeidler
Classroom Haunt Reps
Hilla Nourmand
Marcela Rosmanich
Jessica Earnhardt
Jodi Fenton
Tyra Hunt
Adriana Cervantes
Naz Somech
Neda Rahimi
Betim Anthony
Lauren Polak
Roya Melamed
Cambrien Snyder
Michelle Kelly
Daniel Grover
Paula Lewis
Sandra Gaspar
Tiffany Aynehchi
Ghazal Hakamian
Tannaz Moin
Sherry Lavian
Stefanie Schwartz
Tammy Mescobi
Kindra Kelly Scumpia
Naomi Eisenberger
Michelle Russo
Ghazal Yashouafar
Chehreh Soleimani
We would also like to thank the following:
ZBT Fraternity from UCLA
Chi Omega Sorority from UCLA
The Weisbarth Family for the pumpkin donation
Ghazal Amy Vahdat-Yashouafar for the water donation
Julissa and Randy Rudnick for the hay donation
Ron Zeidler for the freezer donation
All the great kids who played actors and helped man the Haunted House door!
Lastly, thank you to all the parents who donated delicious items to the bake sale and to Warner Café.
Thank you everyone!
Jessica Weisblum & Julian Zolkin
WAVE Co-Directors Fundraising
Warner Food Drive
Paul Revere Middle School Information 
 
Thank You For Supporting the Warner Technology Plan
  
Thank you to the following families for their support of the Warner Technology Plan (as of 11/07/16):

Regina and Michael Adler
Nader & Ronit Ahdout
Tiffany and Shahrad Aynehchi
Bakshian Family
Adrienne, Eric, Michael & Jake Barr
Bolour Family
Vicki Bolton
Berenji Family
Carosello-Perman Family
Bradley Friedman & Ilana Charet
Chow Family
Alex and Nazanin Cohen
Elizabeth Cohen and Wayne Greene Family
Lilian Clinton
Closter Family
Cohn/Ortega Family
Adam and Maliha Fakhri
Fang Family
Fenton Family
Freeby Family
Garg Family
Ghahremanpour Family
Gonsky/Urdan
Arthur Gregory
Grove Family
Lila and Robert Hanasab
Dawn Sierra for Wyatt Hatfield
Dan and Libby Harrison
Estelle Isaac 

IsHak Family
Jafari/Schnabel Family
Joshi Family
Kelly Family
Khorshidi Family
Klaparda Family
Krieger Family
Yuliya Krokhaleva
Lambert Shinefield Family
Lanlua Family
Lavian Family
Lee Family (Ethan)
Leopold Family
Lev Family
Levins Family
Michelle Martinez
Matthew & Naomi Lieberman
Lustgarten/Barnow Family
McCollough Family
Medifar Family
Katelyn Meidel Family
Melamed Family
Mishael/Sweeney
Kira and Gennady Musher
Monempour Family
Moore Family
Sam & Camellia Naim
Natella-Paul Family
Narayan Family
Nazarian Plastic Surgery
Nowain Family

Nate and Lia Oster
Nikoo and Peter Parker

Peykar family
Sandy and Kambiz Pirnazar
Reif Family
Richardson Family
Sachs Family
Saeedian Family
Sallam Family
Samadi Family
Saven Family
Sehati Family
Kambiz & Ziba Sharim
Silverton Family
Parisa and Babak Shayestehfar
Shuter Family
Slaten Family
Snyder Family
Song Family
Suphamongkhon Family
Tabib Family
Taino Family
Tarica Family
Toobian Family
Tulloch Family
Verny Family
Hiroshi Watanabe
Lauren and Matt Weisbarth
Weisblum Family
Wertheimer Family
Wohlschlegel Family
Wyse Family
Zolkin Family

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Thank you to Bobby and Rebecca Khorshidi & Rob and Lila Hanasab for making a matching grant of $5,000. We appreciate your generosity!

For more information including FAQ, please click here: https://warnerfundraising.org/warner-avenue-school-technology-plan/ 

Warner Crossing Partners

Over the past few weeks, a pilot “Crossing Partners” program has been put in place to help ensure the safety of the Warner community in getting to the campus safely.

The pilot has been so successful that Ms. Kamau wants to incorporate this as a classroom safety job — separate yet related to carpool.

Thank you to Micah Yui for spearheading the Crossing Partners Program!
The classes will only be responsible for one week of Crossing Partners duty:
  • 4 people per day
  • The crossing friends week is different from the carpool week and a schedule will be sent to your class carpool representative.
Photo Days
Help Us Get Free Money From Ralphs
Did you know Ralph’s will give us free money?  They DO!
We get to “set it and forget it.”  Once you register your Ralph’s rewards card and pick Warner for your charity, you don’t need to do anything else until next September. Ralph’s will give us a % of your purchases, and it all really adds up.  Please invite friends and family to register their Ralph’s cards as well!
Three easy ways to go:
(1) Online;  (2) by phone, (3) make us do it for you.
Online:
Click the link below for Ralph’s instructions.
Follow the prompts to register your card or sign in to your existing account.  When you get to pick an organization for “community rewards,” be sure to select Warner Avenue Elementary School (not a “pop warner” team), organization #81123.
By Phone:
Call 1-800-443-4438.  Have your Ralph’s rewards card ready, or the phone number you use to access Ralph’s rewards.  The representative will walk you through registration and linking up to Warner, organization #81123.
By volunteer:
We’ll do it for you!  Email your Ralph’s rewards number and email address tosilverton.sarah@gmail.com .  We will set your password to be “615Holmby” and opt out of communications.  You will need to re-enter your account to change those settings.  Please note, we cannot register you with a phone number, or if you have an online account with an existing password.  Use the other options in those situations.
Please contact Sarah Silverton with any questions
Warner STAR NOVA Session #2, November 11th and Thanksgiving Camp

Thank you for such a wonderful start to Nova #2!
There is still room in many STAR Nova classes, please don’t hesitate to visit us next week and sign up!
Due to the fact that Friday, November 11th is a school-wide holiday, STAR along with school will closed at ALL campus’.
It’s November and Thanksgiving Break is just around the corner!
Please keep STAR in mind if you need camp during Thanksgiving Break.
Unfortunately, there will NOT be camp at Warner Ave., however our wonderful neighbors atWestwood Charter Elementary will be offering a three day camp.
Details to follow!
Have a wonderful week and thank you for your continued support of the STAR program!
                          ****STAR’s WISH LIST****
     1. A working iron
     2. 4 square balls (2)
     3. Basketballs  (3)
     4. New ball bin with lock
     5. New electric ball pump
Thank you all very much and have a lovely week!!!!!
WARNER STAR TEACHERS
Calling All Kids Who Care
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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.
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 visiting westfield.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 to warneravenews@gmail.com by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s newsletter.  I took fourteen Kit-Kats from my child’s Halloween stash.  Shhh…

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

Bagel Fridays
Thank you to Lilian & Yigal Hay (Joelle Hay 2nd grade)for providing breakfast to the teacher and staff on Friday.
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler at reginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
WAVE Meeting
Monday, November 7th

Food Drive
November 7th-15th

4th Grade Photo Day
Monday, November 7th

5th Grade Photo Day
Tuesday, November 8th

Kindergarten Photo Day
Wednesday, November 9th

Movie Night
Thursday, November 10th

No School
Friday, November 11th

STUDENT COUNCIL SPIRIT DAYS

Sports Day
Friday, November 18th

Crazy Hat Day
Friday, January 27th

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve
Tuesday, February 14th

PJ Day
Thursday, March 2nd

Hero Day
Friday, April 21st

Color Day
Friday, May 19th

College Day
Friday, June 2nd

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 – 10/31/16

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Issue: #12
Week of 10/31/2016
Principal’s Corner: A Message From Principal Kamau
The Haunt Was a Monster S’Mash!

  
Thank You, Haunt Sponsors!
Upcoming Talks
Monday, November 7th

On Monday November 7th at 9:00am, Dr. Shereen Tabibian, clinical neuropsychologist, will be speaking to Warner Elementary parents about learning disorders in reading, writing and math. She will discuss key signs and symptoms along with the social, emotional, and academic implications in school-aged children for parents and caregivers to know.

Monday December 5th
On Monday, December 5th, 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.
Support Our Troops With Candy and Letters
Thank You For Supporting the Warner Technology Plan
  
Thank you to the following families for their support of the Warner Technology Plan (as of 10/28/16):

Regina and Michael Adler
Nader & Ronit Ahdout
Tiffany and Shahrad Aynehchi
Bakshian Family
Adrienne, Eric, Michael & Jake Barr
Bolour Family
Vicki Bolton
Berenji Family
Carosello-Perman Family
Bradley Friedman & Ilana Charet
Chow Family
Alex and Nazanin Cohen
Elizabeth Cohen and Wayne Greene Family
Lilian Clinton
Closter Family
Cohn/Ortega Family
Adam and Maliha Fakhri
Fang Family
Fenton Family
Freeby Family
Garg Family
Ghahremanpour Family
Gonsky/Urdan
Arthur Gregory
Grove Family
Lila and Robert Hanasab
Dawn Sierra for Wyatt Hatfield
Dan and Libby Harrison
Estelle Isaac 

IsHak Family
Jafari/Schnabel Family
Joshi Family
Kelly Family
Khorshidi Family
Klaparda Family
Krieger Family
Yuliya Krokhaleva
Lambert Shinefield Family
Lanlua Family
Lavian Family
Lee Family (Ethan)
Leopold Family
Lev Family
Levins Family
Michelle Martinez
Matthew & Naomi Lieberman
Lustgarten/Barnow Family
McCollough Family
Medifar Family
Katelyn Meidel Family
Melamed Family
Mishael/Sweeney
Kira and Gennady Musher
Monempour Family
Moore Family
Sam & Camellia Naim
Natella-Paul Family
Narayan Family
Nazarian Plastic Surgery
Nowain Family
Nate and Lia Oster
Peykar family
Sandy and Kambiz Pirnazar
Reif Family
Richardson Family
Sachs Family
Saeedian Family
Sallam Family
Samadi Family
Saven Family
Sehati Family
Kambiz & Ziba Sharim
Silverton Family
Parisa and Babak Shayestehfar
Shuter Family
Slaten Family
Snyder Family
Song Family
Suphamongkhon Family
Tabib Family
Taino Family
Tarica Family
Toobian Family
Tulloch Family
Verny Family
Hiroshi Watanabe
Lauren and Matt Weisbarth
Weisblum Family
Wertheimer Family
Wohlschlegel Family
Wyse Family
Zolkin Family

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Thank you to Bobby and Rebecca Khorshidi & Rob and Lila Hanasab for making a matching grant of $5,000. We appreciate your generosity!

For more information including FAQ, please click here: https://warnerfundraising.org/warner-avenue-school-technology-plan/ 

Warner Annual Fund 
Thank you to the families who have contributed to the Warner Annual Fund. CLICK HERE to see the names of those who have contributed as of 10-25-16.

For those who have not made your contribution, please do so now.  You can make your contribution online at: https://warnerfundraising.org/ 
YOUR DONATION IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE and is a direct benefit to your child.  WAVE funds the teacher’s aide in your child’s class and all the enrichment classes your child takes:  art, science, computers, PE, the upcoming Winter Sing, and so much more.
If you have contributed as of October 25th and do not see your name on the list, please contact Karen Hamilton at warnerannualfund@gmail.com
Thank you for your support of Warner and our children!
The Warner Avenue Party Book Is Here
Thank You Drop-Off Lane Volunteers 
 
Thank you to the following people who volunteered for the drop-off lane:

Week of 10/24: Drop-Off Lane Volunteers for Room 11 – Ms. Smith

Jonah Borris
Jenny Closter
Junghoon Lee
Elisabeth Normand
Tanaz Banooni
Julian Zolkin
Chris Szekely
Tara Kamin
Lana Wohlschlegel
Ramin Farzadmehr
Junka Price
Zachary Price
Irina Minakova
Nathalie Beasnael-Motcho
Junghoon Lee
Lisa Slaten
David Wertheimer
Beverly Wertheimer
Shirin Yadegar

Felipe Caro
Warner Crossing Partners

Over the past few weeks, a pilot “Crossing Partners” program has been put in place to help ensure the safety of the Warner community in getting to the campus safely.

The pilot has been so successful that Ms. Kamau wants to incorporate this as a classroom safety job — separate yet related to carpool.

Thank you to Micah Yui for spearheading the Crossing Partners Program!
The classes will only be responsible for one week of Crossing Partners duty:
  • 4 people per day
  • The crossing friends week is different from the carpool week and a schedule will be sent to your class carpool representative.

Thank you to the following volunteers who helped out during the trial month solely out of the goodness of their hearts! You all helped make the Crossing Partners Program happen!

Indrani Bhowmick
Jessica Earnhardt
Karen Fisher
Chris George
Kristin Grove
Sarah Grover
Geraldine Guzman
Karen Hamilton
Anita Hedvat
Debbie Irving
Sabrina Ishak
Sel Kardan
Inna Kurtich
David Lari
Jeffrey Lustgarten
Smrithi Narayan
Karen Romano
Michelle Russo
Shay Salehrabi
Dan Selzer
Scott Shelton
Holly Shuter
Nook Suphamonghon
Jessica Weisblum
Micah Yui
Julian Zolkin
Photo Days Have Changed
UCLA Exploring Your Universe 
Sunday, November 6, 2016
12:00pm to 5:00pm
Night-time activities until 8:00pm
UCLA Court Of Sciences

Activities include:
Hands-on Workshops
Scientific Talks
UCLA Planetarium Shows
Comet-making and Bottle Rockets
UCLA Meteorite Gallery
Weather Tours
Physics & Chemistry Demos
And much more!

Please join us for this family-friendly day of science exploration at UCLA organized by Astronomy Live!  Visit Astronomy Live! for a full schedule of events and directions.  Admission is free.  All ages are welcome.

Parking is available for $12 in Lot 2 and Lot 8.
Recent 5th Grade Cyber Security Assembly 
(By Alan W. Silberberg, father of 2 Warner kids + 1 Alumni, and Founder of

Digijaks which is a cyber security company specializing in social media and mobile. He is a member of the California Cyber Security Task Force + a Subject Matter Expert on Cyber Security for the U.S. SBA.)

In October, 2016, I was invited to speak to the Warner 5th Grade about cyber security, cyber bullying and staying safe online. We talked about how kids are building a permanent encyclopedia of themselves every time they go online; how a “friend” is not necessarily a friend online; and never to use digital tools to bully or abuse someone else. I have spoken at schools in the past, and one thing that always rings clearly, is how much more advanced kids are in some ways than their parents or teachers.
*Some ways* is the key phrase. While kids may know how to use a device or a program or online platform, their brains are still those of kids, and they do not understand the short and long term ramifications of their digital lives yet. Many of their parents and teachers do not fully either. Some parents may get remedial cyber security training through their workplace, but this never involves family cyber security or the cyber security needed around classrooms and schools. Most teachers are getting little to no cyber security training beyond that of the school network and school owned devices.
So kids, families and teachers are left to fend for themselves. We all need a rule of life playbook for digital lives. Kids are building the digital encyclopedia of themselves every day, and this will last with them forever. So the earlier we start reaching into schools and other places where families are, the sooner we can teach the digital version of “don’t cross the street on a red light” or “don’t take a stranger’s hand or get in a car with a stranger.”
These concepts are simple in real life and much more complicated due to psychology and questions of real or not, online. The digital worlds we all create leave somewhere between 15,000-20,000 digital markers per week, or per day in some cases for those who are heavily online. These markers are diced and spliced into tiny micro bits that then get sold, are used to profile and used for identity theft.
During this session, we did a real time internet test. I asked everyone to cover their hands with their faces. I then took a picture of the room with everyone like that, and was sure to not include anything that would show where we were. Then I explained that we were going to post it to Twitter. But, in doing so, we had to respect everyone’s privacy, so, no geo locating, no tagging of anyone’s name, no mention of the school, no mention of names. We sent the tweet out live and within one hour, over 2000 people had seen it, and 48 people had clicked on it. This is just one tweet. Multiple that by every social network and every child and every child they know. Now you can see for yourself how fast something can affect and change a young person’s life.
Some of the questions that came up in this session included:
·       How do I know if someone on a social network or game or music platform is really another kid?
·       I accidentally downloaded a virus and crashed my parent’s computer, what can I do?
·       Should I use a password to protect my phone/tablet/watch?
·       Should I talk to my parents if there is something I don’t understand or seems worrying?
·       Who do I report a bad person to? (And how)
These are your kids. Multiply this by every school in the USA and we have a problem folks. A problem that needs to be addressed both through the schools; and one that parents need to take an active role in for their families.
Digijaks has created a unique way for families, small businesses and family owned businesses to begin assessing and strengthening their cyber posture. For questions, please contact Alan Silberberg at asfounder@digijaks.com
Help Us Get Free Money From Ralphs
Did you know Ralph’s will give us free money?  They DO!
We get to “set it and forget it.”  Once you register your Ralph’s rewards card and pick Warner for your charity, you don’t need to do anything else until next September. Ralph’s will give us a % of your purchases, and it all really adds up.  Please invite friends and family to register their Ralph’s cards as well!
Three easy ways to go:
(1) Online;  (2) by phone, (3) make us do it for you.
Online:
Click the link below for Ralph’s instructions.
Follow the prompts to register your card or sign in to your existing account.  When you get to pick an organization for “community rewards,” be sure to select Warner Avenue Elementary School (not a “pop warner” team), organization #81123.
By Phone:
Call 1-800-443-4438.  Have your Ralph’s rewards card ready, or the phone number you use to access Ralph’s rewards.  The representative will walk you through registration and linking up to Warner, organization #81123.
By volunteer:
We’ll do it for you!  Email your Ralph’s rewards number and email address tosilverton.sarah@gmail.com .  We will set your password to be “615Holmby” and opt out of communications.  You will need to re-enter your account to change those settings.  Please note, we cannot register you with a phone number, or if you have an online account with an existing password.  Use the other options in those situations.
Please contact Sarah Silverton with any questions
Warner Science Lab Donations

Warner parents!  Do you want to get a head start on spring cleaning? If you have blenders, magic bullets, electric kettles or hot plates that you no longer have use for, the Warner science lab will make sure to put it to great use. Please contact miriamkashfian@yahoo.com for more information or to arrange drop off.
Warner STAR NOVA Session #2, Wish List Update, & Westwood STAR “Day Camp”

STAR Nova #2 starts on Monday, October 31st.
Please remind your children everyday that they have a class to meet at the lunch benches after school.

If you have a kindergartener, please remind them that a STAR teacher will pick them up from their classroom and take them to the kindergarten yard after school.
It’s not too late to sign up for STAR Nova #2 classes, so please come to the STAR office and sign up, today!
Just a reminder that the STAR office hours are:

9:30AM – 2:30PM & 3:30PM – 6:00PM – Monday, Thursday & Friday

                                                                           
9:30AM – 1:30PM & 2:30PM – 6:00PM – Tuesday
                                                                         
12:00PM – 2:30PM & 3:30PM – 6:00PM – Wednesday
 
We look forward to seeing your children in the STAR program for NOVA #2!
                          ****STAR’s WISH LIST****
     1. A working iron
     2. 4 square balls (2)
     3. Basketballs  (3)
     4. New ball bin with lock
     5. New electric ball pump
Thank you all very much and have a lovely week!!!!!
WARNER STAR TEACHERS
Calling All Kids Who Care
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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.
IIf 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 visiting westfield.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 to warneravenews@gmail.com

by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s newsletter.  Halloween on a Monday night is the absolute best…said every parent with heavy sarcasm.

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

Bagel Fridays
Thank you to the Ballas Family — Leslie, Stephen, and Blythe for providing breakfast to the teacher and staff on Friday.
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler at reginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
Operation Gratitude
November 1st-4th

1st Grade Photo Day
Wednesday, November 2nd

2nd Grade Photo Day
Thursday, November 3rd

3rd Grade Photo Day
Friday, November 4th

WAVE Meeting
Monday, November 7th

Food Drive
November 7th-15th

4th Grade Photo Day
Monday, November 7th

5th Grade Photo Day
Tuesday, November 8th

Kindergarten Photo Day
Wednesday, November 9th

No School
Friday, November 11th

STUDENT COUNCIL SPIRIT DAYS

Sports Day
Friday, November 18th

Crazy Hat Day
Friday, January 27th

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve
Tuesday, February 14th

PJ Day
Thursday, March 2nd

Hero Day
Friday, April 21st

Color Day
Friday, May 19th

College Day
Friday, June 2nd

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 – 10/24/16

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Issue: #11
Week of 10/24/2016
Principal’s Corner: A Message From Principal Kamau
Thank You For Supporting the Warner Technology Plan
  
Thank you to the following families for their support of the Warner Technology Plan (as of 10/23/16):

Regina and Michael Adler
Nader & Ronit Ahdout
Tiffany and Shahrad Aynehchi
Bakshian Family
Adrienne, Eric, Michael & Jake Barr
Bolour Family
Vicki Bolton
Berenji Family
Carosello-Perman Family
Bradley Friedman & Ilana Charet
Chow Family
Alex and Nazanin Cohen
Elizabeth Cohen and Wayne Greene Family
Lilian Clinton
Closter Family
Cohn/Ortega Family
Adam and Maliha Fakhri
Fenton Family
Freeby Family
Garg Family
Ghahremanpour Family
Gonsky/Urdan
Arthur Gregory
Grove Family
Lila and Robert Hanasab
Dawn Sierra for Wyatt Hatfield
Dan and Libby Harrison
Estelle Isaac
IsHak Family
Jafari/Schnabel Family
Joshi Family
Kelly Family
Khorshidi Family
Klaparda Family
Krieger Family
Yuliya Krokhaleva
Lambert Shinefield Family
Lanlua Family
Lavian Family
Lee Family (Ethan)
Leopold Family
Lev Family
Levins Family
Michelle Martinez
Matthew & Naomi Lieberman
Lustgarten/Barnow Family
McCollough Family
Medifar Family
Katelyn Meidel Family
Melamed Family
Mishael/Sweeney
Kira and Gennady Musher
Monempour Family
Moore Family
Sam & Camellia Naim
Natella-Paul Family
Narayan Family
Nazarian Plastic Surgery
Nowain Family
Nate and Lia Oster
Peykar family
Sandy and Kambiz Pirnazar
Reif Family
Richardson Family
Sachs Family
Saeedian Family
Sallam Family
Samadi Family
Saven Family
Sehati Family
Kambiz & Ziba Sharim
Silverton Family
Parisa and Babak Shayestehfar
Shuter Family
Slaten Family
Snyder Family
Song Family
Taino Family
Toobian Family
Tulloch Family
Verny Family
Hiroshi Watanabe
Wertheimer family
Lauren and Matt Weisbarth
Weisblum Family
Wohlschlegel Family
Wyse Family
Zolkin Family

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Thank you to Bobby and Rebecca Khorshidi & Rob and Lila Hanasab for making a matching grant of $5,000. We appreciate your generosity!  
For more information including FAQ, please click here: https://warnerfundraising.org/warner-avenue-school-technology-plan/ 

LAST CALL for Wildcat Sponsors!
Are you interested in being a Wildcat sponsor? As a sponsor your family name will be displayed in the courtyard and you will receive an admission wristband, tickets, Haunt t-shirt, and other goodies. BUT YOU MUST DO IT BY OCTOBER 25th TO BE A SPONSOR FOR THE HALLOWEEN HAUNT.
Wildcat Sponsors automatically become sponsors of the Spring Auction and Warner Walk as well. Your name will appear in the courtyard before those events. You will also receive admission for two to the Spring Auction and your child will have a Warner Walk T-shirt and goodies delivered to their classroom.
Plus, you don’t have to fill out another sponsor form!
Make your contribution online at https://warnerfundraising.org/warner-annual-fund/
Look for your grade and chose the “Wildcat Sponsor” option. You can pay in full or make payments over three or six months.
If you have any questions please email Karen Hamilton at warnerannualfund@gmail.com.
Thank you for your continued support of our children and have fun at the Halloween Haunt!
The Halloween Haunt Is Near
 
The Warner Witch reared her ugly head…and so did her wicked cat! But we still need more Ghostly Giveaway tickets if we want to see them again!! The Haunt is only one week away and there are just two more assemblies…there will even be fabulous GRAND PRIZES at Friday’s assembly! So be sure to get your tickets in to the main office!!!
Have you ordered your wristbands and tickets yet? There will be lots of games and attractions…you don’t want to miss it! You can save money by preordering your wristbands! They are $50 now…$60 at the Haunt. You can pick up a green order form outside of the main office, or order them at www.WarnerAvenueElementary.com
Also at the Haunt…make sure to check out: delicious dishes at Warner Café, yummy baked items at the Bake Sale, fantastic outings with our teachers at The Teacher Auction…and more!
See you at the Haunt!
The Haunt co-chairs,
Cynthia Wyse, Camille Anderson, Molly Richardson & Dennise Weir
Teacher Auction at the Haunt
Make sure to check out the fantastic outings and events hosted by our teachers at the Teacher Auction booth the day of the Haunt! This is the hottest booth at the Haunt and the kids go crazy if they win their special day with their favorite teacher!! In addition to your classroom teacher, check out these goodies:
Have lunch at Benihana with Coach Diamond and Ms. Ryb!
Join Ms. Carosello at the Getty for a tour and art project. Snacks and parking are Free!!
Learn how to build 3D sculptures in a private art lesson with Ms. Waldner!
…And stay tuned for the exciting events with Ms.Chi and Ms. Kamau!!!
Thank You, Haunt Sponsors!
 

If you are interested in being a sponsor, go tohttps://warnerfundraising.org//halloween-haunt/

Thank you to our 2016 Warner Halloween Haunt Sponsors (as of 10/23)!
$750 Family “Wicked Cat” Sponsorship
Silverton Family
 
$500 Family “Wicked Cat” Sponsorship
Anthony Family
Aynehchi Family
Barr Family
Beck Family
Cori & Legacy Benjamin’s Family
Benudiz Family
Caro Rosmanich Family
Closter Family
Farahmandian Family
Fenton Family
George Family
Kohn Family
Lowell Family
Melamed Family
Monempour Family
Beth Moore
Nguyen Family
Oster Family
Polak Family
Sabatakos Family
Sehati Family
Shahhosseini Family
Shuter Family
Snyder Family
Song Family
Maren & Avriel Stein
Tabib Family
Tarica Family
Tulloch Family
Watanabe Family
Weisblum Family
Weir Family
Wyse Family
Zolkin Family
 
$500 INFLATABLE SPONSORSHIP
Avshalom Family
Bijari Family
 
$250 Family “Wicked Cat” Sponsorship 
Abrishami Family
Aghai Family
Alaverdian Family
Amiri Family
Arya & Shiva Danesh
Aslmand Family
Babb Family
Banooni Family
Bates Family
Berenji Family
Bijari Family
Casden Family
Christensen Furuta Family
Cohen Family
Tara Daneshmand’s Family
DeUgarte Family
Doshi Bhavsar Family
Ethan Daniels’ Family
Fang Family
Farahnik/Pelavin Family
Garg Family
Ghahremanpour Family
Hamilton Family
Hanasab Family
Hatfield Family
Hoffman Family
IsHak Family
James Family
Johnson Family
Joshi Family
Kashfian Family
Kelly Family
Kokozian Family
Khorshidi Family
Krieger Family
Lewis Family
Mark Family
Mason Family
Medifar Family
Mira Kardan and Family
Mishael/Sweeney Family
Mitchell Family
Narayan Family
Lily & Zachary Nourafchan’s Family
Nourmand Family
Nowain Family
Pairavi Family
Palleggi Family
Paul Family
Portera Family
Pirnazar Family
Reif Family
Restall Family
Lily Richardson and Family
Sachs Family
Sallam Family
Sanor/Brenner Family
Saven Family
Scumpia Family
Shamooilian Family
Shayestehfar Family
Shelton Family
Suphamongkhon Family
Thayer Family
Urdan Family
Verny Family
Wang Family
Weisbarth Family
Wise Family
Wohlschlegel Family
 
$250 BOOTH SPONSORSHIP
Bijari Family
Natella-Paul Family
Weisbarth Family
Ms. Polay’s Kindergarten Class
Ms. Ichikawa’s Kindergarten Class
Ms. Baker’s Kindergarten Class
Ms. Chan’s 1st Grade Class
Ms. Richmond’s 1st Grade Class
Ms. Janet Kim’s 1st Grade Class
Ms. Stults’ 1st Grade Class
Ms Netervala’s 2nd Grade Class
Ms. Schleimer’s 2nd Grade Class
Ms. Takanashi’s 2nd Grade Class
Ms. Peyton’s 3rd Grade Class
Ms. Green’s 3rd Grade Class
Ms. Smith’s 4th Grade Class
Ms. Tascione’s 4th Grade Class
Ms. Unal’s 4th Grade Class
Ms Berwanger’s 5th Grade Class
Ms. Brody’s 5th Grade Class
Ms. Shabestari’s 5th Grade Class
Calling All Bakers (and Buyers)!  
We are in need of sweet treats for the Halloween Haunt bake sale. Cookies, cake pops, cupcakes, brownies, rice krispy treats, bread that can be sliced, muffins, etc. All are welcome! Individually wrapped treats are strongly encouraged!  Please just indicate if there are nuts. Drop off the morning of The Haunt.

If you are able to help, please contact Cambrien Snyder (cambrien@gmail.com) or Lyora Peykar (lyora@hotmail.com ).
Support Our Troops With Candy and Letters
Warner Crossing Partners

Over the past few weeks, a pilot “Crossing Partners” program has been put in place to help ensure the safety of the Warner community in getting to the campus safely.

The pilot has been so successful that Ms. Kamau wants to incorporate this as a classroom safety job — separate yet related to carpool.

Thank you to Micah Yui for spearheading the Crossing Partners Program!
The classes will only be responsible for one week of Crossing Partners duty:
  • 4 people per day
  • The crossing friends week is different from the carpool week and a schedule will be sent to your class carpool representative.

Thank you to the following volunteers who helped out during the trial month solely out of the goodness of their hearts! You all helped make the Crossing Partners Program happen!

Indrani Bhowmick
Jessica Earnhardt
Karen Fisher
Chris George
Kristin Grove
Sarah Grover
Geraldine Guzman
Karen Hamilton
Anita Hedvat
Debbie Irving
Sabrina Ishak
Sel Kardan
Inna Kurtich
David Lari
Jeffrey Lustgarten
Smrithi Narayan
Karen Romano
Michelle Russo
Shay Salehrabi
Dan Selzer
Scott Shelton
Holly Shuter
Nook Suphamonghon
Jessica Weisblum
Micah Yui
Julian Zolkin
Thank You Drop-Off Lane Volunteers

Thank you to the following people who volunteered for the drop-off lane:

Week of 10/10:  Drop-Off Lane Volunteers for Room 30 – Ms. Tascione

Caroline Nourafshan
Melisa Bahmanyar
Catherine Deugarte
Elizabeth D. Winkler
Melody Khani
Christian Zapf
Jennine Sehati Rahimian
Ksenia Erwin
Michael Schlesinger
Lauren Polak
Jonah Borris
Dana Yaron Levertov
Mojgan Shahmaram
Raymond Yashouafar
Week of 10/17:  Drop Off Lane Volunteers for Room 26 Ms. Unal
Tracy Austin
Adrienne Barr
Neil Garg
Tracy Penhas
Alex Cohen
Nick Zargarpour
Neda Rahimi
Audrey Lee
Julian Zolkin
Mark Tarcica
Eric Barr
Arash Tehranzadeh
Ben Austin
Jon Grove
Rosanna McCollough
Jay Kilberg
Ignacio Garcia
Nancy Hunt-Coffey
Jeff Lustgarten
Matt Lieberman
UCLA Exploring Your Universe 
Sunday, November 6, 2016
12:00pm to 5:00pm
Night-time activities until 8:00pm
UCLA Court Of Sciences

Activities include:
Hands-on Workshops
Scientific Talks
UCLA Planetarium Shows
Comet-making and Bottle Rockets
UCLA Meteorite Gallery
Weather Tours
Physics & Chemistry Demos
And much more!

Please join us for this family-friendly day of science exploration at UCLA organized by Astronomy Live!  Visit Astronomy Live! for a full schedule of events and directions.  Admission is free.  All ages are welcome.

Parking is available for $12 in Lot 2 and Lot 8.
Amazon Contest: One Day of No Homework
For this month and this month only, all our kids are playing a unique new contest where everyone can win!  We work together and win the prize together – one day of NO HOMEWORK for the entire school!!!   And it’s completely free!

Here’s how it works.  Go to our website www.warneravenueelementary.com then click on the Amazon logo to get to Amazon.  It takes only a few seconds!  If we can get to 10,000 clicks this month, our kids will all get that homework-free day!

You’ve probably heard that if you shop on Amazon after clicking through our website,www.warneravenueelementary.com, we can earn fees from Amazon.  But very few of us are making this new habit; we’re going straight to Amazon instead.

So for this month, we want to focus everyone on how easy it really is to click through our site to Amazon.  Please take a moment to see how easy it is and spread the word to grandparents, siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, friends.   Amazon will give us a referral fee for every single click-through from whatever source — it all counts, all year long.   And for this contest, you do NOT need to make any purchases or spend any money.  We’re not looking to make you buy stuff all this month; it’s just about the clicks and raising awareness about this program.  Eventually, yes, please use this route when you want to use Amazon, but for now — it’s just about the clicks through our website.  That’s it.
Our kids really want this homework-free day!  Please, help them out this month and let’s see if we can win together!!

Thank you!! 
   
Upcoming Talks
Monday, November 7th

On Monday November 7th at 9:00am, Dr. Shereen Tabibian, clinical neuropsychologist, will be speaking to Warner Elementary parents about learning disorders in reading, writing and math. She will discuss key signs and symptoms along with the social, emotional, and academic implications in school-aged children for parents and caregivers to know.

Monday December 5th
On Monday, December 5th, 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.
Recent 5th Grade Cyber Security Assembly 
(By Alan W. Silberberg, father of 2 Warner kids + 1 Alumni, and Founder of

Digijaks which is a cyber security company specializing in social media and mobile. He is a member of the California Cyber Security Task Force + a Subject Matter Expert on Cyber Security for the U.S. SBA.)

In October, 2016, I was invited to speak to the Warner 5th Grade about cyber security, cyber bullying and staying safe online. We talked about how kids are building a permanent encyclopedia of themselves every time they go online; how a “friend” is not necessarily a friend online; and never to use digital tools to bully or abuse someone else. I have spoken at schools in the past, and one thing that always rings clearly, is how much more advanced kids are in some ways than their parents or teachers.
*Some ways* is the key phrase. While kids may know how to use a device or a program or online platform, their brains are still those of kids, and they do not understand the short and long term ramifications of their digital lives yet. Many of their parents and teachers do not fully either. Some parents may get remedial cyber security training through their workplace, but this never involves family cyber security or the cyber security needed around classrooms and schools. Most teachers are getting little to no cyber security training beyond that of the school network and school owned devices.
So kids, families and teachers are left to fend for themselves. We all need a rule of life playbook for digital lives. Kids are building the digital encyclopedia of themselves every day, and this will last with them forever. So the earlier we start reaching into schools and other places where families are, the sooner we can teach the digital version of “don’t cross the street on a red light” or “don’t take a stranger’s hand or get in a car with a stranger.”
These concepts are simple in real life and much more complicated due to psychology and questions of real or not, online. The digital worlds we all create leave somewhere between 15,000-20,000 digital markers per week, or per day in some cases for those who are heavily online. These markers are diced and spliced into tiny micro bits that then get sold, are used to profile and used for identity theft.
During this session, we did a real time internet test. I asked everyone to cover their hands with their faces. I then took a picture of the room with everyone like that, and was sure to not include anything that would show where we were. Then I explained that we were going to post it to Twitter. But, in doing so, we had to respect everyone’s privacy, so, no geo locating, no tagging of anyone’s name, no mention of the school, no mention of names. We sent the tweet out live and within one hour, over 2000 people had seen it, and 48 people had clicked on it. This is just one tweet. Multiple that by every social network and every child and every child they know. Now you can see for yourself how fast something can affect and change a young person’s life.
Some of the questions that came up in this session included:
·       How do I know if someone on a social network or game or music platform is really another kid?
·       I accidentally downloaded a virus and crashed my parent’s computer, what can I do?
·       Should I use a password to protect my phone/tablet/watch?
·       Should I talk to my parents if there is something I don’t understand or seems worrying?
·       Who do I report a bad person to? (And how)
These are your kids. Multiply this by every school in the USA and we have a problem folks. A problem that needs to be addressed both through the schools; and one that parents need to take an active role in for their families.
Digijaks has created a unique way for families, small businesses and family owned businesses to begin assessing and strengthening their cyber posture. For questions, please contact Alan Silberberg at asfounder@digijaks.com
Help Us Get Free Money From Ralphs
Did you know Ralph’s will give us free money?  They DO!
We get to “set it and forget it.”  Once you register your Ralph’s rewards card and pick Warner for your charity, you don’t need to do anything else until next September. Ralph’s will give us a % of your purchases, and it all really adds up.  Please invite friends and family to register their Ralph’s cards as well!
Three easy ways to go:
(1) Online;  (2) by phone, (3) make us do it for you.
Online:
Click the link below for Ralph’s instructions.
Follow the prompts to register your card or sign in to your existing account.  When you get to pick an organization for “community rewards,” be sure to select Warner Avenue Elementary School (not a “pop warner” team), organization #81123.
By Phone:
Call 1-800-443-4438.  Have your Ralph’s rewards card ready, or the phone number you use to access Ralph’s rewards.  The representative will walk you through registration and linking up to Warner, organization #81123.
By volunteer:
We’ll do it for you!  Email your Ralph’s rewards number and email address tosilverton.sarah@gmail.com .  We will set your password to be “615Holmby” and opt out of communications.  You will need to re-enter your account to change those settings.  Please note, we cannot register you with a phone number, or if you have an online account with an existing password.  Use the other options in those situations.
Please contact Sarah Silverton with any questions
Photo Days Have Changed
Warner Science Lab Donations

Warner parents!  Do you want to get a head start on spring cleaning? If you have blenders, magic bullets, electric kettles or hot plates that you no longer have use for, the Warner science lab will make sure to put it to great use. Please contact miriamkashfian@yahoo.com for more information or to arrange drop off.
Party (Book) On!
DOUBLE 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 NOVA Session #2, Wish List Update, & Westwood STAR “Day Camp”

The S.T.A.R. Nova #2 Enrichment brochures went out on Friday in the children’s backpacks.

MAIL-IN registration will start on Tuesday, October 18th. S.T.A.R. strongly recommends that you register for classes through the MAIL-IN processes!

Walk-in registration will start on Tuesday, October 25th. All class confirmation will be emailed by Friday, October 28th.
Classes for Nova #2 will begin on Monday, October 31st, 2016.
Please remember that Nova #1 classes are still going on through Friday, October 28th, 2016.
S.T.A.R. class times will remain the same during the next two weeks of parent conferences!

S.T.A.R. will take children starting at school dismissal, 2:05PM/1:43PM and keep them occupied until their STAR classes begin at their normal times!
Come start the Halloween session with a trip to S.T.A.R.’s Enchanted Crawly Hallow’s Eve at the world famous Eco Station. One day only, Sunday October 23rd, 2016 from 12PM – 5PM.
                          ****STAR’s WISH LIST****
     1. A working iron
     2. 4 square balls (2)
     3. Basketballs  (3)
     4. New ball bin with lock
     5. New electric ball pump
Thank you all very much and have a lovely week!!!!!
WARNER STAR TEACHERS
Calling All Kids Who Care
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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.
IIf 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 visiting westfield.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 to warneravenews@gmail.com

by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s newsletter.  It’s my wife’s birthday today, and I’m wondering if it would be wrong to ask her to clean up the craft area after the kids made a mess painting her present…

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

Bagel Fridays
Thank you to Parisa and Babak Shayestehfar parents of Emma and Jason Shayestehfar 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
Parent/Teacher Conferences
October 17th-28th
Early Dismissal @ 2:05pm
EXCEPT Tuesdays @ 1:43pm

Prospective Parent’s Day
Thursday, October 27th

Halloween Haunt
Sunday, October 30th
11am-4pm

1st Grade Photo Day
Wednesday, November 2nd

2nd Grade Photo Day
Thursday, November 3rd

3rd Grade Photo Day
Friday, November 4th

WAVE Meeting
Monday, November 7th

4th Grade Photo Day
Monday, November 7th

5th Grade Photo Day
Tuesday, November 8th

Kindergarten Photo Day
Wednesday, November 9th

STUDENT COUNCIL SPIRIT DAYS

Sports Day
Friday, November 18th

Crazy Hat Day
Friday, January 27th

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve
Tuesday, February 14th

PJ Day
Thursday, March 2nd

Hero Day
Friday, April 21st

Color Day
Friday, May 19th

College Day
Friday, June 2nd

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 – 10/17/16

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Issue: #10
Week of 10/17/2016
Principal’s Corner: A Message From Principal Kamau
Thank You For Supporting the Warner Technology Plan
  
Thank you to the following families for their support of the Warner Technology Plan (as of 10/16/16):

Regina and Michael Adler
Nader & Ronit Ahdout
Tiffany and Shahrad Aynehchi
Adrienne, Eric, Michael & Jake Barr
Berenji Family
Carosello-Perman Family
Chow Family
Bradley Friedman & Ilana Charet
Gonsky/Urdan
Grove Family
Lila and Robert Hanasab
Estelle Isaac
Adam and Maliha Fakhri
IsHak Family
Joshi Family
Kelly Family
Khorshidi Family
Klaparda Family
Yuliya Krokhaleva
Lambert Shinefield Family
Lavian Family
Lee Family (Ethan)
Matthew & Naomi Lieberman
Lustgarten/Barnow Family
McCollough Family
Melamed Family
Mishael/Sweeney
Kira and Gennady Musher
Monempour Family
Sam & Camellia Naim
Nazarian Plastic Surgery
Nowain Family
Nate and Lia Oster
Richardson Family
Sachs Family
Saeedian Family
Sallam Family
Samadi Family
Saven Family
Sehati Family
Kambiz & Ziba Sharim
Silverton Family
Parisa and Babak Shayestehfar
Shuter Family
Snyder Family
Song Family
Hiroshi Watanabe
Lauren and Matt Weisbarth
Wohlschlegel Family
Wyse Family
Zolkin Family

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Thank you to Bobby and Rebecca Khorshidi & Rob and Lila Hanasab for making a matching grant of $5,000. We appreciate your generosity!  

Donations will be accepted until Friday October 21. Click here to make your donation now:  DONATE HERE
 
For more information including FAQ, please click here: https://warneravenueelementary.com/warner-avenue-school-technology-plan/ 

Calling all Wildcat Sponsors!
Please consider making your Annual Fund contribution as a Wildcat Sponsor. If you do so now you will be considered a sponsor for the Haunt. Your family name will be displayed in the courtyard leading up to the Halloween Haunt and you will receive an admission wristband, tickets, Haunt t-shirt, and other goodies.
Wildcat Sponsors automatically become sponsors of the Spring Auction and Warner Walk. Your name will appear in the courtyard before those events. You will also receive admission for two to the Spring Auction and your child will have a Warner Walk T-shirt and goodies delivered to their classroom.
Plus, you don’t have to think about filling out another sponsor form!
You must make your contribution by October 21st to be a considered a sponsor for the Haunt. But why wait? Get your contribution in now and your child(ren) will get their Haunt goodies delivered to their classroom.
You can make your contribution online at https://warneravenueelementary.com/warner-annual-fund/
Look for your grade and chose the “Wildcat Sponsor” option. You can pay in full or make payments over three or six months.
If you have any questions please email Karen Hamilton at  warnerannualfund@gmail.com for details.
Thank you for your continued support of our children!
The Halloween Haunt Is Two Weeks Away 
 
Starting this Monday, October 17th, we will hold our first Ghostly Giveaway drawing at morning assembly!

The Warner Witch will give away many amazing prizes, so be sure to turn your tickets into the main office by 8:10 AM on Monday 10/17.

The next Haunt assembly and Ghostly Giveaway drawing will be on Friday, October 21st. 
To increase your chances of winning, you can pick up extra tickets in the main office.
 
Also this Monday…our Haunt T-shirts go on sale! 
Make sure to stop by at drop-off or pick-up to purchase your t-shirts and check out our other fun Halloween items!
 
And wouldn’t you love to have your name hanging on a Wicked Cat sign or see your family name on a game booth? If so, you can either turn in your Sponsorship (yellow) forms to the main office or go online at  www.WarnerAvenueElementary.com! 
The deadline to turn in your sponsorships is October 21st.
 
We can’t wait to see you all at the Haunt!
 
Your Haunt co-chairs,

Cynthia Wyse, Camille Anderson, Molly Richardson & Dennise Weir  
Thank You, Haunt Sponsors!
 

Thank you to our 2016 Warner Halloween Haunt Sponsors (as of 10/16)!
$750 Family “Wicked Cat” Sponsorship

Silverton Family
$500 Family “Wicked Cat” Sponsorship

Anthony Family
Aynehchi Family
Barr Family
Beck Family
Cori & Legacy Benjamin’s Family
Benudiz Family
Beth Moore
Caro Rosmanich Family
Closter Family
Farahmandian Family
Fenton Family
George Family
Kohn Family
Lowell Family
Melamed Family
Monempour Family
Beth Moore
Nguyen Family
Oster Family
Polak Family
Sabatakos Family
Sehati Family
Shahhosseini Family
Shuter Family
Snyder Family
Song Family
Tarica Family
Tulloch Family
Watanabe Family
Weisblum Family
Weir Family
Wyse Family
Zolkin Family

$500 BOOTH SPONSORSHIP

 Bijari Family

$250 Family “Wicked Cat” Sponsorship

Abrishami Family
Aghai Family
Alaverdian Family
Arya & Shiva Danesh
Babb Family
Bates Family
Berenji Family
Bijari Family
Casden Family
Christensen Furuta Family
Cohen Family
DeUgarte Family
Doshi Bhavsar Family
Ethan Daniels’ Family
Fang Family
Farahnik/Pelavin Family
Garg Family
Ghahremanpour Family
Hamilton Family
Hanasab Family
Hatfield Family
Hoffman Family
IsHak Family
James Family
Johnson Family
Joshi Family
Kashfian Family
Kelly Family
Kokozian Family
Khorshidi Family
Krieger Family
Lewis Family
Mark Family
Mason Family
Medifar Family
Mira Kardan and Family
Mishael/Sweeney Family
Mitchell Family
Narayan Family
Lily & Zachary Nourafchan’s Family
Nourmand Family
Nowain Family
Pairavi Family
Palleggi Family
Paul Family
Portera Family
Pirnazar Family
Reif Family
Lily Richardson and Family
Sachs Family
Sanor/Brenner Family
Saven Family
Scumpia Family
Shamooilian Family
Shayestehfar Family
Shelton Family
Suphamongkhon Family
Tara Daneshmand’s Family
Thayer Family
Urdan Family
Verny Family
Wang Family
Weisbarth Family
Wohlschlegel Family

$250 BOOTH SPONSORSHIP

Bijari Family
Natella-Paul Family
Weisbarth Family
Ms. Polay’s Kindergarten Class
Ms. Ichikawa’s Kindergarten Class
Ms. Baker’s Kindergarten Class
Ms. Chan’s 1st Grade Class
Ms. Richmond’s 1st Grade Class
Ms Netervala’s 2nd Grade Class
Ms. Schleimer’s 2nd Grade Class
Ms. Peyton’s 3rd Grade Class
Ms. Green’s 3rd Grade Class
Ms. Smith’s 4th Grade Class
Ms. Tascione’s 4th Grade Class
Ms. Unal’s 4th Grade Class
Ms Berwanger’s 5th Grade Class
Ms. Brody’s 5th Grade Class
Ms. Shabestari’s 5th Grade Class
Calling All Bakers (and Buyers)!  
We are in need of sweet treats for the Halloween Haunt bake sale. Cookies, cake pops, cupcakes, brownies, rice krispy treats, bread that can be sliced, muffins, etc. All are welcome! Individually wrapped treats are strongly encouraged!  Please just indicate if there are nuts. Drop off the morning of The Haunt.

If you are able to help, please contact Cambrien Snyder (cambrien@gmail.com) or Lyora Peykar (lyora@hotmail.com ).
Support Our Troops With Candy and Letters
Congratulations Warner Football Team  
Congratulations Warner Football Team on 3rd place in the South/West Region! Great job!
Parent Crossing Partners at Warner

We have started a trial month of volunteer crossing partners at the corner of Warner/Woodruff and Warner/Loring in the mornings. Please take extra care while driving and crossing the streets. These are volunteers so please treat them with respect and patience as they work to keep our children safe.

If you’re interested in volunteering, please email Micah Yui atyuimicah@gmail.com.
UCLA Exploring Your Universe 
Sunday, November 6, 2016
12:00pm to 5:00pm
Night-time activities until 8:00pm
UCLA Court Of Sciences

Activities include:
Hands-on Workshops
Scientific Talks
UCLA Planetarium Shows
Comet-making and Bottle Rockets
UCLA Meteorite Gallery
Weather Tours
Physics & Chemistry Demos
And much more!

Please join us for this family-friendly day of science exploration at UCLA organized by Astronomy Live!  Visit Astronomy Live! for a full schedule of events and directions.  Admission is free.  All ages are welcome.

Parking is available for $12 in Lot 2 and Lot 8.
Amazon Contest: One Day of No Homework
For this month and this month only, all our kids are playing a unique new contest where everyone can win!  We work together and win the prize together – one day of NO HOMEWORK for the entire school!!!   And it’s completely free!

Here’s how it works.  Go to our websitewww.warneravenueelementary.com then click on the Amazon logo to get to Amazon.  It takes only a few seconds!  If we can get to 10,000 clicks this month, our kids will all get that homework-free day!

You’ve probably heard that if you shop on Amazon after clicking through our website, www.warneravenueelementary.com, we can earn fees from Amazon.  But very few of us are making this new habit; we’re going straight to Amazon instead.

So for this month, we want to focus everyone on how easy it really is to click through our site to Amazon.  Please take a moment to see how easy it is and spread the word to grandparents, siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, friends.   Amazon will give us a referral fee for every single click-through from whatever source — it all counts, all year long.   And for this contest, you do NOT need to make any purchases or spend any money.  We’re not looking to make you buy stuff all this month; it’s just about the clicks and raising awareness about this program.  Eventually, yes, please use this route when you want to use Amazon, but for now — it’s just about the clicks through our website.  That’s it.
Our kids really want this homework-free day!  Please, help them out this month and let’s see if we can win together!!

Thank you!! 
   
Upcoming Talks
Monday, November 7th

On Monday November 7th at 9:00am, Dr. Shereen Tabibian, clinical neuropsychologist, will be speaking to Warner Elementary parents about learning disorders in reading, writing and math. She will discuss key signs and symptoms along with the social, emotional, and academic implications in school-aged children for parents and caregivers to know.

Monday December 5th
On Monday, December 5th, 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.
Help Us Get Free Money From Ralphs
Did you know Ralph’s will give us free money?  They DO!
We get to “set it and forget it.”  Once you register your Ralph’s rewards card and pick Warner for your charity, you don’t need to do anything else until next September. Ralph’s will give us a % of your purchases, and it all really adds up.  Please invite friends and family to register their Ralph’s cards as well!
Three easy ways to go:
(1) Online;  (2) by phone, (3) make us do it for you.
Online:
Click the link below for Ralph’s instructions.
Follow the prompts to register your card or sign in to your existing account.  When you get to pick an organization for “community rewards,” be sure to select Warner Avenue Elementary School (not a “pop warner” team), organization #81123.
By Phone:
Call 1-800-443-4438.  Have your Ralph’s rewards card ready, or the phone number you use to access Ralph’s rewards.  The representative will walk you through registration and linking up to Warner, organization #81123.
By volunteer:
We’ll do it for you!  Email your Ralph’s rewards number and email address to silverton.sarah@gmail.com .  We will set your password to be “615Holmby” and opt out of communications.  You will need to re-enter your account to change those settings.  Please note, we cannot register you with a phone number, or if you have an online account with an existing password.  Use the other options in those situations.
Please contact Sarah Silverton with any questions
Photo Days Have Changed
Warner Science Lab Donations

Warner parents!  Do you want to get a head start on spring cleaning? If you have blenders, magic bullets, electric kettles or hot plates that you no longer have use for, the Warner science lab will make sure to put it to great use. Please contact miriamkashfian@yahoo.com for more information or to arrange drop off.
Party (Book) On!
DOUBLE 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 NOVA Session #2, Wish List Update, & Westwood STAR “Day Camp”

The S.T.A.R. Nova #2 Enrichment brochures went out on Friday in the children’s backpacks.

MAIL-IN registration will start on Tuesday, October 18th. S.T.A.R. strongly recommends that you register for classes through theMAIL-IN processes!

Walk-in registration will start on Tuesday, October 25th. All class confirmation will be emailed by Friday, October 28th.
Classes for Nova #2 will begin on Monday, October 31st, 2016.
Please remember that Nova #1 classes are still going on through Friday, October 28th, 2016.
S.T.A.R. class times will remain the same during the next two weeks of parent conferences!

S.T.A.R. will take children starting at school dismissal, 2:05PM/1:43PM and keep them occupied until their STAR classes begin at their normal times!
Come start the Halloween session with a trip to S.T.A.R.’s Enchanted Crawly Hallow’s Eve at the world famous Eco Station. One day only, Sunday October 23rd, 2016 from 12PM – 5PM.
                          ****STAR’s WISH LIST****
     1. A working iron
     2. 4 square balls (2)
     3. Basketballs  (3)
     4. New ball bin with lock
     5. New electric ball pump
Thank you all very much and have a lovely week!!!!!
WARNER STAR TEACHERS
Calling All Kids Who Care
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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 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.
IIf you have questions, please email warnervolunteer@gmail.com.
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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.  Obscure Trivia #24:  Bubble wrap was meant to be used as 3D wallpaper.

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

Bagel Fridays
Thank you to Ethan and Alexa Polak and 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
Halloween Haunt Assembly
Monday, October 17th

Parent/Teacher Conferences
October 17th-28th
Early Dismissal @ 2:05pm
EXCEPT Tuesdays @ 1:43pm

Prospective Parent’s Day
Thursday, October 27th

Halloween Haunt
Sunday, October 30th
11am-4pm

1st Grade Photo Day
Wednesday, November 2nd

2nd Grade Photo Day
Thursday, November 3rd

3rd Grade Photo Day
Friday, November 4th

WAVE Meeting
Monday, November 7th

4th Grade Photo Day
Monday, November 7th

5th Grade Photo Day
Tuesday, November 8th

Kindergarten Photo Day
Wednesday, November 9th

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 – 10/10/16

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Issue: #09
Week of 10/10/2016
Warner Avenue School Technology Plan
Thank You For Supporting the Warner Technology Plan
  
Thank you to the following families for their support of the Warner Technology Plan (as of 10/08/16):

Barr
Gonsky/Urdan
Hanasab
IsHak
Khorshidi
Monempour
Sehati
Silverton
Shuter
Weisbarth

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Thank you to Bobby and Rebecca Khorshidi & Rob and Lila Hanasab who have put in a place a matching grant of $5,000 for donations made until October 14th – act now and your contribution counts double!

Click here to make your donation now: DONATE HERE 
Calling all Wildcat Sponsors!
Please consider making your Annual Fund contribution as a Wildcat Sponsor. If you do so now you will be considered a sponsor for the Haunt. Your family name will be displayed in the courtyard leading up to the Halloween Haunt and you will receive an admission wristband, tickets, Haunt t-shirt, and other goodies.
Wildcat Sponsors automatically become sponsors of the Spring Auction and Warner Walk. Your name will appear in the courtyard before those events. You will also receive admission for two to the Spring Auction and your child will have a Warner Walk T-shirt and goodies delivered to their classroom.
Plus, you don’t have to think about filling out another sponsor form!
You must make your contribution by October 21st to be a considered a sponsor for the Haunt. But why wait? Get your contribution in now and your child(ren) will get their Haunt goodies delivered to their classroom.
You can make your contribution online at https://warneravenueelementary.com/warner-annual-fund/
Look for your grade and chose the “Wildcat Sponsor” option. You can pay in full or make payments over three or six months.
If you have any questions please email Karen Hamilton at  warnerannualfund@gmail.com for details.
Thank you for your continued support of our children!
Upcoming Talks
Monday, November 7th

On Monday November 7th at 9:00am, Dr. Shereen Tabibian, clinical neuropsychologist, will be speaking to Warner Elementary parents about learning disorders in reading, writing and math. She will discuss key signs and symptoms along with the social, emotional, and academic implications in school-aged children for parents and caregivers to know.

Monday December 5th
On Monday, December 5th, 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.
BOO!

Note:  The sponsorship deadline is now Monday, October 17th.
Amazon Contest: One Day of No Homework
For this month and this month only, all our kids are playing a unique new contest where everyone can win!  We work together and win the prize together – one day of NO HOMEWORK for the entire school!!!   And it’s completely free!

Here’s how it works.  Go to our websitewww.warneravenueelementary.com then click on the Amazon logo to get to Amazon.  It takes only a few seconds!  If we can get to 10,000 clicks this month, our kids will all get that homework-free day!

You’ve probably heard that if you shop on Amazon after clicking through our website, www.warneravenueelementary.com, we can earn fees from Amazon.  But very few of us are making this new habit; we’re going straight to Amazon instead.

So for this month, we want to focus everyone on how easy it really is to click through our site to Amazon.  Please take a moment to see how easy it is and spread the word to grandparents, siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, friends.   Amazon will give us a referral fee for every single click-through from whatever source — it all counts, all year long.   And for this contest, you do NOT need to make any purchases or spend any money.  We’re not looking to make you buy stuff all this month; it’s just about the clicks and raising awareness about this program.  Eventually, yes, please use this route when you want to use Amazon, but for now — it’s just about the clicks through our website.  That’s it.
Our kids really want this homework-free day!  Please, help them out this month and let’s see if we can win together!!

Thank you!! 
 
Congratulations Warner Football Team
football team

Congratulations Warner Football Team! They played three games
on Saturday and won ALL THREE games again to advance to the next round! Great job!!!
Help Us Get Free Money From Ralphs
Did you know Ralph’s will give us free money?  They DO!
We get to “set it and forget it.”  Once you register your Ralph’s rewards card and pick Warner for your charity, you don’t need to do anything else until next September. Ralph’s will give us a % of your purchases, and it all really adds up.  Please invite friends and family to register their Ralph’s cards as well!
Three easy ways to go:
(1) Online;  (2) by phone, (3) make us do it for you.
Online:
Click the link below for Ralph’s instructions.
Follow the prompts to register your card or sign in to your existing account.  When you get to pick an organization for “community rewards,” be sure to select Warner Avenue Elementary School (not a “pop warner” team), organization #81123.
By Phone:
Call 1-800-443-4438.  Have your Ralph’s rewards card ready, or the phone number you use to access Ralph’s rewards.  The representative will walk you through registration and linking up to Warner, organization #81123.
By volunteer:
We’ll do it for you!  Email your Ralph’s rewards number and email address to silverton.sarah@gmail.com .  We will set your password to be “615Holmby” and opt out of communications.  You will need to re-enter your account to change those settings.  Please note, we cannot register you with a phone number, or if you have an online account with an existing password.  Use the other options in those situations.
Please contact Sarah Silverton with any questions
Photo Days Have Changed
Warner Science Lab Donations
Warner parents!  Do you want to get a head start on spring cleaning?  If you have blenders, magic bullets, electric kettles, or hot plates that you no longer have use for, the Warner science lab will make sure to put it to great use. Please contact miriamkashfian@yahoo.com for more information or to arrange drop off.
Party (Book) On!
DOUBLE 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.
Thank You Drop Off Lane Volunteers
Thank you to the following people who volunteered for the drop-off lane:
Week of October 4th
Ms. Shabestari
Daniel Afshani
Caroline Babajooni
Archan Daniels
Karen Fisher
Daniel Grover
Sarah Grover
Anita Hedvat
Guadalupe Lazcano
Ali Mohammadshahi
Kira Musher
Hawazen Radwan
 
Warner STAR NOVA Session #2, Wish List Update, & Westwood STAR “Day Camp”

NOVA Session #2 brochures will be available On or BEFORE Friday, October 14th, 2016.  Mail-in registration will START on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016, and walk-in registration will START on Tuesday, October 25th, 2016.

Make sure you get your brochure and get signed up for those classes you absolutely cannot live without!

STAR “Day Camp” is available on Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 at Westwood STAR – 2050 Selby Avenue Los Angeles, CA  90025.  PLEASE register online at www.starcamps.org.

Thank you to the following children and their families or their generous donations to Warner STAR:  Gaia Bhavsar, Shane Lambert, Spencer Scumpia, and Leo Town.

                          ****STAR’s WISH LIST****
     1. A working iron
     2. 4 square balls (2)
     3. Basketballs  (3)
     4. New ball bin with lock
     5. New electric ball pump
Thank you all very much and have a lovely week!!!!!
WARNER STAR TEACHERS
Calling All Kids Who Care
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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
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 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.  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 Logan Aghai & 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
No School
Wednesday, October 12th

Halloween Haunt Assembly
Monday, October 17th

Parent/Teacher Conferences
October 17th-28th

Prospective Parent’s Day
Thursday, October 27th

Halloween Haunt
Sunday, October 30th
11am-4pm

1st Grade Photo Day
Wednesday, November 2nd

2nd Grade Photo Day
Thursday, November 3rd

3rd Grade Photo Day
Friday, November 4th

WAVE Meeting
Monday, November 7th

4th Grade Photo Day
Monday, November 7th

5th Grade Photo Day
Tuesday, November 8th

Kindergarten Photo Day
Wednesday, November 9th

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 – 10/03/16

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Issue: #08
Week of 10/03/2016
Warner Avenue School Technology Plan
WAVE Meeting This Tuesday!  
NOTE:  There is a change of date for the cyber security talk.  Instead of Tuesday, October 4th, it has moved to Monday, December 5th.

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Please join us for the next…

WAVE meeting
Tuesday, October 4th at 8:30am in the Banooni Auditorium immediately following assembly.

In 20 minutes or less get a campus update on all the happenings at Warner Avenue School.  Your attendance is strongly encouraged.

And on Monday, December 5th, 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 Wildcat Sponsors
The Halloween Haunt is quickly approaching. Please consider making your Annual Fund contribution as a Wildcat Sponsor. Your family name will be displayed in the courtyard leading up to the Halloween Haunt and you will receive an admission wristband, tickets, Haunt t-shirt, and other goodies.
If you contribute by Thursday, October 6th, your child will have their Halloween Haunt t-shirt and goodies delivered to them personally in their classroom on October 10th-before anyone can buy a shirt!
Wildcat Sponsors automatically become sponsors of the Spring Auction and Warner Walk. Your name will appear in the courtyard before those events. You will also receive admission for two to the Spring Auction and your child will have a Warner Walk T-shirt and goodies delivered to their classroom.
Plus, you don’t have to think about filling out another sponsor form!
You can make your contribution online at https://warnerfundraising.org/warner-annual-fund/ 
Annual Fund suggested donation amounts: Grades 1 – 4 = $1,850 per child; Kinder = $2,600 per child; and Grade 5 = $1,100 per child. To contribute at the Wildcat Sponsor level, please add $850 per child to the suggested amounts above. (Grades 1 – 4 = $2,700 Kinder = $3,450, Grade 5 = $1,950)

The last day to be considered a sponsor for the Haunt is October 21st.

Did you already contribute and now want to become a Wildcat Sponsor? It’s not too late, email Karen Hamilton at warnerannualfund@gmail.com for details.
Thank you for your continued support of our children!
BOO!
Congratulations to Our New Warner Dance Team

K-2nd Grade Dance Team Roster:
Sienna Grey
Milana Michael
Ariel Isaac
Romeo Tilo
Mia L.
Tyler R,
Zachary Nourafchan
McKennan Griffith
Madison Wyse
Eugenie Hanscom
Skyler Bral
Paloma Robinson
Matilde Caro Rosmanich
Morgan Kelly
Juliet Donenfeld
Brooklyn Anderson
Marli Weisbarth
Eloise Austin
Kaliyah W.
Tiffany J.
3rd-5th Grade Dance Team Roster:
Aurelia Marenzi
Nyla Shelton
Petra Briand
Sienna Schlesinger
Erica Bernstein
Tatum Zolkin
Jada Michael
Kaila London
Angelina Lin
Madison Cheungsomboune
Tara Daneshmand
Twin Day
DOUBLE 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.
Thank You Drop Off Lane Volunteers
Thank you to the following people who volunteered for the drop-off lane:
Week of September 16th-23rd
Ms. I. Lee’s Class
Jenna Briand
Nigel Briand
Kim Burger
Geraldine Guzman-Marin
Sel Kardan
Jean-Michel Lejeune
Dorit Pakdaman
Carol Hanscom
Edith Omwami
Karen Romano
Michelle Russo
Shay Salehrabi
Mandy Tabib
Siamak Tabib
Micah Yui
Week of September 26th-30th
Ms. Brody’s Class
Jenny Closter
Allison Gray
Katrin Dardashti
David Lari
Michelle Russo
Jun Qian
Holly Shuter
Sandy Lari
Robert Gray
Jessican Weisblum
Rich Shuter
Bahareh Aslmand
Pedram Aslmand
Mike Aghai
 
Warner STAR NOVA Session #2, Wish List Update, & Westwood STAR “Day Camp”

NOVA Session #2 brochures will be available On or BEFORE Friday, October 14th, 2016.  Mail-in registration will START on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016, and walk-in registration will START on Tuesday, October 25th, 2016.

Make sure you get your brochure and get signed up for those classes you absolutely cannot live without!

STAR “Day Camp” is available on Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 at Westwood STAR – 2050 Selby Avenue Los Angeles, CA  90025.  PLEASE register online at www.starcamps.org.

Thank you to the following children and their families or their generous donations to Warner STAR:  Gaia Bhavsar, Shane Lambert, Spencer Scumpia, and Leo Town.

                          ****STAR’s WISH LIST****
     1. A working iron
     2. 4 square balls (2)
     3. Basketballs  (3)
     4. New ball bin with lock
     5. New electric ball pump
Thank you all very much and have a lovely week!!!!!
WARNER STAR TEACHERS
Party (Book) On!
Calling All Kids Who Care
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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 Digijaks which 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 orMalwarebytes 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 Warner Avenue 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 viawww.ralphs.com to update it at any time.
Thank you!
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

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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 visiting westfield.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 to warneravenews@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 Cori & Legacy Benjamin 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
No School
Monday, October 3rd

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

Technology Plan Meeting
Thursday, October 6th
8:30am OR 6pm @ Banooni
Auditorium

No School
Wednesday, October 12th

1st Grade Photo Day
Thursday, October 13th

2nd Grade Photo Day
Friday, October 14th

3rd Grade Photo Day
Monday, October 17th

4th Grade Photo Day
Tuesday, October 18th

5th Grade Photo Day
Wednesday, October 19th

Kindergarten Photo Day
Thursday, October 20th

Halloween Haunt
Sunday, October 30th
11am-4pm

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 – 09/26/16

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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

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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.  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
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!
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Warner What’s Happening – 8/29/16

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Issue: #03
Week of 8/29/2016
Sunday BBQ Fun
Thanks to all who helped prep, serve, grill, clean and make our annual barbecue one of the events everyone looks forward to each year.
BOO!!!
 
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
STAR Registration for Nova #1
Just a reminder that many STAR Nova #1 Enrichment classes are still available!

Please fill out your STAR Nova #1 enrollment form (on both sides) and bring it to the STAR office for Walk-in Registration on Tuesday, August 30th, starting at 8am!

Star Nova #1 starts Tuesday, September 6th!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact STAR at310/470-1868 or warner@starinc.org.
Check Out Our New Website!

www.warneravenueelementary.com

 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.  Still reading the bottom of the newsletter?  Wow.  You’re really thorough…

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

Bagel Fridays
Thank you to the families of Jack Limor (Jessica Kaplan) and Jacob and Sophia Shyer (Deborah Lynn and Charles Shyer) for providing breakfast for the teachers and staff on Friday.
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler atreginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
Book Fair
Continues ThroughWednesday, August 31st

Head Room Parent Orientation @ Library
Monday, August 29th
8:30-9:30am

Walk-in Registration for NOVA #1
Tuesday, August 30th

NOVA #1 Starts
Tuesday, September 6th

Third Grade Parent Social
Saturday, September 10th

WAVE Meeting @ Banooni Auditorium
Monday, September 12th @8:30am

Fourth Grade Parent Social
Thursday, September 15th

Fifth Grade Parent Social
Saturday, September 17th

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

Kindergarten Parent Social
Saturday, September 24th

First Grade Parent Social
Thursday, September 29th

Second Grade Parent Social
Saturday, October 15th

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 – 8/22/16

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Issue: #02
Week of 8/22/2016
Principal’s Corner: A Message from Principal Kamau
Dear Warner Families:
The first week of school is complete! The alarm seems to go off way too early, but the love of school makes it a joy to get up and get going.
I was glad to see many parents come out to the volunteer meeting on Friday, August 19th. If you did not attend the meeting and you would like to volunteer in the classroom, you are required to complete an online application athttps://families.lausd.net/volunteers followed by obtaining TB clearance from your healthcare provider. Bring the clearance to the office to complete the application process. The application requests a school code. It is 7616 and your child’s ID is simply their name.
A new Warner Avenue School website has been launched. Ms. Sabrina IsHak has spent months working on it. Visithttps://warneravenueelementary.com. Thank you Ms. IsHak, it was a much needed update! We will continue to reduce paper communication as we upload all resources onto the website.
This past summer, the teachers’ lounge was rebuilt and decorated by two, far and beyond generous dads; Mr. Dale Robinson and Mr. Jonah Borris. Mr. Don Wyse also generously replaced the stove. In addition, Mr. Robinson also power-washed the entire school, building and grounds. We thank you Mr. Wyse. On behalf of Warner teachers and staff, we are deeply grateful to Mr. Wyse, Mr. Borris and Mr. Robinson. This group of men saw a need and stepped in to bridge the gap. Words are not enough, but please know that we are filled with gratitude.
Friday breakfast was an awesome treat Ms. Jamee Natella! Merci Beaucoup!
Lastly, students came home with a manila packet on Thursday orFriday. Please take some uninterrupted time to review the school rules, no bullying policy, safe cyber use, and dress code policy with your child(ren). Both parents and child sign the paperwork and the signature page is returned to the teacher on Monday, August 22nd. I would like to emphasize that students may not use their cell phones in school. Cell phones must be kept in backpacks on silence. Students may use their cell phones after school to call a parent for pick up only.
On Monday, August 22nd there is a WAVE meeting in Banooni Auditorium immediately following our Monday assembly. Drive cautiously or best of all be early to avoid last minute anxiety of finding parking.
I wish you a wonderful weekend and a great second week of school!
Be Well: Be Kind
Agnes Kamau, Principal
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
First WAVE Meeting of the Year

Please join us on tomorrow, Monday, August 22nd, in the Banooni Family Auditorium (right after assembly), for the first meeting of the year.  Hear from Principal Kamau and parent leaders about all the exciting things your parent/teacher organization has planned for this year.  Your attendance is strongly encouraged!
Coming Soon To An Auditorium Near You!

 
Check Out Our New Website!

www.warneravenueelementary.com

 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.
STAR Registration for Nova #1
The brochures for the STAR Nova #1 Enrichment classes went outon Friday. Please check your children’s backpacks for the brochure.

STAR highly recommends signing up through the “mail in” registration process, which starts on Tuesday, August 23rd.  

Your best opportunity for getting into the classes you want is by mailing the form on Tuesday, however your chances are still good if you mail it on Wednesday or Thursday. If you can’t mail it in by Thursday, August 25th, then we recommend holding on to it for “walk in” registration, which starts Tuesday, August 30th at 8am.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact STAR at310/470-1868 or warner@starinc.org.
Back-to-School BBQ

Mark your calendars!
Please join us on Sunday, August 28th, 4-7pm, for our annual barbecue.  Bring the whole family and come for one of the Warner community’s favorite traditions.
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.
Shop AMAZON and Make Easy Money for Warner!
Hello Parents,
Like to shop on Amazon? Like to earn easy money for Warner?
Here’s all you have to do.
1. Go to www.warneravenueelementary.com, click on the Amazon logo at the bottom of the page, and start shopping!
Just so you know, it doesn’t cost you any more money to shop Amazon this way. And your purchases are completely anonymous – so no one will rib you about your love of Taylor Swift or your penchant for romantic fiction.

If you can, please shop this way instead of using Amazon Smile.   Warner only gets .5% on Amazon Smile vs. 4 – 8% if you shop through this link.  That’s a huge difference!  If our Warner families take this easy step, we can raise a lot of money for Warner with almost no extra effort. SPREAD THE WORD TO FRIENDS AND RELATIVES!
It’s so easy and our school gains so much! That’s why we’re asking everyone to make a habit of clicking on Warner’s Amazon link to do their shopping on Amazon for the rest of the year. Thanks for your support!
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.  Still reading the bottom of the newsletter?  Wow.  You’re really thorough…

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

Bagel Fridays
Thank you to Jamee Natella, Sammy & Steven Paul for providing breakfast for the teachers and staff on Friday.
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler atreginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
First WAVE Meeting @ Banooni Auditorium
Monday, August 22nd  8:30am

Mail-in Registration for NOVA #1
Tuesday, August 23rd

Book Fair
Friday, August 26th – Wednesday, August 31st

Back to School BBQ
Sunday, August 28th
4-7pm

Walk-in Registration for NOVA #1
Tuesday, August 30th

NOVA #1 Starts
Tuesday, September 6th

Third Grade Parent Social
Saturday, September 10th

Fourth Grade Parent Social
Thursday, September 15th

Fifth Grade Parent Social
Saturday, September 17th

Kindergarten Parent Social
Saturday, September 24th

First Grade Parent Social
Thursday, September 29th

Second Grade Parent Social
Saturday, October 15th

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 – 8/15/16

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Issue: #01
Week of 8/15/2016
Principal’s Corner: A Message from Principal Kamau
Welcome Back to School Warner Families!
School will open on Tuesday, August 16, 2016. The warning bell rings at 8:15am indicating that students should go line up. Teachers pick up students at 8:20am promptly. Please say goodbye to your child on the yard at the pick-up line. Teachers must give their full attention to students as they begin the instructional day at 8:20am. Everyone must exit immediately in order to secure the campus.
The first day of school is a Tuesday and that means it is an early release day, 1:43pm. Every Tuesday, students are released at1:43pm. Exit gates open at 1:43pm or 2:43pm on Monday,Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
IMPORTANT
The campus grounds are under construction. The construction is scheduled to be completed August 30, 2016. We are well prepared and resourced to manage school access through the construction period.
**The front gates on Holmby Avenue are NOT OPEN**
Entry/Exit gates are on Warner Avenue and Woodruff Avenue. Morning carpool will be available at both gates.
When using the carpool lanes, have your child’s backpack ready in the front or back seat, not in the trunk. Parents may not exit the car while using the carpool lane.
BE CAREFUL AND STOP FOR ALL PEDESTRIANS. Our children are more precious than time!
On behalf of Warner teachers and staff, welcome back to the start of an incredible learning year and a year of increased home/school partnerships for the success of our children!
Be Well: Be Kind
Respectfully,
Agnes Kamau
Agnes Kamau, Principal
Check Out Our New Website!
www.warneravenueelementary.com

 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.
Welcome, New Kindergarten Families
   
Please come to our Kindergarten Orientation Assembly.

Date: Tuesday, August 16th, 2016
Time: Immediately following morning assembly
Place: The Banooni Family Auditorium
Speakers: Principal Agnes Kamau, Warner Welcome Committee, Warner STAR Program

Come meet your kindergarten mentors.  Refreshments will be provided.
Information Packets Going Home

A manila envelope, filled with important information and forms, will be sent home in your child’s backpack on the first day of school.  Please read, complete, and submit the necessary forms by Friday, August 19th.
First WAVE Meeting of the Year

Please join us on Monday, August 22nd, in the Banooni Family Auditorium (right after assembly), for the first meeting of the year.  In thirty minutes or so, learn about all the exciting things your parent/teacher organization has planned and how you can help support our wonderful children and school.  Your attendance is strongly encouraged!
Back-to-School BBQ

Mark your calendars!
Please join us on Sunday, August 28th, 4-7pm, for our annual barbecue.  Bring the whole family and come for one of the Warner community’s favorite traditions.
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Shop AMAZON and Make Easy Money for Warner!
Hello Parents,
Like to shop on Amazon? Like to earn easy money for Warner?
Here’s all you have to do.
1. Go to www.warneravenueelementary.com, click on the Amazon logo at the bottom of the page, and start shopping!
Just so you know, it doesn’t cost you any more money to shop Amazon this way. And your purchases are completely anonymous – so no one will rib you about your love of Taylor Swift or your penchant for romantic fiction.

If you can, please shop this way instead of using Amazon Smile.   Warner only gets .5% on Amazon Smile vs. 4 – 8% if you shop through this link.  That’s a huge difference!  If our Warner families take this easy step, we can raise a lot of money for Warner with almost no extra effort. SPREAD THE WORD TO FRIENDS AND RELATIVES!
It’s so easy and our school gains so much! That’s why we’re asking everyone to make a habit of clicking on Warner’s Amazon link to do their shopping on Amazon for the rest of the year. Thanks for your support!
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.  I’m also surprised you’ve read the newsletter to the very bottom.  Congratulations!

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

Bagel Fridays
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler atreginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
First Day of School
Tuesday, August 16th
8:20am

Kindergarten Orientation @ Banooni Auditorium
Tuesday, August 16th
8:20am

Volunteer Meeting @ Banooni Auditorium
Friday, August 18th
8:20am

First WAVE Meeting @ Banooni Auditorium
Monday, August 22nd  8:30am

Book Fair
Friday, August 26th – Wednesday, August 31st

Back to School BBQ
Sunday, August 28th
4-7pm

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
eScripeSCRIP
eScrip has rebate relationships with many different vendors.  Go towww.escrip.com  and register your grocery cards (Pavilions, Vons); Macy’s card; and all credit cards.  Shop at your usual stores in town.  If you use your registered card for a purchase, Warner automatically receives a percentage.  If you go through escrip.com online shopping mall, many more merchants are available that will give Warner a % of your purchases.  You must renew your Von’s registration with escrip every September.
TargetTarget
Every time you use your Target Redcard or Target credit card when you shop, Warner gets 1% of your total purchases by calling 800-316-6142 and designating Warner as your school.  Or register online at
www.target.com/redcard
1) Click “Take charge of education”
2) Click “enroll now”
3) select zip code and type 90024 and then select Warner Ave
4) type your redcard account number and name
This is an easy process and takes less than 5 minutes – please sign up.
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 – 6/6/2016

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Issue: #38
Week of 6/06/2016
Principal’s Corner: A Message from Principal Kamau
Dear Warner Community:
Congratulations to Warner students, teachers, and parents for making it a wonderful 2015-2016 learning year.
Today, I reflect on my first-year at Warner Avenue School and I want to say:
  • I am appreciative for the steps we have taken toward further strengthening the partnerships between school, home and the community.
  • It has been my blessing and honor to work very closely with WAVE Co-Presidents, Margaret Meenaghan and Sabrina IsHak. They have been instrumental in my acclamation toWarner Avenue and they have gained my love and respect because their sole mission as leaders is to enrich Warnereducational programs via school/parent partnerships.
  • The teachers at Warner Avenue uphold themselves as true professional educators by setting a high bar for themselves and our students. Our teachers are exemplary and I am honored to be their principal!
  • Thank you Ms. Chi. Your support with teachers and the community is invaluable!
  • The office team, Ms. Pam & Ms. Carolyn and Mr. Jerome make our daily work lighter. They never tire till the job is done. Thank you team!
I shall not attempt to name all the families who have given me their support throughout the year. If I should try, I would surely run out of WWH space.  Nonetheless, I can say without any hesitation that Warner Community is a joyous and involved community.
I am delighted for our culminating 5th grade class; however I will miss them dearly. Life moves us in different directions and I will say goodbye to them for now but I will always hold them in a special place in my heart.
When the week comes to a close we will say a summer farewell and most families will return in the fall. Should your family not return, I wish you continued health, love and happiness.
Farewell to our beloved Ms. Hartley. I expect her to come by often! Farewell Ms. Ziff; may life treat you well. Together we are strong!
Be Well: Be Kind
Warmly,
Agnes Kamau, Principal
Congratulations to the New Warner Student Body Officers

Nate Verny: President
Eli Casden: Vice President
Liam Saven: Secretary
Congratulations to all the students who gave speeches and ran for office — that is its own accomplishment. Check out some photos of the kids participating in the democratic process.
Year-End Teacher & Staff Appreciation Lunch

To show appreciation to Warner teachers and staff, we are presenting a luau-themed lunch on Friday, June 10.

In lieu of food, we are accepting monetary donations.  Please submit yours to the main office or directly to Cathy Lowell (cathy@skyhawk.net) or Paula Lewis (paulalewis@gmail.com).
All contributing families’ names will be recognized at the luncheon.
Thank you and enjoy Summer Break!

Faculty/Staff Luncheon Team
5th Grade Culmination Guidelines
The celebration is at hand. We are excited and proud of our spectacular 2015-2016 fifth-grade cohort. This group of students has been a great joy to the Warner staff.

By partnering, (students, teachers, parents and administrators), we can make this day a delight for all!

Dress Code
Dress as a professional, honorable student seeking to represent your family and school in the best light.
  • No strapless or spaghetti string shirts/tops or dresses
  • Stud earrings and hoops no larger than ¼ inch in diameter are permissible
  • No LOGOS or wording on clothing (front or back)
  • Low-rise pants are not permissible
  • Skirts and dresses must fall below students arm length fingertip reach
  • Underclothing may not be visible
  • No slip-on shoes; heels up to 1 inch, no higher; open or closed-toe shoes with a closed back or sling back are acceptable
  • No shorts
  • Slacks and collared shirts are preferable for boys
  • Do not expose the midriff area
  • Subtle lip-gloss is permissible
June 9, 2016
These rules support every family member having a clear and uninterrupted view of the ceremony. The ceremony will begin at9:00am promptly.
  • Plan ahead! Give your family extra time. Have your child dressed and ready before arriving to school
  • ALL students must be in class at 8:00am. Parents may not be in the classroom at 8:00am
  • Gates, Holmby Avenue only, will open at 8:40am. Families will line up and wait for directions
  • Leave balloons in the car. They will not be permitted into the ceremony
  • Umbrellas are not permitted into the ceremony
Following the Ceremony
  • Families will have an opportunity to visit with each other on the yard for a half-hour following the ceremony. During this time you may check your child out of school, if taking them home
  • Fifth grade students are expected to return to school on Friday, June 10, 2016
  • Celebrate your child as they walk in the pathway toward college
I look forward to a memorable day.

Be Kind: Be Well
Agnes Kamau, Principal
Siblings at 5th Grade Culmination
If your culminating 5th graders have siblings who would like to attend the ceremony on Thursday, please fill out the attached form sent by Ms. Kamau.

The form can be downloaded by clicking this LINK.
Thank You, Ice Cream Friday Volunteers

Thank you to all of the volunteers who made Ice Cream Fridays a great success!

Helsa Abrishami
Jaisa Bright
Jenny Closter
Neil Garg
Karen Hamilton
Nikos Iatropolis
Guadalupe Lazcano
Jane Lee
Dana Levertov
Jeffrey Lustgarten
Dalia Tehranzadeh
Julian Zolkin
Want to Get Involved Next Year?
Warner has several open committee positions — please see below and help out!
Become an active member in the WAVE community by chairing one of these committees (do it with a friend or two, if you’d like):
 
OPEN COMMITTEE POSITIONS (detailed job description available upon request)
 
WAVE Finance Committee:

We need your expertise, passion and time to continue WAVE’s successful oversight of deposits, expenses, accounting, tax preparation, fiduciary responsibility and process review.  We’ve divided the roles so that it’s not too time consuming for any one person.  Our intent is to share information and process with you so that you can get involved in a comfortable way.   We have many dedicated parents on the FinanceCommittee and the WAVE Board who have children graduating this and next year so it’s urgent that we pass the torch onto those who can carry on the success and strength of Warner Ave. Elementary School and its parent support group, WAVE.

Graphic Design Chair: Design logos and T-shirts for school events, oversee School Roster layout, Annual Fund brochure and other WAVE publications.  Familiarity with Adobe Suite (InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop) a plus but not a necessity.
Please contact Sabrina IsHak at sabrina.ishak@gmail.com or Jeannine Sehati at jrsehati@gmail.com if interested. Thank you!
STAR Info
  
NOVA is over for the school year! Galaxy is still available until the end of the school year.
Thank you Warner for a WONDERFUL SCHOOL YEAR! We truly appreciate all of your support and assistance!
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.
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 to admin@warnerwhatshappening.com by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s Newsletter.
And that’s a wrap. SK out.

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

Bagel Fridays
Thank you to the Georges family for providing breakfast for the teachers and staff on Friday.
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler atreginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
WAVE Awards Assembly and Volunteer Breakfast
Monday, June 6

5th Grade Culmination
Thursday, June 9
9 am

Last day of School
Friday, June 10
Minimum Day – 8 am-12:30 pm

Cafeteria Menu
CLICK HERE for the current month’s menu

Amazon Logo  CLICK HERE to shop Amazon and earn money for Warner.
Do't Forget

Dollars For Warner
RALPHS
Help us earn money from Ralph’s simply by scanning your Ralph’s Reward Card with the scan bar code letter you received in the first day package next time you shop at Ralph’s and they’ll sendWarner a percentage of your purchases.  You need only scan the letter once to be in their system for the school year and just scan your Reward Card as usual.  You need to scan it again even if you scanned it at the beginning of the last school year.
eScripeSCRIP
eScrip has rebate relationships with many different vendors.  Go towww.escrip.com  and register your grocery cards (Pavilions, Vons); Macy’s card; and all credit cards.  Shop at your usual stores in town.  If you use your registered card for a purchase, Warnerautomatically receives a percentage.  If you go through escrip.com online shopping mall, many more merchants are available that will give Warner a % of your purchases.  You must renew your Von’s registration with escrip every September.
TargetTarget
Every time you use your Target Redcard or Target credit card when you shop,Warner gets 1% of your total purchases by calling 800-316-6142 and designatingWarner as your school.  Or register online at
www.target.com/redcard
1) Click “Take charge of education”
2) Click “enroll now”
3) select zip code and type 90024 and then selectWarner Ave
4) type your redcard account number and name
This is an easy process and takes less than 5 minutes – please sign up.
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:  Aurorah Allain –  theaurorah@sbcglobal.net,Brenda Moore – epprsn8@aol.com

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 – 5/30/16

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Issue: #37
Week of 5/30/2016
Principal’s Corner: A Message from Principal Kamau
Happy Memorial Day Weekend Warner Families:
I hope your family is well and that you are taking advantage of the three-day weekend to rest and to prepare to finish strong in the remaining two weeks of the school year.
My recommendation to everyone is to be completely plugged in to all the events planned for the remainder of the school year. There are two (morning) assemblies scheduled for June 2nd and June 6th to appreciate and recognize teachers, students and parent volunteers. Warner Avenue is the best school because of our hard-working teachers, students and parent volunteers. I would love to have as many parents as possible attend the assemblies on June 2nd and June 6th. Are you in?
Other dates to keep in mind are June 9th and June 10th. Both days are minimum days. That means that school begins at8:00am and ends at 12:30pm. It is painful see the sad faces of students sitting in the office for a long time because parents forgot to pick-up them up at 12:30pm. Put a smile on your child’s face by calendaring the minimum day times on your phone.
Our final pillar of character for the year is citizenship. Students will learn about citizenship characteristics and they will be recognized for demonstrating these characteristics by having their name placed on the “Kids with Character” wall. Good citizens are active in the community, they respect authority and obey laws, they help make things better and they protect the environment.
Congratulations to our fifth-grade teachers and students!
The 2016 culminating class is caring, mature, and scholarly. The students’ academic career at Warner Avenue is quickly coming to an end and we are excited to celebrate them on June 9, 2016. Parents, please pay close attention to the Culmination Guideline letter as we collaborate in making this day a memorable experience for everyone.
I am thankful for Warner teachers. They make me proud to be an educator; to principal a team of educators who believe that excellence is the bar, no excuses. When you work with a team that has at the core a can-do attitude, each day is a joy. I am joy-filled!
Be Well: Be Kind
Agnes Kamau, Principal
Community Service Tracking Forms Due 5/31
Community service tracking forms are due by TUESDAY, MAY 31st.  You can find tracking forms outside the Warner office.
Please turn in your completed form to the community service mailbox in the Warner office.   The entries should be signed by the event organizer or parent for self-directed activities.
Warner kids who complete 10 hours or more of service will be recognized at the end of the year assembly on June 6th.  The Warner student who earns the most hours will receive a special acknowledgment.
Thank you for making a difference in our community!

Please contact Neda Rahimi at neda26@aol.com if you have any questions.
Thank You, Drop-Off Volunteers
Week of 5/9:  4th Grade

Dan Selzer, Renny Fields, Chris George, Jelena Verny, Anita Hedvat, Craig Night, Ronadl Benudiz, Danny Grover, Michelle Russo, Rich Shuter, Murdoch McKillop, Guadalupe Lazcano, Karen Fisher, Chehreh Soleimani, Jessica Kaplan, Jon Perlman, Nan Staddon, Peyman Banooni, Farnaz Manavi, Hawazen Radwan

Week of 5/16:  3rd Grade

Ben Austin, Dana Levertov, Chris Szekely, Ewe Chung Chung, Jill Shinefild, Nathan Bahmanyar, Marcela Rosmanich, Nader Ahdout, Marni Bernstein, Jonathan Kim, Sarah Silverton, Gwen Fritzinger, Nick Zargarpour, Jean Huber, Tyra Hunt, Laurent Rizzo, Tanaz Banooni, Kristin Grove, Jonah Borris, Vicki Bolton
Want to Get Involved Next Year?
Warner has several open committee positions — please see below and help out!
Become an active member in the WAVE community by chairing one of these committees (do it with a friend or two, if you’d like):
 
OPEN COMMITTEE POSITIONS (detailed job description available upon request)
 
WAVE Finance Committee:

We need your expertise, passion and time to continue WAVE’s successful oversight of deposits, expenses, accounting, tax preparation, fiduciary responsibility and process review.  We’ve divided the roles so that it’s not too time consuming for any one person.  Our intent is to share information and process with you so that you can get involved in a comfortable way.   We have many dedicated parents on the FinanceCommittee and the WAVE Board who have children graduating this and next year so it’s urgent that we pass the torch onto those who can carry on the success and strength of Warner Ave. Elementary School and its parent support group, WAVE.

 
Community Grants: Research and write grant applications for

Warner
 
Graphic Design Chair: Design logos and T-shirts for school events, oversee School Roster layout, Annual Fund brochure and other WAVE publications.  Familiarity with Adobe Suite (InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop) a plus but not a necessity.
Please contact Sabrina IsHak at sabrina.ishak@gmail.com or Jeannine Sehati at jrsehati@gmail.com if interested. Thank you!
STAR Info
  
NOVA is over for the school year! Galaxy is still available until the end of the school year.
This is EXTRAVAGANZA WEEK, Children performing in Grease are expected to stay until 6PM both Tuesday and Wednesday with a PERFORMANCE on Thursday 6/2/16 at 4:00PM.
Thank you Warner for a WONDERFUL SCHOOL YEAR! We truly appreciate all of your support and assistance!
Jamba Juice
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.
Coach Diamond’s Playground Wish List

LAUSD funds only get us the basics, so Coach Diamond is in need of some playground/recess equipment for school.  Please see her wish list below.  Everything on coach’s list is on the Amazon Smile website*.
If you would like to purchase something:
2) select Warner Avenue Foundation as your charitable organization (by doing so, the school will receive a percentage of the sale proceeds)
3) shop.
You can hand deliver the items to school or deliver to the following address: WAVE, c/o Erin Diamond, 615 Holmby Avenue, Los Angeles, CA  90024.
*Amazon Smile is a simple and automatic way for you to support WAVE every time you shop, at no cost to you.  You can use your existing Amazon account on Amazon Smile.
Wish list:
Mikasa Playground Ball – 8.5″
Mikasa Playground Ball – 10″
Mikasa Playground Ball – 13″
Mikasa Serious Soccer Ball – Size 4
Wilson Soft Play Outdoor Volleyball
Spalding NBA Street Basketball – Size 6 Intermediate
Assorted Nylon Reinforced Bean Bags – 5″
Wham-o Allsport Frisbee
Chinese Jump Ropes
Board Games for Game Room (any are appreciated)
Jacks & Ball Sets
Ride-On Scooter – Original Flying Turtle
Bonded Foam Gymnastics Mat – 4′ x 8′ x 2′ Blue by Orbring (Need 6)
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 to admin@warnerwhatshappening.com by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s Newsletter.

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

Bagel Fridays
Thank you to Shadi Loloee for providing breakfast for the teachers and staff on Friday.
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler atreginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
1st Grade Orientation
Wednesday, June 1

STAR Extravaganza
Thursday, June 2

Classroom Volunteers Breakfast
Friday, June 3

WAVE Awards Assembly and Volunteer Breakfast
Monday, June 6

5th Grade Culmination
Thursday, June 9
9 am

Last day of School
Friday, June 10
Minimum Day – 8 am-12:30 pm

Cafeteria Menu
CLICK HERE for the current month’s menu

Amazon Logo  CLICK HERE to shop Amazon and earn money for Warner.
Do't Forget

Dollars For Warner
RALPHS
Help us earn money from Ralph’s simply by scanning your Ralph’s Reward Card with the scan bar code letter you received in the first day package next time you shop at Ralph’s and they’ll send Warner a percentage of your purchases.  You need only scan the letter once to be in their system for the school year and just scan your Reward Card as usual.  You need to scan it again even if you scanned it at the beginning of the last school year.
eScripeSCRIP
eScrip has rebate relationships with many different vendors.  Go towww.escrip.com  and register your grocery cards (Pavilions, Vons); Macy’s card; and all credit cards.  Shop at your usual stores in town.  If you use your registered card for a purchase, Warner automatically receives a percentage.  If you go through escrip.com online shopping mall, many more merchants are available that will give Warner a % of your purchases.  You must renew your Von’s registration with escrip every September.
TargetTarget
Every time you use your Target Redcard or Target credit card when you shop, Warner gets 1% of your total purchases by calling 800-316-6142 and designating Warner as your school.  Or register online at
www.target.com/redcard
1) Click “Take charge of education”
2) Click “enroll now”
3) select zip code and type 90024 and then select Warner Ave
4) type your redcard account number and name
This is an easy process and takes less than 5 minutes – please sign up.
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:  Aurorah Allain –  theaurorah@sbcglobal.net,Brenda Moore – epprsn8@aol.com

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 5/23/16

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Issue: #36
Week of 5/23/2016
Principal’s Corner: A Message from Principal Kamau
Greetings Warner Families:
Thank you for coming out to Warner Open House on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Students were excited and proud to share their work with their parents and family members. I was delighted to experience the joy of a community that supports teaching and learning. Throughout the evening, it was evident that students are emotionally and cognitively engaged in learning. Warner teachers take pride in delivering a superior educational program that engages our diversified learners in preparation for career and college readiness in the 21st Century.
The table below shows the teaching assignments for school year 2016-2017. I look forward to another brilliant year as we continue partnering for educational excellence.

2016-2017 Assignments
Grade Level
Teachers
 
Grade Level
Teachers
 
Kindergarten
Terada
3rd Grade
Bockman
 
Ichikawa
 
Peyton
 
Baker
 
Green
 
Polay
 
K. Kim
 
Nguyen
 
 
 
1st Grade
Richmond
4th Grade
Tascione
 
Chan
 
Unal
 
J. Kim
 
Okin
 
Derrett
 
New Teacher
 
Kiehle/Valdes
 
 
 
2nd Grade
Geisler
5th Grade
Berwanger
 
Netervala
I. Lee
 
Takanashi
Brody
 
Gilbert
E. Lee
 
Schleimer
New Teacher
 
 
Instructional Coach
Chi
 
Resource Teacher
Whitney
In the coming week, we continue to teach students about the characteristics of being respectful and showing respect. Please visit the Character Wall in the main building hallway, where students’ names are placed on the wall when they demonstrate the character of the month. Support and reward the same character at home. Team work on character building!
Be Well: Be Kind
Agnes Kamau, Principal
Summer Reading List 2016


Each year, the Association for Library Service provides a summer reading list for students. The list includes books for birth-preschool, K-2, 3-5, and 6-8.

For those who are interested, the reading list can be found at this link: www.ala.org.
Friday, May 27th-Wear Red, White, & Blue

On Friday, May 27th, it is the election for next year’s Student Council.  Show your support and school spirit by wearing red, white, and blue!
Want to Get Involved Next Year?
Warner has several open committee positions — please see below and help out!
Become an active member in the WAVE community by chairing one of these committees (do it with a friend or two, if you’d like):
 
OPEN COMMITTEE POSITIONS (detailed job description available upon request)
 
Library Enrichment Coordinator: We already have one volunteer and we are looking for one more!
Coordinate parent Classroom library volunteer program, process parent “Thank You” book dedications, prepare and process annual purchasing of books with Librarian, process expenses/deposits and create annual report, act as liaison with Wave board, assist Librarian with special projects as needed
 
Beautification Day Chair:  Organize the cleaning of school grounds on a Sunday on September (date TBD).
 
Rebates Coordinator: Get free money for Warner!  Run our programs with Ralphs, Target, eScrip, Office Depot, Amazon Associates and more.
 
Sing Videos: Coordinate and sell DVDs of the Winter Sing and Spring Sing performances.
 
Community Grants: Research and write grant applications for Warner
 
Graphic Design Chair:  Design logos and T-shirts for school events, oversee School Roster layout, Annual Fund brochure and other WAVE publications.  Familiarity with Adobe Suite (InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop) a plus but not a necessity.
Please contact Sabrina IsHak at sabrina.ishak@gmail.com or Jeannine Sehati at jrsehati@gmail.com if interested. Thank you!
STAR Info
  
STAR’s Extravaganza “GREASE” is performing ONE DAY ONLY Thursday, June 2, 2016 @ 4PM. Our RockStar Bands will also be performing at Grease!
Jamba Juice
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.
Coach Diamond’s Playground Wish List

LAUSD funds only get us the basics, so Coach Diamond is in need of some playground/recess equipment for school.  Please see her wish list below.  Everything on coach’s list is on the Amazon Smile website*.
If you would like to purchase something:
2) select Warner Avenue Foundation as your charitable organization (by doing so, the school will receive a percentage of the sale proceeds)
3) shop.
You can hand deliver the items to school or deliver to the following address: WAVE, c/o Erin Diamond, 615 Holmby Avenue, Los Angeles, CA  90024.
*Amazon Smile is a simple and automatic way for you to support WAVE every time you shop, at no cost to you.  You can use your existing Amazon account on Amazon Smile.
Wish list:
Mikasa Playground Ball – 8.5″
Mikasa Playground Ball – 10″
Mikasa Playground Ball – 13″
Mikasa Serious Soccer Ball – Size 4
Wilson Soft Play Outdoor Volleyball
Spalding NBA Street Basketball – Size 6 Intermediate
Assorted Nylon Reinforced Bean Bags – 5″
Wham-o Allsport Frisbee
Chinese Jump Ropes
Board Games for Game Room (any are appreciated)
Jacks & Ball Sets
Ride-On Scooter – Original Flying Turtle
Bonded Foam Gymnastics Mat – 4′ x 8′ x 2′ Blue by Orbring (Need 6)
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 to admin@warnerwhatshappening.com by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s Newsletter.
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Warner What’s Happening 5/16/2016

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Issue: #35
Week of 5/16/2016
Principal’s Corner: A Message from Principal Kamau
Dear Warner Families:
There is excitement in the air as we draw closer to the end of the school year. In most instances the energy is positive and affirmative of our achievements throughout the school year. There are two areas where growth is needed and your (parent) assistance is required.
  1. I seek your assistance with your child in the following ways:
  • Remind your child to follow school rules, by being respectful and kind at all times.
  • All school rules apply for the after-school playground. I highly recommend picking up your child at the earliest time possible after school.
  • After-school cell phone use for any other purpose than home communication is not permitted.
  • If your child has a cell phone, be mindful of the apps they are accessing. Children are curious beings.
  • Get to know your child’s friends and parents

B.  I seek your assistance with the traffic around campus:

  • Please do not be rude to other parents – we are role models to all children. Children do what we do, not what we say!
  • Do not violate our neighbor’s property by parking by or in their driveway.
  • Using the carpool lane? Have your child seated on the right side and their backpack on the seat beside them. Parents may not get out of the vehicle.
  • Finally, rules are for the better good and safety of our community.
  • Give your best for our children!
The fifth-grade culmination committee has been planning and coordinating this big event for the past few months. It is a privilege to have a parent committee willing to coordinate all the minute details of the event.  Fifth-grade parents, please lend your support by attending to the committee’s requests with positive rapport and appreciation.
The conversation of Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) has come up over the past year with our teachers and parents. In 2016-2017, GATE learners will be clustered in classrooms. GATE students will continue to learn the same grade-level standards, themes, units and concepts as the rest of the class; however, they will have added opportunities to engage in learning opportunities that require more depth, complexity, novelty and acceleration.  Modification of the core instruction allows students to engage at a rigorous level in order to meet their individual academic potential.Warner teachers are trained in Gifted and Talented education and will receive additional training over the summer.
See you at Open House night, Thursday, May 19th: 6:15pm – 7:30pm. An informational flyer came home on Friday, May 13th.
Be Well: Be Kind
Agnes Kamau, Principal
Warner Book Fair
Congratulations, Warner Boys’ Soccer Team!
The boys soccer team won one out of two games this weekend and brought home a Third Place trophy! Great job, boys!
Congratulations, Warner Girls’ Soccer Team!
The girls soccer team tied one game and lost one over the weekend against tough competition. Great job, girls!
Congratulations, Warner Dance Team!
Congratulations to the Dance Team which won two Awards at Rainbow Dance Competition in Long Beach Saturday May 14, 2016: High Gold – Large Group Jazz; and Judges Choice Award for Fierceness & Strength. Way to go, dancers!
Open House This Week
Open House will be held on Thursday, May 19, 2016 from 6:15pm – 7:30pm. School will release at 2:05pm on this day. Friday, May 20this a minimum day. The school day on a minimum day is 8:00am – 12:30pm.
Open House is a time for students to share their learning, culminating projects, art, and classroom community with their family. Teachers display student work and parents actively participate in listening to the learning adventure from their child’s perspective. Your children have worked hard all year long so come in prepared to celebrate their achievement in 2015-2016.
Food trucks will be parked on Loring Avenue. Families are welcome to eat at the lunch pavilion. Food trucks will be open 5:00pm – 8:00pm. The burger truck and taco truck will have veggie and fish options.
CPK
Burger Truck
Taco Truck
Soft serve ice cream truck
The Book Fair will be set up in the auditorium 5:00pm – 6:30pm. Pick up books and activity items for summer break!  Also take this opportunity to visit the Warner Wear store for school spirit wear. The store will be open 5:00pm – 6:30pm.
Finally, a friendly reminder that food is not permitted in the classrooms.
We look forward to celebrating our students and coming together as a community united in academic excellence.
Want to Get Involved Next Year?
Warner has several open committee positions — please see below and help out!
Become an active member in the WAVE community by chairing one of these committees (do it with a friend or two, if you’d like):
 
OPEN COMMITTEE POSITIONS (detailed job description available upon request)
 
Bulletin Board Coordinator: Maintain and keep all bulletin boards around campus updated with the most current information and calendars.
 
Library Enrichment Coordinator: Coordinate parent Classroom library volunteer program, process parent “Thank You” book dedications, prepare and process annual purchasing of books with Librarian, process expenses/deposits and create annual report, act as liaison with Wave board, assist Librarian with special projects as needed
 
Beautification Day Chair:  Organize the cleaning of school grounds on a Sunday on September (date TBD).
 
Rebates Coordinator: Get free money for Warner!  Run our programs with Ralphs, Target, eScrip, Office Depot, Amazon Associates and more.
Sing Videos: Coordinate and sell DVDs of the Winter Sing and Spring Sing performances.
 
Community Grants: Research and write grant applications forWarner
Please contact Sabrina IsHak at sabrina.ishak@gmail.com or Jeannine Sehati at jrsehati@gmail.com if interested. Thank you!

Thank you, Drop-Off Lane Volunteers
Week of 4/25: Room 17 – Baker
Nook Suphamongkhon, Romy Nourafchan, Rodney Yashouafar, Rod Amiri, Cara Conde, Bita Alishahi, Cristina Sepani, Sasha Nourafchan, Ben Austin, Allen Aghajanian, Ignacio Garcia, Pedram Ben Cohen, Angel Rabbi, Tracy Austin, Golriz Jafari, Raha Ahavan, Robert Lappin, Rose Krieger, Ryan McManus

Week of 5/2: 5th Grade
Mojgan Shahmaram, Rachel Ghassemi, Melissa Matsumoto, Parnia Pajand, Ksenia Erwin, Bonnie Nissenbaum, Roy Ofek, Catherine Deugarte, Tina Maity, Alex Madero, Sabine Dreher, Sandra Wilson, Kirstine Berglund, Sharon Cohen, Lina Arzt, Guadalupe Lazcano
Warner Party Book News
 
Hi Everyone…
There are 2 fantastic parties coming up in May:
Saturday, 5/21/16 – 3rd Grade Movie Night Under the Stars – Join your fellow 3rd graders for an outdoor movie experience with dinner, popcorn, and more!  Bring your blankets, sleeping bags and lawn chairs, and get ready for a fun night!
Sunday, 5/22/16 – 5th Grade Bowling Party – Come bowl wth your fellow and awesome graduates!  You will bowl for two hours, have pizza and cupcakes and even get a $5 certificate for future visits!
See https://warner.onlinepartybook.com/ for all the DETAILS and SIGN UPS!
STAR Info
  
NOVA Classes on Thursday, May 19th are as normally scheduled. Classes will begin at 2:45PM
There will be NO NOVA CLASSES on FRIDAY, May 20, 2016. Galaxy will still be as normally scheduled.
Thank you!
AND…
STAR’s Extravaganza “GREASE” is performing ONE DAY ONLY Thursday, June 2, 2016 @ 4PM. Our RockStar Bands will also be performing at Grease!
Also, RockSTAR’s Battle of the Bands will take place on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at The Avalon in Hollywood. Warner‘s 2 bands will be performing between 4:30-5:00PM. Come out and support our Rock Stars!

Shop AMAZON and Make Easy Money forWarner!
Hello Parents,
Like to shop on Amazon? Like to earn easy money for Warner?
Here’s all you have to do.
1. Click HERE and start shopping!
Just so you know, it doesn’t cost you any more money to shop Amazon this way. And your purchases are completely anonymous – so no one will rib you about your love of Taylor Swift or your penchant for romantic fiction.

If you can, please shop this way instead of using Amazon Smile.  Warner only gets .5% on Amazon Smile vs. 4 – 8% if you shop through this link.  That’s a huge difference!  If our Warner families take this easy step, we can raise a lot of money for Warner with almost no extra effort. SPREAD THE WORD TO FRIENDS AND RELATIVES!
It’s so easy and our school gains so much! That’s why we’re asking everyone to make a habit of clicking on Warner‘s Amazon link (on the right hand side of the Warner What’s Happening) to do their shopping on Amazon for the rest of the year. Thanks for your support!
Jamba Juice
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.
Coach Diamond’s Playground Wish List

LAUSD funds only get us the basics, so Coach Diamond is in need of some playground/recess equipment for school.  Please see her wish list below.  Everything on coach’s list is on the Amazon Smile website*.
If you would like to purchase something:
2) select Warner Avenue Foundation as your charitable organization (by doing so, the school will receive a percentage of the sale proceeds)
3) shop.
You can hand deliver the items to school or deliver to the following address: WAVE, c/o Erin Diamond, 615 Holmby Avenue, Los Angeles, CA  90024.
*Amazon Smile is a simple and automatic way for you to support WAVE every time you shop, at no cost to you.  You can use your existing Amazon account on Amazon Smile.
Wish list:
Mikasa Playground Ball – 8.5″
Mikasa Playground Ball – 10″
Mikasa Playground Ball – 13″
Mikasa Serious Soccer Ball – Size 4
Wilson Soft Play Outdoor Volleyball
Spalding NBA Street Basketball – Size 6 Intermediate
Assorted Nylon Reinforced Bean Bags – 5″
Wham-o Allsport Frisbee
Chinese Jump Ropes
Board Games for Game Room (any are appreciated)
Jacks & Ball Sets
Ride-On Scooter – Original Flying Turtle
Bonded Foam Gymnastics Mat – 4′ x 8′ x 2′ Blue by Orbring (Need 6)
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 to admin@warnerwhatshappening.com by 4:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the following week’s Newsletter.

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

Bagel Fridays
Thank you to the Zolkin Family for providing breakfast for the teachers and staff on Friday.
If you would like to volunteer for Bagel Fridays, please email Regina Adler atreginagor@gmail.com.
Thank you!
Dates
Spring Book Fair Continues through
Thursday, May 19

Open House
Thursday, May 19
6:15 pm

Minimum Day
Friday, May 20
8 am – 12:30 pm

Retirement Celebration for Ms. Hartley
Thursday, May 26

NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
Monday, May 30

1st Grade Orientation
Wednesday, June 1

STAR Extravaganza
Wednesday, June 1 and Thursday, June 2

Classroom Volunteers Breakfast
Friday, June 3

WAVE Awards Assembly and Volunteer Breakfast
Monday, June 6

Cafeteria Menu
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Dollars For Warner
RALPHS
Help us earn money from Ralph’s simply by scanning your Ralph’s Reward Card with the scan bar code letter you received in the first day package next time you shop at Ralph’s and they’ll sendWarner a percentage of your purchases.  You need only scan the letter once to be in their system for the school year and just scan your Reward Card as usual.  You need to scan it again even if you scanned it at the beginning of the last school year.
eScripeSCRIP
eScrip has rebate relationships with many different vendors.  Go towww.escrip.com  and register your grocery cards (Pavilions, Vons); Macy’s card; and all credit cards.  Shop at your usual stores in town.  If you use your registered card for a purchase, Warnerautomatically receives a percentage.  If you go through escrip.com online shopping mall, many more merchants are available that will give Warner a % of your purchases.  You must renew your Von’s registration with escrip every September.
TargetTarget
Every time you use your Target Redcard or Target credit card when you shop,Warner gets 1% of your total purchases by calling 800-316-6142 and designatingWarner as your school.  Or register online at
www.target.com/redcard
1) Click “Take charge of education”
2) Click “enroll now”
3) select zip code and type 90024 and then selectWarner Ave
4) type your redcard account number and name
This is an easy process and takes less than 5 minutes – please sign up.
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:  Aurorah Allain –  theaurorah@sbcglobal.net,Brenda Moore – epprsn8@aol.com

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!