Students collected change to raise money for the organization.
The Verner Elementary Student Council has raised money for the Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania in Rosedale. The students of the Verona school donated $21 via a guessing jar effort and donated it to the organization, which is located just a few miles away in Penn Hills.
Registration for Verner and Tenth Street elementary schools begins Feb. 27 and ends March 30.
Riverview School District registration for full-day kindergarten begins this month. Beginning Feb. 27, parents can register their children to attend Verner Elementary in Verona or Tenth Street Elementary in Oakmont. Registration will occur from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the respective schools. There will be a registration deadline of March 30 because district officials need to know how many children are registering for kindergarten in order to make important budget decisions. Children will be eligible for kindergarten if they are 5 years old before Sept. 1, 2012. Parents are asked to bring a child's birth certificate, immunization records and proof or residency. Tenth Street Elementary School is located at 901 Pennsylvania Ave. in Oakmont. …
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The school's student council organized the food drive to benefit the Verona United Methodist Church food pantry.
Verner Elementary School Student Council held a Thanksgiving food drive for the Verona United Methodist Church's food pantry. Each family was asked to donate five canned goods/nonperishable items. In celebration of the students' great efforts to support community members, they will go to school today, Nov. 23, dressed in pajamas. Happy Thanksgiving from the students at Verner Elementary.
Students showed their appreciation to police for keeping them safe.
On Monday, members for the Verner Elementary School Student Council presented police officers with a 'Thank You' poster signed by all of the students at Verner. The poster was to honor police officers who helped during a school lockdown last week after an international fugitive shot at FBI and police during a more than three-hour standoff.
