The Cove Connection 

Sunday, September 23rd, 2018

Issue #5

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UPCOMING DATES

• Cove Cafe Coffee, Wednesday, October 3rd, 8:14am - 9:00am, Cove Gallery

• 5th Grade Outdoor Science Education, October 3-5

• No School, Monday, October 8th

• Cove Fall Family Picnic, Wednesday, October 10th, 5:00pm -7:00pm

• International Walk-to-School Day, Wednesday, October 10th

• Student Conferences, Early Dismissal Week 1:15pm, October 15th-19th

• Cove Library Book Fair, October 15th-19th, Cove Library

• Parent Ed Night, October 16th, 6:30pm-8:30pm Hall Middle School

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE- ZERO WASTE OCTOBER

At Cove, we are so fortunate to have an active Green Team comprised of 3rd, 4th and 5th graders who give their time to help students sort their lunch waste each day. These student leaders already led a school assembly to help teach students proper sorting!

This year, Cove will also be working with Zero Waste Marin and Mill Valley Refuse to help reduce waste at our school. Zero Waste Marin will help our school create indoor and outdoor waste stations with signage. They will also provide training on proper sorting as well as education on natural resource conservation and environmental stewardship. As of 2015, Marin County citizens were producing, on average, 4.0 pounds per person per day of materials going into our landfill. With roughly 256,000 residents, Marin County was generating 1,024,000 pounds of waste A DAY. Zero Waste Marin is working with residents, businesses, and schools to decrease this number.

Zero Waste October Challenge: During Zero Waste October, this year’s focus will be on single-use plastics.  Monday, October 1- Friday, October 5, Green Team will be collecting all of the single-use containers (chip/snack packaging, plastic baggies/Ziplocs, juice squeeze containers, etc.) that we use at snack and lunchtime. This will help raise awareness about the amount of waste we generate in 1 week at Cove!

Your support is critical. How can you help?  

• Volunteer to help Green Team during lunch time!  Emailpresident@covepto.org with your interest.

• Pack a zero waste lunch- How to Pack a Zero Waste Lunch

• Take the Zero Waste Survey (optional homework activity)

• Encourage your child to pack home what they do not eat so you can better assess their needs.

SPARK NEWS

Annual Giving: It takes everyone’s participation to raise $1.4M for our schools. We need your support. Any donation, of any amount is meaningful. Donate today!

Corporate Match: Shout out to these companies with the largest participation:  Autodesk, Blackrock, Google, Salesforce and Wells Fargo. Utilizing your company’s Corporate Match program increases and in some case doubles your donation. Not sure if your company participates? Learn more here.

Like us on Facebook: Keep up with our events and important news here.

SCHOOL NEWS

Parking Lot Reminder Please do not to park in staff spaces in the parking lot. We have staff members who arrive right at the beginning of the school day and are finding parents have parked in their spaces for drop off time. Thank you for not parking in staff spots!

Lunchtime Help Needed! We are looking for volunteers to help with lunchtime on the courtyard especially to support our Green Team, 12:30pm-1:30pm, Monday through Friday (you can pick a day per week). Contact president@pto.org if interested!

PTO UPDATES

Parent Education Event Plasticity and the Growth-Oriented Mindset Dr. Kelly Kent, PhD, from adaptEd will discuss the role parents play in promoting challenge, failure, and appropriate feedback to ensure our kids have growth-oriented mindsets. October 16th, 6:30pm-8:30pm, Hall Middle School Gymnasium Click here to register for this free event.

Cove Fall Family Picnic & Costume Party Games | Steve & Kate’s Camp | Face Painting | Family Fitness | Live Drumming Music | Spirit Wear Marin Pizza (for purchase). Wednesday, October 10th, 5:00pm-7:00pm. To RSVP, click here.  

Parent Ed Shadow Needed Our wonderful Parent Ed Coordinators will be “retiring” after the 2018-2019 school year and are looking for the next coordinators. If interested in this 2019-2020 position and to “shadow” them this year, please contact president@pto.org

COMMUNITY NEWS

Please click this link to Community News that includes updates from:

• Raise funds for Cove Library when you shop at Book Passage

• Marin County Girls Chorus

• Marisa Joy Ganz Broadway Classes

• No Belles: Women Chemists and Women in STEM

• Tamalpais Unified School District, Measure J

• Earthquakes & Disaster Preparedness