The Cove Connection

Sunday, January 28th, 2019

Issue #20

UPCOMING DATES

PTO Readathon -- ongoing through February 8th
DELAC Meeting Tuesday, January 29th, 8:30am, Hall Room 406
Author Gennifer Choldenko of One-Third Nerd, Tuesday, January 29th 11am, Grades 3-5
Lost and Found Walk-Throughs, Thursday, January 31st
Progress Reports-Emailed Home Friday, February 1st
LCAP Monday, February 4th, Hall Room 301
SPARK Board Meeting, Monday, February 4th, 7:30pm-9:00pm Hall Library
Coffee Chat with Superintendent Dr. Geithman Tuesday, February 5th, 8:15am
100 Day of School Tuesday, February 5th
Parent Ed Event: Attention and Focus Matter for Learning and Well-Being Tuesday, February 5th, 6:30pm – 8:30pm Cove Gallery
Global School Play Day Wednesday, February 6th
LCMSD Special Board Meeting - Budget Study Session February 6th, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Hall Library
Cove PTO Board Meeting, Wednesday, February 13th, 8:30, Cove Library
Cove School Tour for Incoming Families (Sign Up Required)February 15th, 9:00am
Mid Winter Break, Monday, February 18 - Friday, February 22nd, No School

PRINCIPAL MESSAGE

Dear Families,

This Friday, February 1st, Progress Reports will be emailed home to you. These progress reports include qualitative and quantitative data on your child’s progress toward the most essential standards.

Grades 3-5 will get theirs through Alma, our student information system. The email will come from, “The Cove School Notifications<notifications@getalma.com>”. Some of our primary grade classes will be conferring with parents and providing updated data in lieu of written comments. Teachers have already communicated with parents in these classes.

We measure student progress in two ways to get the whole picture on your child. First, we look at your child to see if they are making continual growth at an appropriate rate (regardless of what level they began). Second, we look at progress toward grade level standards.

We also look at multiple ways of showing progress, as every child does not demonstrate their learning in the same way.

Please keep in mind that our teachers have put loads of energy into this endeavor. Writing thoughtful individual comments is challenging, time-consuming, and yet our amazing team of professionals do this for your children!

We value you as partners in your child’s learning, and we look forward to providing these progress reports to you on Friday.

Sincerely,

Michelle Walker, Principal

SCHOOL NEWS

Upcoming District Budget Meetings:

Coffee Chat with Superintendent Geithman (focused on Budget Recommendations). You may attend any of the three. Monday, February 4th, 8:15am at Hall Middle School; Tuesday, February 5th at The Cove; and Wednesday, February 6th at Neil Cummins.
LCMSD Special Board Meeting – Budget Study Session. Wednesday, February 6th, Hall Library at 6:00 pm.
LCMSD Regular Board Meeting – including Budget Recommendations. Wednesday, February 13th, 6:00pm in the Hall Library.

Parent Ed- Kelly Kent of adaptED Discusses modern technology’s demands on our attention and its effects on the whole, intelligent, and happy development in our youth. This is the third event in a three-part series featuring adaptEd, an organization that provides programs that apply to real-world situations. To learn more about Dr. Kent and adaptED, click here. You do not need to have attended the previous workshops to attend this event. Tuesday, February 5th, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Cove Gallery Click here to RSVP.

Valentine’s Day: Many classes will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Thursday, February 14th. Please respect any communications from your child’s teacher/s around classroom celebrations. Students are welcome to bring Valentine’s cards with pencils, colorful erasers, stickers, tattoos, etc…but no candy or food items please! Here are more ideas if you are interested.

PTO UPDATES

Readathon Update Our school just finished up our first full week of The Cove Readathon! Remember to log your minutes! (If you had trouble logging minutes last weekend, the link has been fixed!) We hope all our Coyotes are encouraged to pick up a book during this very important fundraiser. The Readathon is the primary fundraiser for the Cove PTO, raising money exclusively for our school!Here is a detailed list of where this money goes. We are hoping for 100% participation in both reading and donations! We can do this! For more information about our Cove Readathon, please visit The Cove Readathon website!

Readathon FAQs:

Do minutes spent reading during the school day count towards my daily minutes log? No. We do not count minutes read during class time or free time/tinker time during the school day.
Do listening to Audio books count towards my reading minutes?No. All reading must be done by the student or another person reading to them. Audio books or other stories read to students through iPads or computer will not count as minutes read (unless this is a specific accommodation that you have worked out with your teacher).
Can I have a paper reading log to log my minutes? Yes! You can print one here. We encourage you to then record your child's minute in the online reading log.

Keep up the awesome reading, Coyotes!

Visit us online! Keep up the PTO, Readathon, Variety Show, support our membership, and more on our PTO website!

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SPARK NEWS

Thank you SchoolsRule Marin for being our single largest SPARK donor year after year. This year’s grant of nearly $37K allows us to provide funding for counseling support at Cove, an English Language Specialist at Cove and Neil Cummins and instruments/tuning/sheet music for the Hall music program!

COMMUNITY NEWS

Click here for updates from:

Corte Madera “Confidence & Coping Clubs”
Happenings at the Larkspur LibrarY
Toni's Yoga Storytime
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with Lion Dancers
Tidalwaves Swim Team Registration Open
Marissa Joy Ganz NY Broadway Training Classes
Musical Teamwork Happens at BandWorks Summer Camp
Galileo Summer Camps Innovative Camps for Kids

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