Sunday, February 10th, 2019

Issue #22

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UPCOMING DATES

UPCOMING DATES

• Last Day for Readathon Donations Monday, February 13th

• Walk n Roll Walk to School Umbrella Day Wednesday, February 13th

• Cove PTO Board Meeting Wednesday, February 13th, 8:30, CoveLibrary

• LCMSD Board Meeting- Budget Recommendations, Wednesday, February 13th, 6:00pm Hall Library

• Cove School Tour for Incoming Families (Sign Up Required)Wednesday, February 15th, 9:00am

• Cove’s February Fun Run, (Turkey Trot Rescheduled) Wednesday, February 15th

  • K-1st: 9:20am to 10:20am

  • 2nd and 3rd: 11:15am to 12:15pm

  • 4th and 5th: 1:30pm to 2:30pm

• Mid-Winter Break, Monday, February 18 - Friday, February 22nd, No School

• Variety Show Tech Rehearsal Friday, March 1, 3:30pm-6:00pm, Neil Cummins Gymnasium

• Variety Show, Friday, March 8th 6:00pm-8:30pm, Neil Cummins Gymnasium

PRINCIPAL MESSAGE

New Readathon Prize Added!  Last Chance for Donations!  Due to our tough budget times, we have added a bonus prize as an incentive to get those donations in! The PTO will host a pizza and movie dinner party in the CoveGallery for the class team who raises the most in donations!  (Date TBD) You can check the 99pledges site to see your ranking. We will still offer the class party for 100% donation participation and continue with the raffle for minutes read. See the PTO section below for more Readathon details---we need everyone’ssupport!

Happy Valentine’s Day! Many classes will be celebrating Valentine’s Day this Thursday, February 14. 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.

 Global School Play Day was a huge success!  #GSPD2019

Check out photos from every class at Cove engaged in play!

SCHOOL NEWS

Tips on How to Stay Healthy in a Message from the School Nurse

Walk 'N Roll Wednesday This Wednesday, February 13th is Walk to School Umbrella Day! Walking with umbrellas and raincoats can be a fun way to start the day!  Live far or unable to walk/bike the whole way? Then park your car 1/3 of a mile from campus and walk the rest of the way with your child. Remember to set alarm clocks 20 minutes early the night before so your child doesn’t miss the fun! Visit us at to our welcome table at the front of the school for a giveaway – rain or shine!  Please help us reduce car drop-off traffic and teach our children the importance of using their feet to get to school.

Art Room Ask Ms. McKee is asking for four volunteers  (1x a month) to take home the Art Room aprons to wash and dry at the end of each month. Please sign up if you can. Click here for more information.

Message About Fortnite, Online Game If your child is engaged in playing the online game Fortnight, you will want to read the attached community email sent by the principal at Loma Verde Elementary School in Novato. Consideration of online gaming's social (or anti-social) impact on your child is something important to be aware of. I am sharing this communication with you with permission from Principal Tehniat Cheema. Click here for the message about Fortnite.

PTO UPDATES

Our Coyotes have read so many minutes! We were so close to meeting our reading goal of 200,000 minutes in just the first 2 weeks! We hope week three gets us past our goal! Week 3 minutes were due Friday and will be totaled on Monday. Stay tuned to see how much the book worm grows! We are also getting closer to our fundraising goal, and hope to meet it, or even better, exceed it! There is still one more day to collect donations to count towards prizes. Contributions received after Monday, February 11th, will still be accepted and appreciated, but will not count towards prizes. Donations can be made to the99Pledges site, or via check (to Cove PTO) in the office Readathon donation box, or on our PTO Website (just be sure to note student names in order to get credit towards prizes). All winners will be announced at the Friday Assembly! Thank you for all your support during this very important fundraiser for our Cove School! 

New Readathon Prize Added! The PTO will host a pizza and movie dinner party in the Cove Gallery for the class team who raises the most in donations!  (Date TBD) You can check the 99pledges site to see your ranking. We will still offer the class party for 100% donation participation and continue with the raffle for minutes read.

The PTO Website: https://www.covepto.org/membership (be sure to leave a comment telling us it's for the Cove Readathon and your child's name)

Contributions to The Cove PTO are Tax deductible. Did you contribute to the PTO in 2018/ Readathon 2018? Your contribution is fully tax deductible! The CovePTO tax ID number is 35-2503277. Provide the tax ID with your proof of contribution to claim your deduction. And THANK YOU for your support.

The Cove Variety- Save the Date! Our performers are currently in rehearsals! The Variety Show Performance will take place on Friday, March 8th at 6:00pm in the Neil Cummins Gym. For more information click here.

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

Corporate Match: Calling all Wells Fargo, Autodesk, Salesforce, Piper Jaffray or Apple employees - have you taken advantage of your company's Corporate Match program with your Annual Giving donation? Last year we raised nearly 100K alone through Corporate Match Programs. Not sure if your company participates? Find out here if you can double your donation!

SPARK Spring Auction is March 12th-18th Do you own a local business, vacation home or are willing to make a wine donation? It’s parents like you in our community who can really help! Fill out an online auction donation form here.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Click here for updates from:

• Chess for Kids Grade K-5th

• Amazing Science Grades 1st-3rd

• Organised by Geanne

• Tidalwaves Swim Team

• 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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ABOUT THE COVE CONNECTION The Cove Connection is a digital bulletin published by the CovePTO and distributed to The Cove School community each Sunday via email. To submit content to the Cove Connection, please email info@covepto.org. To receive a subscription to The Cove Connection, or to change your email address, send a note to  covesecretaries@lcmschools.org.