The Cove Connection 

 Sunday, March 31th, 2019

Issue #28

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UPCOMING DATES

• Coffee with Brett Monday, April 1st, 8:15am, Cove Gallery

• Walk and Roll to School, Wednesday, April 3rd

• Spark Board Meeting Monday, April 1st 7:30pm-9:00pm, Hall Library

• Cove Open House Thursday, April 4th, 6:00pm-7:30pm

• Early Dismissal 1:15pm Friday, April 5th

• Spring Break -- No School Monday, April 8th- Friday, April 12th

• LCAP Meeting Monday, April 15th, 3:30pm, Hall Room 301

• Cove PTO Board Meeting Wednesday, April 17th, 8:30am, Cove Library

• LCMSD Boarding Monday, April 22nd, 6:00pm, Hall Library

• PTO Family Art and Recess Night, Wednesday, May 1st

• Cove Site Council Meeting, Thursday, May 2nd, 3:30-5:30pm,Conference Room

• SPARK Gala Saturday, May 4th

PRINCIPAL MESSAGE

Open House will give you a deeper look into what your children have been learning and how they have been learning it- through your child’s eyes. Your child is your guide.

Our Guiding Principles come to life at Open House:

#1 Experiential Learning- What hands-on, inquiry-based learning has your child engaged in?  Classrooms will feature projects they have been exploring, examples of the iterative learning process (drafts, revisions), and the products of their efforts. We aim to highlight the process of learning, not just the end products.

#2 Social-Emotional Growth-  How does your child practice being mindful, effectively participating in a group, proactive self-regulation and taking risks?

#3 Creativity- How does your child think outside the box, explore multiple solutions to problems, or share their learning in unique ways? At Open House you will get to see the arts in action:

• 7:15 performance by our 5th-grade band

• Art displays in the Gallery from Ms. McKee’s art classes

#4 Community- Take the chance to deepen community connections with your children’s classmates and teachers.  

This is an event for the whole family!

Sincerely,

Michelle Walker, Principal

SCHOOL NEWS

• Tinker Day 2019 - A Success! See photos here. Rain couldn’t keep our Cove Tinkers and Makers at bay -- such a terrific day of learning by making and experimenting. A huge “Thank You” to our Tinker Day co-chairs, teacher Amanda Estes and parent Christopher Slowe and to our many helpers! I also want to express my deep gratitude for SPARK for the funding to make Tinker Maker Day possible. It’s because of SPARK and families like you who provided financial support, that we could hold this special event and further our signature practice of Tinkering/Making.    

2019 Cove Yearbooks now ON SALE! Yearbooks will be on sale until Friday, April 13th (Friday of Spring Break) for $25. Order forms are available in the office or click here to order online. Yearbooks will be sent home with students the last week of school. Look for order forms in your child's backpack folder.

1:15 Early Dismissal on Friday, April 5th!

Walk & Roll Wednesday & Raffle, April 3rd! Weather permitting, Safe Routes will host a welcome table to hand out Safe Routes swag along with entry tickets for our next ice cream raffle! Children who travel a "green way" to school via foot, bike, scooter or bus are eligible to enter the raffle for Mag's gift cards. If you live at a greater distance, parking your car 1/4 mile from campus and walking with your child from there counts as a green route to school!

From the Art Room The art room is still accepting paper towel rolls and newspaper if you have any to donate. No more cardboard donations are needed for now. Thank you for support, Ms. McKee.

Parent Survey- Here is the 2019 LCAP PARENT SURVEY LINK (open until April 5). It should not take more than 10 minutes. In an effort to gather input on how we are doing, our district is providing surveys to our students, parents, and staff. It will play a large role in evaluating progress toward our goals for the 2018-19 school year. It also gives us critical feedback as we develop and revise our district’s Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), including new goals for the 2019-20 year. Please go to our website if you would like more information about the LCAP. Thank you for your participation and for your input.

PTO UPDATES

Good Eggs absurdly fresh groceries, delivered. Use Good Eggs to help our school! How to join the fundraiser:

• Visit Good Eggs.

• Enter the code COVESCHOOL19 –– click "Shop Now.”

• Add your groceries to your Good Eggs basket and check out! That easy!

New customers get $15 off with code COVESCHOOL19. If 10 families place an order for delivery by this Wednesday, April 3rd,  Good Eggs will send fresh fruit to our school for our teachers to enjoy!

Let’s be social! Keep up with the PTO events, purchase Cove spirit wear,support our membership and more on our PTO website! Have you liked us on Facebook?  

SPARK NEWS

Kentucky Derby Party is Saturday, May 4th: Tickets on sale now! Join us for an evening at the races. This event is a frontrunner and is sure to be a winning superfecta featuring: delicious food, open bar, live auction, late night snacks on the backstretch, casino tables, live band and a few tricks we’ve got under wraps. Across the board - we wager you’ll have a good time!

COMMUNITY NEWS

Click here for updates from:

• Mariner Cove Wildfire Preparedness

• Kinder Readiness Camp

• Spring Forward with Clay and Kiki

• Corte Madera Library Kids' Book Club

• Marissa Joy Ganz NY Broadway Training Classes & Summer 

• Marin Girls Chorus Music Summer Camp

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