Sunday, October 6th, 2019

Issue #7

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UPCOMING DATES

• October 7- SPARK Meeting,7:30pm-9:00pm, Hall Library

• October 9- No School

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

• October 11- Coffee with Principal Walker, 8:15am, Music Room

• Oct 14-18- Conference Week, Early 1:15 Dismissal

• Oct 14-18- Scholastic Book Fair, Cove Library

• October 17- CA Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill

• October 23 - 4th Grade Bake Sale to Aid Hurricane Dorian Victims

• October 23- LCMSD Board Meeting, 6:00pm-9:00pm Hall Library 

• October 24- Bike Rodeo

• October 25- 5th Grade Yearbook Cover submissions due

• October 31- Halloween

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

The Cove School’s Annual Fall Family Picnic (& Costume Party!) is this Thursday, October 10th, 5pm-7pm. Fun event times on the blacktop: 

• 5:30pm Music with Megan Schoenbohm 

• 6:00pm Zumba led by our own Lisa Shields! 

• Dinner by the delicious Abel’s Mexican Food Truck (cash only), plus treats for sale by The Cotton Candy Girl. 

Additional Activities include: Steve & Kate’s Camp Games, Face Painting, Spirit Wear sale, Magic and more! For planning purposes, kindly RSVP in advance. Questions contact Kari Stiffler, Cove PTO VP, Events. Join our Cove Community and Don’t Miss the Fun!

Coffee with Principal Walker- Friday, Oct 11 at 8:15 in the music room. The topic for this coffee chat will be: understanding how your child is doing in school. We will talk about assessments, conferences, progress reports, rubrics and more! Have other questions about teaching and learning at Cove? Join us for Friday’s coffee chat! 

School News

The Cove Book Fair Returns! The Scholastic Book Fair will be taking over the library during Conference Week, October 14th - 18th! You can preview some of the books that will be available on our Book Fair Homepage. You can also set up an eWallet account, a digital payment option for students. Come browse some of the latest and most popular books. Shop early for the holidays, birthdays, and just for your own enjoyment. Book Fair Volunteers Needed-- Sign up here.

Dollars for Dorian- A motivated group of 4th graders

kicked off a Hurricane Dorian relief effort at Cove during Thursday’s assembly. Here is a message from the student team: There is a jar in every classroom for students to bring their coins and dollars to donate. We will also be having a bake sale after school on October 23 to raise money for the people of the Bahamas. Each bake sale item will be one dollar. Thank you! Your support is appreciated!

Call for Reading Buddies- from Mrs. Franco! A reading buddy is someone who reads with a Cove student 1-2 times each week. Interested in learning more? Know someone who wants to become a buddy? Email Alice Franco Subject: Reading Buddy. More info here.

PTO UPDATES

Did you know all PTO membership contributions go directly back to our Cove classrooms? What does it mean to “be a member”? It means that you support our PTO’s mission with a contribution---you do not have to attend the PTO meetings. Our goal is for every family to support PTO through a membership contribution by clicking here. 

Show your Cove Spirit by wearing spirit wear! Buy online anytime- Click here to purchase from our store on Zazzle.

SPARK NEWS

Four easy ways to make your Annual Giving Donation

1. One single payment: by check or credit card 

2. Automatic Monthly Installments: You decide how much and for how long

3. With a gift of stock 

4. Using Corporate Match 

Please visit our donation page here to learn more. 

Thank you 2019-2020 Annual Giving Donors We are so grateful for your support. Please make sure we have your name listed correctly here. Every donation from every family makes a difference. Can we count on you? 

COMMUNITY NEWS

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

• Registration for St. Patrick CYO Basketball

• An Evening With David and Nic Sheff, local authors of Beautiful Boy and Tweak, moderated by Michael Krasny of KQED

• Motherload Screening

• Dance with Cove in Motion’s Lisa Moore Shields at PAAM

• Workshops for Parents & Guardians: How to Bully-Proof Children in their Lives and the Digital World

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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.