The Cove Connection

Sunday, January 5th, 2020

Issue #17

UPCOMING DATES

January 7th - SPARK Board Meeting, 7:30-9:00pm, Hall Library
January 8th - Walk and Roll
January 8th - PTO Board Meeting, 8:30am-9:30am Cove Library
January 8th -10th -Variety Show registration
January 15th - LCMSD Board Meeting - Open Session, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Hall Library
January 15th - 5th Grade Winter Concert, 11:45am Cove Gallery
January 16 - Cove Readathon Kick off
January 17th - DELAC Leadership Team Meeting, 9:00am-10:30am Hall Room 401
January 20th - No school - MLK Holiday

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

Happy New Year! The past decade brought the birth of The Cove- from planning to building to fully blossoming. Cove is more than a school. We are a family-like community that supports our children in developing into curious, capable, well-rounded people. We support each other through challenges and celebrate together during triumphs. We push each other to new limits --- all for the best possible experience for our children.

As we culminate the decade when The Cove was born, we look forward to what the next decade will hold!

Michelle Walker and The Cove Staff

SCHOOL NEWS

Hot Lunch Reminder Please be sure your student has their lunch ordered for Monday (tomorrow) and the rest of the month of January. To order, click here.

School Registration - 2020-2021 Registration appointments for incoming Kindergarten and transfer students choosing to attend the LCMSD in the 2020-2021 school year are open! If you have a younger sibling who will be attending in the fall, please make an appointment to register as soon as possible. If you know of anyone with small children living within the LCMSD boundaries, please share this information with them. To make a registration appointment and for more information, click here.

Walk & Roll Wednesday, January 8th! If it's not raining, we will be giving out swag and filling out raffle tickets at our table in the courtyard. We’ll see you walking, rolling, scootering, cartwheeling...anything other than driving!

Canned Food Drive- A Success! Thank you to 3rd graders Keyan and Kayden for their awesome effort in organizing a can drive at Cove. We exceeded their goal of collecting 400lbs of food and the SF Marin Foodbank was so grateful to pick up 2 overflowing bins to distribute to those in need!

PTO UPDATES

The Cove School Read-a-thon 2020 -- Save The Date! The 4th annual Read-a-thon is scheduled to launch on Thursday, January 16th! Get your books ready! All funds raised go directly back to our school! Your child will be able to start collecting pledges one week from today. More details to follow…

Variety Show Registration Registration for The Cove’s 2020 Variety Show will open at 9:00 am on Wednesday, January 10th and close at 11:59 pm Friday, January 10th. Everyone interested in participating must register during this time. For more information, click here. If you have any questions, please contact varietyshow@covepto.org.

SPARK NEWS

Save the Date Spring Events

Art Show Feb 7-12
Spring Online Auction: March 11-17
Spring Spotlight Gala: May 2

Volunteers Needed Was your New Year’s resolution to get more involved in our community? We’re actively looking for parent volunteers in the following areas:

Auction Solicitations: Join the team and help with donations from businesses for our online auction March 11-17. We'll provide you with the forms, email script and contact information.
Auction Donations: 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.
Parent-Hosted Parties: Got an idea for a sign up party? We’d love to hear from you! These parties are always popular and a great way to raise money for our schools. Learn more here.
Contact info@SPARKschools.org if interested in helping with any these events

SPARK Art Show Registration is open now through January 20 for the SPARK Art Show February 7-12. The show will feature local and emerging professional artists and showcasing LCMSD student art! Learn more about submissions, eligibility and how you can help here. Contact artshow@SPARKschools.com with questions.

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!

Thank you Mollie Stone’s! Sara Ryba and Michelle Walker were honored to receive a check for $4,864 from Mollie Stone’s last week, made out to support SPARK at Cove. This is a significant investment in supporting all students - we are privileged to have such support from this business partner!

LCMSD Board Updates

At the December 16th Board Meeting Trustees approved the 1st Interim Budget, discussed the human resources report and leadership teams, and conducted their annual organizational meeting. Thank you Sarah Mueller for serving as Board President for the past two years! Congratulations to our new officers: Jill Sellers, President; Katherine Chan, Vice President; and Monica Cañas, Clerk. Additionally, on December 19th the Board engaged in a governance team workshop on. Here is the agenda.

For the January 15th Board Meeting Mr. Saibel will provide an update on standards-based grading at Hall, Trustees will take action on the School Accountability Report Cards (SARCS), and the Board will review the 2020 budget calendar and audit report. We hope to see you there!

COMMUNITY NEWS

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

Tidalwaves Spring Swim Team
After school classes at The Cove
TinkerTech at The Cove

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