The Cove Connection

Sunday, January 26th, 2020

Issue #20

January 27th- SPARK Art Show Artist Submissions Due
January 27th- Ms. O’Reilly’s Class Music Share, 11:45am, Music Room
January 27th- SPARK Art Show Artist Submissions Due
January 29th- LCMSD Special Board Meeting - Budget Study Session, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Hall Library
January 30th- Dress as Your Favorite Storybook Character Day & 3rd Readathon Assembly
January 30th- Ms. Cortright’s 1st Grade Music Share, 1:20pm, Music Room
February 3rd-7th-1:15pm Early Dismissal Week for Reading Assessments
February 4th - Coffee w/Brett 8:15am - 9:15am, Room 20
February 4th- Danielle Svetcov Author Visit at The Cove, 4th & 5th Grades 8:14am
February 10th- LCAP Committee Meeting 3:30pm-5:00pm, Hall Rm. 301
February 12th- LCMSD Board Meeting- Open Session, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Hall Library
February 14th- DELAC Leadership Team Meeting 9:00am-10:00am, Hall Room #401
February 17th-February 21st- No School- Mid-Winter Break

PRINCIPAL MESSAGE

How to Raise a Reader Pamela Paul and Maria Russo are books editors at The New York Times and co-authors of How to Raise a Reader. They emphasize the important role teachers have in teaching kids how to read and how parents can help develop those reading skills by cultivating a love of reading at home.“It does start with the parent,” Paul said. “So even if you haven’t been reading a lot, it is important to bring books into your life because kids look to their parents as role models.” For parents who aren’t already big readers, she suggests that parenthood could be a chance to make good on those resolutions to read more. The goal is to develop an intrinsic love of reading, so make reading special. In her house, Paul’s kids have a set bedtime. But they are allowed to stay up 30 minutes longer if they are reading in bed. This type of strategy makes reading special, a treat that comes with privileges. That’s very different from rewarding a child for reading with candy or screen time -- extrinsic rewards that send the message that reading must not be very fun. And for older kids, Russo has advice based on her own experience with her daughter, who was an avid reader and then abruptly stopped when she hit her teenage years. Tips And Tricks Parents Can Use To Nurture a Love of Reading in Kids

SCHOOL NEWS

Congratulations to Ms. Maher’s Class! They read the most minutes last week! With a total of 6,429 minutes read, your class wins a popsicle party!

Has Your Child Secured Donations for Our School? Our goal of $70,000 remains unchanged from last year, but we need your to help get us there! The Cove PTO can’t do it alone! Ways to support your child:

Post and share your child’s 99Pledges page with family and friends via your social media—think Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!
Help your child ask family, friends, neighbors, or coworkers to donate by sending a link to their custom 99Pledges page.
Encourage your child to read, read, and read some more!
Encourage your child to write thank you notes to family and friends who sponsored them.
Honesty! While it’s tempting for students to inflate the number of minutes read, we hope parents can use this as a valuable opportunity to teach the importance of honest, hard work.

Next Week! Dress as your Favorite Storybook Character for the Readathon Assembly! Calling all Harry’s and Herminones, Cats in the Hats, and Jane Austen fans, get ready to rock their outfits for our Readathon Assembly on Thursday, January 30th!

Thank you for your support! Contact us at readathon@covepto.org with any questions!

Author Visit at The Cove! Danielle Svetcov will be visiting our 4th & 5th graders on Tuesday, February 4th to talk to students about her new book Parked. Danielle Svetcov was a journalist writing for the New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, and the Chicago Tribune Magazine before joining the Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency in 2002. Sometime later, she would work up the courage to write a novel of her own, which turned into her debut, Parked.

Please pre-order your child’s copy by February 1st. For more information, click here.

Valentine’s Day Many classes will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Friday, 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

Variety Show Rehearsals are in Full Swing! Be sure to Save the Date and watch our talented students shine on Friday, March 6th. More details to follow.

Our Readers are going strong for our Cove PTO Readathon! Here are some helpful links: Cove Fundraising Site and our Readathon Website

SPARK NEWS

Free Shakes from Shake Shack! November’s Giving Day Participation Challenge was a success, now it’s time to celebrate! Coupons will be distributed by teachers in their classroom. At the request of Shake Shack, the coupon distribution schedule is as follows: Cove School the week of 1/13, Neil Cummins the week of 1/19 and Hall the week of 1/27. Redeem at Larkspur location only. Must bring physical coupon to redeem.

SPARK Art Show The show will feature local artists and showcase LCMSD student art at our pop-up gallery at the Town Center and run from February 8-12 from 12:00 - 5:00 p.m. with an opening night event on February 7 from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Art submission deadline is January 27
Learn more about submissions, eligibility and how you can help here. Contact artshow@SPARKschools.com with questions.

Spring Online Auction is March 11th-17th and Needs Volunteers

Solicitations: We'll provide you with the forms, email form letter and contact information.
Donations: Do you own a local business, vacation home or are willing to make a wine donation? Fill out an online auction donation form here.
Hosting Parties: Got an idea for a sign up party? We’d love to hear from you! Learn more here.
Contact info@SPARKschools.org if interested in helping with any these events

LCMSD UPDATES

At the January 15th Board Meeting Mr. Saibel, Hall Principal, presented on standards-based grading, Ms. Rigney shared the 2018-19 audit that revealed no significant findings, students participating in Hall’s leadership program were celebrated, and the school accountability report cards (SARCs) were approved. Here is the full agenda. The January 29th meeting will consist of a Board Budget Study Session. Please note, reductions are not anticipated.

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