The Cove Connection 

 Sunday, May 3rd, 2020

Issue #31

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UPCOMING DATES

• March 17 - June 11 School Closure; Remote Learning 

• May 4 - 8th- Teacher Appreciation Week

• May 4 - May 29 Safe Routes Walk & Roll Recess Challenge

• All Mondays-  Lunch Pick-Up, Hall Middle School, 11am-12pm

• Para información sobre almuerzos sin costo clickee aquí

• May 3rd, Tuesday- 8-11am

  • Return Library Books in the box outside of school

  • Lost and Found Accessible outside

  • Teacher Boxes of materials outside- optional, only if your teacher emailed you

• All Fridays- Cove Zoom Assembly, 12:00pm

• May 25th- Memorial Day Observed, No School

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

• Staff Appreciation Week Starts Tomorrow! This week, let’s all celebrate our amazing teachers and staff remotely!  Our PTO team has put together some fun ways to show our appreciation.  Additionally, I encourage families to express their appreciation in whatever way they see fit.

• Monday, May 4: PTO will decorate the school entrance with a banner for any teachers who come to campus on Monday (since Mondays are the day that teachers are allowed to access their classrooms for materials). This banner will remind our community about this special week and serve as a public symbol of our appreciation.

• Tuesday, May 5: Flood them with emails of appreciation! Please send your teacher and other special staff members who make our school so special (special area teachers, custodians, campus support, paras, library clerks, secretaries, health liaisons, special ed service providers, etc!) a sweet video or email note of you thanking them for being so smart, generous, kind, special, etc. This Cove staff list has emails for each of our 50 staff members! 

• Wednesday, May 6: PTO will be sending a restaurant delivery gift card to every teacher. Since we cannot host our annual appreciation luncheon this year, we are sending a take-out treat to say thank you!

• Thursday, May 7: Let your appreciation shine! Your class may show your appreciation in whatever way works best for you. Get creative! 

• Friday, May 8: Appreciation assembly- We will watch the slideshow of your children’s smiling faces with their signs of appreciation. Did you upload your photo yet? If you missed the Saturday deadline, you can still add a photo of your family with a poster here by 8pm today (Sunday). Remember to include your teacher and add names of other teachers, specialists, paraprofessionals etc. Here is a complete list of teachers and staff. Our goal is to have one from every Cove family! 

The PTO is truly grateful for our parents who are working so hard and going the extra mile during these times. Thank you for all you are doing and thank you for taking the time to appreciate our staff this week!

Attendance in Virtual Classes- Just as in regular school, our expectation is that your child attends virtual class sessions. If there is a reason your child cannot attend, please communicate that to your teacher, ideally in advance. In some cases, the teacher tells students and parents a meeting is optional (such as office hours). Thank you for teaming with us to ensure your child is accessing virtual learning!

Sincerely,

Michelle Walker, Principal

SCHOOL NEWS 

Safe Routes Walk & Roll Recess Challenge May 4-May 29. 

With less traffic and glorious weather in full bloom, Safe Routes to Schools has decided to host an easy-to-implement and playful new program called the Walk & Roll Recess Challenge. The goal of the challenge is to encourage social distancing exercise in efforts to boost student physical and mental health during these SIP times. For more information click here.

LCMSD Lunch Service: All LCMSD students are able to receive lunch at no cost. Mondays at Hall Middle School from 11-12pm. No prior ordering required.For more information click here. Para información sobre almuerzos sin costo clickee aquí *Para ayuda en español por favor contacte a Florencia Frankenberg  castelanellif@yahoo.com o 617-971-7785. 

Moving for Next Year? If your K-4th grade child is NOT planning to attend Cove in 2020-21, please notify your child's teacher, Michelle Walker (mwalker@lcmschools.org), Diana Nay (dnay@lcmschools.org) andcovesecretaries@lcmschools.org as soon as possible. 

PTO UPDATES

We miss everyone! While we’re apart let’s try and stay together. Visit our website and Friend us on Facebook and stay in touch! 

Nominations for the 2020-2021 Cove PTO Executive Board are Open!Interested in joining us? We are site-specific and work to enhance our school for students, teachers, and parents alike. Plus, we promise we’re fun! Please Clickhere to read a letter from the Board and a full description of each position. Please contact incoming 2020-2021 PTO President, Kristen Slowe with any questions or for more information.

SPARK NEWS

Thank you to our incredible parent performers for participating and community members for supporting our Virtual Spring Spotlight last night! If you want to support our mission to fund the gap this year, you can make a donation here. We are so grateful to have such a supportive community!

COMMUNITY NEWS

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

• Virtual Capoeira Classes for Everyone

• Community Assistance for Marin’s Vulnerable Populations

• Comcast offering Free WIFI

• Marin County Free Library Links

• The Marin County Free Library’s Kids at Home Series 

• Town of Corte Madera Virtual Recreation & Resource Point 

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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.