The Cove Connection 

 Sunday, May 10th, 2020

Issue #32

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UPCOMING DATES

• March 17 - June 11 School Closure; Remote Learning 

• 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 12th, Tuesday- 8-2pm

  • 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 15th- Marin Wastewater Assembly- details below

• Specialist Class Times: Art, Music, PE!- details below

• May 25th- Memorial Day Observed, No School

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

Dear Cove Families,

Happy Mother’s Day! Being a mom has a whole new look this year and today is a day to appreciate YOU for all you have been doing over the past 2 months. I hope you make a point to do something that fills your cup today. You deserve it!

Parenting in the digital age is challenging. It is infinitely more challenging with our current reality of remote schooling that requires our students to be on technology more than ever before.

As such, it is important that we reinforce the age-appropriate lessons on digital citizenship. While teachers have folded in digital citizenship lessons throughout the year, it is time for us to review and reinforce. We want to ensure that our students are making good choices as they continue to explore and use new learning platforms and social connections through media. 

Please build in some of these important digital citizenship lessons with your children throughout the week. The videos are very brief, and the follow-up questions cover the key points of the lesson:

• Digital Citizenship Lessons for Remote Learning Grades K-2

• Digital Citizenship Lessons for Remote Learning Grades 3-5

Thank you for your support. We couldn’t do this without you!

Sincerely,

Michelle Walker, Principal

SCHOOL NEWS

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. 

Safe Routes Recess Challenge- May 4-29 Is your child getting their wiggles out during home recess time? Starting Monday, May 4, Safe Routes to School challenges our Cove Coyotes to a fun program called the Walk & Roll Recess Challenge. Please review the attached parent instructions and Student "Ya Ya" Log. I will also be participating during my office recess time---walking my dog, riding my bike, and hiking!

• Flyer English

• Flyer Spanish

• Parent Instructions English

• Parent Instructions Spanish

• Student Log (or you can make your own log- no need to print!)

Marin Wastewater Agencies “Go With the Flow” Virtual Assembly for Cove-Ean and Doug were scheduled to come our assembly this week and do their “Rock Steady Juggling” show for us. Since school is closed, they filmed this 30-minute virtual assembly for us instead. Here is the Go With the Flow Worksheetyou can use when following along with the video. I encourage students to watch it and then join on Friday, May 15 at 9am for a live Zoom session with Doug!(link to come a few days before) 

Cove Specialists Website and Zoom Times! - See lessons and a schedule for optional Face to Face times with our music teacher, art teacher, PE coach and district librarian!

Art with Ms. McKee (Zoom links in weekly lesson plans on website)

• K- 2 Fridays 1:00 - 1:30 pm

• 3 - 5 Fridays 1:30 - 2 :00 pm

Music with Ms. Derby (Zoom links in weekly lesson plans on website)

• K-2 Thursdays 12:30-1:00

• 3-5 Fridays 12:30-1:00

PE with Coach Arroyo

• K- 2 Wednesdays 1:00 - 1:30 pm- K-2 Hangout Link

• 3-5 Wednesdays 1:30 - 2 :00 pm- 3-5 Hangout Link

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

Thank you for your phenomenal outpouring of love for Teacher Appreciation Week! Cards, flowers (real and virtual), and this incredible videocreated from your photos! Watch with tissues. 

Want to help our school in a more meaningful way? 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 Click here 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 and brave performers at last week’s Virtual Spring Spotlight and our generous families for their financial contributions to help fund this year's gap. Your donation helps SPARK reach its $1.5M fundraising goal this year which supports over 14 teachers District-wide. To make a donation, click here. If you do not have an account, you'll need to set one up here first. 

SAGE Educators Discount: Ready to be Mom and Dad again? SPARK-family-owned business Sage Educators is offering a special discount to help you navigate e-learning at home. Take advantage of our discounted May tutoring package and let Sage take over as teacher and accountability coach! Learn more here.

COMMUNITY NEWS

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

• 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.