The Cove Connection 

 Sunday, November 8th, 2020

Issue #12

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UPCOMING DATES

• November 9 LCMSD Parent Meeting, 4:30pm-5:30pm details below

• November 11 Veterans Day, No School

• November 12 School Picture Day (see information below)

• November 17 SPARK Giving Day

• November 20 Distance Learning Day in the morning for ALL students

• November 20 Report Cards Emailed Home

Weekly Dates

• All Mondays LunchMaster pickup 11:00am - 12:30pm

• All Fridays 

  • All School Assembly 11:30-12pm via Zoom

  • Library Book Pick Up and Return 8:00am - 4:00pm

  • Spiritwear Order Pick Up (if ordered) 8:00am - 4:00pm

  • Classroom Materials Pickup 8:00am- 4:00pm (*as notified by your classroom teacher)

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

SPARK- Your Participation Matters! 

You might be wondering why SPARK is asking for donations if public education is free. The reason is that LCMSD, like many districts, is community funded and depends on non-profit organizations like SPARK to provide essential funding for educational priorities that are not supported by state and local funds. SPARK funding accounts for 7% of the District's overall operating budget!  

Year after year, our wonderful community of families has shown their support for our schools by supporting SPARK. Last year more than 73% of families made donations to the Annual Giving campaign - helping the foundation reach its $1.5M goal. While this year may look a little different, our needs have not changed. 

Now more than ever, it is time to come together as a community and support our schools. Your participation is critical. Please join our efforts with your gift to SPARK so our students can continue to receive an excellent and engaging educational experience, not just today, but in the future as well.  

Let’s get to our goal!

Sincerely,

Michelle Walker, Principal

SPARK UPDATES

Giving Day Participation Challenge is ON! Our current Annual Giving participation rate is at 18%. While our ultimate goal is 100% participation from families, our Giving Day goal is 60%. We need every family who participated last year and every family new to our District to support SPARK this year.  Money raised this school year, covers salaries and benefits for this same school year. Make your donation or pledge  by November 17th and be entered to win a Peloton bike. Increase your odds - families new to our District who make a donation or returning families with a higher donation than last year will receive two entries in the raffle. When we reach 60% participation by November 17th, every student gets a free shake from Amy's Drive Thru! 

SPARK Biz partner Nicolette Shopping Event Thursday November 12th from 11-7pm for trunk shows and raffle, with 10% of purchases to benefit SPARK. Pop by during 4-7pm for bubbles and nibbles. 

SCHOOL NEWS

Cove Picture Day is on Thursday, November 12. In-person cohorts will take photos during the school day. Pre-order online by visiting https://www.dorianstudio.com/prepayment/, and type in "Cove Elementary School - Corte Madera, CA" to find our school. Distance learners have an assigned time on this schedule: Cove Picture Day Schedule 2020. Distance learners, please come to the front of the school and line up outside the gallery. There is also an alternate time (2:00-2:15) for distance learners who cannot make it at their assigned time. See this flyer from Dorian (photo company) for more information!

Annual Cove Yearbook Cover Art Contest We are calling on all 5th Grade artists! We launched the cover art contest this past week in the classrooms. Here is a link to the rules. If you have more questions, please send an email to coveyearbook@gmail.com

Día de los Muertos At Friday’s assembly, we learned all about this well-respected Latin American tradition. Thank you to parent volunteers Monica Canas, Jasmin Guzman and Glenda Lugo Medrano for helping to bring this tradition to Cove. With the pictures you submitted, they created a beautiful altar in front of the school. Here is the link to the assembly slide deck which has a 6-minute movie created by Cove parents. 

Covid Test Resources For testing locations and other Marin County Covid updates, visit the Marin Health and Human Services website here.

Cove LCAP Parent Rep Request Did you know that our Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) outlines our district goals and action plans towards them for the next three years? We greatly appreciate parent and staff involvement in this process. We would love to have 1-2 parent reps on this committee. If you are interested in participating, please email Mary Anne O'Keeffe at mokeeffe@lcmschools.org

Our meetings this year will take place virtually from 3:30-5:00 on the following dates:

• October 19, 2020

• December 7, 2020

• February 8, 2021

• April 12, 2021

Health & Wellness Committee (Lunch) The primary purpose of this committee is to collect feedback and evaluate how the hot lunch program is going, as well as any recommendations for 2021-22. Please complete this form if you are interested and able to commit to the following meetings via Zoom from 3:45pm - 4:45pm:  11/19, 1/14, 3/18, and 5/20.The composition of the committee will be as follows: 1-2 teachers and/or staff from each site, 1-2 parents from each site, 1 school administrator, 1 Board member, 1 school nurse, the CBO, and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) administrator. We appreciate your interest in providing meals for our students. 

LCMSD UPDATES

Parent Meeting on Monday, November 9th from 4:30pm-5:30pm to discuss these three COVID updates: Thanksgiving Re-Entry Plans, Tier III Absence/Illness Decision Tree, and the upcoming survey to select distance learning for January – June. This meeting will also be recorded and posted here by November 11th. 

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82682740970

Dial in: 1 669 900 6833

COMMUNITY NEWS

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

• The CM Parks & Rec Department Offerings

• LCMSD, CMPD, FD Holiday Gift Drive

• Marin Prevention Network is launching a Social Host Ordinance (SHO) Awareness campaign

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