The Cove Connection 

 Sunday, February 7th, 2021

Issue #21

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UPCOMING DATES

• Readathon Dates:

  • February 9- Donation Collection Ends

  • February 11- Pizzeria Delfina Pizza Making Night at 5pm (if ordered)

  • February 12- Final Awards Ceremony Assembly

• February 9 Mindfulness Parent Education, 5:00-6:00pm via Zoom

• February 10 School Tour for New Families, 10:00am- Register Here

• February 10 LCMSD Board Meeting, 6:00pm

• February 11 Parent meetings re: Return To Full Classes in April

  • Elementary Parents: 8:30am (Zoom Link)

  • Hall Parents: 9:30am (Zoom link)

• February 15-19 Mid Winter Break- No School

• All Fridays 

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

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

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

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Mindfulness Parent Education Workshop with Scarlett Headley

Did you know that a Mindfulness practice can...

• Help you slow down.

• Help you know yourself better.

• Help you focus and concentrate better.

• Help you ruminate and stress less.

• Help you change bad habits.

• Help you become more resilient.

• Lead to self-acceptance and compassion for others.

• Lead to a more enjoyable life.

Mindfulness Parent Education Workshop, Tuesday, February 9th, 5:00-6:00 pm. Come and join our District Wellness Counselor, Scarlett Headley, for a parent education workshop on Mindfulness. During this informative and interactive workshop, you will experience first hand the soothing and transformative power of Mindfulness. Scarlett will give a brief overview of Mindfulness and then jump right into some Mindfulness exercises followed by a Q&A portion. She has asked that cameras be turned on given the interactive nature of this workshop. Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/8309027978?pwd=TUpPS2NvRUsvdEFMYlkwRS84ZWlrQT09

Meeting ID: 830 902 7978

Passcode: 1234567

Update on School Schedule/ Return to Full Classes In his email to our LCMSD community on Thursday, February 4, Dr. Geithman shared that we have (tentatively) scheduled a return to full classes on April 12 with approximately 5+ hours of instructional time daily. We will discuss this at the Board Meeting on February 10th at 6:00 pm and have scheduled parent meetings on February 11th to present data and plans, as well as gather feedback. The meeting recordings and the slide deck will be available here by 5:00 pm on February 12th.

• Elementary Parent Meeting: 2/11/21 at 8:30 am (Zoom Link)

• Hall Parent Meeting: 2/11/21 at 9:30 am (Zoom link)

One important component of meeting this goal is parent volunteers - please attend these meetings to learn more about the vital role parents will play in extending our school day!

I encourage you to attend the board meeting and/or the elementary parent meetings coming up this week. You can read the full email from Dr. Geithman with more information here.

SCHOOL and DISTRICT NEWS

Readathon Happenings!

Dr Geithman Reads a bedtime story, Dress as Your Favorite Storybook Character Day, and even a lego friend getting in their minutes read!

For every class that achieves a 100% fundraising goal, everyone in the class receives a really awesome prize... Including their teacher! They will receive two Book Passage gift cards -- one toward class materials and one especially for them! AND if we achieve 100% school donation contribution, across all classrooms, our beloved specialist teachers, Coach Arroyo, Ms. Derby, and Ms. McKee, will also receive the gift card prizes! 

Special Additional Raffle! At assembly next week will have a special raffle dedicated to money raised for our school! For how to gain raffle tickets, visit our Readathon website. All  3 previous raffles have been solely for minutes read.

The PTO needs these funds to pay for our:

• Remote tech licenses

• Campus Support Helper Position

• Reading Support Position

• Professional Development Days

• Staff Appreciation

• And SO much more!

 Assembly Raffle Winners 

These 10 awesome Coyotes won a prize at our Week 3 Readathon Assembly:

• Gia B (Valdy/Deavila)

• Hailey H (Holst)

• Ramon G (Hawkins)

• Solomon S (Hawkins)

• Kyle O  (Estes)

• Luke O (Bisel/ Trincia)

• Jacob C (Holst)

• Kelly L (Hawkins)

• Tesia D (Bisel)

• Poppy S (Capobianco)

To collect your prize, please arrange pickup with your teacher. Congratulations!

Top Classes Minutes Read Earn a Pajama Day Party!

• K-2: Ms. Osterman

• 3-5: Ms. Hawkins

Student Email Accounts Our goal is to help children learn how to be positive digital citizens and teach them about responsible technology use. Every student has a school email account assigned to them. These email accounts are for school use only and should not be used for correspondence about personal topics. I have asked teachers to be sure that students are aware of this. These accounts are monitored and will be suspended if misused. As a parent, please follow up with your child about the difference between school/work accounts and personal accounts. Perhaps, you might want to set up a personal email account for them to be able to correspond with friends and family. That is a choice that each family can make. Thank you for your help with teaching our children digital citizenship! These lessons will help them for years ahead. Thank you!

Valentine’s Day 2021 #COVIDStyle Many classes will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Friday, February 12th. This year, we cannot allow students to bring Valentine cards from home to distribute to their classmates at school. Such a bummer, I know! Some families may choose to do electronic Valentine cards for classmates. Teachers will be brainstorming and sharing ideas for class Valentine activities that do not involve passing out cards or food or parent volunteers. Please look for information from your child’s teacher about how they will be celebrating Valentine’s Day!

New Student Registration for the 2021-2022 School Year is Now Open OPEN! Registration for next school year is open for students new to the district in grades K-8. To register a new student to the district, please review the Registration Process. Students currently enrolled with the district do not need to register.

The Cove Yearbook is looking for PICTURES Kids doing school from home, participating in Specialty Zooms, joining in on Cove-in-Motion, in their favorite mask, sharing their projects, etc!  In particular, we need photos of our amazing 5th graders and want to honor them with a special dedication!  You can add your pictures to the Google album here.  Be sure to label the pictures like this: Student Name_Grade_Teacher.  

SPARK UPDATES

Coming Soon: Amy’s Drive-Thru shake coupons! Please check your student’s backpack for the coupon this coming week. Thank you to all the families who participated in our Annual Participation Challenge in November and helped us hit 65%.

Corporate Match Have you taken advantage of your company's Corporate Match program with your Annual Giving donation? Last year we raised nearly $155K alone through Corporate Match Programs. Not sure if your company participates? Find out here if you can double your donation!

LCMSD UPDATES

Board Updates The Board met on February 3, 2021 (agenda) and engaged in a Budget Study Session. On February 10, 2021 the Board will hold a regularly scheduled meeting at 6:00 pm where they will vote on a resolution to refinance school bonds. The refinance, if approved, will result in no savings to the District; the savings will all go to LCM taxpayers and is estimated at $8.2 million. Additionally, during the February 10, 2021 meeting the Board will be presented with a COVID Update (including information regarding the return to full classrooms and a longer instructional day). The Board will also examine follow-up scenarios based on their Budget Study Session. The meeting will be conducted in person (RSVP mokeeffe@lcmschools.org – space is limited) and via Zoom  (Zoom link).

Parent Meeting re: Budget To follow up on the Board’s Budget Study Session, we will provide the Board with budget scenarios to discuss on February 10th at 6:00 pm and have scheduled a parent meeting to gather feedback on February 23rd at 8:30 am (Zoom link). The meeting recording and the slide deck will be available here by 5:00 pm on February 25th.

COMMUNITY NEWS

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

• CM Park and Rec Offerings

• Marin Girls Chorus: Online Winter Break Camp

• Dance with E.N.A.

• Broadway Training Programs

• The Culinary Dude Ski Week and Spring Break Camps!

• Corte Madera Library Events

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