The Cove Connection 

 Sunday, March 7th, 2021

Issue #25

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UPCOMING DATES

• March 8- No School (Teacher Development Day)

• March 10- LCMSD Board Meeting, Zoom link (passcode: lcmsd)

• March 11- Make Up Picture Day *details coming early next week

• Remote Learners, please plan to come between 11:15am-12:15am; In person learners will be photographed during their school hours.

• March 25- Cove Virtual Variety Show, 6pm, via zoom *details below

• April 1 and 2- Remote Learning Days *details below

• April 5 - 9 Spring Break, No School

• April 12- June 10 Expanded School Hours *details below

All Fridays 

• All School Assembly 11:30-12:00pm 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

Mrs. Capobianco’s and Mrs. Robbins’ classes enjoying 

outdoor morning meetings this week!

We have a new schedule starting April 12! All students will attend school together; there will be no more AM/PM. 

Please note these important schedule changes:

• April 1-2: Distance Learning Days so that teachers and staff can prepare our schools for the full classroom return on April 12th. Your child will have a total of 60 minutes each day on Zoom and 180 minutes (120 for Kindergarten) of independent assignments. Thank you in advance for your support.

• School Hours Beginning Monday, April 12

  • Kindergarten: 8:10 - 1:00; lunch on campus

  • 1st - 5th: 8:10 - 2:05; lunch on campus

More information about lunch volunteer sign ups, gate assignments, drop off/pick up locations and any new protocols required for our new schedule will be coming soon.

March Report Cards or Conferences: Second trimester reporting will come in different formats for different classes. The key criteria for success? That you understand how your child is doing and what the student, you as parents and the teacher can do to help further their growth! Your teacher will communicate to you whether they will be holding conferences or sending home report cards. For those doing report cards, they will be emailed home on March 12. For those doing conferences, your teacher will communicate a schedule and conduct conferences over the next 2 weeks. Your conference or progress report will include qualitative and quantitative data on your child’s progress toward the most essential standards. 

SCHOOL & PTO NEWS

Green thumbs were out this week for a Cove Garden work party.

Thank you to our Cove Garden Lead Florencia Castelanelli 

and our garden volunteers!

Virtual Variety Show 2021 Our beloved Variety Show is moving to our virtual stage this year. We can only do this if we have a parent who volunteers to pull all clips into an iMovie! Please consider helping so the show can go on! Email varietyshow@covepto.org to help!

Important Information 

• When: Thursday, March 25th 6pm, via zoom

• Where: Virtual hosted presentation

• What: A 60 second (one-minute) maximum presentation

• How: With respect to covid safety rules, film your talented Coyotes. 

All submissions must be uploaded here by March 12th. 

Walk and Roll March (and Roll) for Miles contest will inspire your child to walk and roll to school and track their miles! Weekends, neighborhood walks, destination rides, or even marching around the house can be counted. Print the one-page March for Miles contest sheet here. Return the contest page by March 31st and your student will be entered into a drawing for a $25.00 gift card to a local store near you.

The Cove Yearbook Needs Photos! Send In Your Snaps! Add your pictures to the Google album here. Please label pictures like this: Student Name_Grade_Teacher. Or email photos to: coveyearbook@gmail.com

DISTRICT NEWS

LCMSD Lunch Program All students are eligible for a Free lunch through June 10, 2021. For more information and to order, click here: www.thelunchmaster.com For more information, click here. 

Board Updates The next Board Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 6:00pm.  The Learning Hub and community support will be celebrated, a COVID Update regarding the full classroom return will be presented, the second interim budget will be voted on, and budget reductions will be discussed. The Board Meeting will be held in-person (RSVP with mokeeffe@lcmschools.org; spaces are limited) and here is the Zoom link (passcode: lcmsd).

SPARK UPDATES

Biz Partner Spotlight We are so grateful to The law offices of Joseph M Barton for supporting our schools. A Larkspur-based law firm serving Marin County and the Greater Bay Area, they are devoted exclusively to affordable and thoughtful estate planning and administration for their clients. 

Spring Online Auction is April 27-May 2nd We will feature lots of exciting items to bid on, including parent parties and grade level themed baskets. 

• Parent Parties Our online auction will feature sign-up parties that are a great way to have fun and support SPARK at the same time. We’re actively looking for parents to host parent-only parties, family-parties, or kid-parties. All spring events will be held virtually and in-person fall events will be limited to number of attendees and adhere to current county health and safety regulations. Click here for more information. 

• Auction Items Do you own a vacation home? Do you have a connection with a unique experience or swoon worthy items? Please let us know! Email linfo@SPARKschools.org 

• Volunteers We are looking for Catalog Editors who can help with copyediting online auction catalog and writing item descriptions. Contact info@SPARKschools.org if you can help.

Spring Fundraising Event is May 1st We’re combining the Online Auction and the Spring Event (formerly known as Gala) together!  While current county health and safety guidelines do not permit us to gather in person this year, we are working hard to make this a memorable virtual event. 

COMMUNITY NEWS

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

• CM Park and Rec Offerings

• Free Math Tutors

• Steve and Kate’s Camp

• Corte Madera Library Events

• Leprechauns Request Sanctuary in Town Park

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