The Cove Connection 

Sunday, October 30th, 2022

Issue #12

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Principal's Message

Halloween We are looking forward to a fun and safe celebration on Monday, October 31. Here are details about what is and is not allowed at Cove on Halloween. 

Costume Guidelines: I encourage you to modify the costume for school as necessary in order to set your child up for success.

• Costumes cannot interfere with learning.

• No inflatables may be inflated at school.

• Your child must be able to use the restroom independently in his/her costume.

• Costumes should not depict a member of ethnic or racial group to which you do not belong.

• Costumes should not depict a gender in a mocking or unfavorable way

• No blood/ gore, weapons, masks from home.

• No applying hair or face paint at school.

• No props/accessories; Please don’t send any essential items that might get lost or broken.

Cove’s Counseling and Wellness Programs

A Note from our Counselor, Mrs. Scarlett Headley:

Our district wide counseling and wellness programs are 100% supported by SPARK funding. I am ever grateful for the opportunity to be the Cove Counselor. Thank you to all those who graciously donate every year to support our counseling and wellness program district wide.

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is one of our four guiding principles at Cove. We are firm believers that, “In order to cultivate intrinsic motivation and personal growth, we create safe, inclusive, environments that celebrate differences. We are flexible, collaborative and reflective.” Success and challenges will unquestionably happen at school. My role as your school counselor is to help your children learn how to self-regulate, build resiliency, and appropriately solve problems as they arise. Each class is receiving monthly SEL/Mindfulness lessons on a myriad of topics such as: self-regulation, communication skills, problem-solving skills, conflict-resolution skills, positive choice-making skills, self-esteem and diversity.

To learn more about counseling and wellness, please read this Cove Counseling and Wellness Program Description. It includes the specific tools and resources we use throughout the school. I encourage you to ask your students about the Stress Busters or the Toolbox Tools! They are helpful for children and adults alike.

Sincerely,

Scarlett Headley, Cove Counselor

Giving Day Participation Challenge  While our year end Annual Giving family participation goal is 100%, our November 15th Giving Day goal is 70%. SPARK has committed to raise $1.5M for this school year to fund 15 teachers and staff offering 14 programs district-wide. Without your financial support, our children would not have access to Visual and Performing Arts, Wellness, Science/Technology and Engineering/Robotics. A pledge or donation in the fall helps SPARK make budget and funding decisions for the following year. If participation or donations are down at that point the Foundation must consider reducing future grants.

Watch the Giving Day Tree Grow Check out where we are here! Thank you to these donors for making their Annual Giving financial contribution so far.

Giving Day Prizes:  

• When we reach 70% of families donating or pledging by November 15th, every student gets a coupon for frozen yogurt courtesy of Easy Breezy in Town Center Corte Madera.

• The K-5 grade level with the highest participation wins a special goody bag for each student chock-full of fun items.

• Classes at Neil Cummins and Cove with 100% participation will have an opportunity to win customized hoodies for every student in the class. (Please note: tie-breaker will be based on dollars raised)

• Your donation automatically enters you in our raffle drawings! NEW this year - there will be incentive drawings on our way to 70% participation. Prizes include a $100 Nugget gift card at 50%, a $250 Picco gift card at 60% and a grand prize $500 Apple gift card when we reach 70% of families donating or pledging by November 15th. 

• Want extra chances to win? New District families and returning families with a higher donation than last year will receive two entries in the raffles.

Left Bank x SPARK Mondays! Whether it's lunch or dinner, order what you want for dine-in, or take-out  and mention SPARK and 20% will benefit our schools. 

Biz Partner Spotlight AndrewsCamps When the kids aren’t in school, they have a place for them! AndrewsCamps offers After School Programs, No School Day Camps, and host Birthday Parties every weekend. Contact them today and tell them SPARK sent you! 

• Full days planned on November: 1st, 11th & 21st - 23rd  Stay local at our Center in Corte Madera or head out of town on an Adventure Day Trips to the Jelly Belly Factory and Scandia, Rebounderz and Cal Skate!

• Looking ahead to Winter Break? December 19th -23rd , 26th – 30th  January 2nd -3rd Two Full weeks of fun! Mix and Match!

School & PTO News

LAST CALL: 5th Grade Yearbook Cover Contest All entries are due to your teacher by 4pm on Wednesday, November 2nd. Voting will take place at lunch on ‘VOTING DAY’, Tuesday, November 8th. This year's theme is: "Happiness Comes in All Different Colors" – Diversity is about embracing one another’s uniqueness and learning to love the rainbow of our differences. Rules: Must be in 5th grade to enter, original artwork only, one entry per student, maximum of 2 students working together, entries must be done on 8.5 x 11 paper using a vertical orientation, name needs to be in pencil on the back. For more information, please contact: coveryearbook@gmail.com.

PTO Board Meeting this Wednesday Nov 2nd 8:30-9:30am in the library. Coffee will be served. All are welcome to attend. 

Día de los Muertos at the Cove Have you seen the altar in front of Cove? Cove coyotes have been submitting pictures of decorative artwork and/or photos of their loved ones who have passed away. A group of fabulous parent volunteers prints and hangs your photos outside in front of the school on our altar. We will learn about the Day of the Dead holiday in our November 4 assembly. Submit art and pictures to this album by Tuesday, Nov 1: Día de los Muertos Photos 2022 Questions? Email one of our parent coordinators: Monica + Jasmine + Glenda

Coyote Paws- Lunch Recess Dance Party 11/4! Students who earned coyote paws in the past month are invited to request a song at the dance party with DJ Kate Kropf on Friday during lunch recess. We love to celebrate students making good decisions and helping our school community!

5G Registration Is Open: 5G is happy to share that they have space for new members. More information and registration information at https://www.join5g.org/

Cove Garden A big Thank You to our PTO Garden Lead Margot Kirshner, son Milo (3rd grade), and family for all their efforts last Sunday at the Cove garden cleanup! Cove Coyotes collected over three bags of trash around campus, planted seeds and prepped the garden for new life!

Spiritwear Sale Thursday November 3rd 7:45-8:15am on blacktop. New swag including adult tee shirts, adult sweatshirts, beanies, bumper stickers, hats & more! 

District News

CAASPP Coffee Chat: 11/3 State testing results, also known as CAASPP, were released on October 24. Brett Geithman, Superintendent, and Daniel Norbutas, Senior Director of Ed Services, have prepared a detailed analysis that will be discussed during the coffee chat on November 3 from 8:30am-9:30am in Room E2 at Neil Cummins. All district families are welcome to attend and there will be time for questions. Additionally, this information will be presented to the Board on November 16 at 6:00pm in the Hall Library. We hope to see you there!

Math Coffee Chat Recap We had a great turnout at this week’s coffee chat that focused on strategies to support your student in communicating their thinking when working on math at home. Here is the slide deck, here is the parent resource, and here is a brief video summary of the chat. Our next math parent workshop is scheduled for December 2nd at Hall from 8:30am-9:30am; all district families are welcome to attend. During this chat we will explain strategies your student might use when problem solving.

Community News

Please click link for Community News that includes updates from:

• Winter Session Derby Den Program

• Gun Safety in Marin 

• Warning from the California Department of Public Health –
  Rainbow Fentanyl

• The Commons at Larkspur Children’s Art Contest 

• Tap and Ballet at PAAM

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