The Cove Connection 

Sunday, January 8th, 2023

Issue #19

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Principal's Message

Help our kids, and our school, start the New Year strong by joining us in making our 7th Annual Cove School Readathon the best one yet! 

The Readathon is a 4-week reading and fundraising event that will take place from January 13 to February 7. Not only does it encourage our children to read, it raises money that the Cove School relies heavily on. This is for ALL KIDS at The Cove, even the kindergartners who are just learning to read.

We will have a special assembly on Friday, January 13 to kick-off the readathon.

The money we collectively raise directly funds The Cove needs such as: 

• Tech Licenses 

• Classroom furniture

• Cove office and admin supplies

• Teachers materials

• Professional Development Days

• Reading Support Position

• Cove Campus Support Staff

• ...And the list goes on! 

Reading to your child, having them read to you, reading on their own, and even audiobooks count toward minutes read! All are proven ways to grow the love of reading. Let’s read, raise, and win! 

We have awesome incentives and prizes for our students and teachers. 

You should have received an email invitation from 99pledges with your child's unique link.

Visit 99pledges and our Readathon website for more information.

The Readathon is the only fundraising event dedicated solely to

The Cove School, so please help us make it a success!

School & PTO News

Readathon Volunteers Needed! Got some pep in your step and want to help spread the word on our upcoming Readathon? Please join our Readathon Pep Rally team to drum up excitement. Signup here. 

Readathon Book Swap Start going through your kids books and make a pile that you wish to donate to The Cove School Book Swap. We will be collecting books on Tuesday, January 17 - Thursday, January 19 in the Gallery. Bring one, bring a box. Every child will go home with at least one new book on Friday, January 20.  

Choose a new Book for the New Year! Students with January birthdays can look out for a Birthday Book Program flyer from the Cove Library in their backpack this week. Simply make a small donation to this fun program and your child will get to choose a brand new book, with their name written on a bookplate inside, for all to enjoy at the Cove Library. And in addition, don’t forget to support your beloved local store, The Book Passage! Mention The Cove School at check out (or in the comments field if ordering online) and the school will receive a portion of the purchase in the form of bookstore gift certificates. We use these to buy even more books for the kids to enjoy in the library. 

Thank you to all who registered for this year's Variety Show! We cannot wait to see your talents! Variety Show Preview Week starts on Monday January 23rd. If you have not signed up for your Preview Week day please make sure to do so. https://www.covepto.org/events/variety-show

Parent Ed Opportunity We are teaming up with Kentfield Schools and Neil Cummins to offer our first Parent Ed of the year. Katie Greer, Internet safety expert, will provide up-to-date information about how kids are using the internet today. Her talk will cover some of the following:

Privacy – what does it mean? Technology tattoos – the good & the bad. Gaming online – tips & tricks and Social media rules & guidelines

Wednesday, January 18 at 7pm, Kent Middle School. To learn more about the event and to RSVP click here.

Registration for School Year 2023-24 Registration for the 2023-24 school year will open January 10, 2023. If you, or anyone you know has an entering Kindergartener, or a 1 st -7 th grade student who is not currently attending LCMSD, but would like to attend next year, please pass along this information. Click here for information on the registration

process. IMPORTANT: If your student is currently enrolled in K-7 and you will be attending for the 2023-24 school year, there is no need to re-register. Your student will automatically roll up to the next grade.

Immediate Need for a Breakfast server at Cove The District is in need of one person to work .5 hr in the morning before the school bell – this is a PAID position.  Time would be 7:45am - 8:15am. This position is tons of fun, the kiddos are so excited to receive breakfast before school.

Contact Christina Perkins if you are interested or know of anyone (think grandparents) for more information email: cperkins@lcmschools.org.

Spring Online Auction & Spring Gala Volunteers Needed As we gear up for our spring events, we need parent volunteers to help out with auction solicitations, catalog editing, and the Spring Gala. 

• The Spring Online Auction will be held March 15-20 and we need volunteers from mid-January to the end of February. 

• The Spring Gala will be held Friday, May 5th and we have many volunteer positions large and small. These are our two biggest fundraising events of the year and we need all hands on deck. 

• If interested please email: info@SPARKschools.org 

Biz Partner Spotlight Club Evexia: A state-of-the-art fitness facility, with over 50 group fitness classes per week including Yoga, HIIT, Pilates, Kickboxing, Tabata, Zumba, Bootcamp and more. Join by January 15th for only $299 and receive a complimentary month in the Infrared Sauna Lounge, and three complimentary personal training sessions. Their best deal ever with total savings of over $750! Come visit in person today or visit www.ClubEvexia.com.

District News

Transitional Kindergarten LCMSD will not be offering transitional kindergarten/universal preschool for the 2023-24 school year. LCMSD is largely in support of TK as long as it is funded. Unfortunately, when Newsom announced the expansion of the program he omitted the fact that Basic Aid districts would not receive funding to support this additional grade level. LCMSD is designated as a Basic Aid district. About 10% of all school districts in California are also deemed this as our property taxes meet/exceed the minimum per pupil expenditure as defined by the state. The other 90% of districts are LCFF funded, which means they rely on state funding in addition to their property taxes to meet this minimum per pupil requirement. Basic Aid districts differ, LCMSD is barely Basic Aid where Laguna Beach, for example, is deep Basic Aid, which means they have much more funding per pupil than LCMSD. There are groups advocating for Basic Aid districts to receive funding for TK/UPK. Should they be successful, we will revisit this for the 2024-25 school year.

Community News

Please click link for Community News that includes updates from:

• Corte Madera Rec Offerings

• Town of Corte Madera Planning Position Vacancy

• Belvedere-Hawthorne Nursery School 

• Marin Girls Chorus Now Enrolling!

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