The Cove Connection

Sunday, March 11th, 2023

Issue #27

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UPCOMING DATES

Be sure to keep up with all Cove events:

The Cove's iCal, LCMSD's iCal feed

March 15-20 Spark Online Auction
March 15 Safe Routes Spring J.E.D.I. Challenge Wk 2
March 15 Variety Show Dress Rehearsal *2:15 performers only
March 17 Trimester 2 Report Cards Emailed Home
March 17 Cove PTO Variety Show, NC Gym, 6pm
March 22 Cove PTO Tinker Day! *please volunteer below
March 28 K-2 Author & Illustrator Visit *see below
- Every Friday- Lost & Found Outside at The Loop

SPARK Spring Online Auction- This Week!

Principal's Message

Dear Families,

It’s time to set up your online auction accounts and get ready to bid on awesome items. Supporting this SPARK auction is a win-win. You get great things and SPARK raises money for our schools!

Items to bid on include: parent-hosted parties, dining, getaways, fashion & beauty, fitness & sports, and more! Register with Give Smart in advance so you're ready to bid on items when it opens at 12:00 pm on March 15th. Even if you have an account from previous years, each year you need to set up a new account. Click here.

and…

SPARK Survey - Closes March 20

SPARK wants to hear from you! Help SPARK with its future planning and share your thoughts. Your feedback is very important so SPARK can continue to best support our community. This is a different survey than the LCAP survey sent by the District in February. Click here to give your input to SPARK!

Thank you,

Michelle Walker, Principal

School & PTO News

Derby Den Productions Performed Frozen Kids on Thursday

Well done to our talented coyotes! Thank you, Ms. Derby!

Variety Show Performers get ready for your DRESS REHEARSAL this Wednesday March 15th. It is being held at the Neil Cummins Gym. Performers must show up at 2:15pm and will end rehearsal at 4:30pm. Parents of performers please check your email for more details.

The Cove School Variety Show is This Friday, March 17th, 6pm (doors open at 5:30pm). Coyotes are invited to come, watch, and support nearly 70 of your fellow students perform! Please supervise your children at this event- this is not a drop off event. This is a FREE show in the Neil Cummins gym.

Cove's annual Tinker Day is coming up on March 22, 2023

from 8:30am-12:00pm. We need Volunteers from 8:30am-12:30pm to make it happen! Sign up here to run a station or to help our Tinkerers at Work. We especially need sewers and sewing machines! Can only stay for part of the day? We’d still love to have you help! Simply let us know in the “Anything you'd like to add?” Comment section.

Please begin collecting cardboard boxes and tape (scotch and electric) for our Construction Station as well as any old electronics (all shapes and sizes!) for the Take-Apart Station. We ask that you bring them into the Gallery the morning of Tinker Day, March 22. Questions? Email our Tinkerer-in Chief, Cove PTO Tech VP, Dr. Chris Slowe at tech@covepto.org.

From The Art Room We are all set in the Art Room with tp and paper towel rolls. Thank you so much for all of your hard work collecting these, we are ready for some fun upcoming lessons and don't need any more for now! -Ms. McKee

Hall Prospective Family Tours 5th Grade Parents- Are you hoping to learn more about the transition for your rising Cougar? Come to our tour! Hall is offering tours to prospective families to see our campus and take a peek inside middle school. This is a great opportunity for guardians (LCM 5th graders do not join these tours) to learn more about Hall culture and practices. Use this link to sign up for future dates. Hope to see you soon!

SPARK is Hiring! We are looking for a Marketing and Communications Director to join our collaborative team with a shared passion to provide an enriching school experience to all of the students in our community. This is a part-time, year-round paid position. Click here for more details.

Save the Date! We are thrilled to celebrate our schools at the spring fundraiser, Flannel, Fur, & Fizz on Friday, May 5th at the Junction in Mill Valley! Featuring yum cocktails, delicious food, dancing to Mercy & the Heartbeats, live auction, and paddle raise, this is SPARK's largest fundraising event of the year. Book your babysitters now and get ready for tickets to go on sale on April 3rd.

District News

Board Updates At the March 8 Board Meeting Hall Middle was celebrated as a redesignated School to Watch. Trustees approved the tentative agreement with LCMEA (teachers association), second interim budget, and staffing reductions associated with the elimination of two electives at Hall Middle. Parent meetings for 2023-24 6th, 7th, and 8th grade families have been scheduled to discuss student options for elective choices. The next Board Meeting is scheduled for April 19 in the Hall Library.

Community News

Crossing Guards Needed! Join our rewarding team protecting Marin children as they walk to and from school every day. Seniors welcome! Must be 18 years or older to apply. Work a BRIEF AM and PM shift and earn over $60 a day! Limited availability accepted! Click here for informational flier, click here for the website, or call (855) 751-2267 for more information.

Please click link for Community News updates from:

CM Library Free Homework Help
CM Park and Rec Camps and Classes
Steve & Kate’s Summer Camps
Derby Den Summer Camp
Parent Ed Opportunities
Marin Ballet Dance Camp

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