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Cove Connection, Issue 27 - Sunday, March 16, 2025

Michelle Walker a day ago Sunday, Mar 16 at 9:00 AM The Cove School

Cove School Guiding Principles

Experiential Learning, Social Emotional Growth,

Creativity, Community

UPCOMING DATES

March 21 | Cove Variety Show, 6-8pm, Neil Cummins Gym
March 26 | Tinker Day, Sign up to Volunteer
March 26 | LCMSD Board Meeting
March 28 | Superintendent Coffee Chat at Hall Middle School
March 29 | SPARK Gala
March 30 | Cove Garden Work Day, 9am-12pm, Cove Blacktop
April 2 | PTO Board Meeting
April 3 | Open House
April 3 | Dine and Donate, ROAM, 4pm-8pm (10% of sales go to Cove)
April 4 | Early Dismissal
April 7 - 11 | No School–Spring Break
April 17 | Spring Fling
April 28 - May 3 | Cove Art Show

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

Dear Families,

The Cove School was very excited to participate in No One Eats Alone (NOEA) day on Friday, March 14th. This was Cove’s second time running a NOEA day. NOEA is a national program from Beyond Differences, which recently merged with Sandy Hook Promise. Feel free to explore more about NOEA day.

It is a day inspired by connections and fostering new ones with new faces. The purpose of this day is to encourage 3rd-5th grade students to reach out, make meaningful connections, and bring awareness to students' eating in isolation, and create a culture of belonging. You can watch this video to see what NOEA day is all about.

This year’s activity is called Bridging Hands, Taking Flight. Here is the presentation Mrs. Headley, Cove Counselor, used to help inform and guide our students participating in this impactful connecting activity.

Thank you to Mrs. Headley for her leadership in planning and hosting this event. Thank you to Jessica Swanson and Casey Mancl for their support in the logistical details to make this activity run smoothly. What a rich learning opportunity for our Cove coyotes!

Sincerely,

Michelle Walker, Principal

No One Eats Alone (NOEA) day at The Cove School

SCHOOL & PTO UPDATES

RIDWELL AT COVE

Ridwell is partnering with our Green Team and Green Schoolyards Team to host a plastic film drive at Cove. To participate, just collect your plastic film (ziptop bags, grocery bags, bubble wrap, and lots more) at home and drop them off at school at the end of April (date tbc). Ridwell will make sure it stays out of landfills and gets turned into new decking materials instead! The school will get a year long free pick ups if we get 10 or more families to sign up for their at-home recycling. They collect hundreds of common household items you can’t recycle curbside, like plastic food packaging, lightbulbs, clothes, Styrofoam, and more. Just sign up here by May 23rd. https://get.ridwell.com/cove Make sure you sign up through that page so your membership counts toward rewards for the school! Please help us make our campus greener by supporting this drive!

GARDEN WORK PARTY

Come get your hands dirty and join us on Sunday March 30th, 9am to 12pm for a garden work party! What to bring/wear: Sunscreen, closed-toed shoes, layers and work gloves if you have them. Everyone is welcome!

TINKER DAY

Thank you to our Community Partners Steve and Kate’s and 5G for hosting stations this year! Thank you also to the 37 Parent Volunteers that have signed up to help with Tinker Day on Wednesday March 26, from 8:30am-12:30pm. Want to lead a station or volunteer? Sign up here! Have questions? Email Jessica Swanson at jessica.louise.garrett@gmail.com. We are so grateful to SPARK and the PTO for funding this fun day of STEAM at Cove!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT THE COVE

The PTO has many opportunities throughout the year to volunteer at Cove for both one time and repeated volunteering. You can check out current sign ups here. Interested in joining the board or getting more involved next year? Email president@covepto.org to find something that will fit your schedule!

JOIN OTHER COVE PARENTS AND JOIN THE PHONE PACT!

There is a growing movement of Marin K-8 families (including many from our school!) who want to help our kids grow up in real life by changing how we roll out phones. Learn more and sign the Kids IRL Phone Pact. Please reach out to Catherine Wold at Catherine@Wold.com, if you’d like to get involved

COMMUNITY NEWS

Check out this link for exciting local events!