Issue 23 - February 12, 2024

Cove School Guiding Principles 

Experiential Learning, Social Emotional Growth,

• February 13 | LCMSD Board Meeting, 6 - 8pm, Hall Library

• February 16 | Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, 7:45am, Spindrift @ Seawolf

• February 16 | Cove Early School Release, 1:15pm

• February 19 - 23 | Mid Winter Break, No School

• February 29 | School Site Council Meeting, 3:30 - 5pm, Cove Conference Room

• March 1 | Principal Michelle Walker Coffee Chat, 8:30 - 9:30am, Cove Gallery

Black Joy Celebration at Cove February is Black History Month and we are embracing this opportunity to celebrate and educate! Teachers are using resources in their classrooms for developmentally appropriate discussions about Black Joy and Black History. Here are some tools for you to use at home.

• Books We would like to share a lovingly curated book list that offers insight to the Black experience. This collection features books about skin color, self-expression, self-acceptance, excellence, and everyday living while Black. You can check these books out at school or from your local library! 

• We hope that you will join us in broadening your perspective as you explore and celebrate Black culture with your child at home. Books are a vehicle for change. We hope that you will see a reflection of yourself and/or gain greater understanding of those around you through engaging with these stories. 

• Assembles on Agents of Change In Friday’s assembly (2/9), we talked about “agents of change.”  We are defining "agent of change" as someone who has made a difference for an identified group of focus. While there are MANY agents of change worth celebrating for their contributions to the lives of Black people and Black culture, we are highlighting Bellen Woodard and Ruby Bridges. We learned about Bellen on Friday, 2/9. We will learn more about Ruby Bridges in the assembly on 2/16. We invite you to join us as we learn about Bellen Woodard and Ruby Bridges and the impact they made…all because they decided to be brave.  You can use these questions to reflect about our chosen agent of change OR to learn more about another change maker!

Valentine’s Day Celebrations at Cove Many classes will be celebrating Valentine’s Day in the classroom this week. As always, we ask that you please work with your child’s teacher around what food (if any) is acceptable for any classroom celebrations.  Students are welcome to bring Valentines cards with pencils, colorful erasers, stickers, tattoos, etc. If they bring a Valentine for any student in their class, then they need to bring one for every student in their class.

Cove's Annual Tinker Day is coming up on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, from 8:30am-12:30pm.  Held in the gallery and courtyard, it's a tribute to STEAM, with such long-time favorites as the Take-Apart Station, Cardboard Construction Zone, Sewing, and a variety of projects set up and run by parents as well as the larger Cove Community. This amazing day of STEAM allows our students to Tinker in a creative, constructive way. Sign up here to run a station or volunteer to help our Tinkers at Work.
  

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 on March 19 or the morning of Tinker Day, March 20. Tinker Day Questions? Email Jessica Swanson at jessica.louise.garrett@gmail.com

Last year, we had a great turnout for our Ruby Bridges walk to school! Can't wait for our Cove family to show up this Friday