Dear Covington Parents and Community Members:

Kindergarten and New Parent Information Night: On December 5th at 7pm, we will hold our Kindergarten/New Parent information night for students entering Kindergarten or moving to our district for the 2014-15 school year.  Information will be presented on our district and school programs, highlights and registration.  If you have a child who will be entering kindergarten in the fall, you won't want to miss this night!

Important Safety Reminder about Visiting Campus: As you know, volunteers and visitors are valued on campus.  Whenever you are coming on campus, please remember to stop in the office first and get a visitor’s badge.  The bright orange badge allows our school personnel to recognize you as a visitor to Covington.  Student safety is a priority at school, so we want to make sure all who visit Covington are registered as official.  If you are dropping off a lunch for your child, please place it on the table outside the multi.  Thank you for helping to keep our school and students safe!

Covington School on KPIX School Cast Tonight @ 6:30pm. Paul Deanno, Chief Meteorologist for KPIX-TV, has a fun new part of the weathercast where he makes a forecast for a specific school each morning and each evening.  It’s called the "KPIX5 SchoolCast".  Covington Elementary School has been nominated and will be featured in the 6:30 pm half-hour of our newscast today, Tuesday, November 12. 

Our students are looking forward to our Walk-A-Thon Celebration assembly this coming Friday.  Have a wonderful week. 

Sincerely,
Erin S. Green
Covington Principal 

Important Dates – Please Note:
11/15 – Walkathon Assembly 1:30pm
11/22 – Indoor Assembly
11/25-11/26 – Parent/Teacher Conferences, No School
11/27-11/29 – Thanksgiving Break, No School
12/2-12/6 – Book Fair
12/13 – Indoor Assembly
12/16 – 4-6th grade music concert, 1pm
12/20-1/3 – December Break, No School

Covington Directory: Directories were sent home in last week's Thursday folder (some may come home this week if directories didn't make them into last week's folder). Every PTA member in your family should receive a directory.  If you have not received one in error, please go to office to pick one up.

Hot Lunch Volunteers Needed: Would you like to meet other Covington parents, interact with the students, give back to our community and receive a weekly hot lunch credit? Then the Hot Lunch Crew would love to have you join us. We have a position available for every Friday or every other Friday from 11:40-12:15.

Please contact Suzanne Jensen: (650) 935-2338 for more information.

Family Giving Tree: Covington school has registered with Family Giving Tree to fulfill holiday wishes for the 2013 holiday! We'll deliver joy and hope to low-income children that will bring a lifetime of happy memories. On the customized site users are able to select the wish of a low-income child or children. There is also space for a flat donation to support the drive until January 5, 2013. Here is the link for our school:
http://vgt.familygivingtree.org/covingtonelementaryschool

LAEF Donations are for THIS YEAR!  The money that is being raised right now is for staff that is already in your child’s classroom.  The $3,200,000 LAEF goal was committed to last spring, so that the district could hire teachers for every school and every student in the district for the 2013-14 school year.  These teachers are already teaching additional classes so that student-to-teacher ratios are lower in K-3rd and 7th-8th grades.  This also includes PE and music instructors in grades 4-6th, Jr. High school elective teachers, librarians, Art Docent staff, Living Classroom staff, STEM teachers, and others. All current Covington students benefit from LAEF-funded staff; so we encourage participation from every family.  With online credit card payments, e-checks, and monthly payment options, it's never been easier to do your part to support your child’s education at Covington School! LAEF Representatives at Covington are: Matt Abrahams, matt.abrahams@gmail.com, Anjana Nagarajan-Butaney anjananagarajan@yahoo.com, Jessica Speiser, jessica@speiser.net, Ritu Kapoor, ritu.kapoor@gmail.com

Make Your Tax Deductible Donation Today!  www.laefonline.org

District & Community News: http://www.lasdk8.org/PDF_Files/Current_School_News.pdf

Post an Announcement in the Howler? If you have an announcement to include in Howler, please send it to sevard@lasdschools.org.  Announcements must be received by 12:00pm on Friday in order to be considered for the Howler scheduled for the following Tuesday.