Dear Covington Parents and Community Members,

Covington Ready for our Distinguished School Visit April 2nd

Before the holidays, I shared with you that our school district had been notified that Covington was eligible to apply to be honored as a California Distinguished School for 2014.  I also told you that a team of parents and staff took on the challenge and collaborated to submit our Distinguished School comprehensive application back in December.  After all of our research, writing and work, I am proud to announce great news!  Our application was successful and a team of educational leaders will be visiting our school on Wednesday, April 2nd, to validate our application.  During that visit, the team will meet with our staff and talk with our teachers, classified staff, a representative group of parents and of course, our students!  We cannot wait to showcase our strong community, amazing students and passionate and talented staff.  Stay tuned for more information about this event. 

On a personal note, I am off campus this week taking care of a family situation. Linda Eckols, retired LASD principal will be here all week to serve as our principal designee, so all will be in good hands.   I want to assure you everything is fine, and I look forward to coming back to school on Monday, March 10th.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

All my best,
Erin S. Green
Principal
Covington School

Important Dates – Please Note:

Our next club meeting will be this Thursday, 3/6/14, at lunch in Room 10.  We will be discussing ideas for our next initiative and details of our upcoming event on March 26: We Day!  As always, all 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students are welcome to join our Thursday meetings and participate in the Cornerstone Club fun.

ATTENTION 4,5,6 Grade Parents

JO TRAINING KICKS OFF!

Yesterday the kids enjoyed a kick-off assembly. Information about training and events was shared. Today is the first day of training. Students will run 75 yard dash time trials this week and next (every Tues/Thurs) - appropriate dress, especially shoes, is required for students to perform to the best of abilities.

T-SHIRTS
All 4,5,6, grade students will receive an new, Adult Small sized, shirt this year because of design change. Shirts expected to last three years - or duration of JO participation.  

Should your student require a different size, please let us know here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ekk6C75IPisBP--q6gZmaUgMpAoeYw0SZQe6u9mvL9I/viewform

VOLUNTEERS for TRAININGS
Parents are needed to volunteer during PE Sessions over the course of the next 7 weeks. This is a quick outdoor duty that is a lot of fun. Please sign up as much as you can do:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqjTYn1OjU9odHN0cEg3dVJvQ3BFYW1EM1gwUS1ieVE&usp=sharing

Running Shoe Offer!! - ON YOUR MARK
is offering 25% to LASD Junior Olympics participants (participants only, please)  

On Your Mark
378 Main St, Los Altos, CA 94022
(650) 209-5526

QUESTIONS
Please contact: jochaircovington@gmail.com

Covington Auction: Remember to RSVP and buy your auction tickets for a wonderful evening that benefits Covington School.  For more information and ticket purchase, http://covington.schoolauction.net/auction2014

C-STEM. Be sure to read the latest C-STEM newsletter.  It includes information on the amazing work done by students on a challenging new project that required them to build and program circuits.

C-STEM http://tinyurl.com/cstemfeb2014newsletter

After School Programs Upate: After School programs are registering for Spring. Check the Covington website for flyer and registration information: http://www.covingtonschool.org/covingtones/4757-After-School-Programs.html

Living Classroom: Become a LIVING CLASSROOM docent... share your love of nature with kids!  It's time to prepare for planting tomato seeds, baking pretzels, taking habitat hikes, and learning about ancient civilizations!  If you like all those things and more, please consider becoming a Living Classroom docent.  The Living Classroom is looking for docents to help deliver hands-on garden-based lessons to the students of the Los Altos School District.  No experience necessary as we provide all the training needed!  Our spring docent training series will take place from 9-11:30am on March 10th and 17th at the Mountain View Whisman School District Conference Room (750-A San Pierre Way, MV) and March 24th and 31st at the LASD Conference Room #2 (201 Covington Rd., Los Altos).  Attend one or all four of the training days.  Breakfast will be provided.  Please click here to view our spring training flyer.  Questions?  Please email the Living Classroom at livingclassroom@lasdschools.org or call us at (650) 947-1103.  Additional information about Living Classroom can be found on our website: www.living-classroom.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.