Family Night at the Science Fair Tonight: Please join us tonight for Family Night at the Science Fair in the Multi from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Students have been hard at work conducting experiments and are excited to share their innovative and creative projects with you tonight.  Special thanks to Ingrid Choong for her leadership and coordination of our Science Fair.

Auction Catalog is now online!  Be sure to check out our Auction Catalog and see what fantastic items have been donated. http://covington.schoolauction.net/auction2014  Our auction is only 2 weeks away and our wonderful team of volunteers is hard at work making sure it will be a great night.  Printed copies of the auction catalog will be going home with your students at the end of this week.

Minimum Day, This Thursday March 20th: Remember we have a staff development day this week.  All Kinders attend from 8:15am-11:35am.  1st -6th graders are dismissed at 12:15pm.  Thank you for picking up your children promptly at dismissal and enjoy the afternoon.

Important Dates – Please Note:
Mar 18 – Family Science @ Science Fair 6:00pm-8:00pm in Multi
Mar 20 – Minimum Day
Mar 29 –Covington School Auction
April 7-11 Spring Break
April 26 – LASD Junior Olympics
May 1 – LASD C-Stem Showcase
May 9 – LASD Film Festival
May 15 – Covington Open House
May 16 – Covington Minimum Day
May 19 – 4-6th Grade Music Concert
May 26 – Memorial Day Holiday– No School
May 30 – PTA Volunteer Breakfast
May 30 – Covington Multicultural Fair
June 4 – Primary (K-3) Music Concert
June 6 – Minimum Day
June 12 – Last Day of School

LAEF: Did you Know?  Art lessons are in every grade thanks to your LAEF donations. The Los Altos Art Docent program has brought a sense of excitement about art and the freedom to be creative to students in the Los Altos School District since 1970. A combination of art appreciation and hands-on lessons build on each other from year to year, and art elements are woven throughout the elementary curriculum. By the end of sixth grade students have gained an appreciation for fine art, learned a basic art vocabulary, and have participated in the process of creating their own individual works of art.  Student Art Shows will be at four schools this Spring: April 3rd at Oak, April 24th at Springer, May 22nd at Santa Rita and May 22nd at Gardner Bullis. Stop by and see the creativity!  Please visit laefonline.org to make a donation that benefits this treasured program. LAEF Representatives at Covington are:Matt Abrahams,  matt.abrahams@gmail.com Anjana Nagarajan-Butaney, anjana.nagarajan1@gmail.com Jessica Speiser, jessica@speiser.net Ritu Kapoor (member at-large), ritu.kapoor@gmail.com

Robotics Volunteers Needed: Are you interested in volunteering to help with robotics in the STEM Lab?  Classes will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 9:00 - 10:10, and on Friday afternoons from 12:40 - 1:50.  Please contact STEM teacher Katie Farley at kfarley@lasdschools.org for more information.

YEARBOOK INFORMATION: We need your photos! If you have pictures that you would like to share for the yearbook, please email, Christine Wedner, cwedner@mac.com. An invitation to the DropBox folder created will be sent to you and will allow you to upload photos to your child's class folder.

Also, don't forget that the deadline to create and customize 2 pages in the yearbook for your child is Wednesday, April 23rd. You can start customizing by clicking, www.TreeRing.com/validate and enter in the passcode: 1013595707721745

         Have any other questions, please contact, Christine Wedner, cwedner@mac.com

Minimum Day Activities March 20th: The PTA is once again offering some minimum day activities that you can sign your child up to attend.  Costs and more information available here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFZmYS03TnMxZGttdVFGUWhndE8zR3c6MQ#gid=0  Questions: sangeethperuri@gmail.com  

Fifth Grade Junior Scouts Food Drive - March 10th-20th

The Covington Fifth Grade Junior Scouts Troop 61100 is holding their third annual Food Drive from March 10th-20th. All donations will be distributed to a food bank operated by InnVision Peninsula Programs, which provides food, showers, clothing, emergency assistance, medical care, and counseling to those in need in our communities in Santa Clara County and San Mateo County. Items in demand: canned meat, canned tuna, meals and soups in a can, canned beans/legumes and powdered milk.  Items not accepted: baby food, canned tomatoes, items past their due date or already opened, and perishable items. Troop 61100 will host an ice cream party for the classroom collecting the most donations.  Please place your donations in the box in your classroom. Thanks for your support! 

AMAZON SHOPPERS – Make Your Shopping Count for Covington!

Earn referral fees for Covington when you buy books, electronics, toys, and more. It’s EASY and DOESN’T COST YOU ANYTHING! Go to www.covingtonschool.org, click theAmazon logo on the lower right side to go to the Amazon website, then select and purchase your items as you normally would. Covington will automatically receive a referral fee of at least 6.5%!  No sign-up required. Questions? Contact Dale Tritschler at daletritschler@gmail.com.

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.