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Mar 1, 2016
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Covington Howler|
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Message from the Principals |
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Dear Parents & Community Members, With the beginning of March, we start to look toward the exciting school and community events coming up in the next few months. LAEF needs your input! Every Spring, the Los Altos Educational Foundation (LAEF) Board of Directors partners with LASD to determine its grant for the next school year. Keep an eye on your inbox this week for this annual survey. Covington Auction March 19th: The auction promises to be a fun night! So many people to get to know without running after kids, and so many wonderful things to bid on to support our school! Please know that although it may be fun for some to wear roaring 20’s clothing, it is not a requirement and you are more than welcome to wear whatever you please. Family Science Night: PTA is sponsoring a Family Science Night on Wed. March 30th called Engineer and Invent. from 5:30pm-7:30pm, in the Multi. This exciting event is presented by the Lawrence Hall of Science. Open House: Celebration of Learning- SAVE THE DATE! As we did last year, we will be opening our doors to students and parents earlier in the year for Open House. Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of your child on Thursday evening April 7th. More details in the weeks ahead. Jr. Olympics: Our 4th - 6th graders are beginning to practice in P.E. for our district-wide Junior Olympics on Saturday April 30th. This is a long standing LASD tradition is a great day that promotes friendly competition and school spirit. These are just a few highlights of the exciting events coming up at Covington. Warmest regards, Erin S. Green and Kami Thordarson |
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Hearing Screening |
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The District Nurses will be doing Hearing Screening at Covington School for all Kindergarten, 2nd, 5th grades on 3/24/16. If your child has a known hearing loss, please notify the Health Services Staff before the day of the screening. The nurse will mail a referral form and call the parents of students who do not pass the Hearing Screening. |
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LASD Junior Olympics |
The 56th LASD Junior Olympics is coming! Saturday, April 30, 2016 / 8am-4pm / Mountain View High School General Information All LASD 4th - 6th graders are invited to participate in the 56th Annual Junior Olympics! This friendly track & field competition encourages everyone to strive for their personal best and cheer on their classmates. More information is available at lasdjo.com. We Need Your Help! Come help train our young athletes. Click here to sign up. T-Shirts All 4th graders and new students receive a free Adult Small JO shirt. If your student would like a different size, please fill out this FORM. 5th and 6th grade students should wear the shirt they received last year. To purchase a replacement shirt for $10, please fill out this form. Deadline for size changes and replacement t-shirt orders is March 11. |
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Kinder Movie NIght This Friday |
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Kinder Movie Night: If you did not have an opportunity to sign up at the Walkathon last year, our wonderful Kinder teachers are hosting a priceless party on Friday March 4, 2016 from 5:00 - 7:15 pm in the Library at Covington. The kids can come in their PJ's and enjoy pizza and juice before they relax and enjoy a movie with the Kinder teachers. If you are interested in signing up, please email mona_parekh@yahoo.com with your child and teacher's name and leave a check made payable to PTA for $25.00 in the office PTA cubby. Please note Kinder priceless party and child's name on the check. Thanks, Mona Gandhi and Sarah Andersen |
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PTA NEWS |
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Covington's "Roaring 20's" Auction. Tickets Still Available. http://www.covingtonschool.org/covingtones/8313-Auction-2016.html
________________________________________________________________ Dine out for Covington at Aldo’s on Monday, March 7 from 5-9 PM. Remember to mention Covington and a percentage of proceeds will be donated to our school. Aldo is located at 388 Main Street in Los Altos. 650-949-2300. |
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Los Altos City Council Town Hall |
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LASD Parents are invited to a TOWN HALL with Los Altos City Council Members: March 3, 2016 9 a.m. to 10:15 am – Blach Intermediate Multi 7 p.m. to 8:15 pm – Almond Elementary Multi Open Forum Q&A Light Refreshments served 15 minutes before start (prompt start on the hour) Hosts: Jan Pepper & Mary Prochnow, City Council |
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LAEF |
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LAEF Parent Survey: We Need Your Feedback by 3/11 LAEF is currently meeting with LASD Leadership to determine our funding priorities for the 2016-17 school year. Please keep an eye on your inbox for our annual survey. Your feedback by Friday, March 11th is critical and will help to determine funding for smaller class sizes, enrichment staff and programs, and more at your child’s school. |
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LASD & Community Announcements |
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School & Community News now found via Peachjar: https://www.peachjar.com/index.php?a=28&b=138®ion=54001 Become a LIVING CLASSROOM docent... share your love of nature with kids! It's time to plant tomatoes, dissect flowers, explore the plants used by the Ancient Civilizations, and harvest and make yummy pretzels from the winter wheat the students planted last Fall! If you like all those things and more, please consider becoming a Living Classroom docent! LIving Classroom is looking for docents to help deliver fun 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 will take place Monday mornings in March from 9 - Noon on 3/7, 3/14, 3/21 and 3/28. Please click HERE to view our Spring Training Flyer which lists the locations of each of our trainings. Apprentice-style training also available to those who can’t make our Monday morning trainings. Questions? Email us at livingclassroom@lasdschools.org or call (650) 947-1103. For more information about Living Classroom, please visit our website at www.living-classroom.org. |
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How to Submit an Article to the Covington Howler |
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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. |