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January 24, 2017
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Covington Howler|
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Principal’s Message |
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Covington Community Coming Together Last Friday evening, the Covington community gathered in the multi for a free spaghetti dinner. It was a great event that brought many of us together in a casual and fun format. I want to thank Trish Carballar and Angela Wilson, along with their team of volunteers, for organizing the evening. For me, it was great to meet many of you for the first time. Community building events, like Friday’s dinner, are a part of Covington’s PTA goals this year. Thank you to PTA for sponsoring this event. Coyote Way Continues This Thursday students will attend an assembly called the Power of One. This powerful presentation contains an anti-bullying message along with the idea that if just one person stands up to injustice or mistreatment, bullying is lessened. I anticipate (having seen this performance previously) that the assembly will have a positive impact on our students. I encourage you to engage in a discussion with your child about what they thought about the performance. Thank you for supporting all we do at Covington! Wade Spenader Principal |
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2017 COVINGTON STEM EXPO |
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The 2017 STEM Expo is right around the corner! We are in need of community volunteers to help with set up, cleanup, and project review. If you are interested in volunteering, please complete the link provided below.
Link to sign up to volunteer: https://docs.google.com/ Also, don’t forget… If your child has registered for the STEM Expo, remind him or her to come to the STEM Lab to pick up a tri-fold presentation board, provided generously by Synopsys Outreach Foundation.
General STEM Expo information can be found here: https://sites.google.com/a/ Don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or concerns! My email is kfarley@lasdschools.org . |
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Information for Parents of Incoming 7th Graders |
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Egan: Feb. 8th - 6:30pm-7:30pm Parent Info Night Mar. 3rd - 9:30am-10:30am Parent Info & School Tour Blach: Feb. 15th - 7:00pm-8:15pm, Parent Info Night Mar. 17th - 1:30pm-3:00pm, Parent Tour (no presentation) Mar. 20th - 9:30am-11:00am, Parent Tour (no presentation) |
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Covington Student Council News |
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Student council is geared up to raise funds for Water By Youth, a student-run organization that raises money to provide clean water for developing countries. We worked with them last year, and were able to raise over $1000. We would like to make a similar contribution this year. Our goal is a donation of $2 per student. Students are encouraged to bring in loose change and small bills. The coin drive will run from Monday 1/23 through Friday, 2/10. Thank you for your support! |
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PTA News |
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Covington Auction Information
SEAS THE DAY! AUCTION TICKETS ON SALE NOW! EARLY BIRD PRICING AVAILABLE UNTIL JANUARY 31st. Tickets are now on sale for the 2017 Covington School Auction on March 25th. http://covingtonpta. Early bird prices are $85/person ($170/couple). Please join us for a fun-filled event of great food, wine, dancing, and fundraising for our school. Teacher for a Day Tickets are also on sale at $5/per ticket or $40 for a ten pack. Donations Needed: The 2017 Covington Auction team is working hard to build amazing experiences for this year's auction! Do you have access to a TIMESHARE, VACATION HOME, HOTEL or AMEX POINTS, or EVENT TICKETS you could share? Also, some of the best donations are made through groups of friends (Mom's Day Off, anyone??) so PLEASE get with your friends to plan something collectively. Then, please contact auction@covington-pta.orgwith your possible donations and ideas! Donations like these are critical to making this the BIGGEST and MOST SUCCESSFUL fundraising event for our school. Thanks in advance for your generosity! *********************** |
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Covington Girl Scout Announcement |
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It's Girl Scout Cookie Time! Covington Cadette Troop 61164 and Junior Troop 61101 will be selling cookies after school next week Thurs and Friday Feb 2nd and 3rd! Support our Covington Girl Scouts while enjoying some delicious cookies! Most varieties are $5, some are $6. |
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LAEF |
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LAEF’s billboard updated to the $3M mark! Did you notice the growing arrow on the LAEF sign in front of our school? The 21 parent volunteers on our Board of Directors are pleased to announce that LAEF just reached the $3,000,000 mark! 100 families contributed in December, with donations ranging from $20 to $5,000. Thank you! With $700,000 to go to meet our $3.7M goal, every dollar counts. That’s why we’re counting on another 400 families to participate this school year. To donate or learn more about the many ways to give, please go to www.LAEFonline.org. |
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LASD & COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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LASD & LAEF are excited to kick off the first ever STEM Days at both Egan and Blach schools this spring. STEM pervades every part of life. STEM education creates critical thinkers, increases science literacy, and enables the next generation of innovators. Exposing our students to different aspects of careers in the STEM fields could inspire and spark a passion in learning.
We are looking for parents, grandparents or anyone in our community who would like to share their knowledge. If you are interested, please contact Anjana Butaney at: anjana.nagarajan1@gmail.com or Karen Wilson at: kwilson@lasdschools.org ***********************
School & Community News now found via Peachjar: https://www.peachjar.com/ |
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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 Howlerscheduled for the following Tuesday. |