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Covington Elementary News

October 17, 2022

CovingtonElementary NewsOctober 17, 2022

Parent/Teacher Conferences: No School Friday, October 21

We appreciate your partnership by attending Parent/Teacher Conferences this week. We value your input and support as we work to help your children learn and grow each year. Please reach out to your child's teacher if you need to confirm or reschedule.
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CARES Dress Up Day

We encourage our students and staff to show the CARES traits by dressing up on Friday, October 28. Using the guidelines in the graphic above, students can highlight one or each of the traits by what they wear. Have fun and represent one or all of our CARES traits!
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Fall Book Fair

We are excited to announce our Fall Book Fair will be held October 24-28 at Covington. Students will be able to shop during the school day. Parents are welcome to view and shop the Book Fair on Tuesday, October 25 from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at the PTC Fall Festival. Parents can also view books and shop online by following the link below. If you have questions about the Book Fair, please email Holly Hathaway at hhathaway@sacs.k12.in.us


Scholastic Book Fair

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Mark Your Calendar

Oct 18 School Board Candidates at PTC Meeting, 7:00

Oct 21 Parent-Teacher Conferences: No School

Oct 24-28 Fall Book Fair

Oct 25 Fall Festival and Book Fair 5:30-8:00

Oct 28 CARES Dress-Up Day

Oct 31 Dress Like Favorite Book Character

Nov 2 Flex Day: Students Learn from home

Nov 4 Picture Re-take Day

Join Our Team!

We have a few job openings at Covington for the year ahead. If you are interested in working at Covington, or know someone who might be, please follow the link below for more information.


If you are interested but can only commit to certain days or times, please reach out to Mr. Graf with your interest. Your schedule might work with ours!


Our current openings are the following:

-Instructional assistants

-Noon Monitors


https://www.sacs.k12.in.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=75022&pageId=449262

October is Bullying Prevention Month

Each year, our school guidance counselors provide lessons to all students on the topic of bullying and conflict. The letter below is from Mrs. Lain and Mrs. Koomler outlining key points covered in the lessons. If you have questions or need to report a bullying situation, please contact your child's teacher, counselor, or administration.

PTC Newsletter and Events

Picture Re-Take Day

If your child did not have their school picture taken in September, or you would like to have a retake, please mark your calendar for Friday, November 4.

Sign Up for Text Alerts!

If you would like to receive text alerts from Southwest Allen County Schools, be sure to check out these steps below:

    • Did you enter your cell number during online registration? Only numbers in PowerSchool are eligible to receive SACS text messages.
    • From the cell phone – type Y or YES to 67587
    • Users should receive immediate confirmation of opting in and should be eligible to receive future SACS Communication.
    • All SACS texts will come from the number 67587.
    • Further information can be found on the SACS website under Resources/Connect with SACS https://www.sacs.k12.in.us/resources/connect_with_s_a_c_s