March 17 Spirit Day Assembly - Wear GREEN

Principal Message

SPARK Spring Online Auction- This Week! 

Dear Families,

It’s time to set up your online auction accounts and get ready to bid on awesome items. Supporting this SPARK auction is a win-win. You get great things and SPARK raises money for our schools!

Items to bid on include: parent-hosted parties, dining, getaways, fashion & beauty, fitness & sports, and more! Register with Give Smart in advance so you're ready to bid on items when it opens at 12:00 pm on March 15th.  Even if you have an account from previous years, each year you need to set up a new account. Click here.

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SPARK Survey - Closes March 20

SPARK wants to hear from you! Help SPARK with its future planning and share your thoughts. Your feedback is very important so SPARK can continue to best support our community. This is a different survey than the LCAP survey sent by the District in February. Click here to give your input to SPARK!

Sincerely,

Kyle Shaw, Principal

Board Updates

At the March 8 Board Meeting Hall Middle was celebrated as a redesignated School to Watch. Trustees approved the tentative agreement with LCMEA (teachers association), second interim budget, and staffing reductions associated with the elimination of two electives at Hall Middle. Parent meetings for 2023-24 6th, 7th, and 8th grade families have been scheduled to discuss student options for elective choices. The next Board Meeting is scheduled for April 19 in the Hall Library.

Join us for a fun assembly on 3/17 at 8:15am. 
Readathon will announce bookmark winners, the Readathon Trophy will be given to the top class, and much more fun!  Encourage your students to wear green and celebrate this spirit day!

Parent Education Workshops - Next Up March 14 6:00 p.m. Online Event 

Top TIPS for Supporting Children in Times of Uncertainty and Stress For Parents, Guardians, and Caregivers Register Here

See here for the full calendar
of events, 5 in March alone!

2023 Yearbooks For Sale Order your Neil Cummins yearbook for $28 for the 22/23 school year at this link by April 7. After April 7 the price will go up to $30 and yearbooks will only be available until supplies run out. 📚

Hall Middle School

Are you hoping to learn more about the transition for your rising Cougar? Come to our tour!! Hall is offering tours to prospective families to see our campus and take a peek inside middle school. This is a great opportunity for guardians to learn more about Hall culture and practices. Use this link to sign up for future dates. Hope to see you soon!

NC Campus Ecology and Beautification Team Update

The Student Seed Planting Day and our first Garden Work Day of the year were both successful thanks to so many wonderful parent volunteers and Neil Cummins students. Almost every Neil Cummins student was able to plant seeds on March 2nd. We will have SO MANY wonderful vegetable and flower plants to choose from: watermelon, sunflowers, squash, dill, peppers, chili, basil, cosmos, sunflowers…You name it, the kids planted it! Thank you to Jordan, Melissa and Quinn Griesshaber, Mike and Emma Strasser, Angela and boys, Helen and Guy Jenkins, July Johnson, Nicole Douglas and Alison Revelle

The next Campus Ecology and Beautification Team Meeting will be on Thursday, March 23 Zoom from 6 PM - 7 PM https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3953269371?pwd=aTJqMys0Y1hKTG5IbkFRUFlwbVRTdz09 Meeting ID: 395 326 9371, Passcode: 825117

SPARK Spring Online Auction Featuring lots of items to bid on, including parent-hosted parties, dining, getaways, fashion & beauty, fitness & sports, and more! Register with Give Smart in advance so you're ready to bid on items when it opens at 12:00 pm on March 15. Even if you have an account from previous years, each year you need to set up a new account. Click here.

We want to hear from you! Help SPARK with its future planning and share your thoughts with us. Your feedback is very important so we can continue to best support our community. Please note, this is a different survey than the one sent by the District. The SPARK survey closes on March 20th. Click here.

SPARK is Hiring! We are looking for a Marketing and Communications Director to join our collaborative team with a shared passion to provide an enriching school experience to all of the students in our community.  This is a part-time, year-round paid position. Click here for more details. 

Save the Date! We are thrilled to celebrate our schools at the spring fundraiser, Flannel, Fur & Fizz  on Friday, May 5 at the Junction in Mill Valley!  Featuring yum cocktails, delicious food, dancing to Mercy & the Heartbeats, live auction, and paddle raise, this is SPARK's largest fundraising event of the year.  Book your babysitters now and get ready for tickets to go on sale on April 3.

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• Lark Movie Theater TCCP Fundraiser with Paw Patrol The Movie 
• Parent Education Workshop Series
• Corte Madera Parks and Rec                                                            

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