Cow Hollow School Heart Connection Newsletter

Cow Hollow School
Staying Strong, Healthy, and R.E.A.L!
(Responsive, Engaged, Attuned, Loving)

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Cow Hollow School Treeschoolers on CNN!

The environmentalists of tomorrow are taking action today!
On November 10, 2021, CNN held the first-ever Call to Earth Day. Celebrating a planet worth protecting, CNN partnered with Cow Hollow School, individuals, and organizations across the world to raise awareness of environmental issues. Read more...

Dear Friends of Cow Hollow School,

Happy holidays from Cow Hollow School! When you applied to Cow Hollow School or joined our mailing list, you became friends and part of our community. With this Heart Connection Newsletter we hope to keep you up-to-date with important admissions information, COLLABORATORY workshops as well as what is going on around and in our wonderful school!

It has been a pleasure for Darcy and I to meet many of you on tours and learn more about your families through your applications and letters. If you would still like to submit an application, click here and to attend a chat or submit your "letter" please email admissions@cowhollowschool.org. We look forward to getting to know you and your family! If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me and I am happy to set-up a phone call or Zoom meeting.

As we head into the holiday season and throughout the year we are always looking for ways for our students to engage with the community, give back and be stewards of the world they inhabit. In November, Cow Hollow School was asked by the Presidio Trust and CNN to participate in the first-ever Call to Earth Day. This was a wonderful opportunity for our Big Orchard class as they have compassionately and courageously taken on the role of “green citizens,” as they delve into a thread of inquiry rooted in environmental justice. With the help of the Cow Hollow School tree-schoolers, a dozen new redwoods were planted for Call to Earth Day!

Wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday season,

Leslie Norris
Admissions Director and Office Administrator
admissions@cowhollowschool.org
Cow Hollow School
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Cow Hollow School
65 Funston Avenue, The Presidio
San Francisco, CA 94129
Phone (415) 921-2328
Fax (415) 9214015

Admissions News

New Age Cut-Off:

For Fall 2022 entry: If your child is 2 years old by August 1,(not July 1) s/he will be considered for a 2/3-year-old class. 2/ 3-year-old children start Cow Hollow School in the T/TH Nest, MWF Nest, Treehouse or Little Garden classes.

Admissions Process:

Attend a virtual Learning Tour
Submit an application
Learn more about CHS by attending an optional Chat with Darcy and/or Leslie or following us on our Instagram. Email admissions@cowhollowschool.org for links to sign-up for chat.
Apply for Community Fund by February. 1, 2022
Submit an optional ‘Letter of Interest’ to admissions@cowhollowschool.org about what resonates for you about Cow Hollow School.
San Francisco Preschool Admissions Decisions: March 9, 2022
Stay in touch!

For another window into who we are as a school, THE COLLABORATORY, Cow Hollow School's outward facing resource will be hosting events throughout the school year.

Upcoming Workshops

Music Matters with Tessa Moore. REGISTER with eventbrite HERE (Tickets $20)
March 3, 2022. 7:15pm-8:30pm:

Are you ready to have impactful conversations about equity, social justice, and cultural diversity with your child? Do you wonder how to integrate fun, respect, and significance to these conversations? This year, we are offering Music Matters! Music Matters is an opportunity for educators and parents to hear about the usefulness of music as a tool in exploring social justice for young children and discuss ideas for implementation. During this time, educators and parents can discuss ideas for exploring music with their children and Tessa can offer strategies, different perspectives, and tools to support you in facilitating meaningful experiences with music.

R.E.A.L. Parenting and Teaching with Darcy Campbell: REGISTER with eventbrite HERE. (Tickets $30)
February 15, 2022. 7:00 pm - 8:45pm

This workshop will help you think about how to remove the fear and fantasy from your parenting or teaching. To parent or teach mindfully means that we commit to being aware of our own thoughts, beliefs and actions and parent and teach from facts: who we are, who our children are, and from our values. As a result of removing fear and fantasy from our parenting and teaching we become more able to accurately, lovingly guide, empower, and protect our children. This workshop will offer you tools and questions so that you may mindfully, responsively, respectfully, be in the presence of children. In doing so, we change the world!