Carver Announcements for Aug 19, 2019

Hello Carver Families!

This email is intended to keep parents updated on reminders, upcoming activities, and announcements during the school year. When the school year starts, be sure to check Carver's webpage for updated daily announcements.

1.        Thank you to all our families for a great first week of school! As a reminder, please have your student picked up before 3 pm each day. If you are unable to pick up your student before 3 pm, your student will need to be enrolled in Y-Teens (after school program provided for pay by the YMCA). Click here for registration information.

2.        Please be sure to check assignments, grades, and attendance online each day for your student. If you have not completed the online registration update, please be sure to go online at:

·       Log on to the home access district website: https://homeaccess.sps.org/homeaccess/

·       Enter your user ID and password.

·       Click “Registration.”

·       Click “Update Registration.”

·       Click “New” in the center of the screen.

·       Using the +  (plus sign), make any changes needed to the information. If no changes are needed, proceed to step 7.

·       In the +  Other Additional Information area, please be sure to check “yes” in the area “lives with guardian.”

·       Be sure to SAVE all areas, even areas not changed.

·       Click “I AGREE” and then submit. All required questions must be answered and saved before you can submit.

3.        Walking home from school using Battlefield Rd? Students walking home from school toward Battlefield Rd will be dismissed from school after car riders have been picked up from the car line at approximately 3 pm. Students walking home using the trail can leave at 2:45 pm.

4.        READING IS IMPORTANT! Please join our Carver Library Instagram page at carver_ms_library to learn about upcoming library events, book recommendations, book reviews, and a parent newsletter.

5.        Please join Carver PTSA and be an active parent in our school community! Research shows students are more engaged when parents are more engaged in the school community! Please contact PTSA via email at CarverPTSA@outlook.com or on facebook at Carver PTSA.

6.        Chromebooks must come back to school each day. Students arriving to school without a chromebook will come to the office and call home to have the chromebook brought to school. Students unable to have the chromebook brought to school will be expected to take their own notes on any online assignment or online learning and do the assignments as homework due the next day.

7.        Join our VolleyCougars for a fun night of fundraising at Chick-Fil-A on Sunshine and Campbell on Aug 26 from 5 pm – 8 pm. When ordering, be sure to mention the code SPIRIT NIGHT for Carver to get 20% of the proceeds from the evening. Click  here for the flyer.

8.        Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC) will continue at Carver! All students enrolled at Carver will be able to eat a school breakfast each morning for free. Click here for information about Breakfast in the Classroom Benefits. Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC) will be available at Carver from 7:45am – 8:00 am for each student in their 1^st hour classroom. Breakfast will not be available after 8:00 am in the classroom.

9.        The Foundation for Springfield Public Schools is hosting a GIVE BACK TO SCHOOL DAY on AUGUST 27. Click here to learn how to help the foundation fund classrooms across SPS!

10.     Need after school care for your student or just want to avoid the afternoon carline? Sign up for Y-teens after school care at 862-7456 or at the Ward or Jones YMCA buildings. Y-teens is available from 2:45 pm – 6:30 pm each school day. Click here for the link!

11.     SPS will be deploying Hall Pass, a visitor management system, at all school sites. Please be sure to identify yourself and your child when buzzing at the secure entrance and bring a valid picture ID with you. The Hall Pass system will scan and screen your ID and create a visitor pass sticker for you to use during your visit. Click here for an informational video outlining the step-by-step process visitors go through when they check into schools using Hall Pass.  

12.     Want to stay connected to the weekly announcements? The announcements can be found on Carver’s Twitter and Facebook pages at:

 Our Facebook page is: Carver Middle School Cougars

 Our Twitter handle is: @CarverMSCougars

We look forward to a great first day of school and a great school year! Thank you for all you do to help our Carver school community! Go Cougars!

Dr. Dana Powers

Carver Principal