Hello
Carver Families!
This
information is intended to keep parents updated on reminders, upcoming
activities, and announcements during the school year. Be sure to check Carver's webpage for
updated daily announcements.
1.
First quarter ends on
Oct 10th! Please be sure to check assignments, grades,
and attendance online each day for your student. Please check your student’s
grades online for individual assignment grades and talk with your student about
each assignment. To check grades and assignments, please follow these steps:
·
Log-in: Enter User Name and Password
o If
you have not previously logged on, you will be asked to create two questions
with answers in case you forget your password in the future.
o If
you need your log-in and password, please come in or call the office.
· Click
on Classes for assignments and overall scores in each class.
2.
FREE flu clinic is coming to Carver on
October 8. Permission forms are available online at www.sps.org
under Quick Links. Please contact Nurse Nancy Sadler, at 523-6830, for more
information.
3.
No school on Oct 11! Need child care for
October 11? SPARC offers all day child care for October 11. Click
here for the link for online enrollment in the SPARC program. For more
information, contact Erin Boschen or SPARC at 417-353-2161 or 417-837-5737 or via
email at eboschen@springfieldmo.gov.
You can also visit the SPARC website at ParkBoard.org/SPARC.
4.
The secure entrance construction on Carver’s
main front entrance resumed on September 30. The estimated completion date is for October 25. During
this portion of the secure entrance construction from September 30 – October
25, the main entrance will not be open to students, parents, or faculty. The temporary main entrance will
be on located at door #4 on the EAST side of the building near the locker rooms
and orchestra room. SPS installed a buzz-in and camera system to
secure door #4 for entry into the building during construction. Parents will still
use the existing drop off and pick up car line for morning and afternoon car
line. After drop off in the morning, students will walk past the awning in the
main entrance along the sidewalk to enter door #4. At the end of the day,
students will exit door #4 and walk to the car line.
5.
Carver
is celebrating 25 years this year! Pay $0.25 and wear your hat or hood every
Thursday in October!!
6.
Please join us for Carver PTSA meeting in the
Carver library on Thursday, Oct 10, from 5 pm – 6 pm. All parents/guardians are
invited to attend. If you need more information about Carver PTSA, please
contact PTSA via email at CarverPTSA@outlook.com or on facebook at Carver PTSA.
We hope to see you at the PTSA meeting!
7.
Picture retakes are November 12 at 8 am.
You
can order pictures online at mylifetouch.com using the Picture Day ID:
EVTDQ9KVF or return the form on the day of pictures with payment included.
Forms were sent home with your student in October. Additional forms are
available in the office.
8.
As a
reminder, school ends at 2:45 pm! Please have your student picked up before 3
pm each day. Students not picked up before 3 pm will come
to the office and we will call home. Please come into the office to speak to an
administrator when your pick up your student after 3 pm. For our families that
need a later pick up than 3 pm, please enroll your student in the Y-Teens
(after school program provided for pay by the YMCA). Click
here for registration information.
9.
NEED SOME HELP WITH HOMEWORK? After school
tutoring is available through the Springfield Park Board, Monday-Thursday,
2:50-3:50 p.m. Sessions are September 16 through October 31 and November 4
through December 19 for $35 per session. Scholarships are available for
students who qualify for free/reduced lunch. Forms are available in the office.
10.
Come cheer on our sport teams!! We encourage
parents to come with students and cheer on our teams at each of our sporting
events. For students without a
guardian present in the stands, the guardian must pick up the student by 8 pm
for each home and away game for all sports. Students attending the game as a
spectator should make clear arrangements to have a ride at the designated
pick-up time of 8 pm PRIOR to attending the game. Students picked up
later than the expected pick-up time or with no pick-up ride in the stands by 8
pm could forfeit the privilege of attending future athletic activities as a
spectator. If the game is not over at the 8 pm pick-up time, the driver/pick-up
ride can enter the game for FREE for the remainder of the game to sit with the
student in the stands and cheer our teams to victory.
11.
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 2:55 pm. Students walking home using the
trail can leave at 2:45 pm.
12.
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.
13.
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.
14.
CELL PHONE POLICY FOR CARVER: Students can
use cell phones in green zones during the day. A green zone is between classes
(students using a cell phone are not excused for being late to class for using
a cell phone and will receive a tardy consequence), during lunch, before school
until 8 am, and after school ends at 2:45 pm. Carver is not responsible for
lost or stolen cell phones or cases. The restroom and bathrooms are red zones.
No phone use in the restroom or locker rooms. Classrooms are also red zones for
phones unless the teacher has specifically allowed cell phone use in the
syllabus. Please contact the teacher if you have questions about cell phone use
in the classroom. Please make sure your student with a cell phone understands
the cell phone policy if you send a cell phone with them to school. If an
emergency arises during the day, please contact the office (417-523-6800), and
a message can be relayed to your student. Thank you for helping us navigate
student cell phone use during the learning time at school.
15.
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 1st hour classroom. Breakfast will not
be available after 8:00 am in the classroom.
16.
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!
17.
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.
18.
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
Thank
you for all you do to help our Carver school community! Go Cougars!
Dr.
Dana Powers
Carver
Principal
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