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.
Mid-Quarter is
February 7th! An
alert now phone call will be coming on February 7th for each student
with all A’s and B’s and for each student with a D or F grade. Please
be sure to check assignments, grades, and attendance online each day for your
student and talk with your student about each grade. 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 Grades for grade card for the quarter and on Classes for assignments and
overall scores in each class throughout the quarter.
2.
Springfield Public Schools is asking for
input on a survey for our school library. The survey has eight questions and will
take no more than 2 minutes to complete. Please use this
link (click here) to take the survey. Thank
you for giving your feedback and for supporting our library!
3.
Our Carver Library is taking part in the
annual World Read Aloud Day on February 5th! For 11 years, World
Read Aloud Day has called attention to the importance of sharing stories by
challenging participants to grab a book, find an audience, and read aloud! The
global effort is now celebrated in over 173 countries and counting! Support
reading and our library on February 5th by reading a favorite story or
chapter aloud with your family on February 5th! Click here for more
information about WRAD!
4.
Please join us for Carver PTSA meeting in the
Carver library on Thursday, February 13th, 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!
5.
Carver NJHS students are working to end blood
cancers and help find a cure by collecting pennies and coins each day. Please consider donating any pennies you have to our Penny War and
help NJHS with their mission of helping both children and adults in their fight
against blood cancer.
6.
Basketball season has started! We
encourage parents to come cheer with your student in the stands for our teams! 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/guardian 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. Please visit with your student
prior to the start of the game on spectator expectations.
7.
The annual PTSA Carver Dodgeball Tournament Fundraiser has been
rescheduled for March 27 at 5:30 pm – 7 pm. If your student
turned in a permission slip and/or money, those items will be returned or held
in the office. Please ask your student if you would like both returned. If you
have not yet signed up yet, permission slips are still available in the office.
Players can sign up with a team or as individuals for $5 per person. Extra
lives to stay in the game can be purchased at the door for $1 each. There will
be adult and student teams available. (Adult teams will not play student teams
in the tournament.) Individuals not participating can pay $1 at the door. PTSA
will have pizza and concessions available during the event.
8.
Interested in joining PTSA as an officer? We
have several positions available for the 2020-2021 school year. Please contact
CarverPTSA@outlook.com or attend the PTSA meeting on February 13th at 5 pm.
9.
Do you know if you’re eligible for free or
reduced-price school meals? Stop by the front office at Carver for an
application or call nutrition services at 523-1130 for questions or help
applying in person or online.
10.
NEED HELP FILING TAXES?? Each
year Community Partnership of the Ozarks joins with Drury University and
Missouri State University to offer FREE INCOME TAX RETURN PREPARATION for low-to-moderate income
families/individuals. Locations and days of operation listed at
www.417FreeTaxes.com or make an appointment at 417-720-2000.
11.
Attendance is important! Please make sure
your student is at school each day on time! Attendance phone calls will be sent
home alerting parents of attendance starting in January.
12.
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.
13.
DOES YOUR STUDENT NEED SOME HELP WITH
HOMEWORK? After school tutoring is available through the
Springfield Park Board, Monday-Thursday, 2:50-3:50 p.m. Scholarships are
available for students who qualify for free/reduced lunch. Forms are available
in the office.
14.
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.
15.
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.
16.
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.
17.
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.
18.
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 7:45 am – 8:00
am for each student in their 1st hour classroom. Breakfast will not
be available after 8:00 am in the classroom.
19.
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!
20.
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.
21.
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 name 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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