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 (click here for website) for updated daily announcements. Please see below for announcements for this week:
1.
Carver PTSA meeting will be on Sept 20 in the Carver library from 5:30 pm –
6:30 pm. Please
join us in person or via zoom. (Click
here for the zoom link.)
2. Please join us for SPS U at Carver on Sept 13 from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm. At SPS U, parents can visit teacher classrooms and attend sessions to learn more about Canvas, Home Access, and our new ICU program for missing work.
3. Students should bring a charged chromebook to school each day! Students without a chromebook will call home to have the device delivered to school. Thank you for helping your student remember to bring a charged chromebook each school day!
4. Carline Reminders! Please pull all the way forward in the morning drop off line! Please don’t just stop at the awning! Pulling all the way forward at the top of the line will create a faster and more efficient carline!
5. Is your student walking home from school? For the safety of our students as they cross two crosswalks in the carline and on Battlefield, all students walking home from school toward Battlefield Rd will be dismissed from school after the car line has ended. Please be aware your student will be leaving school around 4:15-4:20 pm. Students walking home using the back trail can leave at 4:00 pm.
6. Picking up your student in the afternoon carline? We will dismiss car riders to the awning/front entrance in stages by grades to avoid congestion in the hallways. We realize middle school is an exciting time to socialize with friends but we want to be efficient, safe, and quick in the carline so please ask your student to limit the socializing with peers in the carline so all students can get home in a timely manner.
7. AFTERNOON CARLINE: Do not park at the Dollar General and have your student walk to Dollar General. Walkers are not dismissed until the carline at Carver is complete. Please instead drive through the carline and pick up your student. Thank you for not disrupting our local businesses!
8.
Please spend a few minutes with your student weekly
to review assignments and grades in each class. Follow these steps to check
grades and assignments:
· To check
overall grades in home access:
·
Home Access Center website: https://homeaccess.sps.org/homeaccess
· 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 click on Grades for overall scores in each class
at mid-quarter and at the end of the quarter.
· To message teachers in Canvas:
·
Canvas is the platform our teachers and
students use for learning. As a parent, you are automatically able to be an
observer in each of your child’s Canvas courses with your own log-in and
password. To find your child’s Canvas courses, log in to Canvas at www.sps.org > Click on “Parents” > Click on
“Resources” > Click on “Canvas.” The
log in for Canvas is the same as eschool home access log-in and password. If you are unable to log-in to Canvas or
home access, please call the main office. We will be happy to assist you!
·
If you are unfamiliar with Canvas and would
like quick tips on how to change preferences or contact a teacher through
Canvas, click here for information.
· For accuracy, please use eschool Home Access for updated weekly grades. If you have questions about the assignment or grade, Canvas offers a way to immediately contact the teacher through inbox.
9. Need before school care or after school care for your student? SPARC will be offering before and after school care each school day from 6:30 am until 6 pm at Carver. Find more information about the program at SHINE at sps.org (click here).
10. ICU (missing work) is coming to Carver! We have a new automated system that will alert parents via text and email when students are falling behind in assignments. Teachers are learning about the system currently and we will begin sharing details in the next two weeks. We are excited for the possibility to help our families stay connected student progress at school through this ICU missing work program!
11. Fall sport games have started at Carver this week! We would love for you to attend the events with your students to cheer on our teams. Students planning to attend any home or away game for Carver must follow these guidelines:
· Students
not attending with a guardian or adult, must sit in the designated space
required for student spectators. Students attending with guardians or an adult
will be allowed to sit with the guardian or adult.
· Students
seated in the student spectator area will remain seated until half-time or
between games. Concessions will only be available for students in the student
section at those times.
· Students
seated in the student spectator area will follow all school rules for student behaviors.
Students not displaying acceptable behaviors will be required to leave the event
and will be called to the office on a conduct referral the following school day.
· Students must have a ride at the game when the game ends. Students are expected to call parents during the last 10-15 minutes of play so that parents can be in the parking lot when the game ends. Students without rides at the time the game ends will not attend the next home game. Please make sure you arrange for your student to have a ride at the end of the game prior to your student attending the game without an adult.
12. We want to stay connected with you! If you have questions about your child’s assignment or grade, please email the teacher. Click here for a list of all emails for our building.
13. Need a Hotspot? Please contact us and we can provide you an application.
14. Breakfast will be provided for free to all in-person students at Carver this year. Breakfast is provided from 8:45 am – 9:00 am. Students arriving at school after 9:00 am will not have access to breakfast. Please make sure your student arrives to school between 8:45 am – 9:00 am for breakfast!
15. Parents! Need help accessing and checking learning with your student??? Please be sure to reach out with questions about eschool or canvas. Ask your student to canvas inbox (email) his or her teachers and read the answers from the teacher together or email the teachers directly (teacher email list here)! Need additional help navigating eschool or canvas? The coordinators for site intervention (CSI) at Carver are also available to help you. Please call 523-6800 and ask to speak to a CSI for in-person help!
16. Stay connected to the weekly announcements! Be sure to update your email and phone number so you can stay connected to important dates and information each week! The announcements each week can also be found on Carver’s Twitter and Facebook pages at:
Facebook:
George Washington Carver (Carver Middle School Cougars)
Twitter: @CarverMSCougars
Thank
you for all you do to help our Carver school community! Go Cougars!
Dr.
Dana Powers
Carver
Principal
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