Carver Announcements for 5.14.23

 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.        Galileo Testing begins this week for all grades in Math, ELA, and Social Studies. Please make sure students arrive at school on time and bring a charged chromebook with headphones. 

2.       Carver PTSA has extending the Scholastic Book Fair in the Carver Library through Monday, May 15.

3.       Carver PTSA needs officers for next year! Please email Carver PTSA at carverptsa@outlook.com for more information or if you are interested or use this link (click here) to submit an interest.

·       Next Papa John’s Pizza night is MAY 22 from 4-8 pm. Order pizza from Papa John’s between those hours and Papa John’s will donate 10% to Carver PTSA!

·      Carver PTSA is planning to have an 8^th grade celebration at Boys and Girls Club on May 25 from 5 pm – 6:30 pm if the event has enough parent chaperones to supervise. Please use this link to sign up to supervise for 45 minutes or for the entire time: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4da9af2ba2ff2-2023#/

 

4.        May 25 is the last day of the quarter! Guardians can go online each day at https://homeaccess.sps.org/homeaccess to see your student’s class assignment grades. (Click forgot user name or password to get an email with your log in information.) Please talk with your student each week about grades and missing assignments and contact your child’s teacher for questions about assignments (click here for teacher email list).

·       Please use the printed progress reports as a three week check on your student’s grades. Please check HomeAccess Eschool weekly if you are concerned about your student’s grades during the printed progress report grade check. ICU Missing Work email and text is another tool but should not be the only check on your student’s grades during the quarter.

5.       Chromebooks will be collected for the summer this year from all 6^th and 7^th graders. This year, students in grades 6-7 will turn in chromebooks before leaving for the summer. Students in 8^th grade will keep chromebooks unless unenrolling from the district.  If your 6^th or 7^th grade student has enrolled in summer school, devices will be distributed to students at summer school site for students in 6^th and 7^th grades attending summer school.

 

6.       Attention 8^th grade parents:

Carver PTSA is planning to have an 8^th grade celebration at Boys and Girls Club on May 25 from 5 pm – 6:30 pm if the event has enough current 8^th grade parent chaperones to supervise.

·      Please use this link to sign up to supervise for 45 minutes or for the entire time: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4da9af2ba2ff2-2023#/

 

7.       Mark your calendars 8^th grade parents:

·      Kickapoo Freshman Frenzy will be held at Kickapoo from 10 am – 12 pm on August 10^th with a parent meeting from 6 pm – 7:30 pm.

·      Parkview Freshman Focus and Family Fair event will be held at Parkview from 2:30 pm – 5:15 pm on August 10^th with a parent fair and meeting from 5:15 pm – 7:30 pm.

 

8.        From the Carver Nurse: If your child has medication with the nurses, it must be picked up by the last day of school. All unclaimed medication will be discarded on May 25^th. Medications CANNOT be sent home with students per district medication policy. Please call 417.523.6830 to speak to one of the Carver nurses about questions about medication.

 

9.        GWC STUDENT NEWS! Click here to view the latest episode of GWC News for 2022-2023. The news cast is created by students on the GWC Student News Tech Force team. The students in the Tech Force Team applied to be part of the Tech Force team to assist the librarian, students, and teachers with technology needs. Another duty in Tech Force is to create a student news video to highlight activities and events at Carver. The GWC News is shared with students during Breakfast in the Classroom and is also available for student viewing on Cougar Voices Canvas page.

10.     From the Carver Librarian: Carver library books should be returned by May 12^th. Overdue notices will be sent home with students. Please take a few minutes to help your child locate any library books and return the books to the library.

11.    EXPLORE Summer registration is open. Click here for details on courses offered and registration information. Summer school seated classes are offered for K-8 students from June 5-30 and July 10-21.

12.    The building front door will not be unlocked until 8:15 am. Your students should wait in your car in the car line until the outer door is unlocked at 8:15 am. If your student walks or rides a bicycle to school in the mornings, speak to them about arriving after 8:15 am to avoid waiting in the cold outside until the door is unlocked at 8:15 am. (Only students enrolled in the SHINE before school paid care or student athletes attending morning practice with the team will be allowed to enter the building prior to 8:15 am.)

13.    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:

·  Assignments will be updated weekly by each teacher on home access. Grades will be updated through progress reports every three weeks and for final end-of-quarter grades. To check overall assignments and grades in eschool home access, please follow these steps:

·       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.

14.     Each week, Springfield Public Schools sends an email newsletter to SPS parents, families and community members with The Latest from SPS. View past editions of the current school year SPS e-newsletters here (click here).

15.     ICU Missing Work program: Parents/guardians will receive an email and text alert noting your student had a missing assignment. The text alert may look like a phone number from out-of-state due to the program we use called ICU Missing Work. This is another tool to help parents be aware of potential missing grades. Please speak to your student about the missing assignment and have them turn it in to the teacher. Parents are encouraged to also contact the teacher or check online to see the overall grade for the student for the class.

16.    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! 

17.     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.

18.    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!  

19.    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