Hello
Carver Families!
This
email is intended to keep parents updated on reminders and announcements during
the school year. Be sure to check Carver's webpage for all additional announcements
on clubs, activities, and student events!
1.
Please join us for our Veteran’s Day Assembly
at 8:30 am on November 12 to honor our veterans! All families are welcome to
attend.
·
If you have a family member in the military (past
or present), please submit a picture for
the assembly. You can reply with an emailed copy of the photo or send a
photo to the office with the family member name, student name, and branch of
the military. We will get the photo back to you after scanning it.
·
We
have reserved seating at the assembly for veterans or those currently serving
and their families. Please let us know in advance if you can attend the
assembly. On November 12, we will escort you to your reserved seating.
·
The PTSA Book Fair (located in Carver
library) begins November 12 – 16, but will be open immediately after the
assembly for parents and guardians.
2.
Please
consider donating to #Socktober to help Carver’s orchestra and seventh grade
reading classes as they collect new socks and other items to support
Springfield’s homeless shelters this winter. To learn more about
the program, use this link or watch this Kid President
video on youtube.
3.
Wear a costume to school on October 31?? Yes! You can! Pay $2 and
wear your costume. All costumes must be school appropriate. Large hats, masks,
or props will be left in the office after costume judging first period. All
costumes must have shoes. The money raised will benefit attendance incentives
at Carver!
4.
Flu clinic is coming to Carver on November 7.
Click
here for vaccine information. Click
here for consent form. Please contact Nurse Nancy Sadler, at
523-6830, for more information.
5.
Please join us for Carver PTSA meeting in the
Carver library on Thursday, Nov 8, from 4 pm – 5 pm. All parents/guardians are
invited to attend. If you would like to participate in Superintendent’s Open
Parent Forum, please let PTSA or the office know. 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!
6.
Families of children who currently attend
Carver are invited to participate in the Free Grocery Distribution on November
13 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am. The family member who is picking up food must show
ID when receiving food. Please bring at
least two boxes or laundry baskets with you day of distribution. If you are walking, a wagon is great! Rain or
shine, the distribution goes on unless school is cancelled.
7.
DODGE BALL TOURNAMENT IS BACK!!! Do you love Dodge Ball? If
so, join us on November 16 at 5:30 pm for a Dodge Ball PTSA fundraiser
tournament! Create your own 5-member team to play in the adult tournament or
the student tournament or show up at the door to join a team! It’s $5 to play
or $1 to laugh from the stands! Click
here for the team form. Click
here for permission form. Concessions will be available. Be sure to
bring extra money to buy extra lives and to browse at the PTSA book fair during
the event!
8.
PTSA Scholastic Book Fair is coming November
12 – 16! Make plans to attend the book fair this year and browse the selection
of books! If you would like to volunteer and earn Scholastic book dollars,
please contact Carver PTSA.
9.
Mark your calendar, picture retake day is
November 27. Pictures will be returned
prior to picture retake day. If you know you need picture retakes and would
like to order online in advance, please contact Wagner Pictures at
www.WagnerPortraitGroup.com using the password CarverMS. Extra copies of the
picture order form are also available in the office.
10.
1st
quarter grade cards were available Oct 19 online! To
access grade cards online, 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.
o Click
the GRADES at the top, center of the page.
o Click
on Report Card.
11.
Does your student love to travel and love
history? If so, make plans to attend the informational parent meeting on
9/18/18 in the Carver café at 6 pm for more information on the WorldStrides
trip to Washington, D.C. during Spring Break. Please email scotty617@gmail.com
or sgreen@spsmail.org
for more information or visit the website at worldstrides.com/signup and use
Trip ID 160438.
12.
Reporting safety concerns will now be easier
with a new, anonymous tip line launched by Springfield Public Schools. The
dedicated tip line will enable students, teachers, parents, or community
members to notify SPS School Police of potential safety threats with a quick
text message to 417-319-2901, through the MySPS app, or on the district website
at www.sps.org/tipline.
13.
Check out the new MySPS app from Springfield
Public Schools to access menus, bus delay information, parent resources, online
MealPay, directory link, notifications, eschool plus access, canvas access, SPS
news, and the school calendar.
14.
No school on November 5 and 6. SPARC has a program designed for middle
school students if you need care for your student. Contact Erin Boschen at 353-2161
or eboschen@springfieldmo.gov or click
here for the flyer.
15.
Please make sure you have your child picked
up by 3 pm each day. If you 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 at Carver.
16.
Student spectators attending home or away
games without a guardian present during games must be picked up or have pick-up
rides in the stands by 8:00 pm for each home and away event. Students attending
the game as a spectator should make clear arrangements to have a ride at the
designated pick-up time 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.
17.
Want to stay connected to the weekly
announcements using Remind texting? If so, text @1carver to 81010 to get these
announcements weekly. The announcements can also be found on Carver’s Twitter
and Facebook pages at:
Our
Facebook page is: Carver Middle School Cougars
Our Twitter handle is: @CarverMSCougars
Our
Instagram account is: CarverMSCougars
18.
Recognizing your child’s teacher or SPS
employee is easy! Click on the link
here or find the form on the SPS website!
Have a
great week!
