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.
Mid-Quarter
is Feb 1! Please check your student’s assignments and grades online
and talk with your student. An alert now
phone call will be coming on January 31 for each student with all A’s and B’s
and for each student with a D or F grade. To check assignments or grades
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.
· Click
on Grades (for grade cards) or on Classes (for assignments) and overall scores
in each class.
2.
Student
spectators attending home or away basketball 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. 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. 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.
3.
Carver PTSA is hosting Little Caesar Pizza
Fundraiser to support the class celebrations in May. Carver 6th and 7th graders
will bring home information next week. Click
here for the presentation link from PTSA. Please consider purchasing a
coupon booklet to support our school. If you haven’t had an opportunity to
purchase a coupon booklet, call the office and we will get you a coupon
booklet!
4.
Please join us for Carver PTSA meeting in the
Carver library on Thursday, February 7, from 4 pm – 5 pm. All parents/guardians
are invited to attend. A presentation on the upcoming SPS bond will take place on
March 7, from 4 pm – 5 pm in the Carver library. Everyone is welcome. 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.
Springfield voters will be asked April 2 to
consider a $168 million bond proposal to fund 39 high-priority projects, which
were recommended by a citizen’s task force to make our schools safer and
stronger for students and staff. The projects will renovate or reconstruct 6
schools, create safer entrances at 31 schools, plus add classroom space to
expand preschool. If approved, the entrance at Carver will be remodeled to
increase security with double-entry points and a series of intercoms, cameras,
and electronic locking controls. Click
here for more information about Proposition S. Click
here to learn how to register to vote. Please join us for the March 7 PTSA meeting in the Carver Library for a
presentation on the bond information.
6.
Please take a moment to participate in a
survey about library services at Carver. Our librarian will use your responses
to help make decisions and plan services for all students. Your replies will be
kept confidential. Click
here for the link and use this code 7719535742. The survey should only take
10 minutes. The link will be open until January 31.
7.
Want to stay connected to the weekly
announcements using Remind texting? If so, text @1carver to 81010 to get these
announcements weekly. If you have
Verizon network, Verizon has announced Remind Texting will continue undisrupted.
8.
Encourage your student to read at home! Carver
students are competing in a Reading Royale Challenge designed to encourage
reading at home. The Reading Royale Challenge will run through April 26th.
Students will set reading goals during visits to the library. Please talk with
your student about his or her reading goal and encourage reading at home!
9.
Kickapoo High School has asked for us to
share the presentation for parents via email communication. Click
here for the presentation link for Kickapoo. For questions on Kickapoo’s
presentation, please contact the Kickapoo counseling office. For questions on
the parent presentation from Parkview, please contact Parkview counseling
office. When Parkview’s link becomes available, the link will be sent to
parents.
10.
Want to nominate a great reading teacher?
Nominations for an outstanding reading teacher for the 2019 Turner Reading Teacher
Award are open. For more information, visit the SPS website at www.supportsps.org
and click on the 2019 Turner Reading Awards link for the nomination criteria
and nomination form.
11.
Springfield Public Schools needs bus drivers!
If you or someone you know would be interested in becoming a bus driver, please
click here for a
short video and apply online at SPS.org.
12.
Does your student want to visit 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.
13.
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.
14.
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.
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.
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:
17.
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!
