Hello
Carver Families!
This
email is intended to keep parents updated on reminders, upcoming activities,
and announcements during the school year. When the school year starts, be
sure to check Carver's
webpage for
updated daily announcements.
1.
Please be sure to check assignments, grades,
and attendance online each day for your student. If you have not completed the
online registration update, please be sure to go online at:
· Log
on to the home access district website: https://homeaccess.sps.org/homeaccess/
· Enter
your user ID and password.
· Click
“Registration.”
· Click
“Update Registration.”
· Click
“New” in the center of the screen.
· Using
the + (plus sign), make any changes
needed to the information. If no changes are needed, proceed to step 7.
· In
the + Other Additional Information area,
please be sure to check “yes” in the area “lives with guardian.”
· Be
sure to SAVE all areas, even areas not changed.
· Click
“I AGREE” and then submit. All required questions must be answered and saved
before you can submit.
2.
Tomorrow is GIVE BACK TO SCHOOL DAY. The
Foundation for Springfield Public Schools is hosting GIVE BACK TO SCHOOL DAY on
AUGUST 27 to help fund grants written by teachers. Several of our Carver
teachers have written grants to buy items for classrooms! We hope to get
them funded with a Foundation Grant from the Foundation for Springfield Public
Schools! Please consider giving and/or passing the link along to others. Click
here to learn how to help the foundation fund classrooms across SPS!
3.
As a
reminder, 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.
4.
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.
5.
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.
6.
Please join Carver PTSA and be an active parent in our school community! Research shows students are more engaged when
parents are more engaged in the school community! Please contact PTSA via email
at CarverPTSA@outlook.com or on facebook at Carver PTSA.
7.
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.
8.
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.
9.
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 7:45am – 8:00
am for each student in their 1st hour classroom. Breakfast will not
be available after 8:00 am in the classroom.
10.
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!
11.
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.
12.
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 handle is: @CarverMSCougars
We
look forward to a great first day of school and a great school year! Thank you
for all you do to help our Carver school community! Go Cougars!
Dr.
Dana Powers
Carver
Principal
