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 for
updated daily announcements.
1.
First quarter ended on
Oct 10th! Grades are posted online. Please
be sure to check assignments, grades, and attendance online each day for your
student and talk with your student about each grade. To check grades and
assignments, please follow these steps:
·
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 card for the quarter and on Classes for assignments and
overall scores in each class throughout the quarter.
2.
Have some clothing you don’t wear hanging out in your
closets? Make some space and help a good cause by
donating the items to help the Victory Mission. Carver’s National Junior Honor
Society is sponsoring a drive to help the Victory Mission, a local non-profit
organization, as the Mission strives to meet the needs of the homeless in our
community. Please consider helping our NJHS students raise items to support our
community by donating new travel-size toiletries
and gently used clothing. All items can be dropped off at the main
office.
3.
Please join us for our Veteran’s Day Assembly at 8:30 am on November 11 to honor our veterans! All families are welcome to
attend.
a.
If you have a family member in the military (past or present),
please submit a picture for the assembly. You can reply to
this email attaching a copy of the photo or send a photo to the office with the
family member name, student name, and branch of the military. If you send the
photo to the office, we will get the photo back to you after scanning it.
Please be sure to label the photo or the envelope on the photo.
b.
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 and we will
reserve seat(s) with your name. On November 11, we will escort you to your
reserved seating. We will have light refreshments following
the assembly for veterans and family members.
4.
Basketball season starts tomorrow! Come out
to cheer on our teams! We encourage
parents to come with students and cheer on our teams at each of our sporting
events. For students without a guardian present in the stands,
the guardian must pick up the student by 8 pm for each home and away game for
all sports. Students attending the game as a spectator should make clear arrangements
to have a ride at the designated pick-up time of 8 pm 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 and cheer our teams
to victory. Please visit with your student prior to the start of the game on
spectator expectations.
5.
The secure entrance construction on Carver’s
main front entrance resumed on September 30. The estimated completion date of October 25 has been extended to November 8. During this portion of the secure
entrance construction, the main entrance will not be open to students, parents,
or faculty. The
temporary main entrance will be on located at door #4 on the EAST side of the
building near the locker rooms and orchestra room. SPS installed a
buzz-in and camera system to secure door #4 for entry into the building during
construction. Parents will still use the existing drop off and pick up car line
for morning and afternoon car line. After drop off in the morning, students
will walk past the awning in the main entrance along the sidewalk to enter door
#4. At the end of the day, students will exit door #4 and walk to the car line.
6.
Carver
is celebrating 25 years this year! Pay $0.25 and wear your hat or hood every
Thursday in October!!
7.
Please join us for Carver PTSA meeting in the
Carver library on Thursday, Nov 14, from 5 pm – 6 pm. All parents/guardians are
invited to attend. 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!
8.
Picture retakes are November 12 at 8 am.
You
can order pictures online at mylifetouch.com using the Picture Day ID:
EVTDQ9KVF or return the form on the day of pictures with payment included.
Forms were sent home with your student in October. Additional forms are
available in the office.
9.
Want to show your
school spirit? Click
here to order Carver spirit wear from PTSA. The link will be
open from October 29 – November 17. Delivery is scheduled starting December 9.
For more information, contact PTSA via email at CarverPTSA@outlook.com or on
facebook at Carver PTSA.
10.
Transitional
transfer requests may be submitted beginning Nov. 1 – Dec 2. Each year, SPS
eighth-graders have the opportunity to request a transitional transfer to the
high school of their choice. A transitional transfer will not be revoked once
approved. Students interested in this option may submit requests between starting
Nov. 1 until Dec. 2.
11.
As a
reminder, school ends at 2:45 pm! 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.
12.
DOES YOUR STUDENT NEED SOME HELP WITH
HOMEWORK? After school tutoring is available through the
Springfield Park Board, Monday-Thursday, 2:50-3:50 p.m. The next session is
November 4 through December 19 for $35. Scholarships are available for students
who qualify for free/reduced lunch. Forms are available in the office.
13.
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.
14.
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.
15.
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.
16.
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.
17.
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.
18.
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!
19.
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.
20.
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
Thank
you for all you do to help our Carver school community! Go Cougars!
Dr.
Dana Powers
Carver
Principal
