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.
Third quarter ends on
March 12! 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.
The next Carver PTSA meeting is scheduled for
March 12th from 5 pm – 6 pm in
the Carver library. All parents/guardians are invited to attend. PTSA is also nominating
for several offices for the 2020-21 school year this spring. Please contact
CarverPTSA@outlook.com or attend the PTSA meeting for information about
offices. If you need more information about meetings or events, please contact
PTSA via email at CarverPTSA@outlook.com or on facebook at Carver PTSA. We hope
to see you at the PTSA meetings!
3.
Carver NJHS students are working to end blood
cancers and help find a cure by collecting pennies and coins each day. Please consider donating any pennies you have to
our Penny War or click here to donate online for Pennies for Patients and help NJHS with their mission of helping both children
and adults in their fight against blood cancer.
4.
Click
here to buy your YEARBOOK now through March 1, 2020. If you have trouble
with the link, yearbooks are on sale through www.yearbookforever.com. In
the school name, enter Carver Middle School Springfield, MO. You can also order
in the main office. Yearbook price is $18.00.
5.
Make Explore part of your summer plans! Explore
will offer students exciting opportunities to pursue interests and passions.
There will be two sessions of Explore. Session I is scheduled for June 3-30.
Session II will be held July 6-July 31. Middle school students will
attend Explore classes Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Registration
for middle school students begins March 4. Students in 8th
grade may register for High
school Explore classes beginning March 2. Register for Explore
classes at www.sps.org/Explore.
6.
Come cheer on our basketball teams! We encourage parents to come cheer with your
student in the stands for our teams! 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/guardian 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.
7.
The annual PTSA Carver Dodgeball Tournament Fundraiser has been
rescheduled for March 27 at 5:30 pm – 7 pm. If your student
turned in a permission slip and/or money, those items will be returned or held
in the office. Please ask your student if you would like both returned. If you
have not yet signed up yet, permission slips are still available in the office.
Players can sign up with a team or as individuals for $5 per person. Extra
lives to stay in the game can be purchased at the door for $1 each. There will
be adult and student teams available. (Adult teams will not play student teams
in the tournament.) Individuals not participating can pay $1 at the door. PTSA
will have pizza and concessions available during the event.
8.
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.
9.
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. Scholarships are
available for students who qualify for free/reduced lunch. Forms are available
in the office.
10.
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.
11.
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.
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 name is: @CarverMSCougars
Thank
you for all you do to help our Carver school community! Go Cougars!
Dr.
Dana Powers
Carver
Principal
