Hello Carver Families!
Thank
you for a great first week of school! Please see below for announcements for
this week:
1. Please make sure your student charges the chromebook each evening!
2. The building will open at 7:30 am. This is a change from last year because of COVID. Please have your student remain in the car with you until the building opens at 7:30 am. Do not drop your student off in the parking lot.
3. STUDENT LOG-IN INFORMATION: All student log-in passwords have been reset by IT district-wide for all students k-12. To access your new password:
a.
Log in using your student ID number.
b.
The new password is:
first
initial last initial full birth date exclamation point
ex: ab08172016!
4. For our students working virtually Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday: Please have them log into the chromebook to first hour at 7:55 am and check the welcome announcements for next steps from the teacher. Cohorts A-K and Cohorts L-Z students should follow this bell schedule when seated and on the three virtual days:
1st period:
7:55 am – 8:42 am
2nd
period: 8:45 am – 9:32 am
3rd period: 9:35 am – 10:22 am
RTI Intervention: 10:25 am - 11:00 am
4th period: 11:03 am – 12:25
pm (30-min lunch included)
5th period: 12:28 pm – 1:15 pm
6th period: 1:18 pm – 2:05 pm
7th period: 2:08 pm – 2:55 pm
5. Parents! Need help accessing and checking online learning with your student??? Click here for a list of resources from SPS. You can also click here for a guide created by our librarian for “how-to” items for parents. Please be sure to reach out with questions as we navigate online learning. Ask your student to canvas inbox (email) his or her teachers and read the answers from the teacher together or email the teachers directly (teacher email list here)! Teachers are available via email or the librarian is willing to help via email, phone, or Instagram. At Carver, we want you to know we are in this together and we want to help you and your child during this virtual learning experience at home.
6. Walking home from school using Battlefield Rd? For the safety of our students as they cross the crosswalks in the carline and on Battlefield, all students walking home from school toward Battlefield Rd will be dismissed from school after the car line has ended. For the first few days of school the carline may last until around 3:15 pm. Students walking home using the trail can leave at 2:55 pm.
7. 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 7:40am – 7:55 am for each student in their 1st hour classroom. Breakfast will not be available after 7:55 am.
8. Picking up your student in the afternoon carline? We will be dismissing students differently this year for the carline. This year, we will dismiss students at 2:55 pm by student name only. Students will remain in the classroom until they are called to the carline by the adults supervising. To speed up the carline time, please have your student’s first and last name displayed on paper on your dash. Please use LARGE letters.
9. Medications administered at school must be delivered to the school nurse by a parent/guardian. Please contact Nurse Nancy Sadler, at 523-6830, for more information and to make an appointment to drop off medication.
10. We want virtual learning to be successful! Please reach out to your child’s teachers for questions on learning or assignments. You can find a list of email addresses at this link (click here) or at sps.org. In sps.org, please select ‘Carver’ from the list of schools at the top of the page, then select ‘About’ on the Carver page. You can find the list of teacher emails listed under staff directory.
11. NEED AFTER SCHOOL CARE?? SPARC will be offering after school child care until 6 pm for students in grades 6 – 8 at Carver (click here for the flyer). SPARC also offers full-day care each Wednesday for Carver students located at Wilson’s Creek Intermediate (click here for the flyer). Register for either program online at https://www.parkboard.org/SPARC or call the SPARC Office at 837-5737. *SPARC offers reduced rates for both programs for students and families that qualify.
12. Need assistance with paying for school meals. Click here to apply online.
13. SPS will make meals available for students to take home for use on days when they are learning from home or for students fully virtual. These meals must be pre-ordered. Cost of the meals vary. Click here for more information.
14. Want to stay connected to the weekly announcements using Remind texting? If so, text @1carver to 81010 to get weekly parent announcements. The announcements can also be found on Carver’s Twitter and Facebook pages at:
Facebook:
George Washington Carver (Carver Middle School Cougars)
Twitter: @CarverMSCougars
Instagram: 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
