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. Please see below for announcements for this week:
1.
Students should bring a charged chromebook to
school each day! Students without a chromebook will call home to have the
device delivered to school. Thank you
for helping your student remember to bring a charged chromebook each school
day!
2.
Due to COVID restrictions, the water
fountains at Carver are closed. Please send a water bottle to school with your
student each day. Students
can refill water bottles at one of the two bottle filler stations we have at
Carver.
3.
Our buses need assistance getting to the building in the afternoon.
Please allow school buses by when you are waiting in the car line. If
you have questions about transportation, please call 523-0500.
4.
Picking up your
student in the afternoon carline? At this point, we will be dismissing
students by name only from classrooms to the afternoon carline as you appear in
the carline. 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. We
will revisit carline dismissal processes as the year progresses. Thank you for your patience as we get our students to and from
school safely!
5.
Need some Carver gear
to show your school spirit?? Check out the Carver spirit wear on sale now. Click
here to check out the Carver spirit wear on sale now.
The store closes on Aug 30
so be sure to purchase your gear before the deadline.
6.
If you are interested
in serving on the board for Carver PTSA, please contact us in the office via
email at sceisenbacher@spsmail.org
or phone at 523-6800.
7.
Please spend a few minutes with your student weekly
to review assignments and grades in each class. Follow these steps to check
grades and assignments:
· To check
overall grades in home access:
·
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 Classes for assignments and click on Grades for overall scores in each class
at mid-quarter and at the end of the quarter.
· To message teachers in Canvas:
·
Canvas is the platform our teachers and
students use for learning. As a parent, you are automatically able to be an
observer in each of your child’s Canvas courses with your own log-in and
password. To find your child’s Canvas courses, log in to Canvas at www.sps.org > Click on “Parents” > Click on
“Resources” > Click on “Canvas.” The
log in for Canvas is the same as eschool home access log-in and password. If you are unable to log-in to Canvas or
home access, please call the main office. We will be happy to assist you!
·
If you are unfamiliar with Canvas and would
like quick tips on how to change preferences or contact a teacher through
Canvas, click here for information.
·
For accuracy, please use eschool Home
Access for updated weekly grades.
If you have questions about the assignment or grade, Canvas offers a way to
immediately contact the teacher through inbox.
8.
Need before school care or after school care for your student? SPARC will be offering before and after
school care each school day from 6:30 am until 6 pm at Carver. Click here for registration information.
9.
Fall sports have started at Carver. If your 7th
or 8th grade is interested in cheerleading, volleyball, football, or
cross country, be sure to check out our Athletics page on our website. You can
find Carver’s website by going to sps.org and selecting Carver from the list of
schools.
10.
We want to stay connected with you! If you
have questions about your child’s assignment or grade, please email the teacher.
Click
here for a list of all emails for our building.
11.
Need a Hotspot? The school district has purchased
T-Mobile hotspots to issue to students needing internet access at home. The
hotspot is filtered for only educational use and will be issued per family.
Carver has a limited number of hotspots available that will be distributed on
first-come, first-serve basis. To obtain a hotspot, an application must be
signed by the parent/guardian and returned to the front office at Carver. If
you need an application, please call Mrs. McGuane at 523-6800. This process is
for seated and virtual students. Once a hotspot is issued, the hotspots will
need to be renewed monthly in person for seated students. Fully virtual
students will be able to renew their hotspot online each quarter by messaging
Mrs. McGuane through Canvas. Hotspots not being used or reporting low usage
will be required by the district to be returned to the building. Students will
be charged $50 for non-return of hotspots.
12.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided for free to all in-person
students each school day thanks to a waiver from the USDA. In
addition, there are options for in-person students to receive food for the
weekend and for virtual students to receive seven (7) days of food each week. To
receive the seven days of food each week, parents or guardians must register in
advance. Click
here to register.
13.
Parents! Need help
accessing and checking 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 about
eschool or canvas. 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.
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
Thank
you for all you do to help our Carver school community! Go Cougars!
Dr.
Dana Powers
Carver
Principal
