Carver Announcements for 11.28.2021

 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.        VOICE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE START AND END TIMES FOR SCHOOLS: The district is asking for input from parents as they review the start and end times for schools. Please use this link (click here for the link) to provide input to the district. Deadline to provide input is Dec 3.

2.        The next progress report will be sent home with your student on Nov 30th. Before Nov 30^th, please talk with your student about any missing assignments and encourage them to turn in missing work. Parents can check assignment grades on Home Access at https://homeaccess.sps.org/homeaccess. If you have any questions about assignments or grades, please reach out to the teacher via email or call 523-6800 to leave a message for the teacher. Click here for a list of all emails for teachers at Carver.

3.        CARVER PTSA! Please join Carver PTSA! To join, print and complete this form (click here) and send the completed form and payment to the office. We will place the form and payment in the Carver PTSA drop box located outside the main office. Membership cost is $7 per individual or $10 per family.

4.       CARVER PTSA! The next Carver 2021-22 PTSA meeting will be held via Zoom on Dec 14 from 6 pm – 7 pm. Please join us for the meeting at this zoom link: https://sps-org.zoom.us/j/96308852729?pwd=VGpRTHpNVHRqa1ZkKzQvUDVwdERaZz09

5.       ATTENTION ALL 8^th GRADE PARENTS: If you would like your 8^th grade student to attend a different high school as a freshman than where you live for high school, you must complete a Transitional Transfer Request online at sps.org. The request must be completed online at sps.org between November 1 through November 30, 2021. (The deadline to submit the transfer request for high school ends at 4:30 pm on November 30, 2021. No late submissions will be accepted.)

6.       Attention Parents and Guardians: In the upcoming weeks Carver Counselors will be providing a classroom lesson on suicide prevention and awareness to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students through Science classes. If you would NOT like your child to participate in the lesson, please complete the opt out form (click here for the form) and return the form to school by November 12, 2021. Your student has also received a paper copy last week. 

7.       For 8^th graders planning to attend Kickapoo High School next year: Click here for Kickapoo U brochure information.

8.       Click here to view the latest episode from the GWC  Student News Tech Force team. The students in the Tech Force Team applied to be part of the Tech Force team to assist the librarian, students, and teachers with technology needs. Part of the duties in Tech Force is to also create a student news video to highlight activities and events at Carver. The GWC News is shared with students during Breakfast in the Classroom and is also available for student viewing on Cougar Voices Canvas page.

9.       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:

·  Assignments will be updated weekly by each teacher on home access. Grades will be updated through progress reports every three weeks and for final end-of-quarter grades. To check overall assignments and grades in eschool home access, please follow these steps:

·       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.

10.    Nutrition Services: At the beginning of each semester, each family is encouraged to apply for Free and Reduced-Price Meals. Click here to apply online. For more information on questions or eligibility, click here for Frequently Asked Questions and click here for Income Eligibility Guidelines to assist in completing your application.

11.     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!

12.     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.

13.     WANT TO AVOID THE AFTERNOON CARLINE?? SPARC offers after school care each school day until 6 pm at Carver. Click here for registration information.

14.     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.

15.     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.

16.     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.

17.     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.

18.     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

Carver Announcements for 11.21.2021

 

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.        VOICE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE START AND END TIMES FOR SCHOOLS: The district is asking for input from parents as they review the start and end times for schools. Please use this link (click here for the link) to provide input to the district. 

2.        The next progress report will be sent home with your student on Nov 30th. Before Nov 30^th, please talk with your student about any missing assignments and encourage them to turn in missing work. Parents can check assignment grades on Home Access at https://homeaccess.sps.org/homeaccess. If you have any questions about assignments or grades, please reach out to the teacher via email or call 523-6800 to leave a message for the teacher. Click here for a list of all emails for teachers at Carver.

3.        CARVER PTSA! Please join Carver PTSA! To join, print and complete this form (click here) and send the completed form and payment to the office. We will place the form and payment in the Carver PTSA drop box located outside the main office. Membership cost is $7 per individual or $10 per family.

4.       CARVER PTSA! The next Carver 2021-22 PTSA meeting will be held via Zoom on Dec 14 from 6 pm – 7 pm. Please join us for the meeting at this zoom link: https://sps-org.zoom.us/j/96308852729?pwd=VGpRTHpNVHRqa1ZkKzQvUDVwdERaZz09

5.       ATTENTION ALL 8^th GRADE PARENTS: If you would like your 8^th grade student to attend a different high school as a freshman than where you live for high school, you must complete a Transitional Transfer Request online at sps.org. The request must be completed online at sps.org between November 1 through November 30, 2021. (The deadline to submit the transfer request for high school ends at 4:30 pm on November 30, 2021. No late submissions will be accepted.)

6.       Attention Parents and Guardians: In the upcoming weeks Carver Counselors will be providing a classroom lesson on suicide prevention and awareness to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students through Science classes. If you would NOT like your child to participate in the lesson, please complete the opt out form (click here for the form) and return the form to school by November 12, 2021. Your student has also received a paper copy last week. 

7.       For 8^th graders planning to attend Kickapoo High School next year: Click here for Kickapoo U brochure information.

8.       Click here to view the latest episode from the GWC  Student News Tech Force team. The students in the Tech Force Team applied to be part of the Tech Force team to assist the librarian, students, and teachers with technology needs. Part of the duties in Tech Force is to also create a student news video to highlight activities and events at Carver. The GWC News is shared with students during Breakfast in the Classroom and is also available for student viewing on Cougar Voices Canvas page.

9.       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:

·  Assignments will be updated weekly by each teacher on home access. Grades will be updated through progress reports every three weeks and for final end-of-quarter grades. To check overall assignments and grades in eschool home access, please follow these steps:

·       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.

10.    Nutrition Services: At the beginning of each semester, each family is encouraged to apply for Free and Reduced-Price Meals. Click here to apply online. For more information on questions or eligibility, click here for Frequently Asked Questions and click here for Income Eligibility Guidelines to assist in completing your application.

11.     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!

12.     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.

13.     WANT TO AVOID THE AFTERNOON CARLINE?? SPARC offers after school care each school day until 6 pm at Carver. Click here for registration information.

14.     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.

15.     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.

16.     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.

17.     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.

18.     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

Carver Announcements for 11.14.2021

 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.       Park Crest Baptist Church is offering to provide Carver families in need with a free Thanksgiving turkey and meal for Thanksgiving dinner through #SHOWSpringfield Food Basket program. To register please click this link and enter your information (click here). Registration Closes on Wednesday, November 17^th. If you have trouble with the link or can’t access the link, please call us in the office at 523-6800 and we can register your family.

2.       School Pictures: Picture retakes are November 18. Please visit mylifetouch.com and enter this Picture ID: EVTWRJJ2N along with the name of your student. Fully virtual students needing retakes or pictures on November 18^th can arrive at 9:45 am in the main entrance.

3.        Progress Reports were sent home on Nov 10th. Please ask your student for the printed copy of the progress report on Nov 10^th and talk with your student about any missing assignments. Parents can check assignment grades on Home Access at https://homeaccess.sps.org/homeaccess. If you have any questions about the assignments or grades, please reach out to the teacher. Click here for a list of all emails for teachers at Carver.

4.        Thank you for submitting pictures to help us honor our Veterans. Click here to see the Veteran’s Day Video. Click here to see the Veteran’s Day slides.

5.        CARVER PTSA! Please join Carver PTSA! To join, print and complete this form (click here) and send the completed form and payment to the office. We will place the form and payment in the Carver PTSA drop box located outside the main office. Membership cost is $7 per individual or $10 per family.

6.       CARVER PTSA! The next Carver 2021-22 PTSA meeting will be held via Zoom on Dec 14 from 6 pm – 7 pm. Please join us for the meeting at this zoom link: https://sps-org.zoom.us/j/96308852729?pwd=VGpRTHpNVHRqa1ZkKzQvUDVwdERaZz09

7.       ATTENTION ALL 8^th GRADE PARENTS: If you would like your 8^th grade student to attend a different high school as a freshman than where you live for high school, you must complete a Transitional Transfer Request online at sps.org. The request must be completed online at sps.org between November 1 through November 30, 2021. (The deadline to submit the transfer request for high school ends at 4:30 pm on November 30, 2021. No late submissions will be accepted.)

8.       Attention Parents and Guardians: In the upcoming weeks Carver Counselors will be providing a classroom lesson on suicide prevention and awareness to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students through Science classes. If you would NOT like your child to participate in the lesson, please complete the opt out form (click here for the form) and return the form to school by November 12, 2021. Your student has also received a paper copy last week. 

9.       For 8^th graders planning to attend Kickapoo High School next year: Click here for Kickapoo U brochure information.

10.    Click here to view the latest episode from the GWC  Student News Tech Force team. The students in the Tech Force Team applied to be part of the Tech Force team to assist the librarian, students, and teachers with technology needs. Part of the duties in Tech Force is to also create a student news video to highlight activities and events at Carver. The GWC News is shared with students during Breakfast in the Classroom and is also available for student viewing on Cougar Voices Canvas page.

11.    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:

·  Assignments will be updated weekly by each teacher on home access. Grades will be updated through progress reports every three weeks and for final end-of-quarter grades. To check overall assignments and grades in eschool home access, please follow these steps:

·       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.

12.    Nutrition Services: At the beginning of each semester, each family is encouraged to apply for Free and Reduced-Price Meals. Click here to apply online. For more information on questions or eligibility, click here for Frequently Asked Questions and click here for Income Eligibility Guidelines to assist in completing your application.

13.     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!

14.     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.

15.     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!

16.     Need after school care for your student? SPARC offers after school care each school day until 6 pm at Carver. Click here for registration information.

17.     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.

18.     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.

19.     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.

20.     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.

21.     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