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.
Third quarter ends on March 10th. Please
talk with your student about grades or missing assignments for 3rd
quarter. Grade cards for 3rd
quarter will be sent home after spring break. Parents can check assignments
and 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.
· 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 (Canvas email) 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.
2. OZARK FOOD HARVEST FOOD FIGHT IS BACK! Carver will participate in the OFH Food Fight again this year! Starting Monday (Feb. 28th) through Thursday (March 10th), Carver will collect non-perishable food donations and/or funds to raise meals for Springfield Families. Funds raised will sponsor students for the Weekend Backpack Program and food donations will stock Ozarks Food Harvest’s busiest food pantries in Greene County. The school who raises the most meals per student (total meals raised divided by enrollment number) will be named Food Fight Champs! Parkcrest Dental will be Carver's community partner for this event. Here are ways our families can contribute to the Food Fight:
· Students
can bring their food donations to their first period class through March 10th.
Most needed food items:
o
Tuna or other canned meat • Peanut butter •
Boxed meals, rice and pasta • Beans, soups or stews • Canned fruit and
vegetables • Cereal
· Owe a school
library fine for books? Bring two canned goods and have $1 taken off your
school library fines! (Please deliver the cans to the Carver Librarian. Canned
food must not be expired.)
· Monetary
donations can be made directly to the Ozarks Food Harvest: https://www.mightycause.com/team/Foodfightcarverteam
3. 2021-22 SCHOOL YEARBOOKS ARE ON SALE! Buy your Carver Middle School yearbook now through March 31, 2022! Click here to order online. You can also order in the main office. Yearbook price is $18.00.
4. Explore Summer School: Explore Summer School Registration for middle school students will begin on March 8th for 8th grade students enrolling in high school courses. Registration for 6 and 7th graders will begin on March 9th. Summer school this summer will be from June 6 – July 15 from 7:30 am – 3 pm at Cherokee Middle School. Sign up for courses and busing before April 15th to be eligible for bus transportation on the first day of summer school. Register for summer classes at sps.org (click here for the link).
5.
Please
be a part of our Carver PTSA! The next Carver
PTSA meeting will be held in the library on March 8 (Tuesday) from 5:30 pm – 6:30
pm. Masking is optional.
You can also attend the meeting via zoom by using this zoom link:
https://sps-org.zoom.us/j/92310237787?pwd=c0Zsa3NtUmtEb0x2UktDYW5ZanY4dz09
To join PTSA, print and complete this form (click here) and send the completed form and payment to the office or in the Carver PTSA drop box located outside the main office. Membership cost is $7 per individual or $10 per family.
6. Attention Parkview Parents: Parkview Parent Meeting rescheduled for March 9 from 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm in the Parkview Auditorium. Click here for the flyer. Please call Parkview High School for more information.
7. 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.
8. 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!
9. 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.
10. WANT TO AVOID THE AFTERNOON CARLINE?? SPARC offers after school care each school day until 6 pm at Carver. Click here for registration information.
11. 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.
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:
Thank
you for all you do to help our Carver school community! Go Cougars!
Dr.
Dana Powers
Carver
Principal
