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. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL IS MAY 25th! Students are dismissed from classes at 4:30 pm at normal times.
2.
End of the quarter will be on May 25th. Please
talk with your student about grades or missing assignments for 4th
quarter. 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.
3.
Parents of seated 8th grade students: We will have an
award assembly for seated 8th grade students on May 25th
at 11:15 am in the gym. Parents are invited to attend! Parents will be allowed to enter the building for the award assembly at
11:05 am. The assembly will end around 12:10 pm.
4.
Please
be a part of our Carver PTSA! 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.
5.
Carver PTSA is planning to host a celebration for 8th
graders on May 25th from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. In order to have the celebration event,
PTSA will need parent volunteers. Please use this link to volunteer to assist with
celebration (click here to sign up).
For additional questions about signing up, please contact CarverPTSA@outlook.com. Please
click here for the permission slip for 8th graders to attend.
6.
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.
7.
Parkview will be hosting a Freshman Focus for incoming 9th
graders
on August 11
from 1:30 pm -5:00 pm in the Parkview Cafeteria (students only). Parents are welcome to the Freshman
Focus starting at 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm on the Parkview Front Lawn. A parent meeting will be from 6:30-7:30pm in
the Parkview Auditorium.
8.
Kickapoo will be
hosting a Freshman Frenzy for incoming 9th graders on August 11 from
10 am – 12 pm in the Kickapoo Café (students only). A
parent meeting will be from 6 pm – 7:30 pm in Performing Arts Center.
9.
Want to help our PTSA in an easy way? PTSA
is raising money by collecting digital Box Tops. Each Box Top scanned can bring
money to our PTSA! To help, download the Box Top App and select Carver Middle
School PTSA (enter 65807 in the zip code search to find Carver PTSA). Use this
referral code YVXC1HJN when you create your account and get 20 Bonus Box Tops
when you scan your first receipt now through 05/29/2022! Click here for more
information about Box Top Program!
10.
School library books were due back to
the library on May 13th. All overdue library books have been marked as not returned and a
fee for the book has been added to your students account. Please be sure your
student returns the overdue book to the librarian to remove the fee from your
students account. If your student has lost or damaged the book, please pay the fee
amount in the main office and ask your student to bring the receipt to the
library. All students have been notified if they have books to return or bills
for non-return of books. Please call the library at 417-523-6840
if you have questions!
11.
Explore
Summer School Registration is open! Summer
school starts June 6 through July 15 from 7:30 am – 3 pm. Students in 6th
and 7th grades can enroll in virtual summer school or attend seated
summer school at Cherokee Middle School. Summer school for current 8th graders
will be virtual only. Sign up for courses and busing before April 15th to
be eligible for bus transportation on the first day of summer school for seated
classes. Register for summer classes at sps.org
(click here for the link).
12.
Students in grades 6-8 will keep the
chromebook over the summer and should bring it to school fully charged on first
day of school in August. If your student
is moving and will not return to an SPS school in August, please deliver the
chromebook and charger to the office on the last day they will attend SPS
school. Thank you for helping your
student remember to bring a charged chromebook each school day!
13.
Does your student have medications in the nursing office at school? The Springfield Public Schools medication policy does not
allow medication to be sent home with students. An adult must pick up any
unused medication. All unclaimed
medication will be discarded on May
25, 2022 at 2:00 pm. Please call 523-6830 to visit
with one of the Carver nurses about unused medication and to schedule a
convenient time to pick-up medications.
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.
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.
16.
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.
Thank
you for all you do to help our Carver school community! Go Cougars!
Dr.
Dana Powers
Carver
Principal
