Hello Carver Elementary Community!

Wow! It is hard to believe that students have been in school for six weeks already and it is already October this week. We will progress monitor for Reading and Math STAR this week on Tuesday and Wednesday. We will also have Vision and Hearing on Monday and Tuesday this week. We are working hard to continue our routines, procedures, expectations, and academics! Thank you for your support with getting your students to school on time, supporting after school activities, reading with your student each day, and supporting academics! This can be as simple as counting, skip counting, practicing addition facts, multiplication facts, and reading every night with your student. We appreciate your support!

This is our last week with the SkyHawks and soccer. FLAG FOOTBALL and CHEER begins October 7th-October 30th. As of this morning, ALL slots are full for Flag Football and Cheer. If you student is interested, please add them to the waiting list. Volleyball registration is open and begins November 4th-December 4th.

This was our last week of Cross Country! Our students represented Carver so well this season-we had first graders in the top ten at a couple of our meets! The end of season party was cancelled because Coach was sick. More information to follow.

Tutoring began this week on Tuesdays and Thursdays for selected students and First Grade will begin this week. We thank you for supporting your child's learning.

The Purple After School Club Form was also sent home. Many students returned the form and confirmation slips for clubs will be sent home. We also have an online form to sign up below!

Lego Club is at capacity! Any new purple forms for the Lego club will be returned home. The start date on the purple paper was incorrect, the new start date is 9/30.

Students will receive a purple “Welcome! You have been selected to join the ______________ club!” if they will be attending the club. All clubs have a capacity and they cannot take more students unless the staff sponsor allows for more participants. Please note that if your child does not receive a Welcome! paper, the club has reached its capacity.

https://forms.office.com/r/YSTfWQj5G0

We held our First Second Cup of Coffee on Friday. Thank you to the parent that attended and we would LOVE to partner with our families and how we can support our students and making Carver Elementary the Heart of our Community! We also had our first School Accountability Committee meeting last Thursday night. We received some valuable feedback from parents! Thank you for attending and please continue to share ideas of how we can make Carver a great place to be!

We hosted our first Parent Meeting and began with some information about Carver Elementary enrollment, attendance, and academics. Please join us on Tuesday, October 10th for our next Parent Meeting at 3:00 PM in our library.

Thank you for supporting parent drop off outside our gym doors and having your student to school on time. REMINDER that school officially begins at 7:50 AM. If your student arrives after 7:55 AM they will be marked tardy. We want all of our students to eat breakfast and have a positive start to each day; please adjust your schedule accordingly. THANK YOU to all the students that arrive on time each day! The gym doors continue to open each day at 7:30 AM for a FREE, hot breakfast in the cafeteria from 7:30-7:45 AM. ALL students will enter and wait in the gym until the bell rings, every day this school year. Carver staff will provide supervision in the gym and students will be escorted to classrooms when the bell rings at 7:50 AM. Breakfast switches to a cold breakfast from 7:45-8:10 AM, that may be eaten in the classroom. The gym doors will close at 7:55 AM and students will need to be signed in at the front office where they will receive a cold breakfast and sent to class.

Dismissal is in the front of Carver Elementary at 2:50 PM each day. Students are escorted to the front of the building, walkers and parent pick up are dismissed, and car riders wait with their grade level. Please be patient as we are dismissing students to the appropriate cars.

*During inclement weather, students are dismissed from the gym.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR was here! Thank you for your support and the online website is still open. Please see the link below if you would still like to order some items!

CARVER CLEAN UP DAY is SATURDAY, October 5th! Please join us from 9:00-12:00 to help paint the portable, clean up our garden, and add wood chips to our playground!

NO SCHOOL, October 14-18th- Fall Break

SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, October 15th Carver will host Parent Teacher Conferences from 7:30 AM-7:30 PM. Teachers will reach out to families with a link to sign up. If you are unable to sign up for this date, teachers will schedule a time before, during, or after school. Our goal is 100% parent participation and we need your help to make this successful! Parent Teacher Conference Sign up Links are being sent to sign up online for a 15-20 minute conference from your classroom teacher(s).

Our School Store is updated! Please click this link to purchase some Carver items to represent our Carver Community!

https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/colorado/coloradosprings/carver-elementary

Again, welcome to Carver Elementary! If you are a returning family or if this your first year at Carver, we are excited to work with you to achieve great results. Please know that our doors are always open for communication, and we look forward to partnering with you in your child's education. Please look for opportunities to participate in the Parent Teacher Association, the SAC, and other volunteer opportunities.

Thank you for your support!

Mrs. Bizzell

Proud Principal of Carver Elementary!

As a quality neighborhood school in D11, the Carver community is supportive and safe as staff, parents, and students are valued and involved in creating engaging, intentional learning experiences that are responsive to student needs and results in a place where everyone wants to be.

Thank you for voting for our new logo and Carver Elementary is proud to be the Heart of Our Community!! Our staff recently attended the Capturing Kids' Heart training and we are excited to build relationships, challenge ourselves and our students, and truly become the Heart of Our Community! We will continue to partner with local businesses, resources, and community members to enhance our identity statement and challenge our students to be the BEST they can be, every day at school. We are providing intentional learning experiences that involve and engage all of our students and our staff. We look forward to this school year and partnering with YOU!!

September 30th-October 1st Vision and Hearing Screenings

October 1st Count Day!

October 4th Pancakes with the Principal-7:30-8:00 AM Library

October 5th Carver Clean Up Day! 9:00-12:00

October 8th Parent Meeting 3:00-4:00 PM Library

October 11th-End of First Quarter!

October 11th Fifth Grade STARBASE 8:30-2:30 PM Peterson Space Force

October 14th-18th NO SCHOOL-Fall Break

October 15th Parent Teacher Conferences 7:30 AM-7:30 PM

October 23rd-Early Dismissal at 11:50 AM-lunch will be provided

October 25th First Quarter Awards Assembly 8:15-8:45 AM, Second Cup of Coffee-9:00-10:00 AM Library; Fifth Grade STARBASE 8:30-2:30 PM Peterson Space Force

October 25th PTA Fall Festival 5:00-7:00 PM

October 29th Picture Retake Day

October 30th-Skate City!! 5:00-7:00 PM

October 31st-Halloween Parade 8:15 AM

November 1st-Pancakes with the Principal

November 7th Title I Family Culture Night 5:00-7:00 PM

November 8th Veteran's Day Assembly 8:15-9:00 AM

November 18th No School

November 22nd Second Cup of Coffee 8:00-9:00 AM

November 25-29th No School-Thanksgiving Break

Dear Families,

Please be aware that Wednesday, October 23rd, will be a half-day for all students in support of Parent-Teacher Conferences. Here are the key details:

· Early Release: Students will be released three hours earlier than their typical dismissal time. For Carver, dismissal will be at 11:50 AM.

· Lunch: Lunch will still be provided before dismissal.

· Transportation: Buses will run their usual routes, but students will leave school three hours earlier than usual.

· Attendance: Please note that attendance still counts, so it’s important that your child is present.

· Pre-K: There will be no afternoon preschool classes on October 23rd.

Thank you for your attention to these changes. We look forward to seeing you at the conferences!

Best regards,
Mrs. Bizzell

Breakfast in the cafeteria 7:30-7:45 AM (cold breakfast 7:45-8:10 AM)

Office Hours: 7:30 AM-3:45 PM

Carver School Hours: 7:50 AM-2:50 PM

Tardy bell rings at 7:50

Students will have a 15 minute recess, prior to lunch.

10:50-11:10 Kindergarten and First Grade

11:10-11:30 Second and Third Grade

11:30-11:50 Fourth and Fifth Grade

Under the Healthy School Meals for All program the State of Colorado provides free meals for all D11 students. Please take a moment to fill out our Free and Reduced Meal Application regardless of whether you think you would qualify or not. This program benefits the school as well as your family. Our goal is 100% participation. As a reminder, Carver is a free breakfast and lunch school. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the front office. Carver is currently 85% free or reduced lunch and we receive Federal Funds for this.

https://linqconnect.com/public/meal-application/new?identifier=JX9G3Q

K/1 12:10-1:00

2/4 1:05-1:55

3/5 2:00-2:50

Essentials: Art, Music, PE, Technology

Adaptive PE/Art: Fridays from 9:00-10:05 AM (Selected students)

Band for grades 4th and 5th (Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

Orchestra for grades 4th and 5th (Mondays and Wednesdays)

We are still accepting interested students for BAND and ORCHESTRA! Please stop by the front office for a permission slip!

We LOVE having family members in the building! Please complete the link below if you have some time to volunteer to help at school. Some activities include: cutting, tearing out workbook pages, reading to students, testing sight words, and sometimes just helping in class.
Please join us!

Buenas tardes/ Good afternoon!

For over 50 years, Hispanic Heritage Month has been celebrated in the United States from September 15 - October 15. There is a display of Spanish/ American figures by the library hallway, for students to see. ELL students have done an amazing job creating posters about their culture, thank you Ms. Escobar ELL teacher.

OCTOBER 7TH to 11th - Mrs. Gio during SEL will bring a book to read in Spanish and English.

• During this week please encourage your students to wear a traditional piece from a Spanish speaking country throughout that week.
• Mrs. Gio – Will show Hispanic Heritage Month videos during lunch time

FIVE FACTS ABOUT HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

#1 Hispanic Heritage Month started out as Hispanic Heritage Week

Starting in 1968, President Johnson created a time to honor Hispanic heritage, but it was only a week long. Not until 1988, did President Reagan bump it up from a week to a month.

#2 It celebrates the independence of seven Hispanic countries

The reason Hispanic Heritage Month starts on September 15th is to coincide with the independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Plus, the independence of Mexico on September 16th and Chile on September 18th. That’s a lot to celebrate.

#3 There are A LOT of Hispanic people in the US

In fact, Hispanics account for the largest racial or ethnic minority group in the country. And while Spanish is the second most-spoken language in the US…

#4 There is no ONE way to be Hispanic

And that’s the beauty of Hispanic culture. There are 21 Spanish-speaking countries and territories around the world. Add to that the combination of cultures for people of mixed ancestry.

People who are both Dominican and Puerto Rican, or Colombian and Peruvian, or Spanish and Ecuadorian, or any number of combinations and American. Which means there’s A LOT of ways to be Hispanic. It means different music, slang, customs, food, and traditions for the nearly 60 million Hispanic people in the US.

#5 Hispanic Heritage month has been feature in Sesame Street !

So take advantage of Hispanic Heritage Month to share what you can about your culture or learn what you want about another Hispanic culture. We hope you’ll join us in celebrating our Hispanic and Latin cultures by joining an event in your own community!

Please let me know if you are looking for ideas to share with your kiddo.

*I encourage you to have this conversations with your kiddo, you are their first and most important teacher, modeling is very impactful especially for the little ones as they are expanding their world outside home. Please let me know if you need any resources

Mrs. Gio (Giovanny) Franco-Diaz, MA, LPCC

School Counselor - 504 coordinator , Student Council Advisor

Phone # 719-328-2171

What is happening in Random Acts of Kindness?

RAK is delivered throughout the week in each classroom. We will continue to focus on Responsibility for the month of October.

We are a PBIS (Positive Behavior and Support School) and we will continue to practice our School Wide PAW expectations.

P- I am Prepared

A-I have a great Attitude

W-I Work hard

S-I am Safe

STUDENT COUNCIL

Thank you to all the applicants and supporters, members will be announce Tuesday October 1st during morning breakfast our Student Council first meeting was last THURSDAY September 26 / Meetings will be twice a month the first and last THURSDAY of each month from 2:50pm -3:50pm.

Their first activity will be tomorrow Monday after school to promote:

ATTENDANCE AWARENESS for OCTOBER 1st COUNT DAY

Their second activity will be this Saturday October 5th Carver Clean Up Day 9:00-12:00

Again, we are super excited to have a Parent Led PTA this year! Please join us at our next meeting on Tuesday, October 10th from 3:00-4:00 PM in the library! We are excited to plan for the Fall Festival and other exciting events for this school year!

Our new PTA board is:

President: Brittany Shelly

Vice President:

Treasurer: Stephanie Gano

Secretary: Kelly Dawson/Joelean Standingwater

All our welcome to attend our meetings!

Safety is our top priority at Carver Elementary School, and we are committed to ensuring the well-being of all students, staff, and visitors. We now have a secured entrance to monitor ALL visitors and a fence that surrounds the back of the school. To this end, we follow the Standard Response Protocol (SRP) to prepare for and respond to various emergency situations. We conduct monthly and quarterly drills to practice these protocols, ensuring that everyone in our school community knows what to do in case of an emergency. Here is an overview of the SRP we follow:

• Hold - In Your Classroom or Area

• Directive: "In Your Room or Area"
• Purpose: This protocol is used when hallways need to be kept clear of occupants. Students and staff remain in their rooms or areas until further notice.

Secure - Get Inside. Lock Outside Doors

• Directive: "Get Inside. Lock Outside Doors"
• Purpose: This protocol is used to safeguard people within the building by securing all exterior doors. Normal activities continue inside the building.

Lockdown - Locks, Lights, Out of Sight

• Directive: "Locks, Lights, Out of Sight"
• Purpose: This protocol is used to secure individual rooms and keep occupants quiet and in place. Doors are locked, lights are turned off, and everyone stays out of sight.

Evacuate - To a Stated Location

• Directive: "Evacuate to [Location]"
• Purpose: This protocol is used to move people from one location to a different location, either within or outside the building. The specific location will be communicated during the drill or emergency.

Shelter - State the Hazard and the Safety Strategy

• Directive: "Shelter [Hazard] and [Safety Strategy]"
• Purpose: This protocol is used for group and self-protection based on the specific hazard (e.g., tornado, hazmat). The safety strategy will be clearly communicated.

Monthly Drills:

To ensure we are prepared, we conduct monthly/quarterly drills for each of these protocols. These drills help students and staff practice the appropriate responses and become familiar with the procedures. Your support in reinforcing the importance of these drills at home is greatly appreciated.

Communication:

In the event of an actual emergency, we will communicate with families promptly. Please ensure that your contact information is up to date in our records so that you can receive timely notifications.

Thank you for your cooperation and support in keeping our school safe. If you have any questions or concerns about our safety protocols, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Together, we can ensure a safe and secure learning environment for all our students.

Carver Elementary is a Title I school.

The purpose of Title I is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.

If you have any questions, please reach out:

https://www.d11.org/TitleI

Email: lisa.bizzell@d11.org
Website: https://www.d11.org/Page/69
Location: 4740 Artistic Circle, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Phone: 719-328-7100
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carver.d11.org/