Hello Carver Families, 

I hope you are excited about our family engagement event scheduled for this Thursday! We hope to see you all there. This event will enhance our collaborative efforts to achieve our literacy goals.Together we can make a profound difference in the lives of our students. As always we are looking forward to welcoming our Carver Cubs back to school tomorrow. 

 

Please review the important school and county  updates below:

 

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This Thursday is Literacy Night! You and your student will have the opportunity to participate in workshops that will help you support your child’s literacy development at home. Our first workshop will begin at 5:30pm and will be provided in English and Spanish (in separate locations). Then from 6:00 - 6:25, you will have time to visit your student’s teacher to learn specific activities and strategies that can be implemented at home to promote the love of reading and develop grade level literacy skills. The same session will be repeated from 6:30 - 6:55, for those families who have students in more than one grade level at Carver. Lastly, we invite you and your family to enjoy a pizza dinner, sponsored by the PTA, after the workshops have concluded. 

 

Last week was National School Lunch Week. We want to take this opportunity to recognize our wonderful cafeteria staff: Ms. Wise, Ms. Carpenter, Ms. Turner, and Ms. Finegan. Thank you for all you do to ensure our Carver Cubs have nutritional meals daily. 

 

Welcome to our Staff: Ms. Rosa Fernandez. She will be joining our TEAM as an IA in our DD PreK classroom. 

 

Happening This Week:

• Monday, 10/21 - Q1 Report Cards Go Home

• Wed, 10/23 - Wear Red in recognition of Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon Week is a time for us to focus on making healthy choices and staying drug-free. It’s a great opportunity to talk with your child about the importance of saying no to harmful substances and surrounding themselves with positive influences. Let’s work together to keep our kids safe and encourage a healthy, happy future!

• Wed, 10/23 - 3rd and 5th grade will take the Reading NC Checkin

• Wed, 10/23 - 4th grade field trip the NC Symphony

• Thur, 10/23 - 4th grade will take the Reading NC Checkin

• Thursday, October 24 -  Literacy Night (Family Engagement Event) 5:30 - 7:00 pm. Please check your student’s bookbag for a flyer with more details. Students and staff are encouraged to dress as their favorite book character during the school day and when attending Literacy Night. 

• Friday, 10/25 - 5th grade field trip, Wendell Parks and Rec 

• Friday, 10/25 - PreK Family Partnership Day

 Upcoming:

• Thurs, 10/30 - K field trip to Grasshopper Farms

• Tue, 11/5 - No school for students, Election Day

SEL At Carver: Second Step Unit 2 Lesson 7

Students will learn to recognize strong emotions, like anger or frustration, and practice strategies to calm down before reacting. They focus on identifying physical signs of these emotions and using calming techniques such as deep breathing, counting, or positive self-talk. 

What can we do as parents?

Parents can support this at home by modeling these techniques during stressful moments and encouraging your child to practice them regularly. Reminding your children to pause and take a few deep breaths before responding can be a simple but effective way to reinforce this lesson.

 

Reminders: 

• One School One Book: Mr. Popper's Penguins: Everyone can participate, even if you don’t have a book, by visiting https://bit.ly/MrPopper. Please click on the top right “Home” button to find links to chapters read aloud in English and Spanish, questions to engage with your child about what they read or heard, and an activity you can do together each week. Students will turn in the weekly activities to their teacher for a chance to win a monthly prize! 

• October is: Disabilities Awareness and History Month, National Bullying Prevention Month, and National Physical Therapy Appreciation Month

From the PTA

• The PTA will be selling doughnuts on election day at Carver sign up here to help sell!

• If you haven't already joined PTA please do so here!

• PTA is also offering the spirit rock for families to purchase as paint! Please sign up here and be sure to read all the rules!

If you have questions or need support, please do not hesitate to contact a school administrator by calling the school (919) 365 2680 or sending an email to Ms. Wenitra Merritt, Principal wcmerritt@wcpss.net and/or Mrs. Ashley Crouse, Assistant Principal acrouse@wcpss.net.

 

Thank you, 

Wenitra Merritt, Proud CES Principal