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A Message From the Principal

PTSA News 2

Carver Arts 3

Carver Athletics 4

Veteran’s Day Assembly 5

Shelter Projects 7

Winter Dance 8

Community Service Project 9

Reflections Winners 10

Dear Parents:

As the beautiful fall colors

paint a beautiful sunset on

Carver’s Westside, I am con-

tented to let you know that

there are still lots of good

things going on at Carver.

Yes, 8th grade completed

their Boat Project with tedi-

ous work put into it. Our stu-

dents are graced with such

work ethics, collaboration

and the menial tasks of de-

sign, multitasking and the

focus on results was such a

humbling experience for a

teacher and administrator.

I should not forget the 7th

graders and their shelter pro-

jects. Benevolence and team-

work created some NICE

waterproof shelters. Al-

though the shelters ranged

from mole hills to tall cathe-

dral teepees, again it por-

trayed project team work and

results. As the beauty of the

project lies in the eye of the

beholder, I must say it was a

sight to behold.

Yes, don’t forget the Dance

December 10, at Carver

7:00pm -9:00pm.

Principals’ Honor list

amounted to approximately

150 students. Fantastic!

These students enjoyed their

special treat to Incredible

Pizza

We had the Veterans’ Day

Assembly and had the pleas-

ure of a WW II veteran Mr.

Aldret as a guest speaker.

Leadership classes, Choir

Classes and Band classes di-

rected the entire program.

The program was organized

and reverent.

Tulsa Audubon is celebrating

its 75th Anniversary, and we

were treated to a special per-

formance of Adventures

with Audubon starring Brian

“Fox” Ellis who is one of

America’s greatest naturalist

and artist. Listening to his

tales of adventure in a rich

French accent enflamed with

the wildness of nature’s song

was breathtaking. Thank you,

Ms. Duvall for setting this up

for Carver.

Enjoy the fall and remember

to Fall into a Book with your

children, as I will do the

same with about three books.

Fall into a Book as the Win-

ter break approaches.

Connie Hamilton

Principal

Carver Middle School

School Contact Information: Office: ( 918 ) 925-1420, Fax: ( 918 ) 925-1450; Address: 624 E. Oklahoma

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Tulsa Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, ge-

netic information, veteran status, marital status or age in its employment, programs and activities. The following

person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding Tulsa Public Schools' non-discrimination policies:

Tulsa Public Schools Human Capital Department, Bill Naftzger, Director of Support Talent, 3027 S. New Haven

Ave. Tulsa, OK 74114-6131, (918) 746-6147.

Inside this issue

Due to new TPS energy

saving policies, our

classrooms will not be

heated above 70 degrees

this winter. Students

must dress warmly!

Turtlenecks (grey, white,

purple, black) can be

worn under uniform

polos, and fleece jackets

and vests (in school col-

ors listed above) are also

welcome. But remem-

ber, no hoodies from

8:30pm-3:30pm.

Volunteers Needed for

PTSA Spring Fundraiser

REALLY!

We need parent volunteers for our spring fundraiser. We need helpers to solicit donations, organize performances, manage the international bazaar, clean up and more. Know somebody who owns a restaurant? Love to work directly with the kids? Enjoy baking? Handy with decora-tions? Remember a great idea from your stu-dent's elementary school fundraisers? We'll take any of these skills and whatever else you've got! Will you please help make this event a success? We promise to keep in-person meetings short and do most correspondence via email or phone calls.

We need volunteers to step up before winter break, so please contact committee co-chairs Stephanie Walston at

918/592-3431 or stepwalston@sbcglobal.net or

Cari Bashaw at 918/698-1001 or cari@sbcglobal.net.

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PTSA Unit Meetings

Parents Please Come!, Get In-

volved!

All meetings are at 6:30pm in the

Carver Library/Media Center

January 20, 2011,

February 10, 2011,

April 14, 2011

January PTSA Meeting: Counselor Q&A

Please join us for a quick business meeting and then a question/answer session with all three of our Carver Counselors. Mr. Ehrle, Mr. Myers and Ms. Jones will join us to discuss testing and any other topics parents have questions on. Please join us on Thursday, Janu-ary 20 at 6:30 pm in the Carver Library. Parents and students are welcome so bring all your questions. We look forward to seeing you there.

Carver PTSA - Nominating Committee

It is hard to believe but it is already time to begin looking for PTSA Officers and Committee Chairs for next year. The nominating comit-tee will form at the February PTSA meeting and will be tasked with coming up with a slate of officers for next year. If you are interested in being on the committee or would like to be involved in PTSA next year, please let us know. PTSA is a great way to get involved at Carver. Please contact Karen Bruns (kfbruns@cox.net) if you have questions or are interested in helping out. We have a lot of officers/chairs who are 8th grade parents and we are excited to welcome new parents with new ideas. Please consider getting involved next year.

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Carver Middle School Instrumental Newsletter

December 2010

A reminder of the upcoming events in the school calendar for the instru-

mental music department:

All-Metro Band Auditions were held Monday December 6 at Byrd

Middle School after school for all 7th and 8th grade Band students as part of their com-

pulsory personal project for MYP.

For those students selected to the Tulsa Public Schools All-Metro Band:

January 18: First rehearsal date will be at Edison HS from 6:00-8:30 PM

January 24: Second rehearsal date at Edison HS from 6:00-8:30 PM.

January 25: Rehearsal at Edison HS all school with a performance that evening at

7:00 PM at Edison HS.

Winter Concert for Strings: Thursday December 9, 7:00 PM

at Carver Middle School Auditorium. All Strings groups will perform. Dress for the

concert will be smart casual, no t-shirts and jeans. Report time is 6:30 in Band Room

for tuning.

Winter Concert for Band: Tuesday December 14, 7:00 PM

at Carver Middle School Auditorium. All Band groups will perform. Dress for the con-

cert will be smart casual, no t-shirts and jeans. Report time is 6:30 in Band Room for

tuning.

December 16th will used as a make up performance if weather closes the

school on scheduled date of performance.

All-metro Strings Audition: February 1, 2011 at Edison HS after

school. This is for all 7th & 8th grade strings students and is their compulsory per-

sonal project for MYP. A bus will be provided to Edison HS for the audition but par-

ents must arrange for their student to be picked up from Edison.

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Athletic Honor

Roll for the

week of

12/5—12/12

(all “A’s”)

6th grade

Khandis Brewer

Braden Patton

Morgan Wilson

7th grade

Zachary Canady

Williams Finch

8th grade

Makenzie Ellis

Olivia Hawkins

Madison Solberg

CARVER GIRLS’ AND BOYS’ BASKET BALL SCHEDULE

JV Girls 5:30pm, Varsity Girls 6:30

JV Boys 7:30pm, Varsity Boys 8:30pm

Date Teams Place

12/7 Carver v. Wilson Carver

12/14 Carver v. Foster Carver

1/3/11 Edison v. carver Edison

1/5 Carver v. Lewis & Clark Carver

1/11 Carver v. Byrd Carver

1/12 Wilson v. Carver Rogers H.S. Activity Ctr.

1/18 Whitney v. Carver Hale H.S.

2/2 Monte Cassino v. Carver Monte Cassino

Football Notes from Ms. Deana Holt: The end of football season is always hard for me. I

miss the time spent at practice and games; I miss the parents and our visits. We ended the season with a banquet at Carver. That was one of my best ideas. Yeah, turn in equipment and have dinner - equip-ment wasn’t stacked all over my classroom! Well, more like it was thrown in the store room. (I’m afraid to open the door.)

We recognized all A students with a plaque and A/B Honor Roll students with a medal. It was awesome to recognize 8 players with straight A’s and 31 with A’s and B’s. I doubt any other school could boast as I can about having 39 Honor Roll players. Thanks to Coach Myers for supervising study hall every day. The Tomlinson family provided snacks for the football study hall kids. Joi McCondichie took over the snacks the last half of the season. I can’t thank them enough for the time and effort they spent making sure the players had something healthy in their stomachs before practice. Joni Schnoor spent hours making corsages, hats, and mittens for Homecoming, and Cheer and Dance members and their parents spent numerous hours making posters and candy bags. Thanks to everyone that helped make it a memorable event. A special thank you to Janet Duvall for the unique glass-blown footballs for me and the coaches!

My chain crew were always ready to carry those markers up and down the field - can’t beat that on-the-field view of the game. I cannot begin to mention everyone by name, but thanks for all of your help to make the 2010 football season a BIG success. I will miss the 8th grade parents and the countless hours we have spent together for the last 3 years. I wish them luck in High School, and remember Carver is always here. See you at Homecoming 2011!

Wednesday, December 15, 3:45-5:00pm 6th and 7th graders

Thursday, December 16, 3:45-5:00pm 8th graders

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CUP O’ JOE

CAMPAIGN

RECEIVES

RECOGNITION

Carver has been sent thank you notes

from 157 service men and women

who received a Cup o' Joe from

Carver’s campaign! Ms. Reiter will

print out the notes and post them on

the bulletin board in the front hall—

Check it out!

Carver’s Student Council Members Travel to Moore,

Oklahoma for the 2010 Leadership Conference.

On November 9th, Carver held its

annual Veteran's Day Assem-

bly. Sgt. Knox's Leadership

classes handled all of the introduc-

tions, and the Color Guard did a

very nice job Posting the Colors.

Our guest speaker, Mr. Paul An-

dert of Tulsa, shared his stories

from being in the military during

WWII. Mr. Andert was involved

in a number of major battles in

the war, including the landing on

Omaha Beach on D-Day 1944.

Mr. Andert has published a couple

of books on his experiences and

was kind enough to donate copies

to the CMS library. The Carver

orchestra also did a wonderful job

with music, and Mrs. Frakes’ 8th

grade ensemble of young ladies

Brantley was driving one of the

Stryker vehicles that entered

Kuwait during that final draw-

down phase. He shared pictures

he took in Iraq with the stu-

dents. PFC Brantley talked to

the students about his “Heroes,”

the men and women who serve

our country everyday. He also

told the students it is important

for them to work hard in school

and to get a college education.

Many students have been in-

spired to write letters to our ser-

vice men and women thanking

them for their commitment to

our freedom. PFC Brantley is

the son of Mrs. Teresa Smith

(6th grade, CMS English).

performed a very moving med-

ley of songs. Our Carver stu-

dents made a great impression

on Mr. Andert, who has spoken

at many of the schools in the

Tulsa area. He wrote a nice let-

ter to the editor of the Tulsa

World about how respectful the

students were and what a great

job we had done with the assem-

bly. Way to go, Wildcats!

The students were also given a

presentation by PFC Brantley

with the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd

Infantry Division, who was the

last combat unit to serve during

Iraqi Freedom. In August, we

watched the news as the last

combat unit made the 400-plus,

mile trip out of Iraq. PFC

CARVER CELEBRATES VETERAN’S DAY WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

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MATHCOUNTS is a national enrichment club and competition program. Want to have “SUM FUN?”

Join the “Mathletes” in our MATHCOUNTS CLUB OR TEAM. There was an organiza-tional meeting in Mrs. Hart’s room last Fri-day afternoon but it is not too laterto join.

See Mrs. Hart in Room 201 for more infor-

mation and to sign up.

Karen Bruns, Carver PTSA President

Teacher’s

Holiday

Luncheon

The annual Carver Holiday Luncheon is Friday, De-

cember 17th. The luncheon is a traditional holiday

meal for Carver teachers and staff. Please join us

in thanking our excellent staff and bring your favor-

ite holiday dish for the luncheon. If you would like

to volunteer please go to the following link.

https://www.parentteacher.net/volunteerr.asp?

sc=CarverPTSA&v=9717

This link will allow you to sign up for the item(s)

you would like to bring. Thank you in advance for

your help. Please contact Melissa Sublett

(msublettflashnet@msn.com) or Kathy Ostrem

(kathyostrem@sbcglobal.net) if you have questions.

New Math Club Forming at

Carver!

6th and 7th grade students were treated to an Assem-bly by Brian “Fox” Ellis. He gave a “Chautauqua” presentation of John James Audubon. John James Audubon traveled North America in the early 1900’s and drew pictures of birds and mammals to docu-ment all the beautiful wildlife throughout the United States. There are Audubon societies throughout the United States today, named in honor of his work with depicting wildlife.

Brian “Fox” Ellis held the students’ attention with humorous tales, pictures and educational activi-ties. He also conducted a writing class in which the students wrote poems, haikus and diamantes using birds as the focus.

He is a prolific writer of books and articles and is a widely sought after speaker for school groups and naturalist societies.

We were able to have him at our school through a generous donations from the Arts and Humanities Council and the Tulsa Audubon Society. This year is the 75th anniversary of the Tulsa Audubon Society and the presentation was their “gift” to the commu-nity. Featured in the box to the right is one of the poems written by Samuel Taylor-7th grade

THE OWL, by Samuel Taylor, Carver 7th grade

The Owl sleeps in the light

Waiting, waiting, until the night

And when it sees the moon on first sight

It stretches its wings, ready for flight.

In the night, its wings always flap

Looking for a bug, for its beak to trap

And when the sun finally shows

It returns to its nest, for its daily doze.

John James Audobon Featured at a

Special Assembly at Carver

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These beautiful photographs were submitted by Ms. Duvall!

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All 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Carver Students are cordially invited to

“The Snow Ball”

A winter Dance

Carver Gymnasium

December 10, Friday

7:00-9:00pm

$5.00

(tickets available during lunch and at the door)

$1.00 concessions will be available.

Students are encouraged, but not at all required, to dress up for this festive occasion. Remember, no spiky heels allowed on the gym

floor.

Parents may begin pick-up at 8:45pm. A late pick-up fee will be charged after 9:15pm

This occasion will benefit the 8th grade Formal which is

not a school sponsored event, so your attendance and

support are greatly needed and appreciated

8th grade

December Students of the Month

Knowledgeable They explore concepts, ideas

and issues that have local and global significance. In so doing, they acquire in-depth knowledge and develop understanding across a broad and bal-anced range of disciplines.

Joey Zitzman

Abraham Borders-Ashe

Alicia Diaz

Mary Faith Flores

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2010-2011 Testing Calendar

Carver Middle School

Date of Test Test Taken By

September 21 Explore All 8th Grade

December 11 SSAT Select students

Jan 24-Mar 4, 2011 NAEP Select 8th Grad-ers

February 5 SSAT Select students

February 23 OCCT Writing All 8th Grade

April 11-22(Window)* OCCT All Grades

April 18-29(Window)* OCCT Math/Reading All 8th Grade

April 25-29(Window)* OCCT Geography All 7th Grade

May 2-13(Window)* EOI AlgI/Geom HS Credit Math Classes

*Parent volunteers are needed for these sessions.

There is a sweet compe-tition between Mrs. Jami-son, Mrs. Spavins, and Mrs. T. Smith's A.O.I. classes on who will be Sweetest Elves this Holiday Sea-son. Each A.O.I. class will collect items for D.V.I.S. from Nov. 29th to Dec. 17th, 2010. The purpose is to assist the efforts of displaced women living at the (D.V.I.S.) Sojourner Tran-sitional Home. These women are on a mission to overcome past do-mestic violence experi-ences and re-establish their lives and independ-ent living conditions for themselves and their children. Therefore, we

are

are collecting items like toiletries (deodorant, shampoo, lotion, etc.), gently used or new clothes for ba-bies to adult women, and household items (cleaning supplies, towels, bot-tles,etc.). This will allow for our well rounded and com-munity service driven stu-dents to give back to the community, while receiving

a sweet reward.

Our efforts are in combina-tion with Tulsa Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. to collect over 250 items for DVIS. Our goal for Carver is to col-lect at least 30 items per par-

ticipating class.

As a way to thank the stu-dents for their hard work, each teacher will provide a decadent holiday sweet party for her class on Dec.

17, 2010 during A.O.I. only.

If you would like to help in any way by donating items for D.V.I.S. or helping with the decadent holiday sweet party, please email Mrs. Tametra Jamison at jamista@tulsaschools.org

with any questions. Thank you for being a blessing to

someone in need!

Love,

Ms. Jamison, Ms. Spavins

and Mrs. T. Smith

TEACHERS CREATE A YUMMY WAY FOR STUDENTS TO GIVE

COMMUNITY SERVICE

From the Editor: All the information in this news-

letter comes from Carver staff, faculty, students,

parents and sometimes, the TPS website.

Please welcome the Roar’s new editor, beginning

February 2011, Sunshine David.

It has been my pleasure editing The Wildcat Roar

for the last three years! Best always,

Becky Eagleton

The Results are In!

Winners in the Carver Reflections Fine Arts Compe-tition are as follows:

Visual Arts:

1st Place: Lily Grant (7th grade)

2nd Place: Kailyn Merchant (6th)

3rd Place: Bryn Abbot (6th)

Photography:

1st Place: Malika Lowe

2nd Place: Jacob Schuller

3rd Place: Carly Fussell (7th)

Honorable Mention: Kailyn Merchant (6th)

Literature:

1st Place: Tory Dryz (8th)

2nd Place: Margie Edwards (8th)

3rd Place (tie): Joseph Williams (8th) and Regina Williams (8th)

Honorable Mention: Malika Lowe

The Reflections Committee would like to thank the

faculty and staff that were very supportive in encour-

aging students, as well as the faculty committee: Ms.

Dvorak, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Christie, Ms. Teresa Smith,

Mr. Kirby, Ms. Frakes, Ms. Jamison and all the other

Language Arts Teachers. Also, thank to Ms. Hamil-

ton and the PTSA Board members for their support!

Each participant received a certificate and a special

treat, and their projects are on display in the foyer.

Students of the Month

7th Grade

Robert Young

Ben McDonald

Leonna Howard

Isabella Bliss

6th grade

August: Khandis Brewer and Esten Pakdi-

mounivong

Allison Bruns and Quincy Gentles

September: Savannah Ellis and Shamik Raje

Haley Grayson and Braden Patton

October: Jaliyah James and Tucker Towsley

Elisabeth Morgan Wilson and Alan Hernandez

-Gonzalez

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