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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -I took the one less traveled by,And it has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

Dear Carver Parents and Students,

As this school year comes to anend, we are once again planningand implementing many end of theschool year activities, field trips,grade-level activities, semester ex-ams; and, of course, long-term as-signments. Our students are ex-tremely excited! Faculty and staffmembers are busy closing out thisschool year and planning and pre-paring for the next year.

Carver students, this summer I ad-vise you to have several conversa-tions with your parents and askthem about their careers and theirspecific career goals. Even thoughyou are years away from your highschool graduation, it’s not too earlyfor you to begin thinking aboutwhat you want to do after yougraduate. Currently, there are sixdifferent ways that you can preparefor a great career: High School Ca-reer and Technology; Four-YearColleges; Community and Techni-cal Colleges; Career and Trade

Schools; Military; and, Apprentice-ships. For the sake of space, I willnot elaborate on the six options,but rather, I will encourage you tospend some time this summerlearning about each one of them.As you think about what you wantto do when you grow up ask your-self three questions: (1) What am Igood at? (2) What do I like to do?and (3)What is important to me?It’s not a decision that you mustmake now, but if you learn aboutthe options now, then it will be eas-ier when the moment arrives. Nomatter what you decide to do, just plan tocontinue your education after high schoolgraduation.

As always, at Carver, we have anopen door policy. Please feel freeto call the school for any assistanceor information that you may need.Carver is your school, and yoursupport and involvement are criti-cal to our continued success.

Have a GREAT summer!

Sincerely,

Melissa J. Woolridge, Ph.D.Principal, Carver Middle School

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

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tion:

Office: (918) 925-1420,

Fax: (918) 925-1450

Address:

624 East Oklahoma Pl.

Tulsa, OK 74106

Website:

www.carvertulsa.sharps

chool.com

Wildcat Roar Deadline:

The 2010 August News-

letter deadline is August

15th. Send articles to

[email protected]

(Becky Eagleton) and

cc: to Carol Crumb,

Crumbca@

tulsaschools.org.

Inside this issue:

May 2010

NJHS pg 2

Summer ReadingRequirements pg 3

PTSA News pg 4

Carver Athletics pg 5

Farrow’s Fuss pg 6

InterculturalInterlude pg 7

The last week of April, over 88Carver students were inductedinto the National Junior HonorSociety. The NJHS establishesrules for membership that arebased on students’ outstandingperformance in the areas ofScholarship, Service, Leadership,Character and Citizenship, ingrades 6-8. Once in HighSchool, students can also be eli-gible for membership in the Na-tional Honor Society.

The Induction Ceremony, or-ganized by NJHS Sponsor, Ms.Angela Loegering, CarverFrench faculty, led studentsthrough a candle lighting cere-mony given by NJHS Officers:

Mallory Timmons, LoganDierker, Marquaysia Cotton,Charity Barton, Carmen Saldi-var and Chelsea House.

Guest speaker, Clay Loney, Fox23 News Anchor, presented aspeech about character, andthen each new member receiveda Certificate from NJHS. Nineof the new members wereCarver eighth graders and 79were Carver 7th graders.

The packed auditorium ap-plauded all those students rec-ognized for their hard work inkeeping up their grades and set-ting a good example for theirpeers!

National Junior Honor Society

Welcomes New Carver Members

Carver parent and Guest Speaker, Clay Loney, in front of the officers for theCarver chapter of NJHS.

7th grade Induc-tees:David AdamsShelby AustinMarco AvelarCharles BalesAlexis BarnettJaelynn BlockerAbraham Borders-AsheJacob BraselMyleah BrewerAnders BroussardNick BurtonMayra BustosColton ButlerEddie Carreno-AlvarezGarrett CarriganDuncan CarsonJoseph CharneyAddison CollinsEssence Collins-RobinsonJohn CooperAlicia DiazHana DickensLily EagletonSam EagletonEdgar EsparzaBlaire FergusonMary Faith FloresHaley GibbsSydney GilpinTyrone HarrisOlivia HawkinsKendel HerbertKarina HerreraSonia HochlafKylie HollerSeth HurleyKarina JaimesArianna JordanBrianna KingAllyson KotarskyDaniel KupetskyBrooke LeeLogann LittleBryant LoneyAntonio LoperMalika LoweMichael ManningChanyce MayesMichael McBrideSamantha McCul-loughJustin OstremBrandel PanchooGissel Parra

Joseph PhamRuth RockstrohSéamus Ryan-JohnsonBrianna SamiltonJacob SchullerIsaac SheikhJalecia ShippsMadison SolbergLeland StangeJack StockstillAlan TettThomas TranBrittany UsseryJacob VanceGarrett WarmanGlory WellsMallory WellsDylan WestMadison WhiteScott WhiteleyCori WilliamsJoseph WilliamsPatrick WilsonSkylar YoderPaul ZieglerJoey Zitzman

8th Grade Induc-tees:

Camille Barnard-WilbourneAlexandria Benja-minDivine BennettMel BielawskiWhitney CottrellStuart HarperChase PritchettGustavo RodriguezRoss Stovall

Each NJHS chapteris allowed tochoose a highergrade point aver-age determiningmembership thanoutlined by theNJHS. Whilemany schoolschoose 3.0 or bet-ter, Carver studentsmust sustain a 3.5GPA in order to beconsidered formembership. Con-grats to our schol-ars!!Page 2 Wildcat Roar

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$15 dollar Sports Physicals will be given

May 10th at Carver, from 6-7pm. These

are good for most camps and if your child

wishes to participate in Carver Athletics

next year.

The Summer Reading Requirements

for 7th and 8th graders have changed,

and though the actual number of books

required is the same, three, there is a

new writing component to the require-

ments. Students will now need to keep

a special reading notebook in which

they will record figures of speech found

in their reading, along with science

facts they find. The manner in which

these are to be recorded is very spe-

cific, and if your child has not yet

brought home the flyers outlining the

new guidelines, please ask them to get

information from either their English or

Science teacher or Ms. Edwards in the

Carver Library.

Students will be encouraged to create

blogs, once the school year begins

again, where they will post their find-

ings recorded in their special reading

notebooks.

Students need to choose a minimum of

three books, none of which can be

books for which the Reading Counts

Quiz has already been taken.

Ms. Edwards also encourages stu-

dents to start their own book clubs,

search the Internet for Author web-

pages or book trailers, or even create

book trailers of their own.

Don’t Keep a Good Book

to Yourself!

Changes in Summer

Reading Requirements

Pictured above: Dr. Woolridge, Mr. Ollar, Susan Paddack, IshakHoussain (8th grade), Chelsea House (8th grade) and Millard House II,Associate Superintendent of Schools. Susan Paddack is running for StateSuperintendent of Schools and toured Carver recently.

ATTENTION NEW CARVER PARENTS!!

Membership Committee Chairwomen, Beth

Delancy and Heidi Dickens, encourage all in-

coming 6th grade Carver families to seek out

one of the two Summer Opportunities to Join

the Carver PTSA: Parent Academy and Back-

to-School-Night. Please take time at one of

these events to join your whole family to

Carver PTSA. Carver’s continued excellence

depends on your support.

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A Farewell from Elaine Ard, outgoing Carver PTSA President, 2009-2010…

May is here along with our last month of the 2009/2010 school year. What a great year at Carver!

I want to take this opportunity to say THANK-YOU to our great Carver PTSA community. So many of you have sharedyour talents and time this year. Both the kids and Carver are beneficiaries of your kindness and hard work.

Thank you also to all our board members and committee chairs – Karen Bruns, Kara Folkins, Marqua Harris, TracyHorner Shears, Jill Drummond, Kathy Ostrem, Dawn Lowe, Joy Davis, Laura Daniels, Gina Ward, Stefanie Kelly, HegeSolbakken, Becky Eagleton – they made my role a breeze. If you did not have the chance to get involved this year – thePTSA welcomes your help in the upcoming year. Grab a new board member and find out how to volunteer.

The Ard Family has enjoyed our three years at Carver. We have been fortunate to meet great and dedicated faculty, ad-ministrative staff and employees at Carver. They have all helped us along the way.

Have a wonderful summer break !

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Carver Athletics

Pictured Left: Carver’s new track team at the Collinsvilletrack Meet. Carver students have won or placed in nearlyevery event at their track meets this year.

GO WILDCATS!!

SUMMER

FOOTBALLCONDITIONINGSCHEDULE

Start July 6th, 5:30-7:30, Tuesdays andThursdays.Open to all studentsentering 6-8thgrades at Carver in-terested in playingfootball.

In August, Condi-tioning will be5:30-7:30. Mondaythru Friday.

You must have aphysical form to par-ticipate.

CARVER TENNIS TEAM CONTINUES SUCCESS

The Carver Middle School Tennis team had an excellent second season that brought togetherreturning players along with many new players. There was tremendous improvement among allthe players over the course of the season. Many of the team attended a tennis camp overSpring break that refined their technique and provided confidence building experiences withmatch play. LaFortune Tennis Center, through the support of a generous donor, offered ourtennis team members the opportunity to attend the camp free of charge!

With two matches remaining, the boys’ team has won a majority of their matches, in-cluding matches against Cascia, Thoreau, NOAH, and Regents. The girls’ team improved theirgame score in each contest and recorded their first overall match win against Edison! One daylater, the girls’ team enjoyed a second overall match win against Thoreau for a terrific upbeatfinish! Team members include sixth graders: Rachel Caldwell, Zac Canaday, Ben McDonald,Jack Foxx, Lily Grant, Natalie Widdows, Sydney Johnson, Laura Warning,; Seventh graders:Skylar Yoder, Hana Dickens, Joseph Charney, Patrick Wilson, Zach Pielsticker, MichaelMcBride, Justin Ostrem, Jacob Brasel, Brooks Davis, GeMahri Price; and Eighth graders:Logan Dierker, McKenzie Wilson, Katie Grantham, Aaron Hockett, Can Ozkaya, Noah Martin-Beal, Eli Farris, Matthew Teegarden.

The matching grant for expanded sports at Carver established by the Oklahoma Surgi-cal Hospital Foundation in late 2008 has played an important role for new athletics at Carver,including tennis. But none of this could have been possible without the generous support of theparents and extended families of the Carver tennis team members. The Carver tennis teamhas been lots of fun and we encourage more students to join us for next year!

- submitted by Randee Charney

Pictured above: Carver’s Boys and Girls Tennis Teams.

A Message from Laura Daniels and Designer Showcase:

It is that time of year again when we get to walk around the beautiful Designer Showcase house, chat with friends,and get decorating ideas, all for the low cost of donating 3 1/2 hours of Carver parent volunteer time! Our volun-teer job is to simply greet visitors and direct them through the house.

Carver is scheduled to provide volunteers on Wednesday, May 19, 9:30am to 1:00pm. (And if you’re a new Carverparent or a former one, you are welcome still to help!!)

The house is on South 31st Street, between Harvard and Lewis. Designer Showcase is a major fundraiser for theFoundation for Tulsa Schools.If you have questions or wish to sign up, please contact me (Laura Daniels) at 630-8057.

The 2009-2010 school yearis winding down. As we are finishour OCCT and EOI testing ses-sions we are continuing to focusour students on their class assign-ments.

While we are all lookingforward to a well-deserved sum-mer break, I would like to take alittle bit of space and discuss someissues for the 2010-2011 schoolyear.

All of our budgets havebecome tighter due to economicissues beyond our control. Withthat in mind, I realize that someparents may shop early for schooluniforms. Please consider the fol-lowing while you are shopping:

Collared Polo shirts in White,Black, Gray, and CarverPurple with no more than3 buttons;

Uniform Pants/Slacks inKhaki and Black with nooutside stitched/backpatch pockets. Pantsshould be loose fitting

through the hips and legs;Shoes must cover the entire

foot (toes and heels) forsafety of the student;

Visible pierced jewelry shall belimited to the ear;

Only the school logo may beprinted/embroidered onshirts;

Socks must be White, Black,Gray or Carver Purple, insolids or simple stripes anddots; and

All clothing must be in goodrepair with no holes, ripsor tears.

Items that are not accept-able to be worn with theCarver School Uniform:

No Cargo or outside stitched/patch pockets (back pock-ets);

No corduroy or denim mate-rial of any color;

No fringed hems, cut-offs,holes, rips or tears in cloth-ing;

No sweat pants, wind suits, orstretch pants/skinny jeans;

No visible name brand cloth-

ing label; andNo flip flops, sandals, or

slides.

Carver’s goal is to fosterstudents that are prepared aca-demically to achieve at high levelsin high school and college. We askfor parents support in focusing allCarver students on their classwork and academic success.

I hope that you will findthis information useful in prepara-tion for the 2010-2011 school year.An updated uniform code will besent to all parents through themail, Carver PTSA email, and theWildcat Roar during the summermonths.

Thank you for helpingmake my first full year at Carver awonderful experience! I look for-ward to working with you andyour students in the years to come!

Submitted by Valarie FarrowCarver Assistant Principal

FARROW’S FUSS:A REVIEW OF THE CARVER UNIFORM CODE

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INTERCULTURAL

INTERLUDE

As you may know, Carver Middle School has an outstanding reputation and is recog-

nized as one of the best middle schools in the United States. Greatschools.org recently

named Carver Middle School as the top middle school in the metro Tulsa area. As a

result we have high schools from across the country asking to visit our students. Carver

grad, Peyton Wilson is graduating from Phillips Andover Academy in Andover, Massa-

chusetts this year, and Carver alum Deborah Olaleye is graduating from the Oklahoma

School for Science and Math on her way to Northwestern University. We are now very

pleased to announce Rebecca Nievar has been accepted to the Phillips Exeter Acad-

emy in Exeter, New Hampshire for the upcoming school year. Exeter offers an ex-

tremely challenging curriculum with students enrolled from all over the world. A repre-

sentative from the Exeter admissions office will be here in the fall speaking to our eighth

grade students. More information may be obtained by visiting exeter.edu. Feel free to

contact Mr. Ehrle if you would like to know more about the many educational opportuni-

ties available to our Carver students. Submitted by 8th grade Counselor, Mr. Ehrle

Mr. Ehrle Visits Phillips Exeter Academy

Phillips Exeter Academy