RICHLAND REFLECTIONS
Week of 9/27/22 at Richland Elementary School
NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, 9/26
It was wonderful to see so many of you at Back to School Night! We appreciate your partnership.
Please join us this Tuesday night at 6:30 for our first PTO meeting of the school year. Having a child at Richland automatically makes you part of the PTO. Our meetings are held in the library, and kids are welcome!
We are proud of our September leaders of the month! They live the 7 habits and are leaders in their classrooms and in our school. See highlights from our leadership assemblies below.
Picture Day is this Friday! Keep reading for ordering information.
Welcome fall and a little cooler temperatures. Have a great week!
Nicole Zuerblis
Richland Principal
PTO MEETING THIS TUESDAY, 9/27 @ 6:30
Come out and join us!
Or join via Google Meet here:
Richland's PTO is creating an OPTIONAL school-wide directory this year!
If you would like to participate, please visit this link to complete the form.
A separate form must be completed for each child. Please submit forms by Friday, September 30 so that the completed directory can be sent out to participating families in October!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR
SEPTEMBER LEADERS OF THE MONTH!
THIS FRIDAY, 9/30 IS PICTURE DAY!
ORDERS.CHRISTMASCITYSTUDIO.COM and enter this school code: RICHES22
APPLY FOR THE STUDENT LIGHTHOUSE TEAM!
PURCHASING BREAKFAST OR LUNCH AT SCHOOL
QCSD wants to remind families that the federal program to waive the cost of meals for all students has expired. Families can make online payments for student meals at SchoolCafe. Lunch accounts for students at the Upper Bucks County Technical School are separate and may be paid at My Payments Plus.
In addition, we’re asking that QCSD families fill out 2022-2023 Free & Reduced Meal Applications. Households must submit a new application each school year unless they receive a Direct Certification letter, which was mailed by the district in mid-August.
A situation has arisen for families with students on Free and Reduced Meals where your child may be charged for not taking enough items to qualify as a reimbursable meal. This is a federal regulation. Here’s information on what a meal consists of. Please speak with your student(s) to avoid this issue.
Click here to access all information about Free & Reduced meals in QCSD.
If you have questions, please email sreiss@qcsd.org or call 215-529-2012.
BREAKFAST WILL BE FREE BEGINNING IN OCTOBER
FREE BREAKFAST STARTING IN OCTOBER
OPEN SLOTS FOR PRE-K COUNTS AT RICHLAND AND PFAFF FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR
PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS WITH MR. KEMMERER
WELCOME TO PE!
The year is off to a great start in PE! We started off the 2022-2023 school year focusing on good sportsmanship and teamwork and how we can implement those skills at RES. Currently, students are learning about football skills like throwing, catching and running while participating in fun games that utilize these skills. We are having a blast learning about football!
Our next unit will be fitness testing. Students in grades 3-5 will try to reach the healthy fitness
zone according to the Fitnessgram standards in the following tests: 1-mile run, pushups, sit-ups, pullups/flexed arm hang, PACER test and the shoulder reach. Students in grades K-2 will do modified versions of many of the Fitnessgram tests while learning proper form at the same time. All students are encouraged to try their best and have fun! We will attempt these tests again in the spring to see how we have progressed.
Please continue to work hard and have a positive attitude in PE!
A reminder to be prepared on PE days
Wear sneakers
Comfortable clothes for exercise
No jewelry
Let’s Jump into Fall! An Opportunity to exercise and have fun with friends while supporting your school!
Funds raised will be used to directly benefit each Student’s experience at RES by providing classroom funds for our teachers and staff! Please consider donating here.
WHAT IS LEADER IN ME?
Leader in Me is a philosophy used at our school to promote leadership qualities in our students! Students learn about and practice our 7 habits daily. Those habits are as follows:
Be proactive
Begin with the end in mind
Put first things first
Think win-win
Seek first to understand, then to be understood
Synergize
Sharpen the Saw
What will my child gain from Leader in Me?
Each day at Richland, students are encouraged to show the 7 habits. Students receive lessons focused on showing these habits in all areas of our school. Lessons include teaching students what these ideas look like in each area and practicing what those behaviors look like. Students will continue to receive these types of lessons throughout the year.
What is the Leaderboard?
Each day, adults in the school building have tickets to give to any student they see exhibiting one of the 7 habits. Once a student receives a Leader Ticket, he or she will go to the office to sign our school Leader Book, pick a number at random for the placement of their ticket on the Leaderboard, and will bring home a postcard to show you so that you may share in their good news! Once the student has a ticket on the board, he or she is eligible to receive the "mystery motivator". When ten tickets in a row are up on the board, those students will spin a wheel to receive a mystery motivator prize. Examples of motivators are extra recess, lunch with Mrs. Zuerblis, and many more.
How can I help from home?
We encourage you to discuss the program with your child at home. The characteristics of the 7 habits encourage responsibility and ownership of one's actions, as well as other leadership qualities. Ask your child to use the ideas shared at school when at home and in the neighborhood, and routinely check in with your child on how he or she is demonstrating these characteristics at school.
THIS WEEK'S DAILY QUESTIONS
Below are this week's questions. We'd love you to participate!
MONDAY: No School
TUESDAY: If you could write one rule that everyone in your family would follow, what would it be?
WEDNESDAY: If you could change anything in the world, what one thing would you change? Why?
THURSDAY: What is one thing you have learned in life that you feel will be most useful as you grow older?
FRIDAY: What three things are you most grateful for?
SELF CARE SEPTEMBER
HAPPIER, KINDER, TOGETHER!
PRACTICING GRATITUDE
UPCOMING EVENTS
9/26 NO SCHOOL
9/27 PTO MEETING @ 6:30
9/30 PICTURE DAY
OCTOBER ANTI-BULLYING MONTH
10/5 NO SCHOOL
10/14 JUMP ROPE DAY
10/24-10/28 RED RIBBON WEEK
10/24 JARED CAMPBELL KINDNESS/ANTI-BULLYING ASSEMBLY
10/25 PTO MEETING @ 4:30
10/28 HALLOWEEN PARADE @ 2:30
11/3, 11/7, 11/10 PARENT CONFERENCES
11/4 FAMILY FUN NIGHT
11/8 NO SCHOOL
11/11 VETERANS' DAY
11/11 PICTURE MAKE UP DAY
Richland Elementary School
Email: nzuerblis@qcsd.org
Website: https://res.qcsd.org/
Location: 500 Fairview Avenue, Quakertown, PA, United States
Phone: 215 529-2452
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RichlandQCSD/
Twitter: @RichlandQCSD