Hello RMS Knights and Families
Our August/September Honor the Castle theme is "Making Meaningful Connections". Making meaningful connection is all about the "Why"...fostering an environment where our Richards Middle School community is being safe, respectful and responsible in the building and around our community. We look forward to connecting with each of our Knights during the month of September (and throughout the 22-23 school year) while getting to know one another better.
Have a great first week Knights!
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Welcome
On behalf of our Richards Middle School staff, Mrs. Skladanowski and I are grateful to welcome our families and students for the start of the 2022-2023 school year! This summer, our Fraser Public Schools Operation and Maintenance staff have worked diligently in preparing our buildings, classrooms, and parking lots in preparation for the upcoming school year.
Our RMS staff also met during the summer for completion of students’ schedules, participated in ongoing professional learning opportunities, and curriculum and lesson planned for our upcoming school year. I’m excited about the start of this school year and what lies ahead of us. Our year-long theme will be empowering a growth mindset, while creating community (Honoring the Castle) with our Knights. We will continue to create opportunities for our Knights that make up our Portrait of a Graduate (through creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, citizenship and character) and creating relationships within our school and community (RMS staff, families, and students).
RMS will open our doors for the 2022-2023 school year on Monday, August 29, 2022. This will be a full school day beginning at 8:05 AM and ending at 2:50 PM. For more information regarding the first day student procedures and our RMS Arrival and Dismissal process, please scroll below.
We are looking forward to a productive partnership with you to ensure our students can achieve their highest potential. We recognize that in order to be successful in school; our students need support from home, community, and school. We know a strong partnership with you will make a great difference in our students’ learning and growth. As partners, we share the responsibility for student success and want you to know that we will do our very best to carry out those responsibilities. We ask that you guide and support your student’s learning by ensuring that our students:
- Follow our PBIS guidelines: modeling respect, responsibility, and safety as they navigate through their school day, after-school in the community and when they attend school sponsored events.
- We expect our students to arrive at school EVERY DAY prepared to learn with their MacBook fully charged, classroom materials, and mindset to continue to grow and learn. (We will start our MacBook distribution for our students during the 2nd week of school).
- We expect our students to be model citizens by following device, dress code, and code of conduct guidelines. This is especially important as we work together to “Honor the Castle”.
The RMS staff and I feel privileged to be a part of the Fraser Public Schools family. We thank you for your support and look forward to meeting you at our Meet the Teacher/Class information Night on Thursday, September 15th starting at 6:00 pm. Additional information related to our Meet to the Teacher/Class information night will be shared with our RMS families during the first week of school.
Sincerely,
Huston Julian and Kristi Skladanowski
Administration at Richards Middle School
Suggested School Supplies
Donations of tissue, hand sanitizer, and disinfecting wipes are always appreciated.
School devices will be deployed during the first weeks of schools.
Device Care
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Dress Code Expectations
- Shorts/Dresses/Skirts must be longer than the students fingertip length with students' arms by their side.
- Undergarments, chest and midriffs must be covered and students are not permitted to wear spaghetti straps, muscle shirts with armpits visible, etc.
- No sagging of the pants or shorts
- No graphic, see-through or inappropriate saying on clothing (sexual comments, drugs, violence, etc.)
- No pajama wear - lounge pants, flannel pants, boxer shorts, slippers (shoes without hard soles) *unless permitted by a school function.
- No hats, bandanas/scarves (unless worn to support hair appropriately), and/or hoods up during the school day.
- At this time, masks are a choice.
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Important Dates
Friday, Sep. 2nd - Labor Day Recess
Monday, Sep. 5th - Labor Day Recess
Tuesday, Sep. 6th - School Resumes
Wednesday, Sep. 14th - Early Release, 12:30pm Dismissal
Thursday, Sep. 15th - RMS Meet the Teacher Night
Change of Address Information
If you have recently moved, please complete the following form to update your address and upload the files needed for update: https://form.jotform.com/211594973642161
