As part of the district’s equity audit, students, staff, and families have been randomly selected to participate in focus groups to give them an opportunity to share their thoughts on our district’s strengths, areas of need, and long-term opportunities for providing the best educational experience for all students. The focus groups will be led by our partners in the equity audit process- the Consortium for Educational Change (CEC). If you were not randomly selected to participate in a focus group and would like to provide written responses to the focus group questions, please visit the District 303 website and complete the intake form with the email address used in Home Access Center (HAC). Once your email has been verified, you will be sent a link to the questionnaire.

We thank you for your commitment to equity in education, and we are excited about this next step in gathering the voices of our district so that we can create a comprehensive plan.

Thank you to everyone who shopped through our fundraiser at Magnolia Soap, a great way to support the PTO and a local small business!

Thank you to everyone who volunteered or donated for Teacher Appreciation Week! We can't wait to show our Davis Richmond teachers our gratitude!

Teacher appreciation week is May 2nd-6th. See flyer below for ways your child can celebrate our amazing teachers!

Questions or comments? Email us at davisrichmondpto1@gmail.com

We're excited to be able to have field day back at Davis Primary. Sign up HERE if you would like to volunteer to work a station on field day, Tuesday May10th (Kindergarten - 8:30-10:30) and Wednesday or May 11th (1st 8:30 -10:30 & 2nd 12:30 -2:30). If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Mattson or Mr. Smith.

Congratulations to our April Golden Paw Winners! Way to go Charlie Gough, Emily Petro, Matteo Chavez, Savannah Holze, Lauren Blomquist, Noah Fitzpatrick.

If you plan on having a change of transportation for your child, please notify the main office by 2:30 p.m. the day of the change in order to give us time to notify the teacher/student before dismissal. Thank you for your cooperation.

3rd-5th grade will take their Spring i-Ready reading and math assessment. Students took the assessment in the fall, winter and now the spring. We will test Monday through Thursday next week, with make-ups starting the day following a missed test. If you have any specific questions about exact times, please reach out to your child’s teacher.

Dear Richmond Families,

If you are considering being a volunteer for field day, we wanted to communicate some extra details. Field Day is Tuesday May 24, 2022. There is no rain date this year. This is a whole school, all-day event! Any parent who signs up to volunteer will be helping to run a station. Regardless of the time frame you sign up for, we will make sure that your child(ren)'s class will pass through your station while you are helping. Please feel free to email Mr. Lubas or Mr. Born with any other questions or concerns you may have. We are looking forward to a fun and active day!

Sincerely,

Mr. Lubas and Mr. Born

link to sign up:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4CA4AB2BA5F94-richmond

All students entering 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade next school year have the opportunity to participate in Richmond’s Orchestra! In orchestra students make friends, learn how to play an instrument, create awesome music, and so much more!

Students choose to play either the violin, viola, cello or string bass.

To learn more about the orchestra program, and how to enroll your child, visit our website:

D303 Elementary Orchestra

You can also attend one of our D303 Orchestra Town Hall Meetings. During the meetings we will answer your questions about the orchestra program. Attending this virtual meeting is very helpful for first time orchestra families.

D303 Orchestra Town Hall Meetings (Please attend just one)

Date: Wednesday, 5/4 Time: 7:00pm

Date: Thursday 5/5 Time: 7:00pm

Zoom Link: Will be shared closer to the meeting dates.

A big thank you to the Richmond orchestra for visiting Davis and performing for our second graders! The students performed a few songs as well as shared information about their specific instruments. The second graders were inspired to join the orchestra and discover their musical talent. Thanks again to the orchestra directors from Richmond, Kristen Rohrbach and Elizabeth Mezera.

A big thank you to our 5th grade students for being student leaders and sharing their love of music. Orchestra students went over to Davis this week to show our incoming 3rd graders what orchestra is all about. Our 5th graders did a band presentation to current 4th graders. They sampled a few songs and showed the different types of instruments.

As a reminder, third graders can join orchestra and 5th graders can join band. Yes, you can join both if interested in band and orchestra. Have questions about our programs?

Contact Jen Lydisgen - jennifer.lydigsen@d303.org for band or visit the band website which has information about instruments, rental prices, band lessons, etc.

Kirstin Rohrbach - kirstin.rohrbach@d303.org for orchestra

Thank you to the PTO for bringing in Magician Pete to entertain our lunches at Davis and Richmond. The kids loved his card tricks and disappearing tricks.

We had an amazing assembly for Davis and Richmond courtesy of our PTO. Matt Willhelm entertained our students with his amazing BMX bike tricks while also sharing his message of hard work, kindness, and respect. For more information about Matt please visit HERE