RMS Knightly News

Our Honor the Castle January's theme is having "a growth mindset”. This week’s message for January 6th states “There is a difference between not knowing and not knowing yet”

This week's mindset monday message for the week of January 6th Click HERE.

Stay up to date by checking our School Website regularly: Richards Middle School Website

Email: huston.julian@fraserk12.org
Website: https://www.fraser.k12.mi.us/RMSHome
Location: 33500 Garfield Road, Fraser, MI, USA

Happy New Year, Knights!

We hope you had a great holiday break and ready to start Semester 2 strong!

Our first day for Semester 2 is on Monday, January 6th. This is a full day. Our Knights can access their schedules through PowerSchool. Students can report to the media center if they are having trouble locating their schedule.

RMS Builidng Map

In addition, our students will review our Castle PBIS expectations and building policies this week during seminar. We want to continue on the successes and growth from 1st Semester. We ask that our families continue to partner with us throughout second semester by regularly reviewing grades/assignments with their Knight, monitoring the use of personal devices, and communicating any questions or concerns with our staff in support of our Knights' academically/behaviorally.

7th grade Second Step Lesson topic for the week of 1-6-25- Who Will You Become?

Summary: In this week’s lesson, our 7th grade knights will describe what they can do now to connect their self-concept to who they want to be in the future.

At home question to ask your Knight: Ask your 7th grade knight what they can start doing now to become the person they want to be in the future. Ask them why it’s important to see things in themselves that they feel good about.

8th grade Second Step Lesson topic for the week of 1-6-25- Your Confidence-Building Plan

Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will create a plan for building confidence in an area of their choice.

At home question to ask your Knight:Tell your 8th grade knight about a time when you successfully increased your own confidence. Ask them to describe their plan for building confidence. Ask how you can help them with their plan.

The Knight Shift in January- After-School Homework Club in the media center from 3:05pm-4:00pm.

The Knight Shift after-school homework club (designated Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:05pm-4:00pm in the media center).

*Students who attend the Knight Shift must arrange for transportation home after 4pm.

The Knight Shift -“The time period after a long day of work to organize, to prepare, and to be ready for success!”

All Noble Knights are invited to attend the Knight Shift…If they have:

• Homework assignment(s) to complete- Individual tables area

• A group project needs to be worked on - Collaboration stations area

• A quiet location to read - Flexible seating area

• Please note- Outside purchased food and beverages are not permitted during the Knight Shift session.

The Knight Shift will be staffed by RMS staff member(s) during each sessions.

January Knight Shift Days are-

1/7 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

1/9 - Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

1/14 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

1/16 - Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

1/21 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

1/23 - Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

1/28 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

1/30 - Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

The RMS staff and students would like to thank our Fraser School Board members for all of their time and efforts to support; learning and growth with our Knights throughout the school year!

Mr. Scott Wallace, President

Mr. Todd Koch, Vice President

Mrs. Robyn Norbeck, Treasurer

Mr. Dan Stawinski, Secretary

Mrs. Rebecca Jensen, Trustee

Mrs. Abigail Wasil, Trustee

Monday, 1/6 * School resumes with the start of Semester 2.

Tuesday, 1/7 * Boys basketball is away against L'Anse Creuse Middle School North. 7th grade will play at 3:30pm and 8th grade will play at 5:00pm. Style Statement Fashion Club and Knight Shift will meet after school.

Wednesday, 1/8 * Animation Club will meet after school.

Thursday, 1/9 * Peer to Peer will meet during lunch and seminar. Boys Basketball is home against Anchor Bay Middle School South. 7th grade will play at 3:30pm and 8th grade will play at 5:00pm. Gaming Unplugged, Student Council, and Knight Shift will meet after school.

Friday, 1/10 * Animation Club will meet after school.

Breakfast and Lunch are FREE for all students for the 2024-2025 school year.

We encourage everyone to participate. You are still welcome to send your child with a lunch from home if you would prefer.

Families are still asked to complete a Education Benefits Form, as this information is used for district funding.

The district does not allow the delivery of food and beverages from outside vendors or fast food establishments for a student’s breakfast or lunch meal. All meals are to be provided by either our Food Service program or prepared at home and sent with your student.

Outside food delivery is a safety concern. We do not want to have strangers and people that we do not know coming to our buildings with delivery bags. It also is a workload issue for office personnel. Managing multiple food deliveries during lunchtime becomes an additional responsibility for our office staff.

The District works hard to provide a variety of healthy, good-tasting food in its cafeterias, and students are always free to bring their own lunch to school. We will continue to follow our past practice of making sure students receive lunch if they forget to bring one from home.

REQUIRED PAPERWORK for all FPS sports

All students must hand in a completed MHSAA Physical dated after April 15, 2024.

https://www.fraser.k12.mi.us/cms/lib/MI02212020/Centricity/Domain/81/Sports%20Physical%20Form.pdf

All students must also go to arbiter sports and complete the on line student registration.

https://students.arbitersports.com/

If either of these forms are not completed, student will be withheld from participation until both forms have been submitted.

To provide the most effective process for entering and exiting Richards Middle School, we need our families consistent help in observing the below traffic expectations:

• Our RMS bus loop is only to be used by emergency vehicles and our district’s school buses between the hours of 7:15 am through 4:00 pm.
• To help with our daily traffic flow, please follow our painted traffic arrows in our parking lot.
• In supporting our traffic flow for entering and exiting for all vehicles, please observe no standing, parking, waiting and stopping in the parking lot aisle ways.
• When exiting Richards Middle School at dismissal time, please utilize either our RMS Garfield exit, FHS Garfield exit or FHS Klein exit.

Please be aware of students, families and guests who are walking in our parking lots by obeying traffic laws, regulating your speed, and following the traffic direction arrows. Images can be found below. Please no parking or standing where you see a red x.

Our district security personnel will communicate these expectations to our families when needed. Thank you for your support with keeping RMS a safe travel area for everyone on campus.

This is a reminder to our students to ensure that you are using the appropriate area to cross the street to get to the other side of Garfield. Please see pictures below for reference of our crosswalk signs and striped area by the Richards Middle School Electronic Board. We want our students to make sure they are looking both ways and being aware of vehicles traveling on Garfield. Always wait to cross this crosswalk when the road is clear to do so.

We thank you for always being aware of your safety and traveling vehicles as you arrive and leave RMS at this crosswalk area.

Your student's primary address should be up-to-date to receive report card mailings and other important building communications.

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