RMS Knightly News

Our Honor the Castle October's theme is "Responsibility". Our Mindset Monday Quote for the week of Oct. 7th states that “Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.”

This week's mindset monday message for the week of October 7th 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

Thursday's 10-10-24 home volleyball game is not a student attending event due to our conferences occurring that afternoon. RMS students can attend only if with their parent or guardian. Thank you for understanding Knights.

Hello 8th grade Knights,

This is a reminder that our first CTE (Career and Technical Education) Lunch and Learn session is happening this Monday, October 7th in the RMS Media Center. These sessions are a fun way to get a sneak peek into the exciting career pathways available at FHS, and there’s still time to sign up! Don’t forget, if you attend three or more sessions, you’ll be invited to our 🍕 pizza party 🍕 at the end of our Lunch and Learns. Thank you to our FHS career navigators- Ms. Webb & Ms. Rescoe!

Sign up here! ✍️ .

Knights wear your favorite Red Wings gear or red and white as the team opens up their 24-25 season this Thursday! #LGRW

Our Fall conferences will take place Thursday, October 10, 2024.

Conference times will include both afternoon (1pm-4pm) and evening options (5pm-8pm), as well as opportunities for either a virtual or face to face meeting session as follows:

Virtual Session 1: 1:00pm to 1:30pm

Virtual Session 2: 7:25pm to 8:00pm

F2F Session 1: 1:45pm to 4:00pm

F2F Session 2: 5:00pm to 7:15pm

Registration is now open and will close at 3pm on Wednesday, October 9, 2024.

Face to Face conferences are by appointment only and you will meet with the teacher at their classroom at your appointment time.

Virtual appointments will be held using GoToMeeting. At your appointment time, you will receive the link to connect to the meeting at the email address you entered when booking the appointment.

You can sign up for conferences using this link: https://ps.fraser.misd.net/public.

· Once you sign into PowerSchool with your parent account, you will see the applications icon in the upper right corner.

· To view instructions for using the SchoolSoft Conference Manager, click here: SchoolSoft Instructions.

· If you have no concerns with your child’s progress in a class, you do not have to schedule a conference with that teacher at this time.

· To sign up for fall conferences, you must have a PowerSchool parent account. If you do not have an account yet, please create one here: https://ps.fraser.misd.net/public.

· Problems accessing your PowerSchool account? Complete this form to request a conference with your student's teachers: Please Click Here

The Knight Shift in October- 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.

October Knight Shift Days are-

10/8 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

10/15 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

10/17 - Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

10/22 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

10/24 - Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

10/29 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

7th grade Second Step Lesson topic for the week of 10-7-24-Creating New Pathways in Your Brain

Summary In this week’s lesson, our 7th grade Knight will learn that intelligence is not fixed; their brain actually makes new connections and their skills and abilities develop when they practice difficult things. At home question to ask your Knight- Tell your Knight about a time you had to learn something challenging and explain how you persisted in learning it. Ask your Knight if there’s anything they would like to learn to do this year.

8th grade Second Step Lesson topic for the week of 10-7-24-Who Am I? My Identity

Summary In this week’s lesson, our 8th grade Knight will learn that their identity is complex. They will create an identity map that names unique and important aspects of their identity. At home question to ask your Knight- Share your response to the following questions with your 8th grade Knight. Then have your Knight and any additional family members share their responses.Who am I? What are the most important aspects of my identity and why?

Monday, 10/7 * Volleyball is away at Iroquois Middle School. 7th grade game starts at 3:30pm and 8th grade game starts at 4:30pm

Tuesday, 10/8 *Football is home against Wyandot Middle School *7th grade game starting at 3:30pm *8th grade game starts 20 minutes immediately after the end of the 7th grade game.

* Knight Shift meets after school

*Style Statement Fashion Club meets after school

Wednesday, 10/9 * N/A

Thursday, 10/10 * Half Day: 11:35am Dismissal *Conferences 1-4pm & 5-8pm (by appointment). This home volleyball game is not a student attending event due to our conferences occurring that afternoon. RMS students can attend only if with their parent or guardian.

Friday, 10/11* N/A

Thank you to Mrs. Carter for all of her hardwork with communicating with our student-athletes and creation of the staff invites (and buttons). Our fall student athletes had the opportunity to select a staff member that they are playing for in the designated sport.

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