RMS Knightly News

Our Honor the Castle February's theme is empathy; defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. This week’s message for February 10th states“Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself”.

This week's mindset monday message for the week of February 10th Click HERE.

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

7th grade Second Step Lesson topic for the week of 2-10-25- Practicing Positive Self-Talk

Summary: This week, our 7th grade knights will practice a strategy called positive self-talk to help them reframe unhelpful thoughts.

At home question to ask your Knight: Ask your knight to explain what “negativity bias” is. Share with each other one or more good things that happened today.

8th grade Second Step Lesson topic for the week of 2-10-25- Changing Strategies and Getting Help

Summary: In this week’s lesson, our 8th grade knights will analyze stressful situations and decide if they need to change their strategy or get outside help to manage their stress in those situations.

At home question to ask your Knight: Tell your knight about a time you needed help managing stress.

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.

February Knight Shift Days are-

2/11 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

2/13 - Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

2/20 - Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

2/27 - Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

In our increasingly interconnected world, learning openness and appreciating differences are important to many aspects of building community and learning from other. In honoring February's theme, we have a few happenings for our students to participate in.

As of our February 3rd and continue through the month of February, we will remind our Knights to be on the lookout for daily information about African American History makers included through our daily student email in honor of Black History Month.

Calling all students- Any student who would like to be a part of our morning announcements in sharing how you say “Good morning” in a different language, should sign up at the link below. Those students will take part in starting our day at RMS by saying Good morning over the PA during the month of February.

Morning greeting over the PA

Our RMS family is unique and we want to know more about each and every one of our students and staff. We will be asking our students to talk with their family or any other special adults in their life about your family roots. The students will complete the form below to add their marker to the world map. If they do not know the city, the student can enter the state or country where their family originates. We invite our Knights to participate in our This is Us! Map so we can explore our roots

Add your marker to the map to show where you or your family members are from. Just complete this form: This is Us! Information Form To view the map: CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE RMS MAP

National Junior Honor Society is hosting a Little Caesars Pizza Kit Fundraiser. Online ordering is as easy as clicking the link found here http://www.pizzakit.com/fundraising-products?shop=1&f=455160&s=135749

Monday, 2/10 * N/A

Tuesday, 2/11 * Yearbook, Style Statement Fashion Club, and Knight Shift will meet after school.

Wednesday, 2/12 * Our Girls Basketball Game will be away against L'Anse Creuse Middle School Central. 7th grade will play at 3:30pm and 8th grade will play at 5:00pm. NJHS will meet after school.

Thursday, 2/13 * Be Nice will meet during lunch and seminar. Gaming Unplugged, StuCo, Animation Club, and Knight Shift will meet after school. The RMS and FHS Band Festival Concert will be held in the Fraser Performing Arts Center at 7:00pm. (This is not a ticketed event)

Friday, 2/14 * N/A

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