RMS Knightly News

Our Honor the Castle October's theme is "Responsibility". Our Mindset Monday Quote for the week of Oct. 21st states that "Responsibility begins with courage and ends with honor"

This week's mindset monday message for the week of October 21st 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

7th grade Second Step Lesson topic for the week of 10-21-24- Identifying Roadblocks

Summary- In this week’s lesson, our 7th grade Knights will identify and distinguish between internal and external obstacles (or “roadblocks”) that can get in their way when working toward goals.

At home question to ask your Knight- Tell your your 7th grade Knight about a roadblock you encountered when you were working toward a goal, and if you had control over the roadblock.

8th grade Second Step Lesson topic for the week of 10-21-24- Harnessing My Strengths

Summary-In this week’s lesson, our 8th grade Knights will choose something they’d like to get better at and think about how they could apply their unique strengths to do that.

At home question to ask your Knight- Help your 8th grade Knight make a list of strengths they have. Ask your Knight about how they could use these to get better at a new skill.

The Battle for Paul Bunyan Trophy is our in state football rivalry between the University of Michigan Wolverines and the Michigan State University Spartans. The teams first played in 1898 and have met 116 times on the gridiron. The game has now been played uninterrupted, every year since 1945. On Friday, we will have a spirt day at RMS in anticipation of the big rivalry game, wear either your blue and maize or green and white!

With an effort to make an enjoyable experience for all participants and spectators, we continue to implement our attendance guidelines for elementary and middle school students for home varsity football games.

1. FPS Elementary and Middle School students must be chaperoned by a parent or guardian to enter the football stadium.
2. Middle School students should have their student ID with them at the ticket booth.
3. Students may not bring in outside food or drinks into the stadium.
4. Students may not bring backpacks into the stadium.
5. No outside balls or noise makers that are not pre-approved by administration
6. Students are expected to sit in the bleachers and not walk around the Stadium or gather in common areas
7. Students are not to sit or walk to Visiting Bleachers
8. No standing on the fence line of bleachers to avoid obstructing view and exits
9. In the event that a student is asked to leave the football game, the parent or the guardian will be asked to take that student home.
10. Once students leave the stadium gates, they will not be permitted to re-enter.

These measures will support our students in making good choices and create a safe environment for all to enjoy our homecoming football game.

With Fraser Pride,

Huston Julian-RMS Principal

Ryan D. Sines- FHS Principal

Shane Redshaw-FPS Athletic Director

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-

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

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

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

Monday, 10/21 *Volleyball is away against L'Anse Creuse Middle School East. 7th grade will play at 3:30pm and 8th grade will play at 4:30pm.

Tuesday, 10/22 * Knight Shift and Style Statement Fashion Club will meet after school.

Wednesday, 10/23 * Volleyball is home against Anchor Bay Middle School South. 7th grade and 8th grade will both play at 4:00pm. Football is away against Jeannette Junior High. 7th grade will play at 4:30pm and 8th grade will play at 6:30pm. NJHS and Soccer club will meet after school.

Thursday, 10/25 * Peer to Peer will meet during Lunch and Seminar. Volleyball is away against Romeo Middle School. 7th Grade will play at 3:30pm and 8th grade will play at 4:30pm. Student Council, Gaming Unplugged, Animation Club, and Knight Shift will also meet after school.

Friday, 10/25 * Cyber Patriots have a competition. U of M and MSU Spirit Day

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