Richmond Elementary E-News

In D303, we value the opportunity to provide a community of care and support to our families, especially those faced with financial hardship. If your family is currently experiencing a significant financial need, our community partnerships have several supports available for families, including school clothes/shoes, winter coats/accessories, school supplies, toiletries, holiday meals, and/or holiday gifts. If you would like to be considered for any of these supports, please complete the Family Resource Form by September 13, 2024.

En D303, valoramos la oportunidad de proveer una comunidad de cuidado y apoyo a nuestras familias, especialmente a aquellas que enfrentan dificultades financieras. Si su familia está experimentando actualmente una necesidad financiera significativa, nuestras asociaciones comunitarias tienen varios apoyos disponibles para las familias, incluyendo: ropa/calzado para la escuela, abrigos/accesorios de invierno, materiales escolares, artículos de aseo personal, comidas para los días festivos, y/o regalos para navidad. Si desea que se le tenga en cuenta para cualquiera de estas ayudas, por favor, rellene este formulario. Para ser considerado, es fundamental que complete esta encuesta a más tardar el viernes 13 de septiembre.

The TLC (Tiger Lunch Crew) program is a school-based, family, and community engagement initiative designed to strengthen connections between parents, students, and staff. Inspired by similar successful programs like WATCH D.O.G.S.®, TLC is focused on fostering a supportive and positive school environment where parents can actively participate in their child's school experience.

Our program allows parents and guardians to volunteer during lunch and recess shifts to help supervise and build meaningful connections with students.

The TLC Tiger Lunch Crew is open to all parents, guardians, and caregivers. Volunteers play an essential role in creating a nurturing school community and supporting teachers and staff. Through this program, we hope to bring more volunteers onto campus, demonstrating the power of family engagement in boosting student success and well-being.

We wanted to introduce the program to you this week. In next week's e-news you will have an opportunity to sign-up for any lunch shift, any day school is in session. We will have two volunteer slots available per lunch. After you sign up, just come to the main office with an ID so we can check you into our system on the day(s) you volunteer.

Dear families,

Please see flyer below for Richmond's Curriculum Night on Wednesday, September 11th from 5:30-7:00 p.m. You may use street parking around the building or at Reedemer Church (on the corner of Oak and 12th). The Church is allowing families to park in their parking lot for the evening. We hope to see our parents on the 11th!

Did you know that students who participate in clubs and extra curricular activities in school feel a bigger sense of belonging and connectedness? We currently offer a variety of musical clubs such as Orchestra, Band and Choir. We also currently have Precision Fitness Club and Chess Club which will soon be offered. We also have Student Council to give students opportunities to be leaders in our school. Info on those clubs will be coming in a few weeks. We also have some club opportunities that are offered during the day. One time per week on Fridays, students will meet at 8:50 a.m. (or when their bus drops them off) until 9:20 a.m. They will miss their Friday Classroom Morning Meeting while Friday clubs will take its place. Please see our CLUB DESCRIPTIONS for our club offerings. If you're interested in your child participating please complete the club application and turn in by Friday, September 6th. A child can only be in one Friday club as they run at the same time.

Weather permitting, we will conduct two fire drills and a shelter in -place. We are scheduled for September 4th and 9th. The 9th will be with the St. Charles Fire Department.

Attention 5th Grade Families! Does your child like to sing? Choir registration is happening now for all 5th grade students interested in learning more about team building, vocal technique, and unison and part-singing, all through a rich variety of vocal music repertoire! Choir will be held before school on Monday mornings at Munhall, starting Monday, September 23th! Click here for more information and to register your 5th grade student for choir!

Choir Information

Registration Form

Choir Video

You may email Erika Hammons with any questions you may have:

erika.hammons@d303.org

Las Inscripciones para Coro de 5o Grado….

¡Comienzan Ahora!

Atención Familias de 5o Grado! A su hijo le gusta cantar? Las inscripciones de Coro ya están disponibles para todos los estudiantes de quinto grado interesados en aprender más sobre el trabajo en equipo, técnica vocal y canto al unísono o parcial, todo esto a través de un gran repertorio variado de música vocal! Las clases de Coro se llevarán a cabo en la escuela Primaria Munhall los lunes por la mañana antes de comenzar la escuela, a partir del lunes, 23 de septiembre! Haga clic aquí para obtener más información e inscribir a su estudiante de 5o grado en coro!

Información sobre Coro

Formulario de Inscripción

Video de Coro

Usted puede enviar un correo electrónico a Erika Hammons con cualquier pregunta que tenga:

erika.hammons@d303.org

Calling all Parent & Teacher volunteers! The Richmond PTO is looking for any parents/family/friends/teacher volunteers for this year's first annual Trunk or Treat Event, scheduled for Thursday, October 24th from 5PM-6PM at Richmond Elementary! We are accepting volunteers to host their trunks, donate candy, prizes or monetary donations to support this and future events. Please use the link below to volunteer to host your trunk or donate candy or prizes. A separate QR code is below for a monetary donation that will go directly to Richmond PTO. The PTO thanks you for your support! Any questions or comments please email the PTO at RichmondElementarySchoolPTO@gmail.com

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E49A9AC2EABF4C61-51138277-trunk

KICK-A-THON is a local event that began over 30 years ago as an effort from the St. Charles High School Dance Team to raise money to help kick cancer. It has grown to include East and North High School Dance Teams and other amazing charities. This charity event will benefit the Fox Valley Food for Health, Colette A. Miles Foundation, and the high school dance teams. To date, we have raised over a million dollars and need your help to keep that number growing. Please join the St. Charles High School Dance Teams as we raise money to kick cancer.

This year’s event will take place on Friday, October 4th, 2024, at St. Charles North High School, prior to the start of the varsity football game between St. Charles North and St. Charles East. Local community members who help with fundraising will form a kick line alongside the dance team members and kick 100 times in an effort to raise money for these charities.

Link to donate and support! See you there!