RMS Knightly News

Our Honor the Castle September's theme is "Teamwork". This week's Mindset Monday Message quote for the week of Sept. 23rd states that “I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”― Mother Teresa

This week's mindset monday message for the week of Sept. 23rd 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

The Knight Shift in September- 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.

Remaining September Knight Shift Days are-

9/24- Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

9/26- Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

Our Fall conferences will take place next 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 appointments. More details on scheduling your conference appointments to come through an individual school messenger communication shared later this week.

Fraser Dept of Public Saftey is hosting their Firefighter Open House on Sunday, October 6th from 12:00pm-3:00pm. This event is completely free and will have activities including a bake sale.

Thank you RMS family for your continued support as we have surpassed our goal! Our fundraiser will continue through October 3rd. Final winners and raffle tickets will be shared after October 4th.

If you or somebody you know is interested in becoming a corporate sponsor, please reach out to Mrs. Skladanowski directly at Kristi.skladanowski@fraserk12.org.

Monday, 9/23 * N/A

Tuesday, 9/24 *Away FB games vs. Bemis Junior High *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, 9/25 * NJHS Meeting after school

Thursday, 9/26 *Knight Shift and Gaming Unplugged Club meets after school

* Volleyball is away at L'Anse Creuse Middle School Central. 7th grade game starts at 3:30pm and 8th grade game starts at 4:30pm

Friday, 9/27

Our Castle Crew Member of the week for September 16th and September 23rd pics willl be shared next week! We are grateful for our Knights efforts in honoring the castle!

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