Richmond Elementary E-News

We look forward to a great year and welcoming our families in at school supply drop off on the 12th from 4-6 p.m. and then school on the 14th! Enjoy your last summer weekend!

The first day of school is Wednesday, August 14th. Doors open at 8:50 a.m. All students will enter through door #14.

Parents may NOT enter the building on the first day of school. Please take pictures outside of the building.

The elementary day will be from 9:05 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. We will have early release one time per month with a dismissal time of 2:35 p.m.

Below are the arrival and dismissal procedures for this school year. Please contact us if you have any questions to ensure a smooth first day. On backpack night on August 12th you will confirm your child's mode of transportation with their teacher.

If you have a change in transportation, such as your child regularly rides the bus, but you will be picking them up one day, please call the main office at (331) 228-2800. We will take care of notifying the teacher.

A huge thank you to our PTO for sending our school supply lists to Walmart, Target and Meijer. You can make shopping easy for school supplies this year with just a few clicks! See the links below to shop. Thank you PTO!

Here are the links to the lists on the individual store sites:

Walmart - https://www.walmart.com/lists/back-to-school/classes/21289

Target - https://www.target.com/c/school-office-supplies/-/N-5xsxr (you will still need to enter the zip code and then select Richmond and then the lists will pop up in a sidebar)

Meijer - https://www.meijer.com/shopping/school-supply-list/select-class.html?schoolId=21289

Parents - please label backpacks, lunchboxes, water bottles, coats, etc. This will help us return lost items!

As you are busy preparing for the new school year, please review the student handbook with regards to electronic device use at school. If you would like more information on our student handbook, please click HERE.

All school purchases take place through Pushcoin.

Kinder families: It was a pleasure meeting you at Kinder Orientation. I wanted to include the PRESENTATION in case you would like to reference it. It was so wonderful meeting our little learners and we are excited for them to join our school.

Dear Future Kindergarten Parents,

All PHYSICALS, IMMUNIZATIONS, and VISION EXAMS ARE DUE BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

After the first day of school these forms will be overdue and not in compliance with state of Illinois requirements. DENTAL is not due until later this year. Please get those in as soon as you can. Dental exams must be completed within 18 months prior to May 15, 2025.

All of the forms are linked here for your convenience or you can go to the District Website and find them in the parent section under Forms. We will be sending home letters to the students who have missing medical records after Labor Day weekend.

Please reach out if you have any questions. Feel free to send any communication, including health forms, to ric-nurses@d303.org to ensure that all of our Richmond Nurses receive this important information. The health office direct line is 331-228-2804.

Nurse LeeAnna, Nurse Jenny, Nurse Linda and Nurse Catherine

Your Richmond Health Team

Richmond students and families can come to the building and drop off school supplies, meet the teacher and verify your child’s mode of transportation to and from school. We hope to see you there!