RMS Knightly News

Our Honor the Castle January's theme is having "a growth mindset”. This week’s message for January 13th states “It always seems impossible until it's done”.

This week's mindset monday message for the week of January 13th 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 1-13-25- Emotions Matter

Summary: In this week’s lesson, our 7th grade knights will learn how their brain handles strong emotions and brainstorm positive and negative decisions they might make when they feel a strong emotion.

At home question to ask your Knight: Ask your knight about a negative decision they recently made because they were feeling a strong emotion. Help them think about how they can turn that negative decision into a positive one if they feel that emotion again.

8th grade Second Step Lesson topic for the week of 1-13-25- Understanding Stress and Anxiety

Summary: In this week’s lesson, our 8th grade knights will examine how they feel, what thoughts they have, and how their body responds when they’re stressed.

At home question to ask your Knight: Ask your knight what they do or feel when they’re stressed. These signs will help you notice when your child is stressed, so you can ask them how to help or support them.

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.

January Knight Shift Days are-

1/14 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

1/16 - Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

1/21 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

1/23 - Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

1/28 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

1/30 - Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

This Friday,1-17-25 is a Lions' Spirit Day for our students and staff to show our support for the Detroit Lions by wearing your favorite Lions gear or Honolulu Blue and Silver attire.

The Fraser Dance team will once again be sponsoring their annual Dance Clinic for students in grades K-12.

Sign up now to reserve a spot for your child and to assure that they will have a t-shirt.

Cost: $50 per student

Signup at: Schoolpay.com

by 1/16/25

Practice

Saturday, January 18th

9:00 – 11:00 am

Fraser High School Cafeteria

(please enter the cafeteria off of Klein Road)

Performance

Tuesday, January 28th

Halftime of Girls Varsity Basketball Game

7:00 pm

(report to the HS Athletic entrance by 6:45 pm to check in)

See flyer attached below:

2025 FDT Camp Flyer [80].png

If you have any questions, please email

fdtvarsity@gmail.com

All girls interested in trying out for either the

7th Grade or 8th Grade

Girls Basketball team, tryout dates and times are listed below.

We ask that if you are planning on trying out, use the link below to register:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11lL9_AeM9pRfSdBZoPJ7f1FXS6ZZICDyimS5AvXVNCo/preview

Tryout Schedule:

Tuesday Jan. 21st

7th Grade

3:00 – 4:30 pm

8th Grade

4:15 – 6:00 pm

Richards MS gym

Wednesday, Jan. 22nd

7th Grade

3:00 – 4:30 pm

8th Grade

4:30 – 6:00 pm

Richards MS gym

Thursday, Jan. 23rd

7th Grade

3:00 – 4:30 pm

8th Grade

4:30 – 6:00 pm

Richards MS gym

7th Grade Head Coach: Michael Cunningham

Email: Michael.cunningham@fraserk12.org

8th Grade Head Coach: Carmelita Bambrick

Email: Carmelita.bambrick@fraserk12.org

REQUIRED PAPERWORK THAT MUST BE TURNED IN PRIOR TO PARTICIPATING IN TRYOUTS

1. All students planning on trying out MS Girls Basketball 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

1. All students must also sign in to Arbiter Sports and complete the on line student registration.

https://students.arbitersports.com/organizations/1430/programs

If either of these forms are not completed, student will be withheld from participation until both forms have been submitted.

The RMS staff and students would like to thank our Fraser School Board members for all of their time and efforts to support; learning and growth with our Knights throughout the school year!

Mr. Scott Wallace, President

Mr. Todd Koch, Vice President

Mrs. Robyn Norbeck, Treasurer

Mr. Dan Stawinski, Secretary

Mrs. Rebecca Jensen, Trustee

Mrs. Abigail Wasil, Trustee

Monday, 1/13 * Boys basketball is away against Romeo Middle School. 7th grade will play at 3:30pm and 8th grade will play at 5:00pm

Tuesday, 1/14 * Style Statement Fashion Club and Knight Shift will meet after school.

Wednesday, 1/15 * Boys basketball is home against New Haven Middle School. 7th grade will play at 3:30pm and 8th grade will play at 5:00pm. Green Team will meet after school.

Thursday, 1/16 * Be Nice will meet during lunch and seminar. Boys basketball is home against Romeo Middle School. 7th grade will play at 3:30pm and 8th grade will play at 5:00pm. Gaming Unplugged, Animation Club, and Knight Shift will meet after school.

Friday, 1/17 * Animation club will meet after school.

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