RMS Knightly News

Our Honor the Castle October's theme is "Responsibility". This week's Mindset Monday Message quote for the week of Sept. 30th states that “Choose to make decisions that impact others positively.”

This week's mindset monday message for the week of Sept. 30th 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

Fall Count Day in Michigan is on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. The State School Aid Act requires Michigan schools to participate in School Count Day twice a year, in the fall and spring. The number of students enrolled on or before the count day determines how much state funding schools and districts receive. Fall Count Day is considered the most important because it accounts for 90% of state funding, while Spring Count Day accounts for 10%. If your knight is going to absent any day, please make sure to call our attendance office to verify this absence at our attendance line 586.439.7490.

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.

October Knight Shift Days are-

10/1 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

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

10/8 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

10/15 - Tuesday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

10/17 - Thursday: 3:05pm-4:00pm

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

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

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

Hello RMS Families and Knights,

We want our Knights to be successful in school, and that means supporting and encouraging their

whole development. While excelling in academic classes is important, students also need skills for

learning challenges, making good decisions, handling strong emotions, and getting along with others.

This week (and through the school year during designated seminar Wednesdays), we’ll begin Second Step® Middle School, a research-based social-emotional learning program designed to improve students’ social-emotional skills, such as emotion management, impulse control, problem solving, and empathy. Second Step skills and concepts are designed to help students both in and out of school.

These include:

Mindsets and Goals: Students learn how to develop a growth mindset and apply research-

based goal-setting strategies to their social and academic lives.

Recognizing Bullying and Harassment: Students learn how to recognize bullying and

harassment, stand up safely to bullying, and respond appropriately to harassment.

Thoughts, Emotions, and Decisions: Students learn how to recognize strong emotions

and unhelpful thoughts, and apply strategies to manage their emotions and reduce stress.

Managing Relationships and Social Conflict: Students learn strategies for developing

and maintaining healthy relationships, perspective-taking, and dealing with conflict.

If you have any questions about Second Step® Middle School, please don’t hesitate to contact

me for more information. Thank you for your support as we work to build a safe and supportive

school community as we honor the castle

Introduction session to Second Step for 7th and 8th graders-

Summary

This week’s lesson for the week of 9-30-24 will show our Knights how Second Step® Middle School can help them navigate physical, social, and emotional changes as a middle school student.

Home connecting question to share with your Knight about this week's topic- Have a conversation with your Knight about what you felt was the most difficult part of being an middle schooler. Ask your Knight about any changes they’ve noticed in friends and what they think about these changes.

Sincerely,

Mr. Julian

Our Fall conferences will take place 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 meeting session as follows:

Virtual Session 1: 1:00pm to 1:30pm

Virtual Session 2: 7:25pm to 8:00pm

F2F Session 1: 1:45pm to 4:00pm

F2F Session 2: 5:00pm to 7:15pm

Registration is now open and will close at 3pm on Wednesday, October 9, 2024.

Face to Face conferences are by appointment only and you will meet with the teacher at their classroom at your appointment time.

Virtual appointments will be held using GoToMeeting. At your appointment time, you will receive the link to connect to the meeting at the email address you entered when booking the appointment.

You can sign up for conferences using this link: https://ps.fraser.misd.net/public.

· Once you sign into PowerSchool with your parent account, you will see the applications icon in the upper right corner.

· To view instructions for using the SchoolSoft Conference Manager, click here: SchoolSoft Instructions.

· If you have no concerns with your child’s progress in a class, you do not have to schedule a conference with that teacher at this time.

· To sign up for fall conferences, you must have a PowerSchool parent account. If you do not have an account yet, please create one here: https://ps.fraser.misd.net/public.

· Problems accessing your PowerSchool account? Complete this form to request a conference with your student's teachers: Please Click Here

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, 9/30 * Volleyball is away at Wyandot Middle School. 7th grade game starts at 3:30pm and 8th grade game starts at 4:30pm

Tuesday, 10/1 *Away FB games vs. L'Anse Creuse MS North *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, 10/2 * N/A

Thursday, 10/3 *Be NICE Club will meet during Lunch/Seminar * Knight Shift, Student Council, and Gaming Unplugged Club will meet after school.

* Volleyball is home vs L'Anse Creuse Middle School South. 7th and 8th grade both play at 4:00pm

* Cross County is away vs Dakota Middle School

Friday, 10/4 N/A

Our Castle Crew Members of the week for September 16th and September 23rd! We are grateful for our Knights efforts throughout the month of September and showing great teamwork with our staff and peers.

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