6th Grade Night at RMS
Dear Future RMS Knight(s) Families,
On behalf of our staff at Richards Middle School, we would like to formally invite you and your child to Richards Middle School on the evening of Thursday, February 20th at 6:00pm.
The purpose of this evening is to introduce you and your child to their future school, a glimpse into the selective curricular courses we offer, and a tour of the 7th grade subject areas/selective designated classrooms. Our 6th-grade parents and guardians will meet in the RMS gymnasium to start their night while our 6th-grade students will meet in the cafeteria. Our parents and guardians of students who have IEP’s can visit our ASC room in room 105 starting at 6:40pm to meet with members of RMS SE team.
Our 6th grade night presentation will start promptly at 6:00pm. Our parents’ presentation will be in the gym to hear an opening message from our RMS admin. team, listen to informational presentations, meet our core subject academic department heads, and have an opportunity to see our 7th grade academic classrooms. Our students will be grouped by schools in the cafeteria to start their presentations of our selectives offerings. Our goal is to provide you and your child with an understanding of our RMS vision and mission statements through our academic and social emotional supports and experiences during the middle school years.
6th Grade Parent Night Schedule and Information
Our RMS counselors will visit each elementary classroom either Monday, February 24th, Tuesday, February 25th, and Wednesday, February 26th to assist our 6th grade students in filling out their schedule forms. Our 6th grade students will return their schedule requests to their 6thgrade teacher on their school designated date.
Our RMS Counselors will again help with inputting the course requests at the elementary schools March 3rd through March 5th.
Sincerely,
Mr. Huston Julian
Proud Principal of Richards Middle School
Parking Lot Reminders!
A FEW REMINDERS:
* Please remember that the drop-off lane is not for parked cars.
* The bus loop is for buses only!
* If you want to walk your child to their door, please park in a parking spot and walk up together.
* The church graciously allows us to use their parking lot. Please do not park in reserved spaces.
Thank you for helping to create a safe parking lot for all our students!
Canvas- Parent Access
All Fraser classroom teachers provide instruction, resources, activities, and assessments to students utilizing the Canvas LMS. As a result, students have continuous access to the course materials and information regarding their achievement.
Parents/Guardians can also have continuous access to their student’s course materials and grades in Canvas by creating a parent/observer account. In addition, parents of multiple students can easily switch between their students to view grades and assignments within the same parent account.
All sign up information and resources are provided on the Fraser website.
Important reminders when using Canvas:
- Canvas works best in Chrome
- Please do not install the Canvas app (for parents or students). We are not supporting it as our staff and students are utilizing the web-based version of Canvas and it looks and works differently.
- If you signed up and paired with your students last year, you still have access to those students and their new courses this year.
- If you need to add more students to your account this year, please follow the directions provided below.
- If you have forgotten your password, you can use the Forgot Password? link on the parent sign in page. Then, enter the email address you used to set up the account to receive a password reset email.
- If you have forgotten the email you used, please reach out to Kim Keith, Kimberly.keith@fraserk12.org, for additional assistance.
Downloadable directions are linked below. In addition, helpful videos and walk-throughs may be found linked HERE.
READY OR NOT- THE COLD WEATHER IS HERE!
The snow has arrived, which is great fun for the kids at recess! This means students will need proper snow gear to be permitted to play in the snow at recess. Please be sure to send your child to school dressed for the weather and with boots and snow pants each day.
In addition, please take time to label each and every item to help keep our lost and found to a minimum. All items that have a name on them will be returned the same day they are lost.
Please note that, per Board Policy, we will be having outdoor morning lineup and heading outdoors for our 25 minute recess(es) if the windchill is 10+ degrees.
Time outdoors is time well spent for kids, in all seasons
Charlie the Therapy Dog
Charlie has made visits to Salk the last couple of years with great success. Students are happy to see him and he really brightens the mood. Charlie will make his next visit in March.
Charlie's purpose is to ease student's anxieties and increase positive emotions. We do not want his presence to cause fear or anxiety. As a reminder, parents have the ability to opt out of having their student interact with Charlie. If you DO NOT want your student to be around Charlie, then please fill out the opt out form linked here.
For the safety of students with allergies and Charlie, he will not be in the lunch room. Charlie will also remain out of classrooms in which parents have a student who opt out. Charlie will be under my supervision and kept on a leash at all times.
Rules for Interacting with Charlie:
Use calm bodies and inside voices when around Charlie.
Always ask before petting Charlie.
Don't take food around Charlie/feed Charlie
Free Meals for All
Although not required, we do ask that families complete the Education Benefit Form located HERE. By doing so you help ensure the school receives additional funding.
Save the Date
2/17 - 2/18 - Mid Winter Break
2/20 - 6th Grade Family Night - RMS
2/21 - Winter Wellness Night - FHS
2/25 - Early Release - 1:30 Dismissal
2/27 - 2/28 - Half Days - Records - 12:00 Dismissal
2/28 - Salk Glow Party (6-8, Richards Middle School)
Access the full District Calendar HERE at any time!