Richmond Middle School

November 5, 2021 Parents/Guardians: Today, we practiced an intruder drill in the Middle School building. Your students may come home telling you about this and we wanted you to be aware should any questions arise. There was no threat at any time to your child’s safety, as this was just a drill. We take your child’s safety very seriously – which is why we practice situations such as this drill, in order to be better prepared, should an incident occur. We wish to reassure our Spartan families that we have continued to conduct school with very little interruption to your child’s day. This drill was conducted in conjunction with the Richmond Police Department. We feel that open and clear communications with parents and students is important to enhance our safety efforts.This is also an opportunity for family dialogue around the importance of preparing for the unexpected. Thank you for your understanding and your continued support of the Richmond School district. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please feel free to call the Middle School office at 816-776-5841. Sincerely, Ms. Fleckenstine Mrs. Logan Principal Assistant Principal

The 7th & 8th grade band concert has been rescheduled for November 2nd at 6:30 at the Middle School.

Middle school girls open gym basketball practice has been cancelled!

RMS Band Fundraiser Items will arrive tomorrow October 14th. Students who had several items ordered may need to arrange other transportation.

The location for the MS football game tonight has been moved to Woodson Field: 710 East Main Street Richmond, MO 64085.

In this week's edition of the Community Spartan Update: *Upcoming Events *Teacher Impact Grant Recipients *Pictures of this week's events in each building Click on the link for the full version. https://5il.co/108oy

Tomorrow's (10/7) volleyball match vs. Lawson will now be played in Lawson due to a lack of transportation availability for Lawson. We will play C started at 4:30, followed by B and then A. Go Spartans!

In this week's edition of the Community Spartan Update: *Homecoming parade *No school October 4 for teacher in-service *Community donation to Dear Elementary *Classroom & activity photos from all buildings Please click on the link for the full edition. https://5il.co/zwfz

🏐There is no MS volleyball game tonight in Richmond.🏐

Middle school sports notes: 🥎Softball will only play 1 game tonight starting at 4:30. The game will be played at Perkins Park in Plattsburg🥎 🏈Tonight’s football game has been moved to Dear Elementary.🏈

It’s Homecoming this week and we would like to show our Spartan Spirit by taking the Middle School students over to the High School for the Pep Assembly. Students will have the opportunity to watch and participate in some pep assembly activities. Students will be shuttled over just before 11:00 by bus, and shuttled back over to the middle school around noon for lunch. Per the federal mandate, any students riding a bus must wear a facemask for the duration of the bus ride. If you wish for your student to stay at the middle school and not be bussed over to participate in the pep assembly, please contact the middle school office at 816-776-5841. LET’S GO SPARTANS!

We ask for our Spartan families' help to stop recent actions at Richmond High and Middle School. Students have begun to follow trends that encourage theft of items from school and destruction of school property. Items in the bathrooms have been vandalized and destroyed. Click on the link for the full letter to parents. https://5il.co/z3c9

RMS PICTURE DAY is Thursday September 2nd! To order online go to INTER-STATE.COM/ORDER and use code: 59854PB

RMS Parents/Guardians: The 7th/8th grade football practice for Monday August 30th is now after-school. There will be no morning practice tomorrow.

🏃‍♂️Middle school cross country will practice tomorrow at 7am at the high school track. 🏃‍♀️

Middle School practice starts Monday (9/16). All athletes must have a practice card in order to practice. Practice cards can be obtained from the high school office with a current physical and a completed sports packet (located on the athletics website or in the high school office). The following are practice times to start the week: Softball- We will start practice on the 16th. We will practice on the 16th 17th 19th and 20th will be from 3:30-5:30 pm. On the 18th we will have practice from 3:30-4:30. We will practice on the softball field by the middle school. Football- Practice will start a 3:00 at the middle school. Volleyball- 3:30 I’m the middle school gym.

Couple of Reminders and Announcements! Middle School schedules are currently being made. The schedule you see in PowerSchool has not been finalized and is subject to change. Open house is August 18th 430-730pm. No appointment needed. A Parent meeting for 6th grade parents and new student parents will be held open house night at 7pm. 8th graders need a TDAP and Menigittis immunization before start of school. Any and all students riding the bus will need to complete a new bus form by August 17th to take effect the first day of school. If you have not completed the online enrollment, please do so as soon as possible!

A few middle school updates! If you have a student entering 8th grade this year they will need a TDAP and Menigittis immunization. Those can be provided at the health department and must have prior to the first day of school. 7th and 8th grade Football practice will begin August 16th at the middle school from 3:30-5pm. Have your athlete dressed in P.E type clothes, cleats and have practice cards. Physicals and athletic packets can be turned in to the high school where practice cards will be issued.

7th & 8th grade girls interested in playing softball, there will be a mandatory player and parent meeting on Tuesday July 27th at 6 pm at the softball field behind south view pool. If you are unable to attend, please email head coach Ashley Hoy at ahoy@richmondspartans.org for information.

Attention 7/8th grade basketball parents, please use Business 10 to drop off and pick up at Sunrise today. The 210 Hwy entrance is closed.