Richmond R-XVI School District

In this week's Community Spartan Update: *Christmas toy drive December 18 *Early dismissal December 21 *No school December 22-January 4 *Winter sports/activity pictures *Holiday activity pictures *Pictures from each building Click on the link for the full edition. https://5il.co/1m6zd

Food Service would like to remind parents that meals in the Richmond R-XVI School District are no longer free this year. Students with negative balances will only be allowed to charge regular meals each day (every student eats), and they will be prohibited from purchasing items such as snacks, drinks and extra entrees. Only those students that have completed and qualified by filing out the Free and Reduced Food Service Application will receive reduced or free breakfasts and lunches. Even though a student may qualify for Free or Reduced meals, parents are still obligated to pay negative balances. Parents are strongly encouraged to check their students lunch balances and correct the negative balance by making a payment to their students account. Online payments can be set up on your parent portal through RevTrak. If you are unable to pay, you must apply for free and reduced meal benefits by submitting a paper application available to obtain and submit at the District office or your students building office. The application process only takes a few minutes. Newly approved applications will ONLY apply to future purchases of regular meals. Should you have any questions, please contact the Food Service Department at 816-776-6912.

In this week's update: *FFA Barnwarming *Upcoming Events; Choir & Band Concerts *Impact Grants *Sunrise Singers *Pictures from every building https://5il.co/1lte6

RMS Dance Date: December 16, 2022 Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Cost: $5.00 per person Location: RMS Commons Theme: Winter Wonderland Requirements for attendance: No behavior referrals the week of the dance and must be in attendance the day of. * DJ will provide music * Concessions will be available ( Student council is requesting donations for concessions) * Games will be available * Attire: school-appropriate Christmas clothing *Ugly Christmas Sweater Competition ~ sign-up to be in the competition (a sign-up sheet will be in RMS Commons before the dance) ~ voting will take place during the dance by attendees ~ a prize will be awarded to the winner

Check out the weekly Spartan Update. https://5il.co/1lifi *National Special Education Day *Upcoming events: Breakfast with Santa, Holiday Spirit, Husker Classic Tournament *RMS & Sunrise Honor Choirs *Pictures from every building

Reminder: Today is a full day of school. There will be no school November 23-25. Happy Thanksgiving!

In this week's Spartan Update: *Sunrise Singers *Thanksgiving celebrations *Guest Speakers at RHS *FFA Activities *Photos from every building *Upcoming events* No School Nov 23-25 Click on the link for the full edition. https://5il.co/1l14z Go Spartans!

Tonight's the Night! Star Wars Nerf Night from 6-8 pm at Sunrise Elementary. Bring your Nerf gun, and we will have the bullets. $5 for every person that comes through the door. Bring some extra cash for super fun raffle items. Due to the space limitations, we will only admit one parent/guardian per household. May the force be with you!

Star Wars Nerf Night is Friday, November 18. 6-8 pm at Sunrise Elementary for students preschool-5th grade. Cost is $5 per person (Cash Only). Don't forget extra cash for some super cool raffle items. You supply the nerf gun, and we have all the "regular" bullets. Due to the space limitations, we will only admit one parent/guardian per household. May the force be with you!

In this week's Spartan Update: *RHS Cheer 1st at competition *Veteran's Day celebrations *Richmond Education Foundation Grant Winners *FFA National Convention *NHS Induction *Photos from every building *Upcoming events Click on the link for the full edition. https://5il.co/1km8p Go Spartans!

Spartan Families: This letter is in response to a rumor of potential threats at Richmond Middle School. We want to make sure you have accurate information and dispel any rumors you may have heard about the incident. We wish to reassure our Spartan families that we have continued to conduct school following the rumored threats, in part, because of the effectiveness of the investigative work of the Richmond Police Department and the Richmond Middle School Administration. Click on the link for the full letter to families. https://5il.co/1kh4s

Spartan Families: This letter is in response to a rumor of potential threats at Richmond Middle School. We want to make sure you have accurate information and dispel any rumors you may have heard about the incident. We wish to reassure our Spartan families that we have continued to conduct school following the rumored threats, in part, because of the effectiveness of the investigative work of the Richmond Police Department and the Richmond Middle School Administration. Click on the link for the full letter to families. https://5il.co/1kh4s

In this week's Spartan Update: *5th Grade Choir Concert Photos *RHS production of Snow White & the Prince November 4-6 *No School Monday, November 7 for teacher in-service *RMS student council *RHS math field trip, trunk or treat, and class photos *Dear awards pictures Click on the link for the complete edition. https://5il.co/1k8tn Good luck tonight to the football team in district playoffs! Go Spartans!!

The Richmond Band Boosters is putting on a chili dinner and concert on November 1st at RMS. Dinner is at 5:30pm and the concert is at 6:30pm. All you can eat chili and desserts $10 for adults and $5 for students.

So many pictures are included in this week's edition of the Community Spartan Update. Click on the link for full edition. https://5il.co/1jujv Reminder that Parent Teachers conferences are today until 8:00 p.m. and October 27 from 8:00-12:00. There will be no school October 27, 28 & 31. Enjoy the fall break!

Today, a student from the middle school brought a toy weapon on the bus. Your student(s) may come home telling you about this and we wanted you to be aware should any questions arise. A search was performed by school administration and determined there was no threat at any time to your child’s safety. This was just a toy. We take your child’s safety very seriously – which is why we do not allow any object designed to look like or imitate a weapon, per school district policy: JFCJ. We feel that open and clear communications with parents and students is important to enhance our safety efforts. Please click on the link for the entire letter. https://5il.co/1jsvv

In this week's edition: *Red Ribbon Week *Upcoming events *Parent Teacher Conferences October 26 & 27 *Pictures from all buildings Click on the link for the full edition of the Community Spartan Update. https://5il.co/1jo9g

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Click on the link for the complete edition of the Community Spartan Update. https://5il.co/1j3jf In this week's edition: *Homecoming photos *Fall sports photos *Sophomore field trip to Sunrise to share books *Fire safety trailer *Photos from all buildings

Canned Food Drive Oct 4-12, bring 3 cans to get into a home HS sporting event for free!