Richmond Elementary E-News

Please see a message from Ron Keres from our author visit. Thanks Ron for the awesome visit!

Hey parents and guardians of Richmond Elementary,

It was an absolute pleasure to meet all of your kids on Wednesday at my author visit! It sounded like they all had a blast, and I hope they came home excited.

If you did not have a chance to order books or would like to order more, all books purchased from ronkeres.com/shop are personally signed and shipped by me. You can also use the code FROGSHIP for free shipping on any order over $30. Alternatively, all of my books are available at Barnes and Noble (signed) at the Commons or on Amazon (unsigned).

You can also enter your email on the website and get free Finn the frog coloring and activity sheets emailed to you. If you have any questions, you can email me directly at author@ronkeres.com.

Thanks!

Ron

The Illinois State Report Card released school summative designations today. I am pleased to announce that Richmond Elementary has received the highest designation: Exemplary! Congratulations to our Richmond community! How schools get a designation is an average of growth and proficiency. Then that designation can be elevated by additional factors. Those include EL Progress, Consistent Attendance and the 5-essentials Climate Survey. Both EL Progress and the Climate Survey (5-essentials student survey), we received the highest designation of Exemplary. For consistent attendance, we are 4% away from receiving the highest designation. In order to receive an exemplary designation in this area, we need over 88% of our students to be present 90% of the year or more. That means students cannot miss more than 18 days in a school year. We wanted to make our parents aware of this and ask for your partnership to help promote positive attendance for our students. Please see flyer below for some tips and info on building good attendance at school. Thank you for your partnership!

We are so thrilled that Richmond has earned Exemplary status on the Illinois School Report Card! We know that maintaining this success and continuing to grow takes a strong partnership between school and home.

Below, you’ll find a graphic outlining Richmond’s three Continuous Improvement Goals for this school year, along with simple ways you can support your child’s learning and help us reach these goals at home. Thank you for being such an important part of our Richmond school community!

Please click HERE for a detailed letter with more information including parent overview and resources.

Richmond will be observing Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11th. We invite our Veterans (and 1 family member/guest) to come to Richmond at 9:15 a.m. to enjoy a complimentary breakfast, followed by an all school assembly at 10 a.m. We will put together a video that we will show at our assembly and email out to families after the assembly. We need your help! We would love to include pictures of our Veterans in our presentation. Please reach out to family members and direct them to this FORM to be included in our video!

Please fill out one form for each veteran attending. You can also call the main office at (331) 228-2800 to RSVP.

The PTO has various ways we communicate our updates, information, and events.

- You can always find our updates in the weekly Richmond E-News.

- Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @RichmondElementarySchoolPTO

- Sign up up on our free website and mobile app Membership Toolkit. This is the platform and website the PTO will be using moving forward so make sure you are signed up!

We still have openings on several PTO committees, and we would love your help! The PTO's success depends on the support and involvement of our Richmond community.

Whether you can volunteer occasionally or take on a leadership role, please consider joining a committee and helping make our events and programs successful.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D48A8AE2DABFECF8-65031421-2026