RMS Knightly News

Our Honor the Castle theme for the month of September is "teamwork" . Our mindset monday message for the week of September 28th states "“Choose to make decisions that impact others positively.”

This week's Mindset Monday Message for the week of September 28th Click HERE.

Stay up to date by checking our School Website regularly:

Website: https://rms.fraser.k12.mi.us/

Email: huston.julian@fraserk12.org
Location: 33500 Garfield Road, Fraser, MI, USA

Hello RMS Families,

We are writing to inform you that if your child participated in M-STEP (Michigan’s statewide exam) in the Spring of 2026, you will be receiving the results of his/her performance today in your child's backpack. The M-STEP expects students to demonstrate critical thinking, problem-solving skills and to show their work in an age-appropriate way. In order to interpret your child’s score report, the Michigan Department of Education has created parent guides for every grade.

As we learn more about our district’s results, we will be able to make decisions that will help improve instruction. This is one measure of student achievement. We always use multiple measures to assess students in an ongoing way throughout the school year to identify student strengths, areas of need, and design instruction accordingly.

Please let us know if you have questions. Fraser Public Schools provides personalized instruction for our students in order to meet each child’s learning needs, and we appreciate your collaboration in that journey.

Sincerely,

Kate Mulligan
Director of Elementary Instruction

Kyle Ray
Director of Secondary Instruction

The Knight Shift after-school homework club (designated Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00pm-4:00pm in the media center).

*Students who attend the Knight Shift must arrange for transportation home after 4pm. Students should sign up at the link below.

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. To attend the Knight Shift for the week of Sept 28th, you must sign up on the weekly link found- HERE

September Knight Shift dates:

Tuesday, 9/29/26

October Knight Shift dates:

Thursday, 10/1/26

Tuesday, 10/6/26

Thursday, 10/8/26

Tuesday, 10/13/26

Tuesday, 10/20/26

Thursday, 10/22/26

Tuesday, 10/27/26

Thursday, 10/29/26

This week our 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams continue their fall season with a home contest on Thursday. A jotfrom sign up email was sent to our parents' email as of Friday Sept. 25th at 6:35pm. Please complete the form by no later than Thursday, October 1st at 1pm for your knight to attend the either or both home games. If your knight is attending the game(s) continue reading below for our RMS game attendance protocol.

We thank our families for partnering with us to ensure our athletic events remain enjoyable for all. We look forward to cheering on our teams together throughout each seasons.

Game Attendance Protocol- The process ensures that all of our middle school students and families understand the expectations for attending games. Our goal is to provide a safe, positive, and family-friendly environment for everyone in attendance.

What students need to attend:

1. Student Identification-
   Students must bring a physical school ID in order to attend the event. Digital copies or photos are not accepted. Virtual students need to set up a time to come to RMS and have a picture taken for their student ID. Please call the main office to set up a time.

2. Parent/Guardian Registration-
   A parent/guardian must complete the JotForm registration by 1:00 pm the day of the event. This form helps us maintain accurate records and ensure accountability. If the form is not completed, the students are not permitted to enter the event. One form can be completed for any games scheduled for that designated week.

3. Behavior Expectations-
   Students are expected to represent our school with positive behavior and sportsmanship. If a student misbehaves, they may be asked to leave. In this situation, the parent/guardian who signed the student in is responsible for leaving with the student.

4. Students are expected to be engaged in the event and not disrupt the other spectators. (ie: running, inappropriate language, etc)

5. These guidelines are in place to promote safety, accountability, and school spirit. We appreciate our families support in reinforcing these expectations with their student before attending.

   
   

For the week of Oct. 5th, we will continue are Second Step lessons in seminar around learning form obstacles with 7th graders and the science behind motivation with our 8th graders.

We want to thank our RMS families and friends for your continued amount of support and generosity. We are in the final stretch of our color run fundraiser which ends on Satruday, Oct. 4th The attached image is of our current stats through Friday, Sept. 25th.

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.

1. Fraser spectators must sit in the designated HOME Bleachers

2. At NO time is it appropriate for SPECTATORS/STUDENTS to call out/chant opposing players names or numbers or yell at officials during the game. Spectators will be removed from the contest if necessary.

3. Our students are to remain in the bleachers (not permitted to stand or sit on the floor) when cheering during an event/contest.

4. Spectators/students will be removed from the facility if they interfere with the play of the game/officials/coaches/players or school personnel.

5. Richards Middle School students need to present their student ID at the entrance point and can not be our citizenship list

6. Students may not bring outside food or drinks into the school or stadium.

7. No outside balls or noise makers that are not pre-approved by administration

8. Students are expected to sit in the bleachers and not hang out in the hallways, Athletic Entrance, Stadium entrance or open areas inside the stadium.

9. Students are not to sit in or walk over to the Visiting Teams Bleachers

10. In the event that a student is asked to leave a game, the parent or the guardian will be asked to take that student home.

11. Once a student/spectator exits the athletic facilities, they will not be permitted to re-enter.

12. Students not representing schools competing in that day's contest will not be permitted into the Fraser HS/MS athletic facilities.

13. Spectators/students are to exhibit Sportsmanship at all time, cheer positively and support all those individuals involved in the event you are attending.

14. Respect all officials at all times as the number of officials available is declining. Don't be a reason why an official will not work a Fraser event in the future.

As always, the safety of our staff, students, and families remains our top priority. These additional measures will support our students in making good choices and create a safe environment for all to enjoy the event. We encourage our families and students to take advantage of these athletic events. We can come together with our school community and reconnect with family and friends. Fraser is a special place and our athletic events allow our community to celebrate the rich history and tradition of our schools.

REQUIRED PAPERWORK for all FPS sports

All students must hand in a completed MHSAA Physical dated after April 15, 2025.

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1746447368/fraserk12mius/jmt8k83bgpbjgzi7cfzp/sportsphysicalform.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.

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