Wildcat Weekly
August Edition
🐾✨ Week One SUCCESS ✨🐾
We are thrilled to share that our first days back have been filled with energy, smiles, and a strong start to the year! Students have jumped right into learning, building friendships, and settling into new routines. Our teachers and staff are so proud of how quickly everyone has adjusted and how eager our Wee Wildcats are to shine. Thank you, families, for your partnership in making our return to school such a success—we can’t wait to see all the growth and joy this year will bring!
With gratitude,
Cassandra Cooper
Principal, RHPS
🐘🐾🦓 News You Can Use 🦁🐾🐯
Essential Information
- School Hours: 8:20 AM - 3:20 PM
- Student Arrival:
- Drop-off will begin at 7:50 AM
- Students should be dropped off no later than 8:15 AM to ensure they are in their classrooms and ready to learn by 8:20 AM.
- If a student arrives after car line drop-off has ended, a parent/guardian must sign them in at the front office.
- The Tardy Bell will ring at 8:20 AM.
- Student Dismissal:
- Dismissal will begin at 3:20 PM.
- Students should be picked up via carline no later than 3:40 PM
- Any dismissal changes must be communicated with front office staff and your child's homeroom teacher. Updates can be made by parents using the PikMyKid parent app.
- Charity Kehoe - Administrative Assistant: ckehoe@bryan.k12.ga.us
- Meal Prices:
- Breakfast - students $2.50
- Lunch - students $3.75 (elementary) and $4.00 (middle/high)/visitors $5.25
🍦🍨 One Scoop, Two Scoops, Three Scoops More! 🍨🍦
Never worry about hunting down a $1 bill in your purse or four quarters in your change drawer! Pay now and forget about it! Grab this opportunity while it lasts and enjoy peace of mind all year long! ✅🍦😋
🐾💛 Wildcat Swag is HERE! 💛🐾
Our newest line of spirit wear is here and ready to help you celebrate all things Wildcat! Sales are live and close Friday, August 15th. Order yours today!
🌿 Safari Stop: August SEL Adventure 🐾
Our school counselors are excited to share a new monthly newsletter highlighting our Social Emotional Learning (SEL) focus of the month. Each issue will give families tools and tips to help our Wee Wildcats grow strong hearts and minds.
🦒 Swing by this month’s newsletter and see what August’s SEL adventure is all about!
🚗🚙🛑 Carline Updates 🛑🚙🚗
Thank you all for your patience as we have navigated regional delays with PikMyKid. Your flexibility and support mean the world to us!
Please see the reminders below regarding car line:
- Please ensure your car is in park when receiving or dropping off your student in carline. This will ensure all vehicles and Wee Wildcats are safe.
- Please utilize the appropriate route to car line in the afternoon. If you are not picking up a student at RHE or GWC, you must enter carline via Maple Street.
- Please have your student unbuckled and ready to depart the vehicle during arrival. We are attempting to unload all vehicles by 8:15.
🚗🚙🚗 Traffic Patterns for Arrival and Dismissal 🚗🚙🚗
Please note, in an effort to alleviate some of the congestion on Frances Meeks Way, changes to our traffic patterns have been made. Please reach out with any questions. Thank you!
Bus Drop Off Policy
The Bryan County Schools (BCS) transportation guidelines are available at the link below. These policies went into effect last year and will remain in place for the upcoming school year:
🐾 Meet the Wildcats! 🐾
RHHS is proud to host this year's Meet the Wildcats event at the stadium of the beautiful new high school campus! Join us this Saturday from 9-11 AM !
📆 Upcoming Events 📆
Dates to Remember:
- August 15: Spirit Wear Sale Closes
- August 15: Spirit Day - Wear your black and gold! 🐾✨🐾
- August 15: Ice Cream Sale
- August 16: Meet the Wildcats at RHHS 9:00-11:00 AM
- August 22: Ice Cream Sale 🍦
- August 29: Ice Cream Sale 🍦
- September 1: Labor Day (No School)
- September 2: Student Holiday (No School)
- September 5: Ice Cream Sale 🍦
- September 3-19: Charleston Wrap Fundraiser
- September 8-12: Lunch Guests
- September 9: RHPS Curriculum Night 5:00-7:00 PM
- September 12: Ice Cream Sale 🍦
- September 15: Dot Day
- September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day
- September 19: Ice Cream Sale 🍦
- September 19-October 3: Read-a-Thon
- September 25: Farm Day
- September 26: Fall Picture Day
- September 26: Ice Cream Sale 🍦
Lunch Guests
- All visitors must be approved contacts on the student's white card
- All guests will be required to sign in at the reception table and wear a visitor's badge while on campus.
- We are only able to accommodate one lunch guest per child per week due to space limitations.
- All visitors will eat with their child at a designated area in the lunchroom. Due to space and safety, only your child will be permitted to eat lunch with you. Other students will not be permitted to join lunch with you.
- No outside food will be permitted during your visit.
- Please ensure you review the schedule closely for designated weeks. We will only be able to accommodate lunch guests on the scheduled weeks listed below.
Richmond Hill Primary School
Email: ccooper@bryan.k12.ga.us
Website: https://www.bryan.k12.ga.us/o/rhps
Address: 471 Frances Meeks Way, Richmond Hill, GA 31324
Phone: 912-459-5080
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RHPrimarySchool