Richmond Elementary E-News

Dear Parents,

Our 5th graders will be setting academic goals after completing their winter i-Ready assessment. The purpose of this process is to help students reflect on their progress, understand their strengths, and identify specific areas they want to grow in during the second half of the year.

I will be meeting individually with each student to learn more about them as a learner and to discuss the goals they’ve selected. These conversations help students take ownership of their learning and build confidence in their ability to improve.

How you can support at home:

• Ask your child to share the goals they set and why they chose them.

• Encourage them to talk about what strategies they think will help them succeed.

• Help them build simple routines at home—such as reading regularly or practicing math facts—that align with their goals.

• Celebrate their effort and progress along the way.

I’m very excited to meet with your child and continue supporting their growth!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Simoncelli-Bulak

CogAT reports will go home in student's backpacks on Friday, December 12th.

November 2025

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The second i-Ready diagnostic assessment is scheduled to be taken between December 1st and December 12th. This is a mid-year check on how students are progressing towards their growth goal. Your school will provide you with more specific days as to when your child will take their assessments. After the diagnostic assessments, your child will receive an update to their lessons assigned under the personalized pathway (MyPath).

What should I know and expect as a parent/guardian?

• Computer adaptive assessments are designed to determine what standards students know and don’t know yet.

• Remind your child they will see questions they might not know the answer to and some easier questions. This is expected. We need to know what they do know and do not know yet.

• The purpose of the i-Ready diagnostic is not to give your child a score or grade, but to determine how to best support their learning.

Thank you for your continued support and for being a partner in your child’s learning. We look forward to sharing information with you throughout the year. If you have any questions about i-Ready, please do not hesitate to contact me, your principal, or your child’s teachers. You can also learn more about i-Ready by visiting https://sites.google.com/d303.org/i-readyresources/home.

The For Families diagnostic results report is now easily accessible from your child’s i-Ready dashboard upon completion of their diagnostics. In lieu of being backpacked home, this will be considered the primary method for providing these results to you. *Please click here for directions on how to access the report. You may contact your child’s school if a hard copy of the report needs to be provided to you.

*Please note: The code for accessing reports is only good for the current school year, and current year reports. Once the school year is over the code no longer works and access to the current year reports ends, so please print or download your student’s report as soon as possible after testing is completed. The instructions will be updated each year with a new code.

Sincerely,

David Chiszar

Executive Director of Assessment and Accountability

Before you toss those Amazon mailers and plastic shopping bags, help us turn them into something amazing!!!! We’re getting closer to earning our Trex bench with every bag you send in!

As the holiday season kicks into gear, don’t throw away all those Amazon mailers, shopping bags, and plastic packaging that seem to pile up this time of year. Instead, donate them to Richmond for our Bags to Benches Recycling Challenge!

Our students have already collected 372.78 pounds of plastic which is amazing progress toward our goal of 1,000 pounds to earn a Trex bench made from recycled materials. We are currently 627 pounds away, and every bag truly makes a difference.

All classrooms have collection bins, and we appreciate your help sending in clean, dry, food-free plastic bags and film throughout the month.

Thank you for supporting our Student Council and helping Richmond recycle with purpose this holiday season!

Hi! We have some important news about your child’s health!

Our school has arranged for a dental team to come right to the school.

They do a cleaning, dental screening, fluoride and sealants. If you have insurance, please fill out the information and we will have the dentist run it through insurance. There is no charge if you have Medicaid/AllKids but they do need your child’s recipient ID number.

By seeing the in-school dentist, you can keep your child healthy, in school, and learning.

Plus, it’s easy and convenient for you.

Simply go to www.myschooldentist.com or fill out and sign the permission form coming home this week in your student’s backpack and return it to the school with your child.

Please return the completed and signed form by Jan 6, 2026.

Please join the St. Charles North Music Department for the 2025 Constellation Concert on December 11th! This is a festive, family-friendly event that features all of the music groups at SCN along with small group ensembles. There is no better way to get in the holiday spirit!

Showtimes at 6pm and 8pm.

Tickets available at scnmusic.com!