Richland County Middle School

No school today due to slick road conditions and and falling windchill temperatures throughout the day.

RCMS science teachers were thrilled to accept the donation of solar eclipse glasses for our school today. Thanks to Carle RMH, Citizens National Bank, First National Bank, and Trust Bank, our students and staff will have the opportunity to safely view and learn from the upcoming solar eclipse in April! Pictured L-R: Tara Lemke, Gina Kocher, Erin Franklin, Kristie Shoemaker, Sarah McKinney, Jamie Tyler, Amy Kirby, and Herman Zuber

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Hello RCMS Family, Here at RCMS we are working hard to create a unified definition of, and response to bullying. The formal definition we use is: "Bullying is when someone repeatedly and on purpose says or does mean or hurtful things to another person who has a hard time defending himself or herself." This definition was adapted from the work of Dan Olweus, who is long recognized as a pioneer of bullying research. In order to help our RCMS families better understand bullying, we would like to share with you this infographic explaining the difference between bullying and conflict. At RCMS, we also have an electronic way for students to report incidents of bullying. Every student has this form bookmarked on the browser in their Chromebook, and it can be completed anonymously. A direct link to that form can also be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEfZcOxSh8nm0eesf_SWLpEtk9PHE1daPLjPCss19GE44csA/viewform

Coming Soon! A Toy Drive at the RCES Gym on December 18 & 19 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. FREE Toys and FREE Coats and Sweatshirts all sizes.

Click on the link to purchase ERFAE Raffle Tickets online. https://ercu1.revtrak.net/erfae-cash-raffle/ Support ERFAE who Supports our Students and our Schools! Only 500 tickets will be sold!

These students participated in the ILMEA district 5 festival in the Junior Choir this past weekend! Congrats to all participants!

Thank you to all our school board members, we appreciate your dedication to our students, staff and community.

Volleyball Tryouts 2023

Here are some upcoming school calendar reminders: There will be no school on Friday, November 10 due to the observance of Veterans Day. Second, students will be dismissed 3 hours early on Thursday, November 16 for school improvement activities and parent/teacher conferences and there will be no school on Friday, November 17. Finally, students will be released one hour early on Tuesday, November 21 and there will be no school on Wednesday, November 22 through Friday, November 24 for Thanksgiving break.

Principal Appreciation Week is next week! Due to scheduling conflicts, both principals were not going to be in the building on Monday, so we are celebrating a little early! We appreciate everything Mr. Thompson and Mrs. Klingler do for our students and staff at RCMS! 🧡

RCMS 5th block has been cancelled for this evening, October 11.

Congratulations to our RCMS Cubs Baseball team on their 2nd place finish at state this past weekend!!

Fundraiser Pickup Information! If you have any questions call the office at 618-395-4372

We have been in contact with Iconik Studio and have been assured they are doing their best to hopefully have all photo's uploaded by this afternoon. They are having technology issues.

Tomorrow, October 3, RCMS will be dismissed at 2:00 PM due to the state baseball game. Car riders and walkers will be free to leave at 2:00 PM. Bus riders will stay at the school with staff supervision, until 3:00 PM. Students will load the buses at 3:00 PM to head home. There will be NO after school 5th block tomorrow. Students that are signed up to ride the fan bus, have been sent home with permission slips that HAVE to be returned tomorrow by 10:00 AM in order for students to be allowed to go to the game. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the RCMS office at 618-395-4372. Go Cubs!!

Who says the older kids get to have all the fun?! RCMS will be participating in the homecoming fun, October 2- October 6! Dress code does apply. Face paint is not allowed. 🤍🧡🖤

Both the baseball and softball regional games have been cancelled for today due to weather! Our athletic director is working on communicating with all teams to get these games rescheduled. Another post will be made once information is available.

Students will be released at 12:10 tomorrow, September 20. Lunch will be served to all students before dismissal.

Mark your calendars for the Open House at the Early Learning Center!