Important Dates

• Open library hours are 7/28, 8/4, and 8/11 from 9-12!

• August 26th, first day of school!

• September 7th, no school 

Friday Focus Message

Hello RMS Community,

We had another wonderful week at RMS! Our teachers continued the progress of the MTSS work, families and students stopped by to give me some wonderful tours and share their perspectives, and Camp Richmond continued full steam ahead! It is hard to believe the end of July is right around the corner—we are so excited to welcome your students back!

As I continue getting up to speed on all things RMS, I am deeply grateful to the many of you who have reached out to share your thoughts. This week, I learned even more about our incredible electives program, gained wonderful insight into our after-school sports and clubs, and made progress on building our school schedule.

Our amazing colleagues at the high school sent home communication for 9th and 10th grade students because their student-athletes start school before our middle schoolers.  We have been hard at work in organizing the School Launch communication and will likely send it out the first week of August.  I say this so you don’t fear missing the RMS update - it is still in the works.

I hope summer is treating you and your family well, and I can’t wait to hear from our students about all the great books they’ve been reading.

Only 33 days until the 2026–2027 school year takes flight!

Cheers,

Chelsea & O’Leary