TODAY !!!
• SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM MEETING
4:00pm-5:30pm Science Olympiad team members meet after school in Mrs. Vallejo's room today.
•VALENTINE GRAM SALE
Purchase Valentine Grams for your friends today during your lunch period from the NJHS table in the cafeteria. Cost is only $1.
•PROGRESS REPORTS ISSUED
Today, teachers issue a paper progress report. Please discuss your child's report, sign & return it tomorrow.

Friday Feb 10
• SCIENCE OLYMPIAD MEETING
Team members meet today after school.
•VALENTINE GRAM SALE
Purchase Valentine Grams for your friends today during your lunch period from the NJHS table in the cafeteria. Cost is only $1.
•MATH COUNTS
Math Counts meeting today until 5:15 P.M.
•BABY PHOTOS
E-mail a digital image of your child as an infant or toddler to be included in the yearbook's Baby Photo section. E-mail to Mrs. Cowart at Cowart.Lisa.C@muscogee.k12.ga.us before the March 1 deadline.

Saturday Feb 11
• SCIENCE OLYMPIAD
Good luck to the Science Olympiad team as they compete in the Science Olympiad today at Columbus State University.

Tuesday Feb 14
• WARRIOR BASKETBALL
5:30pm-7:00pm Cheer on our Warrior sweethearts for the Valentine's Day matchup between our Warriors and the Rothschild Falcons in our gym. Cost is just $2.
•SCIENCE OLYMPIAD MEETING
4:00pm-5:30pm Science Olympiad meets today after school in Mrs. Vallejo's room.

Thursday Feb 16
• WARRIOR BASKETBALL
5:30pm-7:00pm Support our Warriors as they compete against the Blackmon Road Eagles at the Blackmon Rd Middle School gym. Cost is a mere $2.
•IN-SERVICE DAY
No school for students today.

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	RICHARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL
	MUSCOGEE CO. SCHOOL DISTRICT
	GEORGIA PTA
	NATIONAL PTA

Congratulations to Mr. Troy McGarr this year's Teacher of the Year for Richards Middle School. Mr. McGarr is a 7th grade science teacher and he will represent Richards in the district wide Teacher of the Year competition this spring.

NJHS Valentine Gram Sale will begin on Wednesday, February 8 and continue through Friday, February 10 during all lunch periods. Buy Valentine Grams for your friends from an NJHS member at the table in the cafeteria. The cost is only $1. NJHS will deliver each Valentine Gram to homeroom on Tuesday, February 14. See Mrs. Bingham or an NJHS member with any questions.

Chorus Cookie Dough Fundraiser is going on through Monday, February 13. See a chorus student or Mrs. Jones to purchase your tub of cookie dough. Funds raised pay for music, a new sound system and a possible Six Flags trip.

Warrior families, please remember to update your contact information with Mrs. Blankenship in the front office. Faculty & staff need to be able to contact you in cases of medical emergencies, discipline situations or questions regarding your child's well being.

Remember also, that in order to access the parent portal that permits you to see your child's attendence record, grades, or messages from the school or the district from your home or work computer or your smart phone, the front office must have the correct e-mail address(es) for one or both parents or guardians activated in the Richards' system. Contact Mrs. Blankenship in the front office with any questions.

Yearbook Baby Pictures

Parents: Send a digital copy image of your child as a baby or toddler to be included in the yearbook's Baby Photo section. Please be sure to include your child's name and grade. You may e-mail the photo to Mrs. Cowart at Cowart.Lisa.C@muscogee.k12.ga.us or if you have the image saved on a jump drive you may arrange a time to meet with Mrs. Cowart so she can transfer the image. Hurry! The deadline is Thursday, March 1.

Yearbook "Community Upload"

The yearbook company has a new feature this year called "Community Upload." This allows users with our access code to upload appropriate pictures to be considered for use in our yearbook. See Mrs. Cowart for our access code and thanks for sharing your pictures of our Warriors!

Chorus students who were selected for District Honor Chrous: Alana Daniels, Kayla Deeter, Noelani Deharte, Abbie George, Kendell Johansen, Kaitlin Kallner, Brady Phelps, Sarah Phelps and Troy Webster.

Also to choral students Brittany Bush, Noelani Deharte and Selena Itara for passing the second round auditions for All-State Chorus. These Warriors will attend the All-State Chorus in Savannah at the end of February.

The following band students for making District Honor Band: Jonathan Burgmon, Michael Murphy, Caymus Price, Tindall Smith and Shamara Williams.

Please contact us with any questions, concerns, comments or suggestions at:
richardsptsa@yahoo.com

Current member total:
Member total goal:
We have achieved % of our goal (as of September 1, 2011)

When you purchase General Mills products such as baking, beverage, cereal, frozen, paper, refrigerated, snacks, storage and container products as well as school and office supplies, look for the Box Tops for Education squares.

Turn in the squares each time you sign and return your child's progress reports. Richards PTSA receives .10 cents for each box top.

Last semester, we earned $891 from clipping and turning in Box Tops on products we already purchase.

Remember to collect box tops all year long, and return them with your child's signed progress report.

Go to boxtops4education.com for a complete list of products and any additional information.

In the last quarter, we earned $118.37. In the last year, we earned $444.71 .

The money goes into the Richards General Activity Fund and supplements school wide activities and items that range from Science Olympiad to locker costs.

Remember to use your Publix Partners card every time you shop at your local Publix grocery store.