BLUES’ NEWS
Richmond Street School and PTA Newsletter
March 2006				Volume 6, Issue 7
Richmond Street School 615 Richmond St., El Segundo, CA 90245 (310) 606-6831		Dickie Van Breene, Principal Marisa Janicek, Assistant Principal elsegundousd.com/richmond_school Shari Gulian, Newsletter Editor	Windri Barriga, PTA President PTA El Segundo Council Thirty-Third District California State PTA, everychild.onevoice

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Richmond Street Families,

I would like to encourage you to join us in the 14^th Annual Run for Education on Saturday, March 4^th. Registration is $20 or you can get the Family Discount of $10 per person when you register three or more people. You can also register on the day of the race. The race begins in front of the high school at 8 AM. The Kids’ Fun Run begins at 9:15 AM. All proceeds go to our schools.

March 2^nd is Dr. Seuss’s birthday. We’ll kick-off our annual Read-a-thon for students in grades K – 2. All Richmond students can wear their pajamas to school and bring a Dr. Seuss book to celebrate. Richmond Street students may also volunteer to participate in Hoops for Heart during March. This nationwide fundraiser for the American Heart Association also teaches students about healthy habits. Look for a letter that was sent home with each student for more information about this important event.

Finally, March 27, 28, and 29^th are minimum days. We have scheduled Spring Conferences on the 28^th and 29^th. Your child’s teacher will contact you if she feels a conference is needed. You may also contact your child’s teacher to schedule a conference if you have concerns.

Sincerely,

Dickie Van Breene

Principal

dvanbreene@esusd.k12.ca.us

MARCH CALENDAR OF EVENTS
3/2 Thursday	Dr. Seuss’s Birthday School Pajama Day
3/4 Saturday	RUN FOR EDUCATION 8 a.m. in front of ESHS
3/7 Tuesday	4^th Grade California State Writing Test Reflections Contest Display at Chevron Clubhouse 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
3/8 Wednesday	Spring Picture Day
3/10 Friday	Hoops for Heart
3/13 Monday	PTA Meeting 7:15 p.m.
3/23 Thursday	Trimester ends
3/27-3/29 Monday-Wednesday	Minimum Days – staff development

CONGRATULATIONS, MRS. MILLER: Mrs. Miller and her husband had a baby boy on February 22. We wish them all the very best.

Part time instructional assistants needed district wide! If you have 48 semester units post high school and are interested in working with students as an instructional assistant please fill out an application on the elsegundousd.com website or at the district office between 7:30 – 4:00 Monday – Friday.

Visitors on Campus: State law requires all visitors to check-in at the office and to wear a visitor’s badge. If our staff stops you and asks you to go to the office for a visitor’s badge please don’t be offended. We are looking out for the safety of all of our students.

Traffic News: We continue to look for ways to keep our students safe during arrival and dismissal. We ask that you think about arranging a different location for pick-up with your child to help us alleviate traffic on Richmond Street. We will continue to request that the El Segundo Police Department patrol the area.

5^th Grade Noon League Basketball: The 5^th grade is in the process of forming teams for a noon basketball league. We are fortunate again this year to have the help of Mrs. Sleeth’s husband. Mr. Sleeth will be coaching and refereeing along with our 5^th grade teachers. We would love volunteers to cover some of the games. If you are interested in helping please inform your child’s teacher or the office.

RSS Website: The Blues’ News and school lunch menu can be found on our school website at http://elsegundousd.com/richmond_school

Our website is updated monthly and has the latest school information.

MESSAGE FROM THE PTA

We are already half way through the school year.  Boy, it sure does go by fast!  It has been an amazing year so far.  Our PTA President for the past 2 years, Windri Barriga has done a fantastic job.  It is a pleasure to work with Windri. PTA is still looking for a few more people to fill positions for next year.  The positions still open are:

Honorary Service

Inkjet Recycling

Nominating (for 2007-2008)

Membership

Book Fair Chairpeople

PTA is a great way to help make Richmond Street the top notch school that it is. Get Involved! A big thank you to all the parents and volunteers who are working in the work room.  The teachers really appreciate all of the help. 

Tammy Long, PTA 1st Vice President

NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS PROGRAM 2005-2006 UPDATE

Community Reception & Exhibit set for Tuesday, March 7th from 6-8 p.m. at the Chevron Park Clubhouse located on El Segundo Boulevard. The El Segundo Council of PTAs invite the community of El Segundo to a reception and exhibit honoring the student artists, writers, composers, and photographers from this year’s PTA Reflections Program. All reflections entries will be exhibited. For information, please call Meighan Langlois at 310-322-1231 or megtad@pacbell.net (Richmond Street School PTA) or Gail Davis at 310-640-1639 (El Segundo PTA Council).

Cookie donations and volunteers are needed. Cookies may be brought directly to the Chevron Clubhouse on the day of the event. Also, Volunteers are needed for set up during the evening on 3/6 & 3/7 and clean up after 8 pm on the 7th.

BOX TOPS AND LABELS FOR EDUCATION DECEMBER 2005/JANURARY 2006 WINNERS

Class	Teacher	Box Tops	Labels	Total
Kindergaten/Tedde	O’Brien	206	60	266
First Grade	Maisonet	99	124	226
Second Grade	Foster	126	52	178
Third Grade	Igi	65	108	173
Fourth Grade	MacKenzie	67	151	218
Fifth Grade	Sleeth	204	27	231

Congratulations to our classroom winners for our combined December and January collection! Our next collection date will be Friday, March 3rd. Keep up the good work!