Richardson Middle School

Have a Great Summer!

June 30th, 2010 by PTSA President

SUMMER READING: Richardson ELA teachers decided not to put out a summer reading list, as they want our students to read what interests them. Please have your student choose a grade-appropriate book to read before the school year begins in September.

Registration Packet Pickup: Wed-Thurs, August 18-19, 8:00 - 4:00, closed noon-1:00

Registration: Tues Aug 24 (6th grade), Wed Aug 25 (7th grade), Thurs Aug 26 (8th grade) 9-noon

First Day of School: Wednesday, Sept 8, 2010

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THANK YOU FOR EATING WITH US!!

June 15th, 2010 by PTSA President

We had a great time seeing so many Richardson families at our Ortega 120 RMS night! We made $262 just by eating out! See you at our next MEET AND EAT!!

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RATTLESNAKES ROCK!!

May 11th, 2010 by PTSA President

: TNT

: DUNK

: SQUAD!!

: Ready for the big game

: Rattlesnake Spirit

: GO RMS!!

: Girls' basketball rocked and played hard

: Girls' volleyball team won it in TWO!

: Boys on their way to victory (again!)

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RELAY FOR LIFE - THANK YOU!!

April 21st, 2010 by PTSA President

Thank you, TEAM RATTLESNAKES, for coming out to walk the track and raising money for the American Cancer Society. It is a great event for a great cause, and I am proud that our Richardson community comes out to support this!

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RATTLESNAKE RUN RAISES $12000!!

March 24th, 2010 by PTSA President

THANK YOU to our Richardson teachers, staff, parents and students who all worked hard to make this a record-breaking success!

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MESSAGE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT

March 5th, 2010 by PTSA President

Dear Community Member,

At Monday night’s Board meeting, the TUSD Board of Education, with tremendous frustration, approved $27.6 million in reductions and one-time balance transfers over the next two budgetary years. Grappling with an economic crisis that has crippled school districts all over California, the TUSD Board has characterized these cuts as draconian. The Board was forced to cut another 185 positions, on top of the 258 that have already been cut over the past two years. The 185 positions being cut in this round include, 121 K-12 teachers, four high school counselors, one adult education teacher, nineteen full-time para educators, one elementary assistant principal, 0.4 site clerical staff, and 38.6 central administration personnel. Of the 38.6 central administration staff, six are administrators, 1.6 are supervisory/confidential staff, one program specialist, nine classified clerical positions, six maintenance/operations staff, ten classified custodians, and five classified campus security personnel. In addition to personnel cuts, TUSD has made significant reductions in programs and services that are essential to manage a successful school district. In the past two years the District was forced to cut summer school, except for students who needed assistance with the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE). The District also significantly reduced funding for all Tier 3 programs, while some were completely eliminated. Additionally, some of the impacted programs include Deferred Maintenance, GATE, Instructional Materials, and the Arts and Music Block Grant program. In this round of reductions, TUSD will be forced to reduce coaching stipends, will allow juniors and seniors to take fewer classes if they are on track for graduation, is offering early retirement, and eliminating our Child Welfare and Attendance department. Furthermore, District administrators are still in union negotiations regarding five mandatory furlough days in each of the next two budgetary years for ALL employees.

The negative impacts of these reductions and cuts will be adversely felt by our 25,000 students in their crowded classrooms and by the drastically fewer programs available. Many of the services and resources our parents and employees have come to expect from our District will no longer be available. In this economic crisis everyone loses, especially our students.

As I have said many times, it is no longer acceptable for our state representatives to say they are ‘friends of education’ if they are not willing to fight to preserve our funding in Sacramento. It is no longer acceptable for the Governor to claim he is ‘protecting’ education when his budget proposals are unrealistic and impractical. It is no longer acceptable for the Governor and state legislators to play their political games while our students and employees suffer.

Parents, teachers, employees, and our community must continue to make phone calls, write letters, and send emails to our representatives in Sacramento reminding them of their responsibility to protect the future of our students. We must demand that they represent our interests and present viable budget solutions.

I am impressed with the dedication and tenacity of our students, parents, educators, employee groups, and community members and leaders, who came out on March 4^th and collectively took a stand to protect education funding. I will continue to provide budget updates to our stakeholders as we move forward in the budget process.

Dr. George Mannon,
Superintendent of Schools

Dr. George Mannon, TUSD Superintendent

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END RESULTS COMES TO RICHARDSON

January 18th, 2010 by PTSA President

Happy New Year, Everyone! End Results was here at Richardson to kick off our Spring into Wellness Program! We would like to thank these awesome trainers for volunteering their time to help ALL of our Richardson students with a 20-exercise circuit training program. THANK YOU, END RESULTS!

RICHARDSON PARENTS: GET TWO FREE SESSIONS BY VISITING WWW.ENDRESULTSFITNESS.COM AND CLICK ON THE RICHARDSON KIDS!!

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Message from our Principal

October 21st, 2009 by PTSA President

Greetings to all. It has been a great beginning to the 2009-10 school year at Richardson Middle School. As your new principal, I am very excited about the opportunity of serving all students,
parents, faculty and staff at Richardson Middle School. RMS has an excellent history of having great academic success for our students. I look forward to contributing to and supporting this great
success.
Many of you may remember me from when I served as Richardson’s Assistant Principal from 2006-2008. This past school year, 2008-2009 I was the Assistant Principal at Madrona Middle School and am very excited to come back to the South area as your Principal at Richardson Middle School. I grew up in Torrance and graduated as a Warrior. I believe an education received in the City of Torrance to be second to none and know this is not by chance. It is directly a result of the positive working
relationship between teachers and parents and their commitment in seeing our students
be the best they can be.
I encourage everyone of you to get involved at Richardson Middle School. There are
lots of great student-centered events coming up in this busy school year. I invite you
all to visit anytime and experience it for yourself.

Michelle Stupnik, Principal
mstupnik@tusd.org

PLEASE JOIN US ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 6:30 IN THE RMS CAFETERIA AND MEET OUR ADMINISTRATORS!

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