Richmond Elementary, Appleton

We are less than one week away from our Meet the Teacher Night. Our staff have been hard at work making sure our building is ready to welcome back our amazing families! This takes place on Wednesday, August 28th from 4:30-6:00 pm. We are SO excited to see everyone! 🥳🏫
*Remember, you can check who your child's teacher is on Infinite Campus Tuesday, August 27th. They will also be posted at school on Wednesday.*

Here are two new faces to Richmond this year!

❤️ Miss Zachowski comes to us from the Oshkosh School District. She will be teaching 4th grade this year, which is the grade she taught while in her last district. We are very excited to welcome her to our school and we know she’ll be a great fit!
❤️ Mr. Mecikalski is teaching a new position at Richmond this year. The recent referendum that passed allowed our district to implement STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) classrooms into our elementary schools. Our students will love this class and Mr. Mecikalski will be a great addition to our staff!

Welcome to the Richmond family! 🚀

We have some new staff to celebrate at Richmond! These are two faces that you may have seen halfway through the school year.

❤️ Miss Bergin joined us as a paraprofessional last school year. She is a great addition to our staff and works well with our students both inside the classroom and outside at recess. We are very lucky to have her!
❤️ Mrs. Lodico joined us second semester last year as a 3rd grade teacher. This year, she will be teaching 1st grade at Richmond. She is a ray of sunshine and shows that with staff and students in our school.

We are very lucky to have two caring and devoted staff members as part of our Richmond family. 🚀

Join us on Wednesday, August 21st for our Kindergarten Kickoff! This is a great opportunity for our future Rockets to meet the kindergarten teachers, our principal, and get to know our school. This event starts at 5:30 pm. We are so excited to see you there! 🚀❤️

We’ve seen some great school supply deals out there! Below is our 2024-2025 school supply list. ✏️✂️📓📒

Our students in On with the Show and Behind the Scenes have worked hard over the last two weeks on their show, Kid Flix! They performed for our students and their families today. Big thanks to Miss Smith for all of the hard work she put into the show. Great job, everyone! 🎬🍿🎶

Our kindergartners have had a blast getting to know Richmond the past week in summer school! Welcome to Richmond! ❤️🚀

Look who we found around Appleton. First day of summer school and this awesome group of Rockets are selling lemonade for the playground project. Thank you! 1508 S Midpark, Appleton. Open until 4:30 PM.

Richmond staff signing off! Thank you all for a wonderful school year. Enjoy your summer and see some of you next week at summer school! Bruh we out! -Teachers ❤️

Tonight we said farewell to our 5th and 6th grade classes. We wish you well as you enter into middle school. Don’t forget to come back and visit! Once a rocket, always a rocket! 🚀 Post photos from the farewell in the comments, we’d love to see! 📸👇

Field Day 2024 was a blast! Our students had an amazing time with the different stations set up. A HUGE thank you to the volunteers who took the afternoon to run our different stations. What a wonderful way to spend this sunny day! ☀️🚀

We held our last Character Counts Assembly of the 2023-2024 school year today. It was warm, but we were sure to celebrate these amazing students today with applause and cheers. Mr. Karll/Ryland and Mrs. Tetzlaff/Carlie got to compete in the money machine for freeze pops for their classroom and the winners were...Mrs. Tetzlaff and Carlie! 🥳🚀❤️

Mrs. Lodico, Ms. Marx, and Mrs. Tetzlaff’s students held a Writer’s Cafe to celebrate their end of the year writing. Each student wrote about which natural disaster is the most dangerous in their opinion. It was a wonderful turnout, and there were even snacks! Great work, 3rd and 4th graders. 🌪️⛈️🌊

Congratulations to the class of 2024! It was wonderful being able to celebrate with you today. Best of luck in all you do. We know as former Richmond Rockets, you will soar! 🚀👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓

Earlier last week we held our first Book Swap! Students brought books to swap for new ones and everyone was able to go home with at least two books for some summer reading! Big thanks to Mrs. Braunreiter and Mrs. Hernandez for organizing this awesome event. 📚

Our 6th graders participated in the East Side City Track Meet today! It’s one tradition that has been in our district for a long time. What a fun day! 🏃🏃‍♀️💨🥇

A rainy day calls for some subs! Help support our school tonight at Cousin's Subs on College Ave. from 4:00-8:00 pm.

Dinner is planned for tomorrow night!! COUSINS SUBS NIGHT for Richmond - tomorrow night ... MAY 21st from 4pm-8pm. Order in-store or online for pick-up. 20% of all sales come back to RICHMOND! Tell your friends! 🥖🧀🥗🍅

Richmond is holding its first ever Book Swap this Tuesday, May 21st. Students can bring in books they no longer read and swap them for new ones. Each classroom will be swapping at a different time on Tuesday. If you are willing and able, please send your child with some books to swap on Tuesday! 📚🔁📚

We have been busy this week at Richmond! Our carnival yesterday was such a blast. Even though we had to move it inside, we made the best of it! Post any photos below. 📸 Thank you Richmond Elementary PTO, Appleton for helping put this wonderful event together and our amazing volunteers. We couldn’t have done it without you! 🚀🎟️

Fuel Up to Play 60 helped put on our Bike to School Day today! Students could enter to win a prize and free snacks were given out. It was a great way to start the morning! 🚴🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️

Richmond Elementary is proud to announce that we are officially a Heart Safe School! We thank our team members for stepping up to ensure the safety of all students, staff, and visitors. ♥️🚀

We still need lots of volunteers for our Richmond Carnival this Thursday, May 16th from 5:00-8:00 pm. Even if you are able to help out for an hour, we would greatly appreciate it! Thanks for your help. ☺️🚀

Richmond Carnival 2024 The Richmond Spring Carnival is BACK! Thursday, May 16 from 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM. We need A LOT of volunteers to make this event happen! Parents, Aunts, Uncles, Grandmas, Grandpas ... everyone is welcome to volunteer! Please help so we can make this event FUN for our students!! The carnival takes place...

Our staff was spoiled by the Richmond Elementary PTO, Appleton this week! Thank you to everyone who helped make our week special. We appreciate our students and families everyday. 🚀❤️

Today is National School Nurse Day! We celebrate our amazing school nurse, Mrs. Shoemaker. She always has a positive attitude and makes sure our students are well cared for. Thank you for all you do! 🚀👩‍⚕️

We celebrated our amazing lunch heroes, Mrs. Engelmann and Ms. Wolff, today! Thank you both for keeping our school fed. We couldn’t make it through the school day without the two of you! 🍎🍋🥦🌽

Tonight’s Fine Arts Night was wonderful. Our students were able to show off their musical and artistic talents. Big thank you to Ms. VanderVelden, Ms. Acy, Mrs. McMonagle, Ms. Smith, and Mrs. Carpenter for helping our students grow in their talents this year. 🎨🎻🎷🎺🎶

A rainy day didn’t keep our amazing volunteers away! Thank you to everyone who volunteered and visited to support our school. 🚀❤️