Richardson Report

Caption 1: CAASPP testing practice in Ms. Edwards’ class. Caption 2: 8th-grade panel walking field trip to H-Mart. Caption 3: PBIS Student Store. Caption 4: Model UN (MUN) Club attending the weekly YMCA MUN meeting.

Happy May the 4th! As we enter the final stretch of the school year, we’re excited about all the events and achievements ahead. Here’s what you need to know this week:

CAASPP testing starts Monday, May 5: Our students have been working hard all year, and now it’s time for them to demonstrate their learning and growth.To help your student feel confident and ready, here are a few helpful tips:

• Get a full night of sleep
• Eat a protein-rich breakfast
• Arrive at school on time
• Stay calm and try your best—you’ve got this!

Course Requests for 2025–26: A reminder for families of current 6th and 7th graders:
Course selection in PowerSchool for the 2025–26 school year will close on Friday, May 9. Please ensure your student has submitted their course requests by the deadline.

Trivia Night – Tuesday, May 6: Fun Fact: Did you know an octopus has three hearts? We’re thrilled to host our first-ever Trivia Night. It will be a fun evening filled with food, laughter, and brain-teasing trivia. Join us in the cafe at 6:30 pm on Tuesday in the cafe. Don’t forget to RSVP using the flyer below.

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and we are so excited to celebrate our incredible teachers!
They go above and beyond every day to support, inspire, and uplift our students. We are deeply grateful for all that they do and look forward to honoring them throughout the week.

Sports Update – Flag Football: Congratulations to our Rattlesnakes flag football teams on their impressive wins against Jefferson Middle School last Thursday! The boys won 28 - 0 and the girls won 27 - 13. Way to go, teams! Let’s keep the momentum going—come support our athletes next Thursday at Madrona Middle School.

Make is a safe weekend!

Mrs. Tayo Balogun

Richardson Principal

• Mrs. Sullivan would like to send a shout-out to Brody Webb for lending school supplies to a friend in need. It was so nice to see.

• Mrs. Sullivan would like to send a shout-out to Pearl Numark for doing an amazing job with the Pledge of Allegiance.

• Mrs. Balogun would like to send a shout-out to Bennett Neilson for holding himself accountable and always exhibiting stellar citizenship.

Teacher Appreciation Week is Coming up May 5th- May 9th and we need volunteers to help out! Please see the link below to sign up!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D44A5AB28A3F49-56325597-teacher

Torrance Unified School District believes that all students benefit from participating in physical education that is provided through a comprehensive standard-aligned program that integrates physical fitness into the broad range of activities that students enjoy. Quality physical education programs help all students develop health-related fitness, physical competence, cognitive understanding, and positive attitudes about physical activity, so they can adopt healthy and physically active lifestyles. With high-quality physical education instruction, students become confident, independent, self-controlled, and resilient; develop positive social skills; set and strive for personal, achievable goals; learn to assume leadership; cooperate with others; accept responsibility for their own behavior; and, ultimately, improve their academic performance.

Independent Study Physical Education (ISPE) allows a student to advance their practice and performance in an athletic curriculum not normally available in the District’s physical education program. ISPE activities must be a significantly different program that involves an activity in which the student is highly gifted and has become highly competitive at a national, state, or regional level. A major factor in determining the acceptance or rejection of this request will be the difference between a recreational program and a competitive program. This is NOT a program for those students who participate in an extracurricular athletic program that may limit their time to complete academic course work. We recognize our students may have great athletic talent, but they are students first.

If you believe your student will qualify for Independent Study PE during the 25-26 school year, please complete an ISPE Interest Form to begin the approval process. Interest forms will be made available on 4/28/25 in the RMS school office. ISPE Interest Forms are due no later than 5/9/25.

May 5-16: CAASPP Testing

May 6: No Late Start

May 6: PTSA's Family Trivia Night @ 6:30pm

May 13: No Late Start

May 26: No School - Memorial Day

May 28: 8th Grade Field Trip

June 11: Last Day of School

All PTA Information can be found here! www.Richardson-PTA.com

Did you know that you can help RMS just by doing the shopping you probably already do? Ralphs Community Contribution Program is a program that give back a percentage of your tab when you sign up.

Our organization number is JB246 for Ralphs.

Email: rmsattendance@tusd.org
Website: https://www.tusd.org/schools/richardson
Location: 23751 Nancylee Lane, Torrance, CA, USA
Phone: 310-533-4790