Richman Elementary School

School Mission

Richman School is a community of learners where students, staff, families, and other stakeholders work to maximize the learning potential for all. The focus is to implement rigorous standards based instruction in order to foster critical thinking, guide problem solving, and promote risk taking in an ever-changing world.

Student of the Year - Congratulations are in order for Samantha, a sixth grader at Richman School. She was honored by the City of Fullerton at the 2004 Student of the Year Awards. Samantha is pictured with Mr. Miyashiro (principal) and her cousin.

Richman Keeps the Trophy - What do both Richman students and Principal Miyashiro, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Fellows, and Mr. Watkins have in common? They are all winners. At the Fullerton School District Educational Foundation Putting Tournament last Friday night, a sponsored event to raise money for classroom grants, these four Richman friends golfed their way into victory by winning the tourney. With a combined score of 248, the Richman four managed to bring home the trophy - two years in a row. Helping with the victory were Mrs. Fellows, Mrs. Grimm, Mrs. Jeffries, and Mr. Perez. Photoed here are Mr. Fellows, Mr. Miyashiro, and Mr. Duncan (putting).

Richman Project Discover students at Discovery Science Center - On Saturday, May 22, 2004, thirty-four students and four teachers investigated hands-on science lessons at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana. This field trip, sponsored by Richman School, extended learning opportunities for these students in the area of science inquiry. Visit our Project Discover web site for more detail.

Cinco de mayo - A celebration marking the yearly Cinco de mayo celebration at Richman is colorfully presented at the school's morning flag ceremony, and at the Fullerton Farmer's Market. The students of Mrs. Carter's, Mrs. Merrell's and Mrs. Sambrano's class did an outstanding job presenting these traditional dances of Mexico.

Richman Teachers Select One of Their Own - (April 30, 2004) At the flag ceremony, Friday morning, the school welcomed Mrs. Fellows into the ranks of teachers who have been honored as "Teacher of the Year." Mrs. Fellows has been teaching at Richman since 1988 and has been a teacher, PTA President, History/Social Studies District Representative, Fullerton School District Foundation Committee Member, successful technology grant award recipient, and friend. She has been described as gracious, caring, committed to education, and professional. Congratulations! We are proud of our 2004 Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Joyce Fellows.

Mrs. Fellows is pictured with Benjamin Franklin

The Richman Behavior System was rolled out to students on Friday, April 30, 2004. Teachers helped students understand the right and wrong way to behave while at school. It seemed that the teachers really understood the wrong way to act, while the children were obviously better at knowing and following the rules. Here are some pictures and an explanation of this new - Be Safe, Be Kind, and Be Responsible - system.

The Richman Racer Gets A New Look - Recently, our students worked extremely hard at recreating the Richman Mascot. With great voice, the students decided that the Racer would remain a rabbit, but that it would have a whole new "racier" look. "And the racer is....."

Student Valet Drop Off - We are very proud of the work of our parents, staff and students who have developed a safe way for children to be transported to and from school. Please read a letter from Mr. Miyashiro and Mrs. Grimm about this highly successful project. Drop Off Zone

PTA Elections - The election of the 2004-2005 PTA executive board will be held on Tuesday evening, May 18, 2004. The elections will be from 5:30pm-6:30pm in the Richman Media Center. Please bring your PTA membership card and vote. If for some reason you have lost your membership card you may come to the school office during regular school hours and receive a replacement membership card. The last day to register so that you will be eligible to vote in this year's election is Friday, May 14, 2004.

School Calendar for 2004-2005 School Year - Need to make plans for the upcoming year. Here is our district calendar for the 2004-2005 school year. Fullerton School District 2004-2005 School Calendar

STAR Testing - (April 21, 2004) Two days into testing and we are extremely proud to say that our students are working very hard to do their best on the state standardized tests. We are seeing focused students who very determined to prove that they are extremely intelligent, bright learners. Keep up the great work kids.

Yearbooks - The 2003-2004 yearbooks will go on sale beginning Monday, April 12. For one week only the yearbooks will be sold for $14.00. After the first week of sales, students may buy yearbooks for $15.00 while supplies last. Please buy early in order to insure that you get the new full-color yearbook.

Peter Rabbit Garden Tea - On Friday, April 2, 2004, the students in Mrs. Quirk's and Mrs. Skoug's kindergarten class enjoyed a Peter Rabbit Tea in the Richman garden. Attending this event were school board members Hilda Sugarman and Minard Duncan, and former school board member Marge Pogue. Visit again to see pictures of students and parents who attended this event.

From left are: Minard Duncan, Marge Pogue, Mrs. Mecca, Mrs. Grimm, Hilda Sugarman, and Sharon Quirk

Richman's Family Math night was an outstanding event bringing together parents, teachers and students with one goal in mind. How can we help Richman students succeed in their understanding of mathematical concepts? Hands on lessons were presented to the parents in attendance, and a shared feeling of "we can do this" was the feeling tone of the evening. Thanks to all who attended, presented and helped to make this a purposeful opportunity for our community.

Each grade level packed the room. Families were balancing equations in 6th grade, learning measurement strategies in 5th grade, working with time and cents in 4th grade, engaging in cooperative learning centers in 3rd, using the 100s chart in 2nd grade, and working with dice and money in kindergarten and first grades. Please visit the Parent Involvement page for pictures.

Read Across America is a national day devoted to celebrating reading. Associated with the birthday of Dr. Seuss, school children celebrate his birthday by devoting time to reading. Richman School celebrated the week of March 1st with many activities centered around this idea. One such event was a daily "Drop Everything and Read" announcement. Getting into the spirit of the celebration are office staff and administration:

(from left Mrs. Mejia, Mrs. Alvarez, Mrs. Grimm, Mrs. Gonzalez, and Mr. Miyashiro).

Home School Connection is a newsletter for Richman parents. This newsletter provides practical information to help parents further their children's education at home. We encourage you to download a copy and enjoy the positive resources it provides to our Richman families. Please click on the school link under Parent Resources titled "Home School Connection."

Richman students are redesigning the Richman Racer. Announced today at our opening flag ceremony, the students are to create a new slogan to add to the Richman Racer logo. The Racer was first created in 1978 and it portrayed a rabbit skating on roller skates, a popular activity of students in those days. Even though it is not known for sure, the Racer was probably created by a student, Vincent, who still lives and works in the Fullerton area. In the 1990's the Racer changed form a few times. The first Racer was a running rabbit very similar to the current one. Then, the PTA created a series of t-shirts that represented the Racer with a more muscular body. Although, this Racer only lasted a year, some students today still have t-shirts with this logo. The Racer returned to its running, less muscular, look as pictured below.

We now look forward to our new Racer mascot created for the 21st century. Students please accept this challenge and know that your creation might become part of the history of Richman School.

Are you aware that the Media Center at Richman School is open before school (beginning at 7:30am). Students may read or to be read to, or they may complete their homework or do research during this time.

Breakfast is provided to all students beginning at 7:20am.

The bookmobile comes to Richman School every Monday at 2:30pm. It is now located at the back of the school adjacent to the Richman Park. Please encourage your child to use this great resource, and remind them to bring their library card to school on Monday's.

The public library encourages use of their computers and internet services to adults and students of Richman School. In order for your child to use the internet at the public library, a parent must fill out a permission slip prior to the use of this service. You may pick up these permission slips at the information counter of the main branch of the public library.