From the PTO
Fun Lunch is Tomorrow, Friday, March 15th!
Fun Lunch tomorrow is being catered by CPK. Each participating student will receive a pizza, mac n cheese, or a salad in addition to carrots, apple sauce, a Rice Krispie Treat or Oreos, and bottled water.
Don’t forget, CPK is continuing to generously offer a free meal to Richards students when they dine-in with their family! Students who participate in the Fun Lunch program will receive a free kid’s meal when their family is dining. A raffle ticket will be given to each dining student for a chance to win an embroidered chef coat! Raffle tickets will be randomly selected and chef coats will be presented at Fun Lunch. Students that wear their chef coat to CPK will be allowed to make their own pizza! Please note: Only students dining with their families will be discounted and an adult entrée must be purchased for every kid’s meal. This offer is not valid with any other offers or discounts (including CPK Rewards Program), and is not valid to groups or sports teams.
Please contact Moria Leonhardt (moleonhardt@wi.rr.com) or Amy Mulcahy (amymulcahy13@yahoo.com) with questions, comments or concerns.
Staff Appreciation Week
Attention Richards Families! Each year there is one week we celebrate our Richards teachers, staff, and crossing guards and show them how much we appreciate all they do for our children. This year, Staff Appreciation Week will be May 6th-10th and the Richards PTO has exciting plans! Each day, the PTO plans a special activity, including breakfast, a catered lunch, gifts and sweet treats. Everyone gets excited for the daily raffle as well, and this is where we can use your help! We are looking for donations from our Richards Community to help make the raffle a success. Please consider making a monetary or gift donation - flyers will be in your child’s Thursday Folder this week!
First Lego League, Jr.: Mission Moon
The inaugural year of First Lego League, Jr. at Richards wrapped up on Saturday, March 2nd with an exciting and fun expo! FLL, Jr. teams from all over the area met to present what they learned over their 8-week sessions and to share and present their posters and Lego moon bases at the expo. Our Richards teams received the below recognition at the expo:
Moon Rockers (Journey Award), Rocket Dominators (Crazy Creators Award), Galaxy Moon Rocks (Lil’ Einstein Award), Unicorn on a Cob (Show and Tell Award) and NASA (Explosive Ideas Award).
Our FLL, Jr. teams will be presenting their projects at the Richards Learning Fair. Thank you to our FLL, Jr. Committee Chair, Mariya Lazebnik for her leadership and also thank you to all the coaches for volunteering their time and guiding and mentoring the kids through their lessons each week. We look forward to next year!
Author, Speaker and Yoga Guru: Ann Biese!
The PTO Cultural Arts Committee and Richards School is excited to host author, speaker and yoga guru Ann Biese! Ann will be presenting to both parents and students with two separate presentations focused on mindful breathing and calming techniques. Ann Biese is an international Yoga Instructor and is the author of the award-winning children's book Worry Bee and Mindful Moon. She is also a Meditation and Mindfulness Specialist in pediatric settings, including Tufts Floating Hospital for Children in Boston, and has taught MBSR and yoga to various youth groups and teen athletes across the country. Ann has been a featured speaker on meditation and mindfulness in hospitals and further facilitates trainings for ChildLight Yoga & Mindfulness for Tweens and Teens. You can visit Ann's website at: http://www.annbiese.com.
The parent presentation, “Say YES to the Breath for Parents and their Families!” will take place on Thursday, April 4th at 6:15pm with an hour presentation followed by a book signing. Finding your breath is key to better living. Through the use of visual aids and practical demonstrations, Ann will help parents understand and apply the benefits of breathing and calming techniques to "discover life in the calm zone.” Ann uses impromptu, engaging and fun activities and gets her audience involved.
The student presentations will take place on Friday, April 5th during the school day in the morning. K4-2 and their teachers will learn about proper breathing. Ann will demonstrate proper breathing techniques and will read from one of her books. She will use visual props, show-and-tell her way through Worry Bee and enlist students or teachers in an impromptu demonstration. At the end of her program, Ann will give students a chance to ask questions. Grade 3-5 will learn how finding their breath is the key to learning to live better. Ann gives students a glimpse into the process that creates this lifelong skill and will use demonstrations—by modeling how the lung and brain response to breathing and practice.
If you would like to pre-order a copy of Ann’s book Worry Bee or Mindful Moon, see the order form link below or the paper order form that will be in your child’s Thursday folder today (K4-2). Ann’s books are geared more towards the younger grades (K4-2) but anyone is welcome to order! Ann is donating 20% of book sales back to the Richards PTO!
Questions? Contact Aine McMenamin-Johnson at ainemcj@me.com or Sarah Nowak at sarahzirbelnowak@gmail.com.
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