Our Reading Month top readers from 3rd grade. Mrs. Dean's class- 1st place=Bennett, 2nd place= Sylvia, 3rd place= Santi. Ms. Lynch's class- 1st place= Raff, 2nd place= Morgan, 3rd place= Brody. Ms. Mortenson's class- 1st place= Rylin, 2nd place= Olivia, 3rd place= Carter.



Our Reading Month top readers from 1st grade! Mrs. Foss' class- 1st place= Bridger, 2nd place= Lalani, 3rd place= Addison. Mrs. Norby's class- 1st place= Hudson, 2nd place= Cabri, 3rd place= Nora. Mrs. Sundhagen's class- 1st place= Andrew, 2nd place= Kylie, 3rd place= Jacob.



Our Reading Month top readers from Kindergarten! Mrs. Carrier's class- 1st place= Lilah, 2nd place= Riley W., 3rd place= Max! Mrs. Jones' class- 1st place= Garrett, 2nd place= Exton, 3rd place= Clarence!


How much sleep should your child be getting? Learn this and more about healthy sleep in this week's Partners in Health article, "Sleep is a Superpower for Super Days."
https://www.chistalexiushealth.org/health-information/health-topics/sleep-superpower-super-days

Kindergarten Screening:
We are having a Spring Session of Kindergarten Screening this year on May 17th, 18th, & 19th.
Schools will contact the parents of upcoming kindergarten students who have already registered for school.

Important Music Program Dates and Times: 4th Grade Program on May 11 at 6:30 PM and the Kindergarten Program on May 17 at 2:15 PM. Both will take place in the gym.

As Teacher Appreciation Week comes to an end, we want to say THANK YOU to all of our AMAZING teachers in the district. They say it takes special people to do the jobs that you do, and we couldn't agree more. We appreciate all of your hard work and dedication to our students.

Our Rickard staff would like to thank everybody for helping to make Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week such an awesome week for us! We especially would like to thank anybody who brought snacks, breakfast, lunch, beverages, or treats for all of us this week! We appreciate our Roadrunner school family for supporting our school, staff, and students in everything we do! We truly have the best school family around!

The Summer After School Program is now open for registration for the 2022 summer sessions! This program is open for students entering 1st-6th grade in the Fall of 2022. Students will do daily activities and field trips such as Fort Buford, Minot Zoo, ARC, Trampoline Park, etc. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks are provided.
For more information and to print the registration forms, please visit https://www.willistonschools.org/page/summer-after-school-program.
For any questions about the Summer After School Program, please contact GNWEC at (701)609-5681 ext. 5 or email gnwec1@gmail.com.

Mrs. Carrier's class celebrated the letter "I" and Lilah O.'s birthday by having ice cream and ice pops! Darcy Olsen was nice enough to donate to the ice cream truck for the ice pops and ice cream! Rickard has AMAZING parents!



Rickard would like to congratulate some of our Roadrunner staff for their school-year awards! Congrats to 1st grade teacher Brandee Sundhagen for winning Teacher of the Year sponsored by the Williston Area Chamber of Commerce. Congrats to Kevin Klassen for winning Principal of the Year sponsored by the Williston Area Chamber of Commerce. A final congrats to our Strategist Andrea Finders for winning Williams County Teacher of the Year sponsored by the Department of Public Instructions! Roadrunner nation is so proud of you all!



Rickard is holding a Shoe and Denim Drive from May 2-20. Items can be dropped off in the donation box outside the office next to the lost and found. Denim can be in any type of condition since these items will be recycled through the BlueJeansGoGreen program which makes insulating material for various items. Shoes need to be clean, dry, and in gently used condition. These will be recycled through the Sneaker Impact Program. Thank you in advance for all donations!


Thank you to PTO for hosting their annual fundraiser last night! We had a great turnout of staff, parents/guardians, and students. Our PTO does so much for our Rickard school family each year, and appreciate all that they do for us. Another big thank you to everybody for donating items and bidding on our classroom baskets!




Reminder:
Our fundraiser is TODAY at 5:30 p .m. Come join us for some pizza! ๐
Mrs. Sundhagen's 1st graders celebrated the letter "H" by having Hawaiian Day in their classroom!

The SEL word for May is Grit - I can, I will.
Let's all show some grit as we finish the school year strong!

Two more of Mrs. Norby's students received items back from their NCAA basketball teams they wrote to! Ember received some autographed memorabilia and a letter from Indiana University and Evelyn received some items from University of Miami!


Mrs. Sundhagen's 1st grade class celebrated the letter "E" by reading a book written and illustrated by Eric Carle. After they read "A House For Hermit Crab", they created their own hermit crabs for their art project.

Mrs. Sundhagen's 1st graders spent last Friday outside playing with some bubbles.

REMINDER: Tomorrow's April Reading Month Dress-Up Day is Pajama Day! Wear your school-appropriate pajamas to school!

