Richland #44 School District

🏈ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?? The Colts are gearing up for the game opener THIS FRIDAY and 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲. We have had great teams in the past help with this and are looking for new helpers now for the upcoming season. 𝗜𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 (𝗮𝘁 𝟭 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀), 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗔𝗗 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗮𝘀.𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻@𝗸𝟭𝟮.𝗻𝗱.𝘂𝘀, 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝟳𝟬𝟭-𝟯𝟳𝟮-𝟯𝟳𝟭𝟯 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘁: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F4AA5AC2AA7F94-58043062-football#/
Thanks. GO COLTS!

🅳🅸🅳 🆈🅾🆄 🅺🅽🅾🆆?!? 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 #𝟰𝟰 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 https://forms.gle/WAWBgn1pUoFfrTfK9
or check out our website each day at https://richland44.com/announcements/

Excited to see everyone at Back to School Night tomorrow!

𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲! 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴) 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦: https://www.richland44.com/page/back2school
*𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟒. Go Colts! 🐴📚✏️

Summer greetings from Colt Country!! Our most recent Colt Connection newsletter is now available at https://secure.smore.com/n/enphzb

🚨 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚! 🚨 Richland Jr/Sr High School is looking for an 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤 to join our food service team starting in August 2025! **If you’re looking for a part-time role where you can make a difference and support the health and well-being of students, we’d love to have you on our team! 👉 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥. 📍 Located in Colfax, ND 📩 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚝 𝙾𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝟽𝟶𝟷-𝟹𝟽𝟸-𝟹𝟽𝟷𝟹 𝚘𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 https://www.richland44.com/.../page/employment-opportunities

The unofficial results of our 2025 Annual School Board Election and proposition ballot question regarding Building Fund Mill Levy Authority are in with details available in the image below. Congratulations to our returning school board members: Derek Beito, Amy Lehmann, and Dallas Loff. In unofficial results, the Mill Levy vote passed by 64%. *Official canvasing of election results will take place on June 23rd*

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 #44 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 TODAY, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 (𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙛𝙖𝙭) 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙡. 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 9𝘢𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 7𝘱𝘮. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 “𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦” 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯 (18 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳) 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

📢 Vote Day is Coming Up! Richland #44 residents, mark your calendars for Tuesday, June 10. Polls will be open from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM with polling locations in Colfax and Abercrombie. You'll vote on: 1️⃣ A proposed increase to the district’s building fund mill levy authority (from 10 to 20 mills) 2️⃣ Election of three school board members 🔧 Why the Mill Levy Increase? Our current levy is no longer sufficient to address facility needs. This increase will allow us to: • Improve HVAC systems • Repair and expand parking • Address space constraints and condensation issues • Improve safety at school entrances This is not a bond — it’s local authority to fund school maintenance, not tied to a specific project. ✅ Want to learn more? *Join one of our community meetings this week or visit https://www.richland44.com/o/rsd/page/mill-levy-vote for full details and a tax impact calculator. *For more information on names on the ballot for school board member election and absentee voter information, visit https://www.richland44.com/page/school-board-election

Congratulations to the Richland #44 Class of 2025!!

🎶𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕'𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚄𝙼𝙼𝙴𝚁🎶 𝙒𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧! School resumes August 19.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 #𝟰𝟰 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱! 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝟸𝟻 @ 𝟸𝚙𝚖 𝚊𝚝 𝚁𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕!

Seniors from the Richland #44 Class of 2025 took one last walk through the elementary halls as they were greeted by students and staff cheering them on. They ended their walk in the 1st grade classroom where both seniors and 1st graders took turns reading to each other. Congratulations to the Class of 2025!

Today’s staff feature is Mrs. Schmitz, our dedicated elementary principal. She leads with heart and a clear focus on doing what’s best for kids. Her commitment to creating a loving, supportive environment helps every student and staff member feel valued. Thank you for your leadership, Mrs. Schmitz!

Today’s staff feature is Mrs. Weatherly, our passionate music teacher at Richland Jr/Sr High School. She has invigorated our music program with her energy and belief in every student. From 7th through 12th grade, Mrs. W encourages students to find their voice, build confidence, and grow through music. Thank you for the inspiration you bring to our school, Mrs. Weatherly!

Today's staff feature is Mrs. Peterson, our dedicated elementary special education teacher who supports students in grades PK-6. Mrs. Peterson works closely with students, families, and staff to ensure each learner receives the support they need to thrive. She brings patience and a caring presence to our elementary school every day. Thank you for your commitment to our students, Mrs. Peterson!

Our most recent Colt Connection newsletter is available today and includes news, updates, pictures and more from 4th quarter here at Richland #44. Go Colts! https://secure.smore.com/n/6kh3a

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠!! Richland Elementary is currently seeking applicants for an Elementary MUSIC Teacher starting in August 2025. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚢, 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚝 https://www.richland44.com/.../page/employment-opportunities

A familiar face returned to our district this year: retired elementary cook and district bus driver Karen Krump assumed the role of Jr/Sr HS cook this year. She ensures our older students have nutritious meals every day and even added breakfast for high schoolers this year. Thank you for your dedication, Karen!