Join us for a 'Day of Play' on March 2nd from 9:30 am to 11:30 am at the High School. This event is open to children from Birth to age 5. Sign Up here: https://rb.gy/o48v48
During the 'Day of Play', parents and children will have the opportunity to learn and explore how to create a learning environment through play at home. There will be various stations and activities for families to enjoy. Parents are free to choose which stations they are interested in and move around the event. Additionally, there will be free learning items available to take home, such as age-appropriate books, sensory bin materials, and fine motor materials.
This event is sponsored by the CLSD Grant and put into motion by select professionals at SEEC.
𝔽𝕖𝕓𝕣𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝟝-𝟡 𝕚𝕤 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕝 ℂ𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕎𝕖𝕖𝕜! Please join us in celebrating two of the very best: Ms. Monroe (Jr/Sr High) and Mrs. Jelinek (Elementary). Thank you both for having an important impact on our schools and communities!
Thanks to student enrollment growth, next school year our district will return to a three-administrator structure from our current two-administrator model. Dr. Gandhi will serve as full-time superintendent, and we will have a Jr/Sr HS principal in addition to our elementary principal.
We are excited to announce that Mr. Lukas Davison has been identified as our new Jr/Sr HS Principal and Activities Director!
Mr. Davison is the assistant principal at Yankton Middle School in Yankton, SD. Before this role, he taught middle school science for six years in the Harrisburg School District in Sioux Falls, SD. Mr. Davison holds a master’s degree in education administration from the University of South Dakota and a bachelor’s degree in biology with a secondary education certification from South Dakota State University. During his time as a Jackrabbit, he competed for their men’s golf team.
In addition to his commitment to academics, Mr. Davison actively engages with students outside of the classroom. He coached middle school basketball in Harrisburg and also coached for The First Tee of Sioux Falls, helping kids learn the game of golf. Mr. Davison also serves the community of Yankton as a board member of the Yankton Area Foundation and the Yankton Area Jackrabbit Alumni Association.
Originally from Fargo, Mr. Davison graduated from Fargo South High School. His ties to North Dakota are deep-rooted and he is excited to join Colt Country with his family. Mr. Davison and his wife, Alli, welcomed their first child last spring.
Mr. Davison will start his new positions in July. Please help us in welcoming Mr. Davison to Colt Country!
Congratulations to the Richland #44 2023-2024 Teacher and Staff of the Year!
Our Teacher of the Year Mrs. Vorachek teaches special education at the junior senior high school. She has taught in Colfax for 11 years and has also coached elementary and junior high volleyball and basketball. One of her colleagues said, "Mrs. Vorachek is a wonderful educator, making sure all her students have what they need, she is always professional, and she is involved in student activities outside of the school day (whether coaching or supporting from the stands). She always has the best interest of students and staff at the forefront."
Our Staff of the Year Tom Wulfekuhle is the head custodian at our elementary school. He is in his third school year working for the school district and has held many volunteer positions over the years including Coltbackers treasurer. One of his colleagues said, "Tom goes above and beyond to keep our school clean. He has been working overtime to make sure things get done and does it without complaint. Tom also has great relationships with kids and staff."
Congratulations to Mrs. Vorachek and Tom, and thank you to all of our incredible staff for serving our Colt students!
𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡: 𝘋𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 #44 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝙒𝙀 𝙄𝙉𝙑𝙄𝙏𝙀 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨.
𝙹𝙾𝙸𝙽 𝚄𝚂: 𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟽 @ 𝟽𝚙𝚖 𝚁𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝙾𝚁 𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟿 @ 𝟿:𝟹𝟶𝚊𝚖 𝚁𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙴𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 (𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙺𝚒𝚍𝚜).
𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡! 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚝: President Nathan Berseth, VP Craig Olson, Amy Lehmann, Derek Beito, Nicole Holdman, Kyle Krump, and Dallas Loff.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 #44 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘵 5:30𝘱𝘮. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵: https://www.richland44.com/o/rsd/page/school-board
Did you know only about 38% of the population is eligible to donate blood, but less than 10% do annually. By choosing to transform lives through blood donation, we can help put a stop to blood shortages in our community and beyond! Please consider rolling up your sleeve to help someone in need at the upcoming blood drive January 24th at Richland High School sponsored by Student Council. Sign up and save a life, click the link: https://shorturl.at/ckrxA
Phones at the HS are back up and running. 📞 Have a great rest of your day!
The phones at the HS are currently not working. Red River Comm is working on the issue. If you need to contact the school, email Sarah in the office at Sarah.kummer@k12.nd.us.
Richland #44 School District is excited to welcome incoming Kindergartners in August 2024!
If your child will turn 5 years old on or before July 31, 2024, they are eligible to attend kindergarten at Richland Elementary in the fall.
To help us plan for the upcoming school year, please complete the pre-registration form by Friday, January 12, 2024. https://forms.gle/6jFphwgCCMurf5WL6
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆: 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 #𝟰𝟰 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗮 𝟰-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺. 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝟰 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳.
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This morning there are some slippery spots throughout the school district and surrounding area. Please take your time getting to school.
Thank you, happy Friday!
𝕊𝕄𝕀𝕃𝔼 😁 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟴. 𝚆𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝟽-𝟷𝟷 𝚊𝚝 𝟾:𝟺𝟻𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝙿𝙺-𝟼 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝟷𝟶:𝟶𝟶𝚊𝚖. 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘉𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘸𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.
**(Please note Seniors and the T/TH preschool class will take their picture on a different day TBD).
We are hiring!! Richland #44 School District is currently seeking applicants for Jr/Sr High Principal. For more information and to apply, visit our website at https://www.richland44.com/o/rsd/page/employment-opportunities
All practices and activities at Richland #44 have been cancelled for Tuesday, December 26 due to current and projected weather and driving conditions.
Join us Thursday night at 7pm as Richland Elementary presents their Winter Concert "North Pole Musical". The performance will be held in the Richland High School gymnasium in Colfax.
Colts Care Day is Friday and the Richland #44 FCCLA is selling MONSTER COOKIES to help raise funds for JDRF (a nonprofit organization that funds type 1 diabetes research).
Orders are being accepted through Thursday, December 14 and will be ready to pick up Friday afternoon (December 15).
Cookies are being sold in sets of 12 in both baked form and cookie dough form. Cost is $12/set. Order at: https://forms.gle/TZPmUHecvjSnMRXx6
Colts Cares Day is December, 15th 2023!! We are still in need of donations for our community service projects. Please see the flyer for details on items needed.
The Richland #44 Junior Class is selling Christmas Cookie Decorating Kits for $20! Orders are due December 8 and must be picked up at the High School December 19-20. https://forms.gle/1vnGXkoTMvmgDnVc7
