Monday, 09 April 2012 20:55
Rosa Rubio, Jaque Farrell and Sandy Belkengren were honored Monday night for their work in Richfield schools.
School News
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 06:53
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| The DECA program at Richfield Senior High School was honored at Tuesday night's school board meeting for earning gold-level certification in a national competiton, one of only two chapters in Minnesota to receive the award this year. The Richfield chapter was recognized for its Spartan Avenue store at the high school. Six students worked on the application for the award and have earned a trip to Salt Lake City later this spring. At Tuesday night's meeting to explain their winning entry were, from left, Brenda Portillo (last year's store manager), chapter President Ridwan Ahmed, team member Tenzin Sonam and DECA Adviser Dean Breuer. |
Thursday, 26 January 2012 08:47
Normandale Community College’s student newspaper, the Lions’ Roar, took home 12 awards in this year’s Minnesota Newspaper Association Better College Newspaper contest for Minnesota two- and four-year colleges and universities.
In results announced during the MNA annual convention in Bloomington today, the paper and its 2010-2011 staff finished first in five categories, second in another five and won honorable mention in two more.
“This is the best showing we’ve ever made in the MNA contest,” said Mark Plenke, the newspaper’s adviser. “We were fortunate to have had a staff of talented writers and photographers led by an outstanding editor, Matt Homan, who brought a strong news sense, edgy editorial topics and serious design talent to the paper.”
The Lions’ Roar and its staff took first place in five contest categories:
• typography and design (newspaper staff)
• headline writing (newspaper staff)
• picture story (Amanda Brown)
• portrait and personality photo (Ben Rasmussen)
• design portfolio (Matt Homan)
It was awarded second place for:
• general excellence (newspaper staff)
• general reporting (newspaper staff)
• local breaking news (Steve Dodds)
• photo story (Amanda Brown)
• editorial (Matt Homan)
The general excellence judge wrote: “A very bold presentation with the best use of visuals in the contest. This judge is sad to see they no longer have a print edition, but the quality reporting should continue online.”
The Lions’ Roar converted to an all-online format this fall.
The paper received honorable mention for its website (www.lionsroar.info) and for government and public affairs reporting (Rebecca Freeman, this year’s editor in chief).
Only the University Chronicle of St. Cloud State University won more awards (16) in the contest. Rochester Community and Technical College’s newspaper, Echo, won first place for general excellence.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 06:52
 Teachers Katie Jacques and Steven Bucko were honored with Golden Apple awards at Monday night's Richfield School Board meeting. The district makes the award to outstanding teachers who receive recognition from organizations outside the district. Bucko and Jacques were named TIES exceptional teachers at the organization's technology conference last month, where 65 educators were recognized for their work with educational technology. Jacques is a third grade teacher at Richfield Dual Language School. Bucko teaches special education at Richfield Middle School. |
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Classroom Sizes
Average class sizes for Richfield Public Schools 2011-2012
K-2 > 26-27
3-5 > 28.5-29.5
6-8 > 30.5-31.5 (core classes)
9-12 > mid-upper 30s (core classes)
Source: School Board meeting, July 11, 2011
School Hours
SENIOR HIGH
8:10 a.m. to 2:40 p,m.
Optional 1st period class held from 7:05 a.m. to 8 a.m.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
8:10 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.
STEM K-5 & DUAL LANGUAGE K-3
7:45 a.m. to 2:10 p.m.
CENTENNIAL & SHERIDAN HILLS K-5
K - All Day 8:40 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
K - 1/2 Day 8:40 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
1-5 8:40 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
ECSE 9 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
ECSE 12:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
8:10 a.m. to 2:40 p,m.
Optional 1st period class held from 7:05 a.m. to 8 a.m.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
8:10 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.
STEM K-5 & DUAL LANGUAGE K-3
7:45 a.m. to 2:10 p.m.
CENTENNIAL & SHERIDAN HILLS K-5
K - All Day 8:40 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
K - 1/2 Day 8:40 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
1-5 8:40 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
ECSE 9 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
ECSE 12:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.