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Kindergarten students Daveena Estrada (Wexford), Jacob Mitchell (Richland) and Ella DaDamo (Hance) were this year's kindergarten speakers at commencement. The Class of 2025 presented each student with a donation to their school's library.
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Students celebrated the end of the year and spring weather with Field Day activities.
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First graders at Richland Elementary performed in their annual Singabration on May 19. This year's seniors who attended Richland were invited back to see this year's singers and also enjoy video from their performance in 2014.
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First-grade students at Richland engaged in a letter-writing exchange with fifth graders from Eden Hall this year. Following four months of letter writing, the students met in person on May 12.
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Richland students celebrated Glow Week with neon-themed art classes as a special RAMS Way reward.
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The High School Taylor Swift Club hosted a mixer for third-grade students to provide an opportunity for students to make new friends ahead of their transition to Eden Hall next year.
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Congratulations to second-grader Caroline, who won the Sodexo Future Chefs competition on March 13 with her recipe, Caroline's Delectable Lamb Gyros.
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Richland's third graders participated in a science fair in early March.
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Students at Richland raised over $18,000 for PTO programming and celebrated with a glow-themed Move-a-Thon in February, complete with dancing, activities, painting and games.
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Students were treated by the PTO to a Mad Science Fire and Ice assembly where they were wowed by demonstrations of science principles.
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Student art is on display at the Pine Community Center until mid-January.
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In its 2024 rankings of K-8 schools, U.S. News and World Report named Richland Elementary School #4 and Wexford Elementary #6 out of nearly 1,600 elementary schools ranked in Pennsylvania.
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Richland Elementary students participated in Veterans Day activities include writing projects, an assembly and food drive to recognize and honor our community members who have served.
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Richland students celebrated Halloween with parades and parties.
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Senior football players and cheerleaders visited Richland Elementary to read to students and connect stories with RAMS Way initiatives.
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Thanks to artist Tiffani Jakovac and the PTO, students at Richland Elementary School have a new colorful mural to enjoy in the school library.
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Richland students celebrated their summer reading projects with a special breakfast event on September 20. Thank you to our librarians, Sodexo staff, and our PTO for helping encourage a love of reading!
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Richland students were treated to a character-building assembly featuring Jon Pritikin who talked to the kids about his experiences overcoming a speech problem and bullying. One of the world's strongest men and Guinness World Record Holder, Mr. Pritikin entertained the students with feats of strength, including tearing a phone book in half, while reinforcing his message that everyone can be a hero.
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School Security Officer Judy Wolverton visited Miss Savannah's first-grade class and read a story to the group.
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Students arrive at Richland Elementary on the first day of school on August 22.
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Richland Elementary's teachers and staff are ready to welcome back students on August 22!
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Students celebrated the end of the school year with outdoor fun and games on Field Day.
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Neil Walker, former Pittsburgh Pirate and Pine-Richland alum, read to Miss Savannah's class and talked to students about following their dreams.
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First-grade students at Richland engaged in a heartwarming letter-writing exchange with fifth graders from Eden Hall this year. Following four months of letter writing, the students met in person on May 12.
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Are you interested in being involved next school year? There are plenty of opportunities available.
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Second grader Rohan Kumar recently won the regional NorthSouth Foundation Junior Spelling Bee for grades 1-3.
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In this annual competition, student finalists in grades 1-4 prepared their favorite creative dishes. Congratulations to Caroline S.!
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February was filled with celebrations, including our Move-A-Thon and Valentine's parties. Throughout the month, we made time to celebrate Black History Month in classrooms and on the morning announcements.
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For the third year in a row, Pine-Richland student art is on display at Pine Community Center. Art displays have been updated for this quarter. All members of the community are encouraged to stop by to see what our K-8 students have been working on this school year!
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