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JAMES S. RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOL
WEEKLY LISTSERV Week of August 21,
2023 posted August 18, 2023
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Mr. Douglas Cook Principal |
Parent(s)/Guardian(s): We are pleased to notify you that, in accordance with the
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), you have the right to request information regarding the professional qualifications of your child’s teacher. Specifically, you may request the following: ● Information about whether the teacher has met state qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides
instruction. ● Information about whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state qualification or licensing criteria has
been waived. ● Information about the baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher as well as the field of
discipline for the certification or degree. ● Information about whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications. If you would like to receive the information above, please complete the top portion of the
attached Parents Right To Know form and return it to your child’s school.
In addition, you may request the following information about state assessments from your child’s school:
Please contact the school at 850-414-5500 to request assessment information. If you have any questions, feel free to email Dr. Barnes at
[log in to unmask] and she will be happy to assist you. Mr. Douglas Cook, Principal
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Deborah Barnes, Ph.D. Assistant Principal for Curriculum
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Dear Parents and Guardians,
Our first couple days of school have been awesome! We have completed our scheduling process. Since we are towards the end of enrolling students for this school year, we are now working on balancing classes
that are too large or too small and reviewing schedule correction requests that were submitted by the deadline. Those requests for schedule changes will be limited and situational only. Please see below for a reminder of examples of acceptable and unacceptable
schedule changes. Acceptable Schedule changes are:
Unacceptable Schedule changes:
Our guidance counselors are working diligently reviewing schedule correction forms and we are striving to complete the schedule correction process by Friday, August 25, 2023. If you have any questions about scheduling, please contact me at 850-414-5500 or e-mail our Guidance Counselors at
[log in to unmask] Deborah G. Barnes, Ph.D. Greatness awaits! |
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Mr. Chris Cowart Assistant Principal for Facilities and Attendance |
Compulsory School Attendance-Florida
law requires all children from six (6) to sixteen (16) years of age to attend school regularly during the entire school term.
Please make sure your student(s) attends school daily. Their success is heavily dependent on their presence at school. If your student must be absent, please send a note to Mrs. V. Washington,
the attendance secretary at [log in to unmask] or the student can drop the note off to her in the front office.
Absences are excused by LCS District for the following reasons:
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Religious Holidays/Observances
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Pre-arranged absence(s) for educational purposes approved at least one week in advance of the absence. Documentation of the educational experience must be provided
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Mr. Sam Striplin Assistant Principal For Discipline Mr. Roosevelt Sea Dean of Students |
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Ms.
Terraca Jones Guidance Department Chair |
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Mrs. J. Goodman Testing Coordinator |
Please see the
attached letter regarding Fall Progress Monitoring.
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Dr. P. Hall Science Department Chair |
We would like to remind parents and students that RHS Chromebooks are required for quizzes and tests in most science classes. Students should also be set up with
Remind to communicate with their teachers. Students in AP Courses will be getting their AP College Board Accounts soon. Science classes are off and running. The majority of our students have completed their Lab Safety Quizzes and Modules
and are ready to start lab activities. Get to know the science teachers-
Science Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Dana Fields has been teaching science for 21 years- all of them at Rickards High School! Her daughter graduated from the IB program at Rickards before heading off to earn her bachelor's degree from Princeton. Before teaching
at Rickards Ms. Fields was actually Captain Fields and spent 8 years in the Air Force and has worked in industry and academia. She has a master's degree in Chemical Oceanography from FSU. Ms. Fields is also the sponsor of Key Club which is a national service-based
organization at Rickards. We love to joke with Ms. Fields because she lives on a "farm". She is a true animal lover and currently has 7 dogs, 8 cats, 6 goats, 2 box turtles, 1 mud turtle, 2 gerbils, 2 hamsters, 3 rats (yes pet rats!), and too many fowl (ducks,
chickens and geese) to count. Key Club will have an interest meeting this week- 8/22- Tuesday at lunch
in room 1912. Science Olympiad
will have their interest meeting this week- 8/23- Wednesday at Lunch in room 1931. Science Fair will have a MANDATORY interest meeting next week- 8/29- Tuesday
at Lunch in room 1931. Science Classes in action this coming week: Ms. Fields: HL Chem seniors will be creating and standardizing solutions. AP Enviornmental Science students will be planting grass! Ms. Figueroa: Pre-IB Chemistry students will be learning how to use Bunsen Burners without setting the building on fire and will be bending glass! Dr. Hall: General AP Biology students will be exploring the properties of water. IB Biology and 6th period AP Biology students will be learning about the chemicals that make the body function. |
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Mr. Earl Hankerson Athletic Director |
Raiders Athletics Week of August 21, 2023 Monday, 8/21/23 Raiders Golf vs. Florida High, Jake Gaither Course, 3:30pm Tuesday, 8/22/23 Lady Raiders Golf vs. Chiles/Maclay, Hilaman Course, 3:30pm Lady Raiders Volleyball @ Godby, 5:00pm JV/6:30pm Varsity Wednesday 8/23/23 Raiders Swim vs. Lincoln/Godby, Jack McClean, 3:30pm Raiders JV Football @ Madison, 6:30pm Thursday 8/24/23 Lady Raiders Volleyball @ Taylor County, 5:00pm JV/6:00pm Varsity Raiders Football @ Crestview, 7:00pm (CST) Friday 8/25/23 Lady Raiders Golf vs. Maclay/Chiles, Gaither Course, 3:30pm Saturday 8/26/23 Raiders Cross Country @ Dueling Summits (FSUHS), 8:00am Please see the attached Raiders Athletics opportunities to support our athletics programs and Raiders Athletics Participation Packet! Encourage your students to be the best part of Raiders Athletics. ONE NATION...RAIDER NATION!!! |
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Senior Sunrise – Class of 2024
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The She Academy is still accepting applications!! |
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