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Thank you to First State Bank for coming out to greet our students and families.
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Attention families: Students received a form with information about next week's Thanksgiving lunch. This form needs to be returned if you’d like a ticket to attend Thanksgiving lunch. Tickets are $5 each and must be purchased by Wednesday, November 8th. If you need an additional form, please contact the front office.
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This week RMS celebrated Red Ribbon Week, a drug-abuse prevention campaign, by dressing up to bring awareness to this cause. Each day we had a raffle for every student or staff member who participated. Congrats to our winners!
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Attention RMS families, our 1st 9 Weeks Gale Awards will be on Friday, November 3, 2023. 6th-grade awards will begin at 8:45 and 7th-grade awards will begin at 10:15. Parents/Caregivers will park in the back gym parking lot and check in at the table when entering the building for a visitor's pass.
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Attention RMS families, Boys and Girls Club is closed November 1-3.
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the RMS Spirit Squad used PINK poms and PINK bows to show their support for breast cancer awareness during their last football game of the season.
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We can't let this month go by without wishing our admin team a Happy National Principal Month. We appreciate all they do for the students and staff of RMS! #galeProud #ONERSD
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RMS Families, we are 2 weeks away from our FIRST ANNUAL Russellville Spirit Showcase! Enjoy performances by all your favorite spirit squads!! We hope to see you there! All proceeds will go to help RHS cheer raise competition fees, warmups, meals and more! Thank you so much for your support!!
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Congratulations to our 2023 RMS Chili Cook Off Winners!
First place-Ms. Forehand,
Second Place-Coach Spradlin,
Third Place-Mr. Farr.
We would like to give a shout out and special thanks to our amazing judges Dr. Brittney Turner, Mr. Thomas Rice, and Mayor Fred Teague for volunteering their time. Happy Fall, RMS!
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Thank you to our Wednesday Wavers: Elizabeth Hunnicutt, Aaron McElroy,
Jamie Duke, and Jill Bennett from Arvest Bank. We appreciate you coming out and supporting our RMS families.
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Our 1st 9 Weeks Gale Awards will be on Friday, November 3, 2023. 6th-grade awards will begin at 8:45 and 7th-grade awards will begin at 10:15. Parents/Caregivers will park in the back gym parking lot and check in at the table when entering the building for a visitor's pass.
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Please click the following link to access our 2023 HRS Families Survey. This data will help us to make the best decisions in regard to student learning and success.
https://hanover-research.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1YOCLLrjRWAt3G6?group=nonstudent
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We are so proud of our 7th Grade Cross Country Runners. They had an outstanding performance on Saturday at the Lake Hamilton Invitational. All runners had an excellent day. Three of our runners won medals for being in the top ten of all 7th graders in the meet. Oliver Castro(9th), Isaac Anderson(10th), and Grace Ruple won two medals. One for being the 2nd best 7th grade girl and 17th overall in the race. Go Gales!
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The RMS Flu clinic will be on Monday, October 23, 2023. Flu packets were sent home with students on Wednesday of this week. If you would like your child to receive a flu shot on this day please fill out this packet and return the paperwork to the RMS office no later than Friday, October 20, 2023.
If you have you have questions you may contact RMS nurse Megan Williams.
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Today's Wednesday Waver was RSD board member Georganne Rollans and Mr. Farr. Thank you so much for greeting our RMS families and students! #GoGales #galePROUD
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This week is National School Lunch Week. We love our amazing RMS Cafeteria Staff. Thank you so much for everything that you do!
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The Lady Gales finished their season with a win against Morrilton on Monday. We finished the season 9-8. We celebrated our season yesterday with a team party! Go Gales!
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Attention RSD families, Cyclone Youth Parent meeting at RHS at 6PM.
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The RMS Spirit Squad welcomed a special guest to the football game last night. Ja’Nejah Taylor cheered with our team on the sidelines. We are so proud of her for stepping out of her comfort zone and excelling! GO GALES!!
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RHS is celebrating their spirit days this week!
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