http://www.rsd.edu Richland School District en-us Richland School District 60 Wed, 07 May 2008 15:20:00 PDT Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:49:04 PST http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=320 Alisha Gonzalez gripped the binoculars and rocked up on her tip-toes to get a better look. "Where is it?" she asked. Then she spotted it, a baby owl resting in a tree at the Horn Rapids park near Richland. "It was really fuzzy," said Alisha, 10, a few minutes later, still smiling. The fifth-grader at Jason Lee Elementary in Richland was one of 1,500 pupils from across the Mid-Columbia at Benton Conservation District's annual Salmon Summit. Wed, 07 May 2008 03:14:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=319 Oh yeah, they're excited. The plane ride! Staying in the dorms! Trading pins with other kids from around the world! Two teams of students from Richland are going to the Destination Imagination Global Finals in Tennessee later this month.... Mon, 05 May 2008 12:52:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=317 Brad Elzie was an old pro at job interviews with two already under his belt. But that didn't keep his stomach from flip-flopping as he waited for his name to be called. Thu, 01 May 2008 10:01:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=313 Hanford High School math scholars have brought home some state championship hardware. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:24:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=304 River's Edge High School students are going to make the school's courtyard more environmentally friendly thanks to a $$1,500 grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:18:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=306 Chief Joseph Middle School seventh-graders made masks, performed scenes from Shakespeare's plays and ate birthday cake and other treats as part of their celebration of the English playwright. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:12:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=303 When the Richland Food Bank was running low on supplies this winter, the Jefferson Elementary School K-Kids Screaming Eagles (sponsored by the Tri-Cities Industry Kiwanis Club) jumped into action by putting food collection boxes around the school. They spoke to all classes about the need and what to donate. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:35:00 -0700 http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/157814.html In Richland, rising food prices are prompting officials to think hard about what products to buy, and to plan out purchases further in advance, said Mary Eggebraten, interim food services director. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:09:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=292 The Hanford High School Cheer Squad earned third place at the National Cheerleading Association's United States Cheerleading Championships held March 29 at Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:15:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=286 Richland School District teachers are getting more efficient access to Internet video resources. Information Systems staff are transitioning the District’s Wide Area Network from a T1 line to City of Richland dark fiber. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:15:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=288 The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has announced that the Hanford High School Falcon Fever Dance Team is the 2008 Academic State Champion in the AAA division. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:59:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=289 Drama students from Hanford and Richland High Schools earned numerous awards at the recent Washington State Thespian Festival. For the second year in a row, RHS senior Sam Turner won first place for musical performance. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:42:00 -0700 http://www.tri-cityherald.com/959/gallery/115765-a137558-t2.html Tory Christensen learned to love guitar as a boy while listening to his dad play cowboy songs. Now the Richland man uses the instrument to write tunes of his own -- gentle melodies with a subtle country lilt that remind kids to say please and thank you, believe in themselves and have a little fun. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:47:00 -0700 http://www.tri-cityherald.com/959/gallery/115765-a134424-t2.html Sacagawea State Park Ranger Reade Obern led a group of Lewis and Clark Elementary School fifth-grade "fiddle" students in Soldier's Joy on Thursday at the school. Obern was at the Richland school to speak about the Lewis and Clark expedition and the music they played. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:05:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=273 Mike Hansen, Principal of White Bluffs Elementary School in Richland, has been named "2008 Washington State Administrator of the Year" by the Northwest Council for Computer Education (NCCE). NCCE honors a principal each year who regularly models effective use of technology in daily work and who effectively monitors teacher use of technology in instruction. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:29:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=262 Linda A. Johnson, para-educator at Marcus Whitman Elementary School, is one of 36 winners of the 2008 Washington State Classified Employee Excellence Award. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:46:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=277 Debbie Cassidy, Chief Joseph Middle School language arts teacher, and Cathy Kuwamoto, Lewis & Clark Elementary School counselor, have been named recipients of the 2008 Tri-Cities Crystal Apple Award. The awards were presented at the tenth annual Crystal Apple Awards banquet March 13 at Columbia Basin College. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:49:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=279 The Carmichael Middle School Math Team earned first place at the Southeastern Washington MathCounts Competition held February 2nd in West Richland and has qualified for state. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:08:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=276 Hanford High School won the 3A championship and Richland High School won the 4A championship at the Southeastern Washington Knowledge Bowl competition last month. Both teams are moving on to state March 22 in Camas. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:31:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=274 Cutting back on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning has come down to an issue of money, not educational philosophy. A bill passed in the Senate on Wednesday would require state education officials to redesign the elementary- and middle-school reading, math and science tests to reduce the number of open-ended questions to reduce the cost of grading them. Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:43:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=272 Do you know what your children are doing on the Internet? If you have children in the home, it's never too early to protect them from the dangers of the Internet. Parents and community members are invited to attend "Internet Safety for Parents" on Thursday, March 20, 7:00 pm, at the Badger Mountain Elementary School gymnasium. The presenter will be Eric Hsu, senior deputy prosecuting attorney for Benton County. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:41:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=269 Dan Chubb was in the school's kitchen when he got the radio call of a possible gun on campus. The principal of River's Edge High School in Richland rushed to the office and called out assignments to staff. Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:10:00 -0700 http://tri-cityherald.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?userphoto=0&image=17993418&thispage=1 - Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:48:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=268 The kids who gathered at Washington State University Tri-Cities on Saturday were the sort of students that know that "coccus" is the morphological scientific name given to a spherically shaped bacterium. Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:53:00 -0700 http://www.rsd.edu/article.src?ID=267 The Tri-Cities Battle of the Books Championship is set for Thursday, February 28, 6:30 pm, at the Hanford High School Black Box Theater. Students from nine elementary schools in Pasco, Kennewick and Richland will compete to see who is tops in reading comprehension. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:00:00 -0700