Richmond Elementary

A huge THANK YOU to Sam’s Club and Grand Canyon University for helping us kick off the school year with full hearts AND full stomachs! 🍎📚❤️💛

We are so thankful for the amazing community partners who show up for our teachers and staff, especially during the busy back-to-school season. Your kindness and generosity definitely made our days a little brighter! 🫶🏼✨

Thank you, Sam’s Club and GCU, for showing our Richmond staff so much love! ❤️💛

Have questions about exceptional student services? Today is a good day to get answers.

The Office of Exceptional Students Open House is happening today from 2–6 p.m. at the Edison Staff Development Center, 157 2nd Avenue in South Charleston. Families can find information about IEPs, 504s, transportation, speech services, OT/PT, behavioral support, technology and more.

Childcare is available, and free homework supplies will be offered while they last. Can’t attend in person? Use the QR code on the flyer to schedule a virtual appointment.

There has been a change to the Town Hall Meeting with Dr. Potter. It will now be on September 8th.

We are just under two weeks until we welcome students back into our classrooms! If you can and want to, please consider donating to your child’s classroom. The original post has teachers classroom wishlists. Our teachers are forever grateful!

🚌 What is my student's bus route number?

We received this question a few times after yesterday’s bus post. The quickest way to find your student’s route is through the KCS Bus Route Finder.

Just:
📍 Enter your home address
🏫 Select your student’s school
🔎 Click Find Bus

The results will show the available route, bus stop location, pickup/drop-off times for that address, and your student's bus route number. Be sure to review both the morning and afternoon information, they may not be the same.

The route number is listed in the results, such as CH06 in the picture below. The bus number may change, but the route stays the same.

🔗 Find your student’s bus route here: https://findmyschool.us/kanawhawv

The bus number is still there. We’re just asking everyone to mostly ignore it. Simple enough, right? 😅

Beginning this school year, KCS students will be assigned to a bus route instead of a specific bus number.

Each route has a two-letter abbreviation for the high school feeder area followed by two numbers, such as HH01. The letters will appear in that high school’s colors, and the route number will be displayed on the side of the bus next to the bus number.

🚌 What does that mean?

If your student’s route is HH01, look for the HH01 sign. It could be attached to bus 1908 today, bus 2101 tomorrow or bus 1911 next week. If the bus displays HH01, it is covering your student’s route.

The bus number identifies the vehicle. The route number tells you where it is going.

📱 What about the Where’s the Bus? app?

The app will also identify your student’s bus by the route number. Instead of looking for bus 1908, families will look for their student’s assigned route, HH01 in this example.

🔔 Why are we making this change?

In the past, about 90% of transportation’s bus-change notifications simply told families that a different bus was covering the same route. Assigning students to routes will eliminate most of those notices.

That means fewer notifications such as “bus 1908 will ride bus 2101 this afternoon” and more room for the updates families actually need to see.

The bus number has not been fired. It just has a much smaller role this season. The route number is the one to remember.

Meet Mr. Cody, our new evening custodian! Cody Fleming has worked with Kanawha County Schools for eight years, most recently at Midland Trail. He is not new to the South Charleston community, as he worked at South Charleston Middle for six and a half years! He is excited to be part of the Richmond family!

Richmond will be using a new photography compnay this year for school picutres/yearbook, Strawbridge Studios, Inc. Our Fall Picture Day is scheduled for Sept. 1st! Please see the attachments for more information!

Meet our new ID teacher, Mrs. Walters

I am excited to return to Richmond as the ID teacher and begin this new chapter in my educational journey. Outside of school, I enjoy being a mom, spending time with my family, traveling, cooking, and playing sports. I look forward to sharing my enthusiasm for learning and helping each student build confidence, discover their strengths, and reach their full potential.