Category: School News

To Our Whiteside Families, What an exciting week it has been at Whiteside! Our students have been busy learning, exploring, and making memories both in and outside the classroom. Some students have enjoyed visits to the Nature Park, spent time planting and caring for our school gardens, or participated in Jay’s Care baseball activities alongside…

Please find attached a copy of the Summer 2026 Watersafe Newsletter from July 3rd to September 6th 2026! A couple friendly reminders: Any students who have completed Red Cross Swim Kids 5 and/or Swim For Life Swimmer 4 are not required to take the course. In the event the student has misplaced their report card…

Attached please find the 2026-27 school calendar. Attachments 2026-27_School_Calendar.pdf

This year, the Richmond School District introduced an updated elementary track and field format for students in Grades 4 to 7. The district is providing a survey to gather input from parents, students, staff and community members about their experience with the updated format and considerations for future elementary track and field planning. The survey…

School Learning Focus for the 2025-2026 school year For the 2025–2026 school year, our students will build confidence as readers and compassionate community members. Through targeted instruction, they will learn to independently apply reading comprehension strategies to deepen their understanding.  At the same time, our Wolfpack will practice showing respect for self, others, and place…

To Our Whiteside Families, The past week at Whiteside was absolutely jam-packed with excitement, learning, and laughter — and with only five more weeks left in the school year, there is still so much to look forward to! As we head into warmer and sunnier days, students will continue spending more time outdoors gardening, learning…

To Our Whiteside Families, What a week it has been for our Whiteside Wolves! Under sunny skies at the Track and Field Meet, students sprinted, soared, and showed off their best running, jumping, and throwing skills. From exciting races to giant cheers from teammates, our Wolves experienced all the thrills of a true track and…

To Our Whiteside Families, It’s been a whirlwind (the good kind!) of learning and excitement here at Whiteside over the past two weeks—honestly, we’re a little out of breath just thinking about it! From being thoroughly impressed by our French Immersion students at Le Concours d’art oratoire (seriously, future public speakers in the making!), to stretching muscles we…

To Our Whiteside Families, We have an exciting week ahead at Whiteside! Our week begins with the SD38 Track and Field Meet at Minoru Park tomorrow for our intermediate students. We encourage everyone to wear their Whiteside Spirit Wear and cheer on our amazing Whiteside Wolves as they demonstrate teamwork, perseverance, and school spirit. We…

The Richmond Board of Education will hold its regular public meeting tonight, Wednesday, May 20, starting at 7 p.m. Members of the public are invited to attend in person at the School Board Office (7811 Granville Avenue, 1st Floor Boardroom) or join the meeting online via Zoom. Register to attend via Zoom: https://sd38.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YDg6LBRxTgKTkcYvQbSc9Q After registering,…