C.W. Ruckel Middle School

Don't forget it is Spirit Week for Month of the Military Child. Tomorrow is RED WHITE AND BLUE!

Don't forget to get your go fan tickets for tonight's flag football games against Destin and Pryor.

The Ram Rally fundraiser will be coming to a close tomorrow. Please help us get closer to our goal!

In Honor of April being "Month of the Military Child", RMS is hosting a special Spirit Week!

RAM JAM is Tomorrow. We have reached 47% of our goal. If you have not registered please do so, it is not too late to collect donations. The contest will close on April 13 and prize winners will be announced after that. Just go to getmovinfundhub.com and use the school Identifier: 640a4d0b3c494 All donations will go towards purchasing smart boards for our classrooms. Please remember that if students wish to throw at the dunk tank, participate in the football throw, play corn hole, or purchase food from Kona Ice or Dippin Dots, they must bring cash. Credit cards will not be accepted. All students will participate in the "walk" during their assigned times.

Please support our flag football team today!

FAST writing test April 3- 5

Update: Ram Jam is Thursday! We are at 24% of our goal for Ram Jam. Remember ALL funds collected go to purchasing smart boards to replace projectors in classrooms making your students learning more interactive! We need you! Only 143 students have registered. All students who register & collect $25 by tomorrow will receive ice cream Tuesday. 1. Register to your dashboard & complete your child’s student webpage with a PICTURE at getmovinfundhub.com. School Identifier: 640a4d0b3c494 2. Make an online donation using the red Donate button! 3. Share with friends and family, they want to help! • Send 10-15 emails and/or text messages • Post Facebook or Twitter THANK YOU FOR HELPING RUCKEL

Happy Saturday Ruckel Rams We have reached 21% of our goal. Our top classes as of right now are Ms. Tomassetti, Ms. Dunson ad Ms. Jerome. Remember everyone who is registered and collects at least $25 by Monday will receive an ice cream on Tuesday. There are prizes for the top students school wide, the top student for each grade level, and the top homeroom class. All donations will go towards purchasing smart boards for classrooms. The Ram Jam will occur this Thursday. Don't forget to vote for who you want to dunk on Thursday by adding funds to their bucket during lunch!

The top three classes as of 3/31/2023 are Ms. Dunson, Ms. Waldhour and Ms. Jerome. We are currently at almost 17% of our goal. Our Ram Jam is Thursday April 6th which will include a Fun Run! Information was distributed in homeroom and this fundraiser will go towards the goal of installing new smartboards in all classrooms at RMS. Please be sure to register TODAY and start raising pledges to support this fundraiser! The school wide money collectors have a chance to win the following prizes: 1st place – Set of Air Pod Pros 2nd place – Paddle Board 3rd place – Mountain Bicycle *The top money collector at each grade level will receive a $100 gift card All students who register and collet $25 will receive ice cream during lunch on Tuesday!

The top three classes as of 3/30/2023 are Ms. Waldhour, Ms. Tomassetti and Ms. Tabor. We are currently at almost 10% of our $30,000 goal. Our Ram Jam is Thursday April 6th which will include a Fun Run! Information was distributed in homeroom and this fundraiser will go towards the goal of installing new smartboards in all classrooms at RMS. Please be sure to register TODAY and start raising pledges to support this fundraiser! The school wide money collectors have a chance to win the following prizes: 1st place – Set of Air Pod Pros 2nd place – Paddle Board 3rd place – Mountain Bicycle *The top money collector at each grade level will receive a $100 gift card Dippin Dots & Kona Ice will be on campus during the event. Starting Thursday, March 30th through next Wednesday, April 5th, you can vote for the administrator or teacher you want to see dunked by paying a $1. Come visit PTO during lunch and let’s raise some money. Go RAMS!

Ram Jam Will be held April 6 7th grade 1st and 2nd period 8th grade 3rd and 4th period 6th grade 5th and 6th period

Join us at the game tonight!

Ram Rally officially kicks off when we return from Spring Break. However, if you want to get a jump on things feel free to sign up now! Fabulous prizes include a paddle board, air pod pros, a bike & more. The top three collecting students school-wide will win a prize as well as the top collector in each grade level.

Congratulations to all the Ruckel Choruses for their amazing MPA accomplishments by receiving Superior ratings across the board!! 🤩 A special recognition to the Ambassador Mixed & Ambassador Ladies Choirs who received the highest honor of Superior with Distinction 🎉 These are a hard earned recognitions. In Florida this year, only 9 Superior with Distinction recognitions were awarded to 6 different schools. They earned 2 of those! We are glowing with pride!! 💛 🎶💛🎤

Thank you for supporting our teachers! March PTO Lunch donated by McGuires of Destin Ruby Tuesday of Niceville Sabina’s Europa, Monica Atkinson Catherine and Mike Card

The end of the third quarter is rewarded with SPRING BREAK! 2023 Spring Break for Okaloosa County School District Schools is March 20-24. Monday, March 27 is a Teacher Workday/ Student Holiday. 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭: 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟕 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝! Please keep in mind that school and District offices may be following different hours during the Spring Break holiday.

Join us tonight!

Congratulations to the Ruckel Academic Team for their hard work this weekend at STEMM! JV placed 2nd with some very difficult questions today. Varsity had a dramatic last few rounds and ended up coming in 3rd place (8-2 record)! This has been a great year and the students have done so well! We will continue to meet for normal practices until the end of April. I have some fun activities planned. Go Ruckel! Varsity 1st - Rocky Bayou 2nd - Meigs 3rd - Ruckel JV 1st - STEMM 2nd - Ruckel 3rd - Liza Jackson JV: Patrick Wusterbarth Wesley Foxhall Ryker Case Sunday Alvarado Kennedy Carter Kaytlyn Starr Varsity: Maya Muschinski Ian Barry Kealy Starr Erin Darnall Olivia Gibbons Griffin Byrd

Thank you to all of the students and parents who joined us for ram rally last night. It was an amazing evening and we can’t wait to welcome our new students in August.