News & Announcements

As the school year wraps up, RSD is excited to offer students a variety of ways to keep learning, creating, and staying active this summer.

Summer opportunities include high school courses for credit, pottery classes at Richland High School for students in grades 3-12, FAME Drama Camp at Hanford High School for incoming 7th-9th graders, and athletic camps for students of all ages at Richland and Hanford high schools.

RSD will be offering free summer meals for any child 18 years of age and younger. The Summer Food Service Program ensures students get the nutrition they need to learn, play, and grow throughout the summer.

Will you have a kindergartner starting their academic journey or will your child be joining our schools for the first time in the fall? Our online enrollment portal for the 2026-27 school year is now open.

It’s official! The first day of school for the 2026-27 school year will be September 1 for students in Grades 1-12 and September 3 for Kindergarteners! 

Richland School District is proud to recognize five educators who have recently earned National Board Certification, one of the highest professional distinctions in education. 

Richland School District is committed to supporting students and families who may be facing food insecurity. Families experiencing a loss or reduction of income, such as from the current federal government shutdown, may now qualify for free or reduced-price school meals, even if they haven’t been eligible before.

As Northwest United Protestant Church prepares to close its doors, its final act will leave an incredible legacy for local children. The church has established a $100,000 permanent endowment fund through 3 Rivers Community Foundation (3RCF) to support Jefferson Elementary students, which will provide essentials such as school supplies, clothing, pantry items, hygiene products, and extracurricular activities.

We are very excited to announce that Richland School District has partnered with FinalForms, an online forms and data management service.

Beginning next school year, families will be responsible for providing school supplies for their students. To help streamline the school supply process for families, we worked with staff to create grade level lists instead of individual classroom lists.

The Richland School District is committed to providing our students with a safe and inclusive environment for learning.

Learn more about the district's budget along with other important financial information.

Learn more about inclement weather procedures and sign-up for alerts.

May 6-10, we celebrate our certificated staff! We have more than 930 certificated staff members, each who bring a high level of expertise to their field.

The Richland School District is committed to supporting the well-being and mental health of all students and staff.

Feedback wanted on potential modified/ adjusted/balanced calendar schedule.

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This school year we are using a new communication tool to reach parents and guardians. ParentSquare allows families to connect with teachers and school staff, receive weather delay and crisis notifications, view school events and securely receive important student documents.

Whether you are wondering about when the first day of school is, what school supplies are needed or how to get bus route information, we have answers for you.

We have more than 900 certificated staff, which includes teachers, school counselors, specialists, school psychologists, school nurses and so many more, work hard each day to support, engage and inspire students.

To celebrate our Education Support Professionals, we are shining the spotlight on several of our education support professional staff members. Read about them and their deep connections to our schools.

Nine Destination Imagination teams of RSD elementary students received top honors at the Regional Destination Imagination Tournament and will be moving on to compete at the state tournament on March 25.

Introducing RSD’s Family Launchpad! This portal brings all the RSD platforms parents and guardians need into one digital space.

Thank you for your continued support of students!

It’s official! The first day of school (grades 1-12) for the 2023-24 school year will be August 29.

Amy Salinas will be the next principal for Jefferson Elementary!

COVID-19 led to a very unique year of Destination Imagination competition and RSD teams still did an impressive job demonstrating their creativity and problem-solving.

Through the fall of 2021 Richland School District will use a screening tool to help gauge where students are in their social-emotional learning and help them grow.

One of our fabulous counselors, Mrs. G, offers some words of encouragement for parents during this season of distance learning.

Check out 'Kindness with Mrs. G' and get some useful tips on navigating a situation that is new to all of us!  Come back each week for a new dose of Kindness Club.  Click HERE to watch

Mr. O'Konek, your principal, will now share a weekly update online for families to stay in the loop and connected!  This update will have a permanent home on his Principal page here on the website.  Click HERE to read the newsletter.

We are excited to celebrate Read Across America Week in honor of Dr. Seuss and his creativity.  Let's have a little fun and spend some more time reading during the day.

It's that time of year again—make sure you know as soon as our schools are on delay or canceled due to inclement winter weather.

Fifth-grader Isla Fowler is committed to making this the best year at school ever. Discover how she's reaching that goal.

Road construction on George Washington Way will affect vehicle and pedestrian traffic for the Early Learning Center, Jefferson and Sacajawea elementary schools and Hanford High School. Learn about designated pedestrian crossings, alternate routes and other steps students and families can take to stay safe and reduce delays.

Mr. O'Konek joined the district in 2013 and most recently served as assistant principal at Jason Lee Elementary. He is thrilled to become part of a school with such dedicated staff and families who have long put students first.

Check out just a few of the high school students the Careers In Education program at Richland High School is helping prepare to become the next generation of teachers.

Join us in congratulating our teachers who recently earned or renewed their certification with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate the opening of the new Jefferson Elementary on Aug. 27 with a ribbon cutting ceremony.