“The original Richmond School was a two-story wooden
building constructed in 1887. It was largely built with the help of
Mr. Norman Richmond, one of the owners of the Richmond Paper Mill,
a precursor to the Appleton Paper Company. Richmond School had the
capacity for 90 children, most often kindergarten, first, and
second grades occupied the school. School started in the fall and
ended the following June. Most students only attended during the
winter months, as they were needed for farm work. A fire in 1924
closed the school until a new stack was installed.” …
“after years of over-crowded conditions, Richmond parents and
Head Teacher Miss Viola Pelzer formed the first Richmond School PTA
and met with Superintendent J.P. Mann to plan for a new building.
Finally in fall of 1953, Richmond School opened it doors to
kindergarten through fifth grade students.”
Source: Richmond School History 1887-1993 written by Richmond
Elementary School PTA Founders Day Committee. --Bernie Selk
Today approximately 282 students attend grades K – 6 at
Richmond Elementary. In 2007 Richmond won the Gold Governor’s
School Health Award and Shape up Wisconsin’s Kids Day Award.
The school mascot is The Richmond Rocket and the school newsletter
is appropriately named “The Rocket Reporter”.
Update 10/10/08 - Congratulations to Richmond Elementary on
being the 4th healthiest school in the nation! Richmond was
featured in a Sept 2008 edition of Health Magazine and there was a
celebration ceremony on Oct 8th which included special guest Mayor
Tim Hanna. Well done Richmond!
The cache is another seed from Giz's Seed Cache. You are looking for
micro-sized cache and will need to bring your own writing
instrument. Watch out for nearby muggles.
Puzzle:
Coordinates are:
N 44 AB.CDE
W 088 FG.HIJ
A is the First Digit of the Postal Address for Richmond
Elementary. ** Update 10/5/07 - Richmond school, since 1953
has had the Same Numbered address up until this school year!
According to my Son, they changed the address this year because
they realized Odd was on one side and even on the other and they
were "technically" on the Odd side but had an even address! Though
it doesn't affect this puzzle solution, it's another bit of
interesting trivia on the school. B is the 3rd digit of the year
that the First Richmond school PTA was formed. C is the sixth digit
(of 10) of the Fax Number for the school. D = B. E is the second
number in the countdown at the end of the Richmond School Song.
You’re, halfway there…
The school day begins at 8:FG. H is the 4th digit (of 10) of the
Phone Number for the school. I is the # of “Pillars of
Character” in the Character Counts program at Richmond. J is
the maximum grade level a student can attend at Richmond plus
2.
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