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School Highlights

In 2023, Richfield High School was awarded a place on the "Best Public High Schools 2023-24" list by U.S. News and World Report! This recognition is a testament to the dedication and hard work of our students, teachers, staff and the entire Richfield community. We ranked 62 out of 927 Minnesota high schools, placing us well within the top 10% in the state. We are extremely proud of this recognition and we promise to continue our commitment to excellence, growth and serving our amazing students.
Richfield High School was named to the 2023 AP School Honor Roll for our commitment to increasing college-going culture, providing opportunities for students to earn college credit, and maximizing college readiness. In 2023, 71% of RHS seniors took at least one AP exam during high school, 25% of seniors scored a three or higher on at least one AP exam, and 6% of seniors took five or more AP exams! Read more.
Our students have access to the Career & College Readiness Center, staffed by a full-time Career & College Readiness coordinator, whose sole job is to support and assist students in their postsecondary plans. Each year the CCR Center hosts events like job fairs, college fairs and representative visits, where students can explore the endless options available to them.
Richfield High School has been selected as a National School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education. We are also accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, as well as the Minnesota State Department of Education.

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Title I

Overview

Title I is the U.S. federal government’s largest education program to support public schools. The purpose is to support learners in meeting the state's academic standards. Title I programming supplements our regular education programming. Students are selected to receive Title I services based on a number of factors, including performance on standardized tests, classroom assessments and teacher recommendation. The funds are used to provide academic support to students who attend Richfield Middle School, Sheridan Hills Elementary, Centennial Elementary, Richfield Dual Language School and Richfield STEM School. These students must have been identified as needing assistance in meeting grade-level expectations.

All of our Title I schools use Title I funding in a schoolwide model. In a schoolwide model, Title I funds are used across the whole school, supporting and supplementing state and local funds to improve the education of historically under served students. Title I funding must always supplement and never supplant the regular education program at school.

A percentage of the Title I funds at a school are used to support parents with involvement in their child’s education. Schools provide opportunities for parents to learn how to support their children in their school work and to be involved at the school through volunteering and decision making opportunities. Schools assist parents by removing barriers to involvement.

You can view our school report cards on the Minnesota Department of Education's website.

Other Uses for Funds

Other Uses for Title I Funds

A percentage of the Title I funds at a school are used to support parents with involvement in their child’s education. Schools provide opportunities for parents to learn how to support their children in their school work, to be involved at the school through volunteering and decision making opportunities and they assist parents by removing barriers to involvement.

Some ways Title I funds may be used to support parents include:

Translate school information into a family's first language
Provide interpreters
Host activities to teach families how to help children learn by building their capacity
Support for understanding student assessments or the curriculum in use
Provide transportation to academic meetings and/or school activities
Provide childcare for school meetings and/or activities
Offer parenting classes (e.g. Voices United)

We also allocate Title I funds to:

Provide training to administrators and teachers
Help special populations of students, including those attending non-public schools and students/families experiencing homelessness

Your Rights

Parent/Guardian Rights

As a parent/guardian, you have the right to:

know the qualifications of your child’s teacher
know when your child has a substitute teacher for more than four weeks and the qualifications of the substitute teacher
know how your child’s school is rated on state test scores
expect regular communication with your school in a language that you can understand
work with other parents and staff to develop a school-level parent compact between the school and its families
help plan how money for family involvement should be spent
work with teachers, parents and the school principal to develop your school’s family involvement plan
ask for a meeting with your school principal or your child’s teacher at any time

School Improvement Plan

Summary of the RHS School Improvement Plan (SIP)

Richfield High School is committed to the goal of providing quality education for every child in this school. To this end, we want to establish partnerships with parents and with the community. Everyone gains if school and home work together to promote high academic and linguistic achievement by our children. Neither home nor school can do the job alone. Parents play an extremely important role as children's

Area of Focus	Key Strategies	Activities
Graduation	The Student Support Services team will meet at least monthly to review data for all students in the areas of attendance, behavior and credit completion.	The student support services team will gather data, identify school level patterns and trends and develop school wide interventions designed to get the student back on track. The student support services team will gather data discuss students showing early signs of falling behind to assign student level interventions designed to get the student back on track. The team will monitor the success of the student and school level interventions to increase the likelihood students will graduate on time from Richfield High School
Social-Emotional Learning and School Climate	Leadership teams will define a process for students and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.	Instructional staff and students will define Richfield High School core values and develop aligned behavior expectations to ensure we have common language to communicate about and problem solve issues.

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