Welcome to Remarkable Rickards!
"Home of the Rockets"
James S. Rickards Middle School serves the Oakland Park Community and is in it's 40thyear! A five-time recipient of the Golden School Award and 5th consecutive year receiving the Five Star School Award, Rickards received a grade of  from the State of Florida for the 2008 - 2009 school year.
"The mission of Rickards Middle School is to provide a directed learning environment that is challenging and relevant to students of all abilities."
 " Education Cuts Never Heal" - News about Federal Education cuts and what you can do to help. Please click on Education Funding News page.
 News Parents Need to Know New to Rickards? Please visit the Parents Resource Page for a complete list of what is needed to register your child for school. School Hours are 9:15am to 3:45pm. Early dismissal is not permitted after 3:15pm. If your child needs to leave school early for doctor appointments, he/she can be signed out of school prior to 3:15pm.
Supervision is provided from 8:30am to 4:00pm, therefore, no students are permitted on campus prior to 8:30am or after 4:00pm. Thanks for your help keeping your children safe!
 To register your child please click on Parent Resources for a list of items needed and visit during registration hours: 8:30am to 12:30pm Monday through Thursday only -- afternoon hours are by appointment.
Click here to view the Food Service Inspection Report for Rickards' Cafeteria
Title One News
Rickards Middle School is a Title One School. Title I is a federally funded program for economically disadvantaged children who reside in school attendance areas with a high concentration of children from low income families. Since a high incidence of poverty in a school has a direct correlation with low academic student achievement, Title I funds are used to provide supplementary instruction to raise the achievement of students who are failing to meet the challenging state standards. Title I funded personnel are instructional or support staff who directly contribute to the education of children and parents.
What's Happening?
Something's always going on at Rickards! The Rickards Athletic Department is proud to offer a variety of sports for your child to participate in as well as a number of various clubs and organizations. Please visit the Events/Sports/News pages for more information. School resumes Monday, August 24th.
Parent's Resources
Is your child attending Northeast High School next year? Visit the Parents Resource page for Northeast High School "Hurricane Camp" - a four day session just for incoming freshmen to help get you ready for life as a Hurricane!
Partners in Education
Businesses in our community join with Rickards for the benefit of our students. They provide a means of recognition, academic progress, career enrichment, and services for our students. Please frequent these businesses as your patronage enhances this program. Please visit the Partners page for a listing of our partners.
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