Administration

The school day starts at 8:00 and ends at 2:15. Doors open at 7:45 for parent drop off. In order to continue to prioritize student safety we will continue to ask parents NOT to walk their children to their classrooms in the morning. As noted below we will have a meet and greet on the 25th for you to check out the classroom and meet the teacher. 

Students will only need to bring a backpack, a water bottle and PE shoes to school each day. The school will provide all other school supplies for your student. Please provide a water bottle for your child to use at school throughout the school day. They can refill it as needed. 

Please come by the school and meet your teacher and see your new classroom! This is not a conference time, but rather a time to check out where your new room is and say, "Hello" to your new teacher! 

Our first week of school will be half days with the afternoons set aside to connect with families. Teachers, will contact you to set up a time to meet. Please check your schedule now to see what might work for your family. 

• Student release time will be at 11:00am each day. 
• All students 1st - 5th come every day from 8:00 - 11:00
• Please make arrangements now for this first week. 
• Parent Connection Meetings are intended as a get to know you time where teachers are excited to hear about your student's strengths, needs, and goals for the year.

Monday, August 29th – Thursday, September 1s

• Half days from 8:00-11:00 M/W or T/TH
• Family connection meetings in the afternoon 
• Students will not have assigned classes, instead will be a rotation model with all teachers working with all students. 

Friday, September 2nd   

• Half day from 8:00 – 11:00 all students 
• Family connection meetings in the afternoon 

Tuesday, September 6th – Friday, September 9th    

• Half day from 8:00 – 11:00 all students  
• Family connection meetings in the afternoon  

Monday, September 12th – Friday, September 16th  

• Half day from 8:00 – 11:00 all students 
• Parent connection meetings in the afternoon  

Thursday, September 15th Class Placements made. 

Friday, September 16th Open House 11:30 - 12:30 

Monday, September 19th, full time for all students, 8:00 – 2:15, in assigned classrooms.  

Grants Pass School District continues to provide free breakfast and lunch for all students this year. We will have breakfast and lunch in the cafeteria this year except for Kindergarten. Kindergarten will start the year by eating in the classroom. Students are always welcome to bring their own lunch to school as well as a healthy snack. Don't forget that water bottle! 

We are finalizing our class lists and student placements. If you have not registered yet, please do. Balancing our classes is a top priority for us and using current registration is how we do our best to place our students. We will be posting class lists on Parent Square on Tuesday, August 16th. 

We love volunteers! Please fill out a volunteer form if you would like to volunteer in your child's classroom, around the school, or go on a field trip this year. Contact the office if you have any questions. Click here for more information on volunteering.

ParentSquare is our district communication tool. It is used to keep our families better informed through email, text and app notification. ParentSquare automatically generates an account for each parent/guardian, using their preferred email address and phone number. Please log in and register so you can set up your preferences if you haven't already. 

With a new year comes change! A few staff members have shuffled around and we will also have a few new faces around the building this year. 

Changes

• Jeret Musser is moving from 3rd Grade to 4th Grade
• Matti Thurman is moving from 5th Grade to a Job Share position with Amber Pasillas in 4th Grade

New

• Margie Alderson is a new assistant in our Explorations
• Ashley Wilson is a new educational assistant joining us in Title One
• Kari Hudson- Burcher will be our new Music teacher this year
• Elisabeth Phillips-Jones will be our new Special Education teacher
• Karleigh Musser will be joining Brittany McDougall in a Job Share position in 5th Grade
• If you haven't yet, please welcome Michael Rushing as our new night custodian

School is released at 2:15.

All families will need to have the PikMyKid app downloaded whether your child rides the bus, gets picked up, rides their bike or walks. Plans change sometimes and this app helps navigate those changes. Students will stay in their classrooms, parents will be required to stay in their vehicle (please do not park in the parking lot or on the street), use the app to announce as you pull through the parking lot, staff will bring your student out as you pull around to the front of the school. All walkers will walk around the path to go home by the fire station. If you’d like to meet them, please walk down this path and meet them by the shed. 

All going home plans need to be made through the app before 1:30. 

On Campus Kids is our after school care. Please contact On Campus Kids at oncampuskidsenrichment.com call 541-531-2406, or our office if you are in need of after school care at Redwood. We will also be bussing students to the YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club again this year.