Redwood Acres Public School
JK to Grade 5 - Enrolment 327
School Profile
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Redwood Acres Public School is a JK to Grade 5 English Program school located in Hanmer, Ontario. Our school is the only English Public in the Valley, north of Sudbury, drawing students from Val Caron, Val Therese, Blezard Valley, and Hanmer.
Redwood Acres has a large primary population with 322 students under the age of 10. We also accommodate students with special needs in our two ISP classes: Comprehensive class and ASD. These classes are also available to our family of schools, Valley View and C.R. Judd.
Due to the increased population in the Valley, Redwood Acres Public School was renovated in 2006. Renovations included a 6 classroom modular addition, that created some much needed space in our school. The office was also moved to be more visible for parents and visitors.
Redwood Acres Public School is focused on Literacy and Math instruction. Several staff members have completed Reading Courses to fine tune their instruction, and improve their student’s skills. Redwood Acres was part of the Literacy Numeracy Secretariat project in 2008-2009, which had several staff involved in learning and improving mathematics instruction. The project was done in 9 cities across Ontario, and Redwood was highlighted with the Math lead from the Secretariat as being one of the most progressive schools. We continue to improve our mathematics instruction, participating with other Rainbow schools in this second year of the Collaborative Inquiry Approach to teaching mathematics: problem solving.
Redwood Acres School staff is a dedicated, community oriented group. We offer many extra-curricular activities throughout the year both in the area of athletics and the arts. Our young Cross Country team is composed of students from grades 3 to 5 with over 40 members. For those students who cannot remain after school for this team, we offer a recess running club, which has several 5, 10 and 15 km members early in the school year! Other athletic activities include: primary and junior soccer, a year round running club, Beach Ball Volleyball, Junior Basketball, and Cross Country skiing.
Redwood Acres Public School also boasts wonderfully talented staff and students performing Christmas Concerts annually, drama or talent productions which are enjoyed by the entire community. At Redwood Acres we complete our year with a slide show of pictures from the year of all of our monthly spirit days, school events and excursions!
Our community is very involved as evidenced by our active School Council and Parent Volunteers. Parents offer students Healthy Snacks, sponsored by Better Beginnings, Better Futures and Scholastic Book Fairs. Parents are welcome members of our school community, as seen by their involvement in their children’s classes and countless hours of volunteering in many aspects of school operations.
As part of the “Pay It Forward” initiative, Redwood Acres Public School staff and students do ordinary good deeds, that lead to extraordinary good things. We participate in the Terry Fox Run, Caps for Cancer, Nickels for the North, Christmas Food Drive, Children Change for Change, CNIB Crocus Sale, Toonies for Autism, and Jump Rope for Heart.
Redwood Acres Public School vision statement, “EVERY CHILD EVERY DAY…..” reflects the level of commitment of the staff for our students. Our Professional Learning Communities reflect our belief that every student progress is a collective responsibility. Staff offer kindergarten, Literacy, Math and E.Q.A.O. information nights for parents, demonstrating our understanding that a child’s education is a partnership with parents and guardians.
