Redwood Day

Today is the last day of this year’s virtual Book Fair and we’re thrilled that author and Redwood Day parent, Melanie Abrams, will be joining us online tonight at 7 pm for a conversation about her book, Meadowlark. See the Weekly for the Zoom link. And get your final shopping in before midnight! rdschool.org/bookfair credit to Niki Stefanelli

Tomorrow, our 3rd - 8th graders will have the fantastic opportunity to hear from author, Danielle Svetcov. Thanks to Books Inc. for helping us make this virtual visit with our students possible! Don't forget, anyone can shop our virtual Book Fair - it ends tomorrow night (Wednesday 12/9) at 11:59 p.m.! rdschool.org/bookfair

Yesterday our 2nd graders dissected squid in science class! They found it both fascinating and slightly gross. After observing the outer and inner parts, they removed the gladius, cut the ink sack, and used the gladius "pen" to draw with the squid ink on a piece of paper. Cool!

Lower school students enjoying some outdoor recess time. #redwoodday #growintogreat

Do you have holiday shopping to do? There’s still time to be a part of the Redwood Day Book Fair! The online store ends Wednesday night at 11:59 pm. Thank you for your support and happy reading! Check out our website (https://www.rdschool.org/community/events/pga-book-fair) for all the information you need on the Book Fair, and don’t forget to use the code REDWOODDAY2020 on booksinc.net at checkout!

Some pictures from yesterday’s Halloween Car Parade, which had an incredible turnout as many families paraded their decorated vehicles around the back parking lot where they were given Boo Bags by the faculty and staff. So much creepy fun had by all! #redwoodday #growintogreat

Middle School students hard at work during Distance Learning looking forward to returning to in-person instruction soon. #redwoodday #growintogreat

Happy Thursday! Enjoy some pics of a few of our lower school students working from home. Thank you to the parents and guardians for sharing these amazing pics! #redwoodday #growintogreat

Redwood Day Goes to the Movies is happening now! Huge thanks to our incredible Parent Guardian Association for bringing us together in such a safe AND fun way! This community rocks. #RedwoodDay #GrowIntoGreat

Redwood Day Goes to the Movies is happening this Saturday 10/17! Don't miss your chance to watch one or two awesome Pixar films with your Redwood Day community, safely outdoors, at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. We are showing Ratatouille and Onward, with food trucks onsite, and you can pre-order candy to support our 8th graders' graduation party. Tickets and all information can be found here: one.bidpal.net/redwooddaymovies

Today was our first in-person advisory activity for the Middle School! This replaced our regular Community Day programming. Each grade had a 1-hour socially distant advisory meeting outside where they played games, socialized, and otherwise got a chance to see their classmates, advisors, and teachers in person. #redwoodday #growintogreat

This is what it looks like when you’ve completed all of your work, finished your conference, and now can enjoy the long weekend! Congratulations, Redwood Day students! You deserve a break! #redwoodday #growintogreat

Redwood Day Hosts Its First Annual Latinx-Hispanic Heritage Assembly During today's Community Day, our students, parents, guardians, faculty, and staff were treated to an incredible virtual assembly which recognizes and honors National Hispanic Heritage Month. The highlight of the assembly was a video that featured many members of our school community and the broader community. In the video, the subjects were asked several questions about their heritage like, "What does it feel like to be part of your identity group?" The responses were insightful and educational.

Redwood Day students busy at work during Distance Learning. If you have any photos or videos you would like to share with the community, please find the Photo/Video Uploads folder on the School Portal Resource Board (you must be logged in). #redwoodday #growintogreat

One of our 1A students poses next to the poster he made for his mail carrier. 1A wrote letters or posters to support our community workers last week. #redwoodday #growintogreat

Mystery solved! The unexpected growth in our lower school yard has been identified by our Lower School Art Teacher, Cedar Nelson, as a Gourd. A quick Google search shows that gourds are technically considered a fruit because they are part of the flowering plants that contain the seeds. Can you eat a gourd? Yes, the flesh is edible. A special shoutout to Ross Scroggs for initially calling attention to this incredible and unexpected growth. Also, thank you to those who submitted guesses as to the identity of our plant. #redwoodday #growintogreat @ Redwood Day

Middle School Supply Pickup is going on now! #redwoodday #growintogreat @ Redwood Day

Today’s Lower School Supply Pickup was a huge success! Huge honoring to Jill Nesbitt and Johanna Aeschliman for organizing the pickup. We were able to give out school supplies while remaining socially-distant. The parents and guardians were super helpful in following the directions sent beforehand for a smooth process all around. #redwoodday #growintogreat @ Redwood Day