School hours are 8:10 am - 2:50 pm.

Exception: 

Each Thursday, school hours will be from 9:00 am to 2:50 pm.

Additional cost to parents ($7.00/hour, with a half-hour minimum)

Hours are 7:15 am - 7:45 am. Students must arrive by 7:30 am to check into Before Care. Those arriving after 7:30 am will wait with their parents in the parking lot until the school doors open at 7:45 am.

Preschool/K5 and elementary parents will utilize the Elementary Gym door entrance for Before Care.

Please note that the entrance gates at 129th Street will not open until 7:00 am. If arriving before then, please enter off the service road or off 106th Street.

Late Start Thursdays (All School Year)

Late start Thursdays will occur each Thursday throughout the school year to provide collaboration time for our staff. Before Care will continue to be offered on Thursday morning on late-start days. 

School begins at 9:00 am on Thursday mornings.

Please see the following options:

Option 1: 7:15 - 7:45 am 

*Before Care Charge (Drop off at the Elementary Gym Door by 7:30 am.)

Option 2: 7:45 - 8:10 am

*Drop your student off at no extra charge by 8:10 am at the Preschool entrance.

(Parents with a K3/K4 student and K5-5th student may also use this entrance for older students.)

Option 3: 8:35 - 9:00 am

*Drop off at the Preschool entrance. 

Students have the option to bring a cold lunch from home or purchase a lunch at school. School lunches will be billed to the student’s FACTS account.

Our food service provider is Taher. Download the Food 4 Life app for nutritional information.

A hot lunch option and a brown bag option are available each day.

Grades K3 - 1 = $6.25

Lunch menus are available on the Rejoice Christian School App and Website. Click the button below to view!

"Preschool (K3/K4) dismissal is 2:40 - 3:15 pm at the Preschool entrance.

Please use entrance 4 off the service road by Gibbs Fieldhouse, which opens at 2:30 pm, and follow the traffic route to the preschool parking lot. 

Parents must present their green pick-up card EACH time to the staff members in the preschool foyer before going to the classroom door to pick up their student.

Students not picked up by 3:15 pm will move to After Care. There will be a short transition, and parents may pick up their student(s) as early as 3:30 pm in the Elementary Gym entrance.

For security reasons, parents may not enter the property for pick-up until 2:15 pm.

Exception: Parents with a student in both Preschool and K5/Elementary may park and enter the Preschool area between 2:40 and 3:15 pm. Parents will present BOTH the student's green pick-up card and the Car Rider Pro tag. Then, parents will pick up their K3 or K4 student at the classroom door and wait in the preschool foyer for their K5-5th grade student to be called. 

After Care is available from 3:15 - 5:30 pm at an additional cost of $7/hour, with a half-hour minimum.

The After Care entrance for preschool, K5, and elementary students is through the Elementary Gym doors. Upon entering, parents will scan their school-issued pick-up card at the desk. 

If needed, you may be asked to present your driver's license for safety purposes.  

Please email elemreceptionist@rejoiceschool.com to report your student's absence, obtain additional pick-up cards, or change your student's pick-up list, including adding approved adults. 

Please note, absences can also be reported through the RCS app under the section entitled “The Nest."

If a student presents with fever, vomiting, diarrhea, or other contagious conditions, he/she will need to stay home until symptom-free for at least 24 hours (without the aid of medication), at the campus nurse's discretion. 

If your child requires medication during the school day, you must provide written/signed authorization (parent form and/or physician order form). All medications must be delivered by the parent/legal guardian to the school nurse in the original container/packaging labeled with the student’s name and appropriate forms (see below). Medications will be stored in the school nurse's office.

Parents will receive a newsletter through email each Friday. This will include important school information and updates from our administration. 

In addition, K3 and K4 parents will receive a classroom email/newsletter and Friday folder.

We encourage you to create an RCS folder in your email and save all school emails for future reference. 

To ensure that you receive Parent Alert texts from the school, please text the word START to 31706.

An email from your student's homeroom teacher will be sent on Friday, August 7, after 3:00 pm. This email will include a link to sign up for a time to bring your student to school and meet the new homeroom teacher on Tuesday, August 11.

We are excited to introduce new Preschool staff members and/or staff position changes:

Desma Hunnicutt: Preschool Music Teacher

Cassie Oliveira: Preschool Assistant

Samantha Plantenga: Preschool Assistant

Ashlea Quinones: Preschool Assistant

Ashley Smith: Preschool Assistant

Jennifer Smith: K4 Teacher

Jonaleen Tucker: Preschool Assistant

Sarah Tuter: K4 Teacher

Sydney Willis: K4 Teacher