School hours are 8:10 am - 2:50 pm. The gates open at 2:30 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 - 7:45 am. Students 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 a.m. 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 these 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 by 7:30 am.)

Option 2: 7:45 - 8:10 am 

*Drop your student off at no extra charge by 8:10 am through the Elementary Gym door entrance.

Option 3: 8:35 - 9:00 am 

*Follow the regular school day arrival procedure.  

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

Grades 2 - 5 = $6.50

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

Regular PickUp Information

Elementary dismissal is 2:50 - 3:20 pm at the elementary entrance. Please use entrance 4 off the service road by Gibbs Fieldhouse, which opens at 2:30 pm.

Any parent who needs to pick up a student early from school must do so by 2:30 pm.

All K5 - 5th parents will utilize the elementary car line to drive through and pick up their student. Parents with elementary and MS/HS students will pick up their elementary student(s) first. **Parents of preschool and kindergarten students, see the exception below.

For security reasons, parents may not enter the property for car line pickup until after 2:30 pm, when the gates open.

Parents will enter from the service road on the east side of campus and follow the highlighted route on the Traffic Flow Map, drive around the school, pass the Car Reader by the elementary playground (car tag hanging from review mirror), and enter the pick-up line in front of the elementary building. Parents will remain in their cars as students are walked to the vehicle. 

The car tag reader will begin reading at 2:30 pm. Ensure the car rider tag is hanging from the rearview mirror. (New parents will receive their tags on Meet Your Teacher day on August 11).

Students not picked up by 3:20 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.

Exception: Parents with a student in both Preschool and K5/Elementary may park and enter the Preschool area between 2:45 and 3:15 pm. Parents will present both the student's pink pick-up card and 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. Parents must have the student's pink pick-up card and Car Rider Pro tag.

After Care is available from 3:20 - 5:30 pm for an additional $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 contact 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 that 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, elementary parents will receive a classroom email/newsletter and Friday folder.

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 Elementary staff members and/or position changes:

Rachel Tarrant: Kindergarten to 1st-Grade

Alexa Sauer: 1st-Grade Teacher

Oscar Morales: 2nd-Grade Teacher

Sarah Hodge: 3rd-Grade Teacher

Sarah Spiva - 3rd Grade Teacher

Robert Dobbins - 4th Grade Teacher

Starlencia Hinton: 5th-Grade Teacher 

Jeannette Brown: PS/K5/Elementary P.E. 

Hannah Baccus - New to PS/Elem Art

Shelby Lister: Elementary Assistant