Redwood Acres Public School

Home of the Redhawks

Kindergarten to Grade 6   |   Hanmer, ON

Redwood Acres Public School offers programming from Kindergarten to Grade 6 in English. Our school is located in Hanmer and we proudly serve students from Val Caron, Val Therese, Blezard Valley and Hanmer.

With a student population over 320, we have a strong and active Special Education department with 4 Special Education Resource Teachers and 12 full-time Educational Assistants. There are five Intensive Support Program (ISP) classrooms at Redwood Acres to support our family of schools (Redwood Acres Public School, C.R. Judd Public School and Valley View Public School). We also offer a before and after school program offered by the YMCA.

Our Music department introduces primary students to vocal music. Junior students enjoy various instruments including the recorder, percussion instruments, keyboard and ukulele.

We are proud of our school and our many accomplishments. Students do well in academic challenges, and we offer many fun activities for them to participate in including a Christmas Concert and Christmas Feast. We have a junior choir that has sung the National anthem for the Sudbury Wolves and a host of other clubs for students to become involved in.

We began our day with a Breakfast Club for all Redwood Acres students. We offer a variety of sports for students including a soccer team, a volleyball team, a basketball team, a floor hockey team and a cross-country running team. At Redwood Acres there is something for everyone.

Our community is very involved, as is evidenced by our active School Council and parent/guardian volunteers. We offer healthy snacks, sponsored by the Public Health Sudbury & Districts’ Northern Fruit and Vegetable Program. 

Technology provides the vehicle for our students’ engagement, and we are moving towards 21st Century learning classrooms with flexible seating and open-ended questions, providing an entry point for all our students. Students use Google for Education on a regular basis, and the Google Classrooms allow them to participate in school even while they are not physically in the building. We are building our coding capabilities by investing in robotics and other STEM related projects for children to work on.

At Redwood Acres Public School we care about your child, and our vision statement, “SUCCESS BIG OR SMALL – EVERY CHILD, EVERY DAY” reflects the level of commitment of the staff to our students. Our best practices reflect our belief that every student’s progress is a collective responsibility.