giving and getting involved

Celebrating over 40 years, Redwood Day School (RDS) provides children with academic challenge, individual attention, and a sense of self. Students flourish and excel at Redwood Day. Our history tells of leaders with vision and parents with passion, whose commitment and generosity made us the excellent school we are today. The families and friends of RDS have built a strong and vibrant community. There is no more powerful team than school and parents working together for the good of children. Every school needs active participation in order to thrive. Whether you are a current parent, past parent, alumni or friend of the school, many important opportunities exist for your support.

RDS has a long tradition of generous giving. In 2001 we embarked on our Capital Campaign—Making Dreams Real, which raised over $5.5 million.This stunning achievement was accomplished in less than five years, thanks to our generous and visionary donors. You allowed us to enhance our existing Lower School classrooms, add a new Lower School building and five new Middle School classrooms. Our play areas and walkways now feature beautiful gardens, an expansive new playing field in the Middle School and newly designed play areas in the Lower School. We completed our dream and created the inviting, spacious Library and Technology Center, added acoustical enhancements and a new sound system to the gym and additional bathrooms in the Middle School; all areas which impact our children’s daily life at school.

The RDS Annual Fund is designed to help cover the current year’s anticipated operational expenses. We hope, as virtually every independent school does, that you will make the RDS Annual Fund your first giving priority. We also hope that you will support the school’s financial need to ensuring the financial stability and vitality of RDS, to the extent that you are financially able.

Gifts to the Annual Fund have an immediate impact and benefit every child in the year that they are given. All members of our school community: alumni, current parents, parents of alumni, grandparents, faculty, and staff, all are asked to support our school. It is through the combined efforts of many that enable RDS to continue to engage, prepare, and inspire our community.

Contributions of $2,500 and higher are considered leadership gifts. All donors of $2,500 or more are invited to the "Leadership Toast" reception held each year in November. For gifts totally $5,000 and above, donors are invited to the "Thank You RDS" dinner in the May. Additional special events and presentations are held periodically.