Tara Redwood School

Tara Redwood School is a non-profit school focused on the social, emotional growth and academic focus of children.

It teaches compassion and mindfulness from preschool to 6th grade.. Tara Redwood School

Nestled in 108 acres of sunny, serene redwood forest adjacent to Nisene Marks State Park, Tara Redwood School provides an unparalleled learning environment of peace and beauty. Our values-based program is geared toward empowering children to make a positive difference in the world. Established in 1989, the sch

Photos from Tara Redwood School's post 06/12/2024

Last days of school before summer! There’s a buzz of excitement in anticipation of the last day (tomorrow!) 🐝

Photos from Tara Redwood School's post 05/13/2024

It’s our annual hikeathon event! Please join us this Sunday May 19th from 10-2 at our forest campus, located within Land of Medicine Buddha. This event helps to fundraise our school’s programs while the children chose an important charity to donate to. Face painting by , tie dye with , arts & crafts, plus food for purchase & a bake sale! Please come support our school community and enjoy a day in the forest with your family🌲

05/11/2024

This is a very sweet family event happening soon! Hike4Peace! MAY 19TH, 10–2PM.

This is Tara Redwood School's annual HIKA-A-THON event. The purpose is to fundraise for this beautiful school's programs, scholarships and for the kids to have the experience of choosing an important charity to donate to. Kids from grades TK to 5th chose the of War Foundation to donate 10% of proceeds every-time someone sponsors a hiker on the 8 Verses Trail Land of Medicine Buddha This is a happy Sunday for the entire family. Check out the school's campus too! Get some facepainting by the talented Brenda's face painting , good food, make a tyedye with and enjoy doing a variety of arts and crafts after your hike.
https://tararedwoodschool.org/hike-for-peace/







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Photos from Tara Redwood School's post 04/23/2024

Play has equal importance to work at Tara Redwood🤸🏻‍♀️

Photos from Tara Redwood School's post 04/17/2024

Did you hear about the prehistoric sloth bone our students found!? It made national news this past March! The fossil is currently on display at the for all to see. The exhibit is called The Art of Nature, open March 23- May 26, 2024 🙂

Learn more here:
https://www.santacruzmuseum.org/fossil-sloth-bone-found-in-the-santa-cruz-mountains-the-first-of-its-kind-in-this-region/

04/08/2024

We’re back from spring break and happy to be with friends, teachers, and the forest again😊 Visit our website to learn more about joining the Tara Redwood community!

03/30/2024

We’re swinging into spring break, rain, boots & all 🌧️🌿🌷Tell us what you have planned for the next week off!

Photos from Tara Redwood School's post 03/22/2024

Have you heard?! We made the news! Tara Redwood School students were honored on Wednesday at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History as the exhibit on the prehistoric ground sloth opened. Our students found the large radius bone of a Jefferson’s ground sloth while exploring a creek nestled in the forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Thanks to & & many others for sharing the story!

Prehistoric sloth bone found by children in the Santa Cruz Mountains 03/21/2024

It was a big day! We made the news! Tara Redwood School students were honored yesterday at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History as the exhibit on the prehistoric ground sloth opened. Our students found the large bone while exploring a creek nestled in the forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Prehistoric sloth bone found by children in the Santa Cruz Mountains A group of students discovered something that's never been found in Santa Cruz County before.A fossil of the Jefferson's Ground Sloth, an animal that paleontologists had no idea was in this area of the state until a few curious kids unearthed it.

Photos from Tara Redwood School's post 03/20/2024

Now enrolling for our summer program!🌞 Tara will be offering one session of our Into the Heart of Nature Summer Program. Our Redwood Program is for children ages 4 years through 7 years (TK-2nd grade) and is an outdoor program.

Dates of the summer program are June 24th through July 19th, timing is from 9:00AM until 3:00PM. See our website for more information or to enroll your child!

03/12/2024

https://mailchi.mp/e9b9a602bcca/spring-picnic-and-summer-camp

SPRING PICNIC ON MARCH 29TH HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO RAIN IN THE FORECAST.

HOWEVER, WE WILL HAVE OUR ANNUAL BASKET TREASURE HUNT ON HIKE4PEACE, MAY 19TH 2024.

Photos from Tara Redwood School's post 02/23/2024

On Fridays, our Earth Stewards (3/4th graders) tend to their garden plot down the road from the school, on Cherryvale Ave. We’re looking forward to enjoying the bounty come harvest time! 🌱🐝

Photos from Tara Redwood School's post 02/13/2024

The beautiful & imaginative classroom of our Earth Stewards (3/4th grade). What a sweet space to grow & learn & be🌈

Photos from Tara Redwood School's post 02/07/2024

It’s banana slug season! The Rainbow class, our preschoolers, saw 18 in just one day! The gastropod has one lung, one foot, and no spine; these guys are one of the slowest creatures on Earth, moving at a maximum speed of six and a half inches per minute. Perhaps we could all learn to be a bit more like the banana slug & take… our… time… 🍌🐌

02/07/2024

It’s banana slug season! The Rainbow class, our preschoolers, saw 18 in just one day! The gastropod has one lung, one foot, and no spine; these guys are one of the slowest creatures on Earth, moving at a maximum speed of six and a half inches per minute. Perhaps we could all learn to be a bit more like the banana slug & take… our… time… 🍌🐌

Photos from Tara Redwood School's post 02/03/2024

Tara Redwood is hosting an open house! This event is open to the public, but please- parents only🙂 Join us next Friday, February 9th from 3.30-5p for an open house, where you can meet the teachers and see the redwood campus for our TK-5th grade students. Interested in preschool? Our preschool classes are held at the white steepled church in Soquel, with daily transportation to the forest. We’d love to discuss the details of our CCC curriculum and answer all your questions☺️

01/10/2024

Since 1989 Tara Redwood has been planting seeds of kindness in students as little as 2 years old until they move on to middle school.The valuable lessons acquired through the CCC program remain in many of our students' hearts for the rest of their lives as do the friendships formed right here at the the Redwood Campus. Thank you for celebrating and supporting our school.

01/02/2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! From Tara Redwood School's family.
2024 is a special year of the Wood Dragon.
https://www.lifestyleasia.com/hk/astrology/zodiacs/year-of-the-wood-dragon-explained/

12/27/2023

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Photos from Tara Redwood School's post 12/15/2023

The season is shifting and it’s starting to get cold and wet up in the forest, but it’s nice and cozy inside the schoolhouse! 🌧️🍄

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Is there anything more exciting than getting your yearbook!? Every year our parents & staff work so hard on these, and e...
Our Hike4Peace event this past Sunday was a mega success! Thank you to all who came out to support and participate. Than...
A hands on project involving clay, rolling pins, & all the organic ferns & leaves we could find! Phase 1 was texture, Ph...
Simple sorting & fine motor skills playtime in the Rainbow class this week (& always) 🌈
The forest is happy to welcome back all the children & their families as our winter break ends this week and school begi...
Mandala Class Drum Circle

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