Cedar River Academy Updates
Information for families and friends to help stay connected.
Latest Updates:
Notices:
Progress Reports (report cards) are available electronically through the Parent Portal of Infinite Campus. Please contact your child's teacher if you need assistance.
Learn How to Use the Infinite Campus Parent Portal
Registration for preschool and kindergarten is now open for the 2021-22 school year.
If you already have a student in the district, you can enroll your new student through your Infinite Campus parent portal.
Preschool Registration
Your student is eligible to apply for preschool if they are turning 3 and/or 4 years old on or before September 15, 2022.
Three-year old preschool is a tuition-paid program of $300 per month. Financial assistance is available for those who qualify based on income at select buildings. There is no fee for 4-year old preschool. Families are responsible for transportation.
Once you complete the registration process, you will receive an email with more information on how to complete your preschool school choice selections. To view preschool locations, please visit here.
For more information about preschool, call 319-558-2549 or email earlylearning@crschools.us.
Kindergarten Registration
Your student is eligible to enroll in kindergarten if they are turning 5 years old on or before September 15, 2022.
For more information on kindergarten registration, please call 319-558-2570 or learn more here.
Alternative Kindergarten Registration
As with kindergarten registration, your student must be 5 years old on or before September 15, 2022, to be eligible for alternative kindergarten.
If you indicate your interest for alternative kindergarten in the kindergarten registration form, you will receive an email with more information on how to apply. Interested students will be screened in Spring 2021 to determine eligibility.
For more information on alternative kindergarten, please call 319-558-2247 or learn more here.
- Please call the attendance office at 558-2501 to let us know your child will be absent, late, or leaving early from school. This applies to in person, temporary remote, and remote learners
- For almost daily pictures of activities happening at CRA, please follow our school Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram accounts. Search Cedar River Academy Magnet School.
- Please reach out to your child's teacher or the main office at 558-2477, if you have questions.
Supportive Resources
211 is a helpline for anyone to connect with local supports and resources. Professionals are trained to quickly assess a caller's need and identify the best solution. It is free, confidential and available anytime. You can learn more at http://www.211Iowa.org or text your zip code to 898211
Technology Support
Phone Support Hours: Families can call 558-2900 for tech support. The help desk phone line will be open for calls from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday-Thursday. On Fridays, phone support will run from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Family Handbook/ COVID Procedures
Parking/Arrival Dismissal-
- Students in K- 5 may be picked up in front of the school at 3:40. Staff will radio the office and call students out. Please make sure to pull your car forward to the stop sign so more cars can fit into the lane. Having your child's name written on a sign is helpful for staff and makes the process quicker.
- Parking spaces along 5th Ave can be used for arrival and dismissal
- The Stopfinder App can be downloaded to assist with location of school busses on routes in real time
Hours-
- If there should be a 2 hour delay on a Friday, dismissal will be at 3:50 unless otherwise specified.
- When there is a 2 hour delay, there is no breakfast served and students are let in the building at 10:40 am
- Every Friday is an early dismissal at 2:20. This is for both on site and remote learners
- School hours 8:50-3:50 Monday through Thursday. Doors open at 8:30
FAMILY HANDBOOK
This is a link to our Family Handbook. This handbook is our traditional information. There are no COVID guidelines or procedures in this handbook.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12uppHE8XqlcmVAOmCFAO_no6a_xeN3sGbylueT3B59Y/edit#slide=id.p9
School Fundraising-We need your support!
- If you shop at Hy-Vee, our school can benefit if you send in your receipts with your child. Our office collects and turns in the receipts. We earned about $600 last school year. This money goes towards recognizing student achievements such as 5th grade promotion.
- CRA can also earn cash from Casey's. If you purchase gas at Casey's, you can enter the school's office number 319-558-2477, and we can get cash rewards!
Social Media
Email: anscott@crschools.us
Website: http://taylor.cr.k12.ia.us/
Location: 720 7th Avenue Southwest, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Phone: 319-558-2477
Facebook: facebook.com/CedarRiverAcademyatTaylor
Twitter: @CRAmagnetschool