Rush Creek News

August 28, 2026

We invite all families to attend the Rush Creek Open House for the 2026-2027 school year kick-off! Open House is a great time to connect with others in the community and to get excited for the school year! The doors will open at 4:30 PM.

During Open House, families will have the opportunity to:

• Meet your child's teacher
• Visit classrooms and tour the school
• Drop off labeled school supplies (to help make the first day of school easier!)
• Gather information from various community and school organizations

We hope you'll join us as we kick off a fantastic school year. We can't wait to see you there!

All back-to-school forms will be filled out online this year. Forms that are a part of this process include emergency cards, family contact information updates and photo/military denial releases. Complete the necessary steps today by going to the ParentVUE system, which is accessible from the Family Access button on the top right of any district or school website. On-screen prompts will then walk you through the back-to-school forms process.

All back to school forms MUST be completed to access information in ParentVUE.

Teacher assignments will be visible in ParentVue after 4:30PM on Friday, August 28th. Staff and administration work hard to create balanced and healthy classrooms. For this reason, please respect that we do not make changes to classroom assignments.

All back to school forms MUST be completed to enter ParentVue to see your student's teacher. ParentVue will prompt you to do this when you login. Use the ParentVue button below to set-up an account or access more information regarding ParentVue.

Bus information—including bus number, bus stop location, and pick-up and drop-off times—will be available in ParentVUE on August 27th and emailed to families on August 28th.

As a reminder, transportation is available only to students who live within the Rush Creek attendance boundaries. To determine whether your home address, daycare address, or other transportation location is within our boundaries, please click here.

Returning Bus Riders
Students who rode the bus during the 2025–26 school year and will continue to use the same transportation location for the 2026–27 school year do not need to take any action. Your student will be routed from the same bus stop.

If your student’s transportation needs are changing, please email BusQuestions@District279.org to request a change form. Change forms are student-specific, so please include the name of each student requiring a transportation change in your email.

FirstView Bus Tracking App
The FirstView bus tracking app allows families to track their student’s bus using GPS and view the bus’s estimated arrival time. Families are encouraged to use the app to monitor bus location and arrival information.

Wondering where and how to drop off or pick up your student(s)? Please take a moment to review Rush Creek’s Drop-Off & Pick-Up Procedures before the first day of school. The procedures cover arrival and dismissal for buses, walkers, parent drop-off and pick-up, and Kidstop.

Reviewing these procedures in advance will help ensure a smooth and safe start to the school year!