Where every child matters

Kids Unlimited Academy opened in 2013 as an educational option for families who want more for their children than traditional public schools provide. KUA combines best-practice curriculum with staff dedicated to our mission and vision of “Empowerment Through Opportunity.” Our goal is to help children and families overcome the barriers they face, preparing them to thrive socially, emotionally and academically.

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Monday October 27th – 8:15-11 a.m. At Hedrick Middle School

KUA Jog-a-thon is LIVE! Help our students power up and race towards their fundraising goals! Every donation helps unlock new levels of learning and fun! If you would like to donate click the link https://app.99pledges.com/fund/kua/kua

Reserve your spot for fall kindergarten! Applications are open at Kids Unlimited Academy free public charter school for the 2025-26 school year. Pick up a form at the KUA front office, 821 N. Riverside Ave., Medford, and bring a copy of your child’s birth certificate and proof of address. Students must be 5 with birth dates on or before Sept. 1, 2020. KUA’s kindergarten lottery will be the first week in April, incoming kinder orientation is April 17 on Zoom and our Kinder Launch is planned for April 24.

Would you like for your child to attend Kids Unlimited Academy?

The first step is to fill out our Pre-enrollment Application (English and Spanish).

CLICK HERE to fill out the form

Get involved in the parent teacher organization for your kids! No need to worry about a big commitment. We understand the constraints of busy schedules and will offer a variety of ways to get involved. Whatever time you can give to the PTO is truly appreciated!

CLICK HERE to learn more and join the organization. Your support makes all the difference.

Parent and student preference for an afterschool program shifted Kids Unlimited Academy enrichment back to its traditional afternoon schedule for the 2025-26 school year.

KUA’s academic day will run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in 2025-26 with pickup by 3:30 p.m. This schedule permits the reinstatement of KUA afterschool enrichment for 90 minutes at the end of each school day, with pickup between 4:30 and 5 p.m.

Drop-off time for morning breakfast service remains 7:30 a.m. in 2025-26, including on Wednesdays, when the school start time is 9 a.m., in keeping with the district-wide late start on Wednesdays. The 90 minutes before classes start each Wednesday will be used for math and reading games, mindfulness and other classroom preparedness techniques.

Afterschool enrichment offers engaging, educational, outcome-based activities with caring, trained staff. Read more about this year’s format in our latest news post.

Here is the list for grades K-5 for 2025-26. In addition, all students need a backpack and refillable water bottle for the year. Please notify your child’s teacher or the office if you need financial assistance for supplies.

The 2024-25 KUA Family Calendar is here! Download your copy.

We value family involvement! Kids Unlimited Academy has updated its Parent-Student-School Agreements for 2025-26. Click here for the PDF of this important document (English and Spanish versions) to read, sign and return to KUA’s front office before the start of the next school year.

KUA’s dress code was created to promote equality between students and to model professional dress for all. We want students to focus on learning and not what they are wearing. See the entire policy here.

Download the PRE-KU 2025-26 school calendar in English and Spanish

View or download the 2024-25 KUA Student/Parent Handbook in English and Spanish.

Calendar:

October 9, 2025

  • Family Site Council Meeting (Via Zoom)
    October 9, 2025  5:00 pm - 5:45 pm

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October 10, 2025
October 14, 2025
October 27, 2025
October 30, 2025
October 31, 2025
November 6, 2025
November 11, 2025
November 13, 2025

  • Family Site Council Meeting (Via Zoom)
    November 13, 2025  5:00 pm - 5:45 pm

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November 18, 2025

  • Royal Award Assembly (Kinder & 1st Grade ONLY)
    November 18, 2025  8:15 am - 9:15 am

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November 19, 2025

  • Royal Award Assembly (2nd 7 3rd Grade ONLY)
    November 19, 2025  9:15 am - 10:15 am

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November 20, 2025

  • Royal Award Assembly (4th & 5th Grade ONLY)
    November 20, 2025  8:15 am - 9:15 am

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November 21, 2025
November 24, 2025

  • Book Fair!
    November 24, 2025 - November 25, 2025  

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  • NO SCHOOL (Parent Teacher Conferences)
    November 24, 2025 - November 25, 2025  

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November 26, 2025

  • NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)
    November 26, 2025 - November 28, 2025  

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December 4, 2025
December 5, 2025

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Lindsay Ochs

Principal

Principal’s Message

A smile. Kind words. A helping hand. Daily dedication to excellence. A yearlong commitment to our shared vision.

Whether big or small, these are just some of the ways — every day — that confirm we all matter. The theme for Kids Unlimited Academy’s 2025-26 school year extends beyond teachers, students, school support staff and administrators. Parents are vital partners in our school community, and their involvement makes all the difference.

Please review the “parental keys for a successful year” on page 19 of the 2025-26 Student/Parent Handbook (English and Spanish) These are values and habits to model and practice with your student daily. Monthly family engagement opportunities — from meetings and academic activities to social events and celebrations — at the school connect us all, keep us on the same page and fulfill the requirements of KUA’s parent-student compact.

KUA family nights are fun and educational for parents and kids alike. Monthly Site Council meetings invite two-way communication as we share the latest data on student progress, along with campus and program updates. To best accommodate families’ schedules, KUA Site Council will be exclusively on Zoom this year. See kuaoregon.org/site-council for meeting dates and times, the Zoom link and past meeting notes.

Also new this year is KUA’s social-emotional curriculum, Ripple Effects. Research-based and highly engaging with almost 200 individual lessons, Ripple Effects interfaces with our Multi-Tiered Systems of Support to ensure students are succeeding in all aspects of their KUA experience: achieving at grade level in their core subjects while developing empathy, self-confidence, interpersonal skills and mechanisms for self-regulating emotions and behavior.

We know that student behavior and academics are intertwined. The data that KUA leadership will gather from Ripple Effects help us to identify what every student needs at an individual level and also how we can uplift whole families and the entire school community.

A smaller enrollment in 2025-26, with three classes per grade cohort, is an intentional strategy to better serve each and every one of us at KUA. Because “we all matter.”