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The Warwick Released Time (WRT) Program administers a standard, non-denominational curriculum that emphasizes the beliefs that Christians commonly share.


Our two year program teaches 3rd graders the faith of the people in the Bible's Old Testament and 4th graders learn about the life and teachings of Jesus from the Bible's New Testament.

  • Our 3rd grade student curriculum studies the lives and character of the Old Testament people. These character building lessons are then explored for today's application.
  • Our 4th grade student curriculum studies the life and parables of Jesus and how the lessons can be applied to their daily living.

A Bible is given to each student to use through 3rd and 4th grade and gifted to the 4th grade students at the end of their 4th grade year at WRT.


Students are released from school for one hour per week, September through May.

The Warwick School District is NOT responsible for Released Time programming.

  • Warwick Released Time (WRT) classes have been in existence since 1965- once a week- "Planting the seed of God's Word in young hearts"
  • Over the years, WRT has been offered to 4th, 5th and 6th graders. As of the 2018-2019 school year, WRT is offered to 3rd and 4th graders.
  • Children bring their home or school-bought bagged lunches to eat during WRT.
  • Local churches are encouraged to send representatives to quarterly board meetings offering support to WRT.
  • Our governing Board of Directors is a group of volunteers from local churches.
  • There are over 200 children attending WRT this year and more than 50 people involved in making WRT happen each week.