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A Happy Halloween at Forest
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All of the students at Forest Elementary had a chance to show off their unique costumes and celebrate Halloween!

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Making Strides in 5th Grade Strings!
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Forest Elementary School fifth grade orchestra students practice their musical skills weekly with Music Teacher Ms. Krygeris. 

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Walking and Rolling to School
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On Wednesday, October 9, Forest Elementary School students and their families participated in their annual walk/bike/roll to school day.

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5th Grade Band Practice
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Forest Elementary School fifth graders recently began their 6th week of band lessons with Music Teacher Ms. Strzalka.

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After School Sports Club Fun
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Forest Elementary School third graders have a blast participating in Sports Club after school on Wednesdays every week.

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Partnering up in PE
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Forest Elementary Second Graders in Mr. Sloma's PE class had fun pairing up with others, running and playing catch this week.

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Welcome Back, Forest Falcons!
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Staff and D62 Administrators welcomed Forest Elementary School students to the 2024-2025 school year on Tuesday, August 20.

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Student practicing playing a guitar
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Students at Forest recently had the opportunity to engage in a variety of different activities to explore different professions and career pathways to get them thinking about their future selves.

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Forest's Got Talent!
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The Forest Elementary PTC held its second annual talent show since the pandemic on Friday, April 19.

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Beginning Band Collaboration
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Students from Forest, Orchard Place, Plainfield and South have been working all year in the beginning band, learning the fundamentals of their chosen instruments.

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Beth Finke and Her Guide Dog Luna
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Chicago-based author Beth Finke and her guide dog Luna recently visited students at Forest Elementary School. 

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Third Graders Bring African Folktale to Life
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On February 15, Forest Elementary School's 3rd grade students shared their musical performance of Verna Aardema's book Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain.

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A Lesson in Helping Tools
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In recognition of American Disabilities Week, Forest Elementary School recently partnered with an organization called Educating Outside the Lines.

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Disability Awareness Assembly
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We kicked off Disability Awareness Week at Forest with a wonderful presentation by multi-sport athlete Mak Nong.

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Social Media Safety Presentation
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District 62 Student Resource Officer Matthew Stonequist recently presented to Forest fifth graders about social media safety and good practices.

Family Literacy Night
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Forest Elementary School hosted its annual Family Literacy Night last week.

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Principal for a Day!
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Two Forest students recently won the honor of being "Principal for a Day!" 

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Pumpkin Carving Fun!
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Kindergarten students at Forest had fun carving and decorating pumpkins! 

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Fall Fun at Forest!
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Last Friday Forest School held its annual Fall Fest! 

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Lego Read-Aloud Lesson
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Students in Mr. Peebles' 5th grade class had a chance to be creative with Legos!

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Book Fair Fun!
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Students had fun checking out all of the fun books on the first day of Forest's Book Fair.

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Building the Thirteen Colonies
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The fifth grade students in Mr. Peebles class explored the regions of the thirteen colonies this week using the educational website BrainPOP.

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Welcome Back Forest Students!
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Forest welcomed back it's 1st-5th grade students this week as well as new Kindergarten students.

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Reading is Leading
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It's student's love for literacy that we know will help them advance and grow.

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2023 Career Fair!
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Forest held it's inaugural career fair this spring.

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Photo of a student practicing violin
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Forest Elementary students take a few minutes as part of their school day to tune up their violin skills.

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