Forest Lake Area School District

Proposed district calendars for 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 considered by school board

District calendars for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years are being considered by the Forest Lake Area School Board. Board members received their first look at draft versions of the calendars at their Feb. 4 meeting, and they will likely approve the final version of the calendars at their March 4 meeting. Click on the following links to see the draft versions of the 2010-2011 calendar and the 2011-2012 calendar.

Budget reduction meetings held in February

Community meetings to discuss upcoming budget reductions at Forest Lake Area Schools for the 2010-2011 school year are being held this month at various locations around the district. Click here to visit our budget web page to see the dates, times and locations of those meetings.

Registration for 2010-2011 school year programs

The registration deadline for the new Spanish Immersion Program, which is coming in the fall of the 2010-2011 school year, is Feb. 15. Also, Kindergarten Round-Up at our elementary schools are being held this month. Click the following links for information on Spanish Immersion or for information on Kindergarten Round-Up for your child's new school.

"China Adventures" book signing highlights student authors at Scandia

"China Adventures" is a book written last year by students in Scandia Elementary teacher Marcy Wirth's second grade class. The students, now third graders at Scandia, attended a book-signing event on Dec. 10 to autograph copies of the book they wrote, which has recently been published by CMP Publishing Group in Okanogan, Wash. The event was sponsored by CMP owner and publisher Edna Siniff, who helped the students write the book and facilitated its publishing, and Scandia Elementary School. Click here view the article on the event that appeared in the Dec. 14 issue of the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Danny Fick heading to Harvard on hockey scholarship

Forest Lake senior defenseman Danny Fick has accepted a scholarship to play hockey at Harvard University. Check out the the story in the online hockey magazine mnhockeyhub.com. Senior golf star Betsy Kelly and softball star Sammy Holien have also committed to attending Division I colleges on athletic scholarships. Kelly will be heading Colorado State University next fall and Holien will be attending North Dakota State University. Read about all three athletes in articles in the Forest Lake Times and Forest Lake Press.

Information for parents about flu season

The Minnesota Department of Health has issued new information concerning the upcoming flu season, including information about the H1N1 virus. Our school district is sending out a letter to parents with this information. For a copy of this letter, click the link below:

Flu Season Letter to Parents - Sept. 1, 2009

Also, a form is available for parents to help you determine whether your child has a flu-like virus. Click here to dowload that document.

For more information on ways to helping prevent the spread of flu viruses and what to do if you believe your child has possibily contracted a flu virus, click here to visit our school district's Health Services Department.