Forest Lake Area School District

Proposed district calendars available for review

Draft version of the district's calendars for the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years are now available for public review. These are only draft versions that have been proposed by the district's calendar committee, and they have not yet been finalized. The district is seeking input from students, families and staff regarding these calendars before they are finalized. Click the following links to see the propsed 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 calendars. Anyone with thoughts or concerns about the calendars should contact Diane Borle at (651) 982-8104.

District seeking participants for 2012 Educational Summit

Individuals interested in helping plot the course of the school district's future should participate in the 2012 Educational Summit, which will be taking place Feb. 3 and Feb. 4. This will be the first step in the creation of a new five-year strategic plan, which is being developed over the next several months and will establish the overall goals and priorities of the school district. Click here for more information.

Registration materials now available

Information is now available for families that wish to enroll their students in our schools. We have information on this website on various programs that we offer, including basic Kindergarten and Kindergarten Plus programs, Spanish Immersion and open-enrollment for students who reside outside of our district boundaries but wish to attend one of our schools. Links to this information, and many other areas, are listed on the Quick Links column on the left side of this home page.

Superintendent Madsen featured in national magazine

Dr. Linda Madsen, the superintendent of Forest Lake Area Schools, was featured this month in the inaugural issue of All About Executives, a national magazine that is for and about U.S. executives in the private and public sectors. "Our goal throughout this publication is to focus on companies and executive teams that make them flourish, even in bad times," wrote Editor-In-Chief Rodney Burrell in the opening pages of the publication's Vol. 1, No. 1. Click here to see the online article about Dr. Madsen.

Forest Lake teachers Buerkle and Nellis honored by TIES

Wyoming Elementary 1^st Grade Teacher Terri Buerkle and Forest Lake Area High School’s Kristen Nellis, who teaches business, have been named 2011 winners of the TIES Exceptional Teachers Awards. The award is given each year to outstanding teachers who work in districts that are members of TIES. Click here to see the news release.