Winter Wonderland

Dear River Falls Forward Foundation, With deep appreciation, thank you for the “Walking in a Winter Wonderland” grant that you awarded to the fourth grade team at Westside. We have been able to purchase the snowshoes that we set out to purchase and use with students. We have had a chance to use the snowshoes […]

Instructional Audio Solutions

Hello, thank you again for choosing to gift our classroom with a Forward Foundation grant. We have used our microphone every single day, all day long. I have used our microphone system in the multipurpose room during our Fourth Grade Zoo and other classrooms were walking around visiting each station. We use it when students […]

Greenwood Carving Club

“Your generous donation this past September gave fourth and fifth-grade students their first carving opportunity. Twenty-seven 4th and 5th graders from the Greenwood Carving Club went to the Minnesota Decoy Collectors Show! These students submitted their wood duck drake decoys to the youth competition. There were 36 total youth entries. Congratulations to all the carvers […]

Sensory Friendly Classroom

THANK you so much for the FORWARD GRANT money for our new blue bean bags which are utilized every day. Our mirrors on the wall, which are looked at every day. Our light covers to help with the extra stimulation that fluorescent lights give off, and for the black rolly chairs that our students love […]

Therapy Dogs – Forward Fund – 2023-2024 School Year

Thank you for your support and grant money that allowed us to bring therapy dog services into our schools this year. We were able to utilize the dogs in both Greenwood and Rocky Branch which brought smiles to so many students. The dogs visited one time a week and met with a variety of students […]

From Tree to Table: Maple Syrup Production

The second year of the maple syrup production at River Falls High School was a huge success. Students in Natural Resources, Exploring Agriculture and Independent Study were involved in all the phases of the operation, including taping the trees, collecting sap, recording sugar content, using the reverse osmosis system, boiling it down, skimming, filtering, grading […]

EL classroom

The $300 grant went a long way. It paid for 24 new games that have been played and will continue to be played long after I have retired. These games were purchased at Fox Den, a local business here in River Falls. I was happy to support them. Their staff is so friendly and helpful. […]