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Upcoming Events
Free Family Taco Night!
Tuesday, February 7th 5-6 pm
SEEDS will be serving up tacos with all the fixings for Forest Area families in the High School cafeteria. Come enjoy a taco or two - made with delicious, local grass-fed Shetler Dairy beef - and meet our new high school staff. Hope to see you there! For more information, call Jana @ 231.357.6896.
Free Family Bowling @ Country Lanes
Friday, February 24, 2012 5:30 - 7 pm
SEEDS families are welcome to join us for a night of free bowling at Country Lanes. Food will be provided. If you would like to come out for a fun night of family bowling, please pre-register by contacting Jana @ 231.357.6896. We need to let the folks at Country Lanes know the approximate number of people to expect.
SEEDS, Cider, and Boys Jr. Varsity Football
Thursday, October 20, 2011 6-8 pm
SEEDS will have their apple press ready to rock at the Forest Area Jr. Varsity football game against Glen Lake. Stop out for some of the freshest cider you've ever tasted. Go Warriors!
SEEDS would like to thank Altonen Orchards for their generous donation of apples for this event.
Fall Kickoff!
Thursday, October 6, 2011 3 - 6 pm
SEEDS was on hand during Parent/Teacher Conferences to celebrate the start of another school year at Forest Area. We served up fresh hot artisan pizzas to students and families coming in to the conference. We also made pizzas for the Forest Area staff to enjoy during their lunch break. Our local science guru, Marc Alderman, was on hand with some fun hands-on science activities in the Forest Area cafeteria. Youngsters were playing with robots, experimenting with goo and much more!
Traverse City Beach Bums Game
July 20, 2011
SEEDS sponsored a free family night at a Traverse City Beach Bums game on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Over 50 folks from Forest Area came out to enjoy the game. To top it off, the Bums came back in the ninth to take the lead and win the game 10-9 against the Wild. Way to go Bums!
Riverside Shakespeare Performs Henry V
Fife Lake Lakeside Park. Sunday, July 17, 2011
SEEDS sponsored a free community performance of Riverside Shakespeare's Henry V at the Fife Lake Lakeside Park on Sunday, July 17th. Over 80 people came to the park to enjoy the play, have some artisan pizza and catch the breeze blowing off Fife Lake. Look for more Shakespeare next summer!
SEEDS Afterschool End of School Year Celebration, Science Night & BBQ
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 3:30 - 6:15 p.m.
SEEDS Afterschool celebrated the end of another fun school year at Forest Area on Tuesday, May 31st. We grilled hot dogs from Shetler Family Dairy and munched on salads and home-made baked beans. Students and families also enjoyed some interactive hands-on science fun with Marc Alderman, our resident science guru. For more information on upcoming events, please contact Genevieve Pfisterer, SEEDS Afterschool Site Coordinator, at 231.350.2868 or Jana Lanning, SEEDS Kalkaska County Outreach Coordinator, at 231.357.6896.
SEEDS Afterschool @ the 75th National Trout Festival
SEEDS Forest Area Afterschool once again participated in the National Trout Festival festivities. Our brightly colored entry in the festival landed the students 3rd place in the parade. Students wore creative paper-mache trout hats, gave out packets of sunflower seeds to plant, and just had a great time.
Adult Opportunities
What Should We Offer?
Please download and complete our Family Survey! We will use the information as a guide for future activities and events.
Are you interested in yoga? Or perhaps advancing your technology skills SEEDS at Forest Area Middle/High School can offer some adult-only opportunities to parents and caregivers of our students. Child care may also be available. If you have an idea that you would like for us to offer as adult programming, please email Jana Lanning, the Kalkaska County Outreach Coordinator, or call her at 231.357.6896. Let's have some fun learning something new together!