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The Fox River Academy is a public
environmental education charter school with a focus on the Fox River
Watershed. Core subject areas are taught through an integrated
curriculum in multiage classrooms.
Fox River
Academy
(located inside Jefferson Elementary School)
Appleton, WI 54914
Phone: 920-832-6260
FAX: 920-993-7060
email:
Sandy Vander Velden,
Co-Founder and Lead Teacher
email:
Tiffany Frerks,
Principal
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FREE EVENT - Environmental Learning Day
February 15, 2010
click
here for flyer
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Fox River
Academy
Spanish Language Offerings
Spanish has been a popular class among the fifth through eighth
graders. The students have been learning both the language and
the culture of Spanish speaking countries through the immersion
technique. Classes are held for 60 minutes at a time, 2 days per
week.
Register for a
Rain Barrel Workshop March 13, 2010 10:00am
Vision Statement
"Environmental Education (EE)
is a lifelong learning process that leads to an informed and
involved citizenry having creative problem solving skills,
scientific and social literacy, ethical awareness and sensitivity
for the relationship between humans and the environment, and
commitment to engage in responsible individual and cooperative
actions. By these actions, environmentally literate citizens will
help ensure an ecologically and economically sustainable
environment."
-Wisconsin EE Board

Mission Statement
Fox River Academy will foster
in its students the passion and curiosity necessary for lifelong
learning, and will, through an integrated, multiage curriculum,
increase students' proficiencies in the use of strategic learning
processes and higher order thinking skills needed to be stewards of
the environment and community.

Core Beliefs
We believe that connected learning
occurs when:
Topics of study are important and
have value beyond school, and are taught where they fit most logically,
rather than at specific grade levels.
Tasks are authentic and relate to
students' own environment, utilizing the talents of expert learners in
the community.
Time is spent in integrated, multiage
learning experiences, offering opportunities for cognitive and social
connections necessary for high student achievement.

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Last updated 1/21/10
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