May 22nd, 2021 Opening!
Opening day for tours of Forest Grove No 5 will be Saturday, May 22nd, 2021, from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Hope you can join us!
Rehabbing Old Wainscoting
Another beautiful day out at the schoolhouse. We have made some good progress on the windows with the help of our Volunteers! Rehabbing the old wainscoting was a laborious job but well worth the effort to preserve yet another valuable piece to this historical puzzle. None of this would be possible without our contributors and …
Bench Donated to Effort
This week, a quick trip to Macomb, IL yielded this awesome donated 8’ recitation bench, used by children while being taught reading, history, and math by class. The bench sits in the front of the classroom, where the teachers called children up by grade to teach each subject to individual age groups. On Friday, WQAD …
New Chalk Boards
What a great Monday! Tammy & Kelly Rundle from Fourth Wall Films met us at Aceno Granite in Pleasant Valley to capture some footage of cutting slate for the chalkboards at Forest Grove School. They’re going to look amazing in the old classroom! Thanks to John, owner of Aceno, for donating his time and expertise! None …