Upcoming Out & Abouts: 


  • September 5th-  Out & About- Garden get-to-know-you games in the Backyard Garden
  • September 12th- Out & About-B-Street Farm- Learn about Out & Abouts and team building 
  • September 19th-  Out & About- Library Visit
  • ​September 26th-  Out & About- Matter Lab at Pacific University
  • October 3rd-  Out & About- Escape Room at Escapism Portland
  • October 10th-  In & About- Dragons Mist, Medieval Reenactment 
  • October 24th- Out & About- Empty Bowls Prep, Clay Studio Pacific University 
  • October 31st- Out & About- Oregon Food Bank, Portland Location
  • November 7th- Out & About- Holocaust Survivor David Fuks speakes at Forest Grove District Office
  • November 14th- Out & About- Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education visit 
  • November 21st- Out & About- Portland Opera presents La Boheme at the District Office
  • December 5th- In & About- Wave Lab at Step in Studio
  • December 12th- Out & About- Forest Grove Library
  • December 19th- Out & About- Portland Symphony and Cirque Da Symphony at the Arlene Shnitzer
  • January 9th- Mercy Corps Out & About- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED- We will leave FGCS no later than 9:00 am and ride Trimet to the Mercy Corps Action Center for their presentation.  We will eat lunch there and depart for home at 1 pm, arriving back at the school no later than 3 pm.  
  • Saturday January 11th- 2 pm- Art Show Reception at the public library.  Levels 2 through 3 had the choice of participating in the Library Art Show run by the Public Arts Commission of Forest Grove.  Please feel free to attend! 
  • January 1st- In and About- Financial Literacy- Phil Ruder, economist and professor at Pacific U will be presenting to students about money and the way it works! No volunteers needed. 
  • January 23rd- Out & About- Portland Art Museum-   Chaperones Needed- We will have a docent led tour to see the exhibit Exploring Identity.  Students will also have time to do a small art project and tour the museum.
  • February 6th- Out & About- OMSI- Chaperones Needed- We will be visiting the Exquisite Nature Exhibit and seeing a presentation on Impossible Science.  
  • February 13th- In & About- Homeplate Youth- Homeplate Youth will present to students about homelessness in Washington County. 
  • February 27th-  Out & About- Rice Museum- Chaperones Needed We will be talking about rock and fossils. 
  • March 5th- Out & About- Sociopoly at Forest Grove Library- We will be playing the game of Monopoly with a social twist.  Always a good time! 
  • March 12th- Prep for Fossil with students-
  • March 17th-20th- NO SCHOOL.  FOSSIL OUTDOOR SCHOOL CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19.
Note: Upcoming Out & About's are being rescheduled quickly as we find out about what we can and cannot due during this time.  We will be following state, local, and district wide guidelines as we proceed.  Ensuring that safety is our #1 priority.  We as a team, which has included your amazingly innovative students, have been talking about future Out & Abouts and what we can do in our own community with limited traveling ability.  It is a time for creativity and flexibility.   Thank you for your understanding.  If you have questions please email Stephanie at s.woods@fgcschool.org 

OMSI Outdoor School: 2020 Trip Cancelled 

Dear Level 4 Parents and Guardians:

As you all know, the Level 4 trip to Fossil was canceled yesterday when the District halted non-essential bus transportation in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Last night, Gov. Brown ordered schools closed statewide March 16-31. As we re-assess the Fossil trip in light of these developments, I know you all have questions. I’ll attempt to answer some of them here:
  1. Now that Fossil is cancelled, will you be rescheduling?   We will do our best to reschedule the trip for May.  Right now it is uncertain whether OMSI Outdoor Schools will remain open for the spring season.  Currently, all outdoor schools will be closed until April. I am monitoring the situation for updates.  
  2. Will you be refunding money to parents who paid for the trip?  Short answer, YES.  However, because we hope to reschedule, it may make sense to hold off on refunds until we confirm whether we can reschedule. If OMSI cancels outdoor schools for the school year, we will immediately begin the process of issuing refunds to all families. If you want a refund right away, please contact me at s.woods@fgcschool.org and I will forward your request to our bookkeeper. 
  3. Will we be going to Fossil if we reschedule or will we be going on a different trip?   Short answer, TBD: We may reschedule for a different trip, depending on the availability of the various OMSI outdoor school locations and the curriculum offered during the times available.
If you have other questions not answered here, please contact me by email at s.woods@fgcschool.org.

Sincerely, 
Stephanie Woods, Level 4 Out & About Coordinator

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Want to be a Facilitator on an Amazing Out & Abouts?
​Here is what you need to do:

Facilitators are the awesome adult helpers that accompany us on our Out and Abouts! Are you interested? First let me start by saying THANK YOU!!! Here at FGCS we rely on our Facilitators to help us make our many Out and Abouts a reality.   If you want to be a facilitator on an O&A here is what you need to do:
  1. Review the Forest Grove Facilitators handout, this will easily layout the expectations of every out and about:  Forest Grove Facilitator Handout:  forestgrovefacilitatorshandout.pdf
  2. Check this weekly page frequently for upcoming Out and Abouts.  If a facilitator is needed it will say FACILITATORS NEEDED.  Then contact me, Stephanie Woods at s.woods@fgcschool.org and let me know you are interested.   
  3. Complete your Volunteer background check.  I can not let you join us unless this is done. Please click here to fill out the form, I will be notified when it is complete: https://www.helpcounterweb.com/welcome/apply.php?district=forestgrove  Please see below if you have more questions.
  4. Once I have confirmed with you that you are facilitating a trip, check your email, because I will be sending you a trip itinerary, with all the trip details and need to know information.


Under new Forest Grove School District policy, criminal background checks will be required for all volunteers starting with the 2014-15 school year. This includes, but is not limited to, Out & About chaperones and classroom volunteers. 

We encourage all current and prospective volunteers to go to the link below as soon as possible to fill out the criminal background verification form online.  There is no cost to the volunteer and all information provided will remain confidential. Starting Oct. 1, 2014, individuals will not be allowed to volunteer until their background check has been approved.

The conviction of a crime will not automatically disqualify a person from volunteering. Each situation will be considered individually.

We appreciate all of our dedicated volunteers at FGCS. Thanks in advance for taking the time to complete an online background check to continue volunteering at FGCS. Contact Karen Torry at k.torry@fgcschool.org or 503-359-4600 with any questions.

Please click the following link to sign up to be a volunteer and submit a background check (be sure to choose Forest Grove Community School as a school where you want to volunteer)

https://www.helpcounterweb.com/welcome/apply.php?district=forestgrove

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