Creative
Learning
With neighbors including Washington University and Forest Park, many of St. Louis’ best cultural institutions are walkable resources for Forsyth students. Science classes take walking field trips to Forest Park to study the seasons and track biodiversity. Art classes frequently visit the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, and PE hosts its Annual Mile Run at Francis Olympic Field, both on the Washington University campus. Even Forsyth’s youngest students in Eyas and Pre-Kindergarten walk down the street to the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Butterfly Garden.
Author Visits
During the 2023/24 school year, Forsyth welcomed New York Times best-selling, Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña (The Last Stop on Market Street) to campus for an author visit with Grades 1 and 2.
MLK Assembly
Each January, the Forsyth community walks across the street to Graham Chapel at Washington University for an assembly in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who spoke there in 1957. Eyas gathers with the student body on Falcon Field for remarks before the march and to send everyone off as they leave campus.
Artist-In-Residence Program
Established in 2010, this annual residency provides a unique visual arts opportunity for Grade 5 students to collaborate with a visiting artist to create an installation or exhibition for the entire school community.
Camping Trips
Forsyth’s three-year camping progression starts with a one-night campout on campus in Grade 4 and continues with an off-campus overnight in Grade 5. Grade 6 students experience two-night camping trips to different campgrounds off campus in the fall and spring.
Junior-Kindergarten Naturalists
The Junior-Kindergarten Naturalist Program consists of three seasonal walking field trips to the Kennedy Woods Savanna habitat in Forest Park. There, the students connect with nature, hone their senses, strengthen their observation skills, and learn respect for all living things.
West African Dance & Drumming
Students in Junior-Kindergarten and above experience an African dance unit during PE classes. Students concurrently study African drumming in Music classes. This annual multidisciplinary unit includes lessons on rhythm, syncopation, and African culture.
St. Louis Neighborhood Study
Grade 2 students visit seven distinct, historical St. Louis neighborhoods as part of a year-long, cross-disciplinary unit encompassing language arts, math, social studies, and photography.
Innovation & Design
Grade 4 students apply materials science and mechanical engineering to build solar ovens for baking s’mores during their campus campout. Grade 6 students employ electrical engineering to construct their own camping lanterns for the fall camping trip.