WHERE LEARNING EXTENDS BEYOND CLASSROOM WALLS
Fox River Academy is a public environmental charter school within the Appleton Area School District in Appleton, WI. With a focus on the Fox River watershed, core subject areas are taught through an integrated, engaging curriculum in multi-age classrooms. Emphasis is placed on empowering students to make critical connections between hands-on observations and learned knowledge using analytical thin
06/05/2026
Join us for some Fox River Academy summer fun!
FRA Back to School Play Date
Where: School Playground
When: August 11, 4:30-5:30 (Rain date August 12)
Boat Launch Clean Up
(Picking up trash and checking for invasive species)
Where: Lutz Park
When: August 24, 10-11 (Rain date August 25)
Families will be notified of their class placement the beginning of August.
See you then!
☀️ Our FRA staff took advantage of the beautiful sunshine to visit the boat launch we adopted! We spent time picking up trash and checking for invasive species to help keep our local waterways clean and healthy. 🌎💙
Stay tuned for a summer opportunity to join us and help care for our launch! We’re proud to give back to our community and environment. 🦊.
Thank you to Nẽo Medina for working with Fox River Academy students to create this amazing work of art depicting the Fox River! The artwork is located on the south side of the Fox River Academy Middle School. Special thanks to AEF, Voith Paper - Appleton, Tidi Products, Casting On, Rabideau Auto Mart, Barclay, Rabideau, and Mayer Families and Joshua Alan for funding this stunning project.
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Our Fox River Academy 20th Anniversary Celebration was a huge success! 🎉
A huge THANK YOU to all of our amazing guardian volunteers—we couldn’t have done it without you! ❤️
There were smiles everywhere as past, present, and future FRA students enjoyed games, met animals, got henna and face paint, and visited the food trucks. What an incredible turnout and a wonderful reminder of what makes our FRA community so special!
Thank you to everyone who came out and helped make the day so memorable! 🦊
05/30/2026
Celebration Lost and Found
Are you ready FRA? We are! Don’t forget to come celebrate 20 years of Fox River Academy at Pierce Park today, May 29, from 4-7!
Sunshine, smiles, and Bay Beach fun! ☀️🎢 Our annual all-school field trip to Bay Beach Amusement Park was a blast! Mother Nature gave us a perfect day, and our amazing Fox community showed up in full force with so many wonderful chaperones. Thank you for helping make the day so special for our students! ❤️
Our annual Cardboard Arcade was a huge success!
Our 3rd–8th graders created awesome cardboard arcade games and invited our Kindergarten–2nd graders to come play. We loved seeing the creativity, teamwork, and fun throughout the afternoon ! Way to go, Foxes! 🦊✨
The heat didn’t stop us from getting outside and having fun! ☀️🦊
Our Student Council planned an outdoor rotation day for the entire school, giving students the chance to explore, connect, and make a difference together. Rotations included birdwatching, trash pickup, building animal houses, and hiking! 🌿🐦🥾
Students chose two activities and worked in multi-age groups, allowing them to build new friendships and connect with classmates they may not usually spend time with.
Way to go, Fox River Academy! We are so proud of our students for embracing adventure, teamwork, and caring for the world around them! 💚
05/26/2026
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Join Us for Fox River Academy’s End-of-School-Year Celebration & 20-Year Anniversary Picnic!
We’re celebrating 20 amazing years of Fox River Academy and the end of another wonderful school year!
Pierce Park Pavilion
4:00–7:00 p.m.
All are welcome!
Current & past families, current & past staff, and friends of the Fox River Academy community.
Enjoy:
Live DJ
Food Trucks: Luigi’s Pizza, Genuine Deli Company, & Kona Ice
Henna Tattoos
Face Painting
Tons of Games & Activities
J&R Aquatics
Come reconnect, celebrate memories, and kick off summer with the Fox River Academy community!
Thank you to the Fox River Guardians for all your work with this event!