SCHOOLYARD RENDERINGS produced by UWM’s Community Design Solutions
In 2024, Forest Home Avenue School celebrated the major construction of their Green & Healthy Schoolyard—in this space previously dominated by impervious asphalt. Through a three-year, multi-phase process, students, community members, partners, and other stakeholders worked together to design this project and raise funds to make their shared vision real. This intentionally holistic approach resulted in green infrastructure for stormwater management, outdoor education spaces, enhanced recreation amenities, and a revitalized schoolyard that fosters curricular connections, play, and a deeper connection with nature. Forest Home Avenue School plans to manage approximately 150,674 gallons of stormwater per rain event.
The Plan
Review the school’s conceptual plan and summary brochure in greater detail, including designs, cost estimates, curricular connections, and maintenance considerations.
TIMELINE
2022
Conceptual Design
2023
Fundraising
2024
Detailed Design, Permitting, & Construction
2025+
Maintenance & Stewardship
Forest Home Avenue School
1516 W Forest Home Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53204
CONTACT INFORMATION
Bradley Christensen
Principal / Director
Forest Home Ave School
christb@milwaukee.k12.wi.us
Glorimar Melendez
5th Grade Bilingual Teacher / Maestra de 5to grado
Forest Home Ave School
melendg1@milwaukee.k12.wi.us
Lisa Neeb
Green & Healthy Schools Program Manager / Gerente de Programa de Escuelas Verdes y Saludables
Reflo - Sustainable Water Solutions
lisa.neeb@RefloH2o.com
Our students will be able to experience some of the things they have only seen in books and on TV. I see students being able to learn how to care for plants, having space to play, and make school an even more desirable place to go everyday!
- Laura McCravens, Speech Teacher
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