Community Leaders Teach Everett Students About Lake Forest

Second grade students at Everett Elementary School are participating in a “unit of discovery” project about the Lake Forest community and recently learned first-hand from city leaders on their expertise.

Jeff Folker, a local realtor, kicked things off earlier this week with a discussion about the qualities of Lake Forest and why it is such a draw to families who come here to live.

Three representatives from Lake Forest Parks - Chuck Myers, Sally Swarthout, Rich Paulsen - also spoke to the kids as did Joanna Rokek, executive director of the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce and Laurie Stein, curator of the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society.

Photo: Pictured with Everett 2nd graders (back row, left to right) Chuck Myers, Rich Paulsen, Laurie Stein, Sally Swarthout and Joanna Rolek.