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Mission
It is the mission of the Friess Lake School District in cooperation with its community and families, to assure an educational experience that enables all students to reach their highest potential and contribute to the well being of society.

Vision
The Friess Lake School District will continually strive to be a safe and student-centered culture that is recognized for innovation.  
The Friess Lake School District understands the need for collaboration of parents, community, staff and students when making decisions and will enable students to be goal-oriented and successful in a wide variety of academic, social, personal, and creative areas.

Plants in the Outdoor Classroom

Below is a list of plants located in the outdoor classroom sorted by number.  Simply click on an item to bring up a detailed description.

1. Yellow or Gray-headed Coneflower
2. Lead Plant
3. Roundhead Bushclover
4. Milkweed
5. Prairie Cinquefoil
6. Cup Plant
7. Compass Plant
8. Prairie Smoke
9. Mountain Mint
10. Pale Indian Plantain
11. Rattlesnake Master
12. Downy Sunflower
13. Stiff Goldenrod
14. Butterflyweed
15. Lavender Hyssop
16. Switchgrass
17. Big Bluestem
18. Little Bluestem
19. Indiangrass
20. Prairie Cordgrass
21. Sideoats Grama
22. Liatris/Blazingstar
23. Pale Purple Coneflower
24. Purple Coneflower
25. Penstemon
26. Smooth Blue Aster
27. Red Oak
28. Basswood
29. Bur Oak
30. White Oak
31. Rue Anemone
32. White Birch
33. Large-tooth Aspen
34. Spring Beauty
35. White Ash
36. Black Cherry
37. American Beech
38. Ironwood
39. Trout Lily
40. Hepatica
41. Bloodroot
42. Sugar Maple
43. Gooseberry
44. Mayapple
45. Fern
46. Yellow Birch
47. Skunk Cabbage
48. Wood Violet
49. Nannyberry
50. Sumac
51. Poison Ivy
52. Red Dogwood
53. Prickly Ash
54. Bedstraw
55. Baneberry/Doll's Eyes
56. Meadow Rue
57. Trillium
58. Toothwort
59. Yellow Violet
60. False Mermaid
61. Jack-in-the-Pulpit
62. Boneset
63. Thimbleweed
64. Woodbine
65. Bergamont
66. New Jersey Tea
67. Great Blue Lobelia
68. Marsh Marigold
69. American Cranberry Bush
70. Blue Vervain
71. Prairie Dock
72. Whorled Milkweed
73. Blue False Indigo
74. Ox-eyed Sunflower
75. Prairie Coreopsis
76. Wild Senna
77. Queen of the Prairie
78. Obedient Plant
79. Prairie Dropseed
80. Alum Root