Welcome to the Goldfinch Class!

We are so excited to explore and learn in the forest with you this year.

Contact Info:

Phone:

  • Lena: 434-365-0162

  • Rachel: 434-459-9242

Email: goldfinch@cbiforestschool.com

How to communicate:

  • It’s great to talk during drop-off, but extended face-to-face interactions may not always be possible at drop-off and pick-up. However, please always feel free to contact us by text or email!

  • Please email any health-related correspondence to school admin as well as us: Jill (director@cbiforestschool.com), Clara (shalom@cbiforestschool.com), and Goldfinch Teachers (goldfinch@cbiforestschool.com). Or just use this link!

Welcome to another incredible year in the Forest!!

At CBI Forest School, an outdoor elementary school and full-day preschool in Charlottesville, VA, a teacher leads a group of kindergarten students from a private elementary school in an outdoor classroom within a wooded area.
At CBI Forest School, an outdoor elementary school and full-day preschool in Charlottesville, VA., 5 students pet and feed a baby sheep.

Goldfinch Class Info

everyday pack & Checklist:

  • Sturdy shoes your child can get off and on independently

  • Comfortable clothes that can get very dirty!

  • Backpack (Large enough to hold a lunch box and water bottle, but small enough that your child can comfortably carry it themselves on hikes!

  • 1-2 extra masks in a ziplock bag in your child’s backpack

  • Water bottle

  • Lunch, including an icepack in the fall/spring. Lunch containers like a bento box or Yumbox that are easily opened by small hands are perfect!

  • Snack, packed in an outside/easily accessible backpack pocket (not with lunch).

  • Apply sunscreen and bug spray before arrival

  • CHECK THE WEATHER, and if rain is in the forecast, wear or send rain gear and boots!

Class Gear List

🐤 Yoga Mat

🐤 Sit-upon

🐤 2 boxes of Tissues

🐤 1 box of Paper Masks

ALL-SCHOOL GEAR LIST →