BASE Fort Atkinson

We have been out and about this week at BASE!

🚲 Bike Trail Adventures
-Geocaching on the bike trail with Junior Staff & friends
-First bike ride on our new BASE bikes to Jones Market for a tour and ice cream

🎟️ Hobby Choose‑Up Trip
-Visit to Opportunities, Inc. to pick up our BASE Christmas in July Carnival & Raffle | 7.24.2026 raffle tickets and they had recycled caps for our recycled art project!
-Plant stop Blodgett Garden Center to pick up plants for our front door planters.

🌞 Outdoor Fun
-Lots of outside time enjoying this beautiful weather
-Plus a sneak peek at our new early childhood playground that was installed today by Lee Recreation, LLC

What a week and it’s only Tuesday!

Our FREE Community Family Movie Night at BASE | 6.19.2026 is this Friday! Join us at 1233 Janesville Ave for a free family event.

Doors open at 5:00, movie starts at 5:30pm. Free popcorn 🍿 plus a few small concessions for purchase.

We are taking requests for what movie we will show, drop a comment below if you have any fun ideas- bonus if it is a nature themed movie to match our Week 2 theme.

Week 1 of our 2026 Summer Program was packed with so many activities for BASE kids-almost too much fun for one post!

Our Art Room was busy creating:
-Drawing Swap Challenge
-Public Figure Creations
-Mural Making

Our STEM & Tinker Labs were buzzing with:
-Rescue Devices
-Saving Fred
-Human Robot Coding
-Tallest Building Challenge
-Water Balloon Drop Contraptions
-Cardboard creations on the Chomp Saws

Health + Rec brought movement and kindness with:
-The Floor Is Lava
-Community Letters
- We kicked off our Summer Feeding Program and are offering 2 FREE meals to kids each day!

Other Highlights:
-Making Bikes with Jones Dairy Farm for our new BASE Bike Program
-Native Prairie Planting thanks to a grant from the Xerces Society
-Trip to the Post Office to drop off some very important paperwork and buy a roll of stamps.
-A Dive In Movie instead of the pool on a rainy day.

Early Childhood enjoyed:
-Art Activities
-Games, games and more games
-Free Play in Our New Classrooms

We’re off to an amazing start, can’t wait for Week 2- Into Nature.

Huge gratitude to the Jones Dairy Farm team for spending some time today at BASE building brand‑new bikes for our kids!

These bikes will launch our bike program, giving our BASE kids more ways to stay active, explore the bike trail & our community, and build confidence on wheels.

I bet they will even stop at the Jones Market when they are cruising about.

Prairie planting with was a success today! We still have some planting to do but we are excited to see our native pollinator habitat come to life.

We will be back at it on Friday once the weather calms down. If you or any groups you are a part of are interested in helping BASE with this project, please reach out.

🌿Tomorrow is the day! 🌿

Join us on Tuesday, June 9th from 4-5:30pm to help plant our new pollinator habitat thanks to a grant from .

We have LOTS of flats of healthy plants ready to go into the ground and could use some extra hands.

All are welcome. Bring garden gloves and hand shovels if you can.

🌞 BASE is READY for Day 1 of Summer 2026! 🌞

Tomorrow we open our doors for another summer but this one feels extra special. Our team has worked so hard for this moment!

We’re proud to launch:
- Licensed early childhood programming for ages 4–6
- Our first summer in our beautifully renovated elementary space
- Junior Staff opportunities for middle school kiddos as we look forward to our future goal of having a teen center.

This week’s theme is Community and we’re kicking things off by getting to know one another, building trust, and creating a safe, welcoming space with clear expectations so every child feels seen, supported, and ready to have fun.

Here’s to a bright first day and an unforgettable summer at BASE. Let’s do this! 🌟

Our partner over at United Way of Jefferson & North Walworth Counties is hosting their Reading Under the Lights Event this upcoming Friday, June 12th.

This is a great event FREE event for kids & families and the drone show at the end is so cool!

Don’t miss out on an unforgettable night! Register today and secure your spot: https://forms.gle/z8wNM8rdWUSWHMrK6

The last week of school at BASE was packed with fun!

👟 Kids designed their own shoes on the interactive whiteboard, inspired by the speed and determination of Usain Bolt.
🍔 Hot Meal Wednesday turned into a special cookout with the City of Fort Atkinson, WI-Government to celebrate our 5th graders, complete with cake for a sweet treat.
🏞️ Students built their own rivers, drawing inspiration from Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician who helped map the path to the moon.
🍦 Ice cream sandwiches and 🤸‍♀️ bounce house fun wrapped up the very last day of school.

Operating out of our new facility during our 20th school year has been such a gift. Our programs continue to grow, try new things, and most importantly-create a place where kids have fun, feel supported, and thrive during the critical hours when school is out.

Our summer program starts Monday, and our team has worked incredibly hard to get here. We’re officially opening our early childhood rooms for ages 4–6, continuing our elementary program, and bringing back our Junior Staff Program for middle schoolers as a pilot toward our long‑term goal of a teen center.

Thank you to everyone who makes this possible. Our team, our kids, and our families are truly grateful 💙💚💜