School District of Athens

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Hello Athens band members, family, and friends! The mattress fundraiser is one week away from this Saturday, and here are a few questions that have been brought up regarding it: Q: "What if I can't make it to the sale on March 7th?" A: "No worries! Attend a sale at another school and tell the salesperson that you want your purchase to go towards the Athens fundraiser. Every fundraiser starts at 10:00am and goes until 4:30pm." The other dates are as follows: February 29th Wauwatosa East High School March 7th Athens High School March 8th Oak Creek High School March 21st Pardeeville High School March 22nd Reedsburg High School March 29th Monticello High School April 4th Logan High School April 4th Nekoosa High School April 5th Marinette High School April 18th Platteville High School April 19th Manitowoc High School April 19th Shorewood High School April 25th Mauston High School April 25th Denmark High School April 26th McFarland High School April 26th Waupaca High School Q: "What kinds of mattresses will there be?" A: "There will be brands such as Beautyrest and Therapedic, among others." Q: "Can I test these mattresses out?" A: "Absolutely!" Have more questions? Please email Mr. Puffer at spuffer@athens1.org.

Fifth grade students love the flexible seating options in Ms. Schelling’s room.

Ms. Schelling’s fifth grade using Google Slides for a vocabulary assignment.

AMS 7th Graders wanted to share a little love with some of Athens' seniors. These four girls were able to visit and decorate the doors of the residents.

Get your Bluejay Apparel now! Athens Track & Field is selling Track Apparel and generic Bluejay Apparel for the upcoming sports season. If you're interested in ordering any Bluejay Apparel and/or Track Apparel, please visit the following link to purchase: fancloth.shop/bdq1d

Preparing for our show at the Lucille Tack Center - Dog Loves Books!

There will be no JV2 boys basketball game at the Community Hall vs. Tomahawk tonight (2/18/20)

Dual credit psych has a hands on lab for Module 3-Sensation and Perception. What could be in these containers? They’re being “tested” today. Should be an interesting experience for all of them.

Attention all Bluejay Band members, families, and supporters!!! On March 7th @10:00am-4:30pm, the Athens Band program will be holding a fundraiser in the middle/high school commons area. Here is a peek at our upcoming Mattress Fundraiser! We want as many people to come out and support of group, so please share this link with all your friends and family, along with the Referral Flyer that has your student’s name on it! Remember, 10% of the people YOU know will buy a mattress this year!! Parents are strongly encouraged to attend the parent meeting this Wednesday night @6:30pm. For every parent that attends, $5 will be donated to the program! Here is a short informational video about the fundraiser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtWPNME9W2w To RSVP, visit the event link here: http://bit.ly/beds4athens2020 We hope to see you there!!

These first graders are more than halfway to being second graders - happy 100th day of school!

Brock Beaty, fifth grade, Cambrea Sarasin, eighth grade, and Ava Zettler, eighth grade, participated at the Rib Like Regional Spelling Bee on February 6th. Ava Zettler is the state alternate! Awesome! Congratulations to all on their great efforts in the class, district, and regional bees this school year!

Mrs. Jody Davis recently taught the fifth grade a lesson about buying and selling goods, consumers, and competition in business through the Junior Achievement program at AES.

If you don’t have any plans for Valentines Day, come out to RJ Stockwells in Dorchester for a fish fry and the Northcentral WI FFA Showcase Auction. The fish fry starts at 4pm and the auction starts at 6pm. Come out and support the area FFA chapters and the Dorchester Fire and EMS.

Utilizing flex time in Mrs.Gallagher's room to practice our world maps.

Playing a hula hoop game with Ms. Schelling’s Check N Connect group

Kindergartners participated in a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) project to show 100 by patterning 10 beads on 10 pipe cleaners. They created some very unique designs!

Thank you to the Youth Wrestling Club for the help to get the Bulgarian Bags and Suples Speed Ball. We will use them during wrestling season and all year long. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10B5y_6wRmCvViFUxTtrinY_4BzBioKsR/view?usp=sharing

Don't miss the Athens Middle and High School Pops Concert, this Sunday at 2:00 in the Commons! We'll be singing music from popular musicals and other hits. We hope to see you there!

The Agronomy class has been learning about the different soil horizons (layers) and how they are formed. So today they made dirt cups to help them visualize the different layers and how no too layers are the same.