Athens Elementary School

It's time to guess another staff member. This educator works only at Athens High School and has kayaked the caves on Lake Superior. He or she also likes to paint pictures on feathers. Is it: Mary Nelson, Brenda Wilker, Sheila Nevienski, or Todd Diethelm?

The chicken-fearing, true-blue Blue Jay is...Dee Brewster!

AES students playing card games in Ms. Schelling's Check & Connect!

This School District of Athens staff member has ties to all of the schools. He or she has a fear of chickens and is a "true-blue" Blue Jay. Is it Chris Czech, Dee Brewster, Dan Nowak, or Adam Triebold?

Our AES Veterans Day program was held on Friday, November 10. The fifth grade did a wonderful job with their speaking parts, Mr. Triebold directed them in singing beautiful patriotic songs, and AES students honored veterans with cards and other items to thank them for their service!!!

AES Fifth grade Halloween

4th graders enjoyed a day hiking and learning on the Ice Age Trail. They got to see different land formations made by the glaciers that moved through our land and also tried to imagine how thick the ice was. It was a great day enjoying nature, hiking and learning about our great state of Wisconsin.

The Maple Grove staff member who taught in Japan and Arizona is Emily Szutkowski.

It's American Education Week! Thank you to all teachers, paraprofessionals, custodians, kitchen staff, administrative team members, substitutes, board members and volunteers who make schools safe and equitable learning environments for children of all ages. Wednesday is especially set aside to honor the work of support staff. THANK YOU for your dedication!

We are streaming all of the Veteran's Day programs today. Maple Grove at 9 am, Athens Elementary at 9:30, and Athens Middle/High School at 10. You can watch us honor our Veterans on our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@schooldistrictofathenswisc604?si=s2BF4TRAPgMrwJEJ

This Maple Grove staff member taught English at a summer camp in Japan and taught in Arizona for the first four years of her teaching career. Is it Sabrina Riehle, Treva Etten, Emily Szutkowski or Dana Blume?

Tari Williams is the Maple Grove staff member who likes horror audiobooks and spending time camping and on the water.

Tonight is Blue Jay Family Fun Night for AMS/AHS! See you at 6pm in the AHS ITLC (library)!

Let's see how well you know the staff at Maple Grove. This person likes horror audiobooks, except Stephen King's. He or she enjoys camping and spending time on the water. Is it: Tari Williams, Treva Etten, Emily Szutkowski or Chris Czech?

The Maple Grover who lives in a shed/shouse and had a 19 state whirlwind adventure is Dana Blume.

A new month means more chances to guess staff members from the Athens School District based on just a couple of fun facts. This person is at Maple Grove. He or she lives in a shed/shouse and has traveled to 19 different states in a span of just one week. Is it: Sabrina Riehle, Jessica Barrick, Dana Blume or Chris Czech?

4th graders in Ms. Kalepp’s class had to disguise a pumpkin for their writing this month. Students were each given a different color, size and shape pumpkin to take home and disguise with their family. They then had to write how they disguised their pumpkin for others to guess which was theirs at school. It was so fun to see each students (and families) creativity!!! How would you disguise a pumpkin? 🎃

Attention AMS/AHS families: the first-ever Blue Jay Family Fun Night will be held on Monday, 11-6-23 from 6-7pm in the AHS ITLC (library). Please bring a cell phone, tablet or laptop along as tips on valuable screen time to enhance literacy skills for your child will be shared. All students who attend will go home with a pretty cool tech gadget to use...

The skiing, sheep-handling, former nanny administrative team member is: Andrea Sheridan.

There is another administrative team member to guess the identity of... When she was eight years old, her 4H pen of three sheep won grand champion at the county fair. She lived in John and Yoko Ono’s house while working as a nanny for a family who at one time owned the New York Mets. Lastly, she loves to mountain ski with her son. Is it: Joy Redmann, Robin Hanson, Andrea Sheridan, or Juli Gauerke-Peter?