Maple Grove Charter School will be closed on Monday, March 31, 2025 due to a power outage.
Athens Elementary, Middle and High School will be in session.
FFA members headed to Mid-State Tech to compete in the Career Development Events.
Dairy Cattle Evaluation:
🐄MyKayla Mayville
Middle School Agriscience:
🪿Lila Giese
🪿Adeline Markman
🪿Audrina Stevens
🪴Asher Guralski
🪴Mason Kuck
🪴Brody Tiffany
Livestock Evaluation:
🐖Ellis Baer
🐖Xandria Heier
🐖McKenzie Belter
Vet Science:
🐈Danica Knott
🐈Amanda Paul
🐈Kierstin Passehl
🐈Isabella Zastrow: 7th place individual
🐩Team placing: 6th
Wildlife:
🦌McCormick Heier: 9th place individual
🦌Natalie Salber
Congratulations to Isabella Zastrow, a Junior FFA member who received a Gold ranking on her Sheep Production Proficiency application. Isabella was one of 13 who received the gold rating in this proficiency area. A proficiency award is an agricultural proficiency award that honors FFA members who, through supervised agricultural experiences, have developed specialized skills that they can apply toward their future careers.
Six FFA members headed to Thorp to compete in the Sectional LDE competition.
⭐️Middle School Quiz Bowl Team placed second
⭐️Discussion Meet: Amanda Paul
⭐️Employability Skills: Isabella Zastrow
Spring has sprung in the greenhouse! The plant science students have been busy this week transplanting plugs.
Save the date:
🪴The Plant Sale is May 9th from 3:30pm to 6:00pm and May 10th from 9:00am to 3:00pm
The School District of Athens will be closed today, Wednesday, March 5 due to inclement weather. There will be no afterschool activities or athletic events.
We are going to transition to online signups for youth volleyball this year. Anyone interested in volleyball grades 5-8 please complete this form!
https://forms.gle/ULmxV4vqoX94Dx4C9
Nine FFA members headed to DC Everest to compete in the District Leadership Development Events or LDEs. We have six individuals moving on to Sectionals in March.
Quiz Bowl
⭐️2nd place moving on to Sectionals
Prepared Public Speaking
⭐️Danica Knott
⭐️Ellis Baer
Employability Skills
⭐️Isabella Zastrow 2nd place moving on to Sectionals
Discussion Meet
⭐️Kierstin Passehl
⭐️Amanda Paul 1st place moving on to Sectionals
Due to extremely cold temperatures anticipated in our area tomorrow evening, we want to prioritize everyone's safety, and we feel it is appropriate to reschedule the January 20th Athens School Board Meeting.
Tomorrow night's school board meeting is rescheduled for Monday, January 27, 2025 at 5 PM.
Thank you for understanding.
Bridging Brighter Smiles visit on January 21st if anyone is interested, please sign up using the email address or the barcode listed on the attached form.
The ducks have landed in the ag room. The Fish and Wildlife class had the opportunity to paint duck decoys to match a specific duck breed.
During this holiday season, the FFA members have been working on making an impact in our community. They collected food items for the Circle of Joy, chose a few Gingerbread men from the tree to buy gifts for, collected donations and made tie blankets for the Ronald McDonald House.
Happy Holidays from the Athens FFA Chapter!
The Athens FFA Chapter is looking to start an FFA Official Dress Closet for our FFA members who may not have the items needed to complete their official dress. If you have the following gently used items you are willing to donate that would be greatly appreciated: men's and women's white button up long sleeve shirts, black dress pants, black pencil skirts or black dress shoes. You can drop them off in the office.
Thank you!
If you still need some last minute presents for this holiday season, come on out to the Athens FFA and FFA Alumni Farm Toy Show and Craft Sale on Sunday, December 15th at the Athens High School.
New this year is a he pedal tractor pull for kids ages 4-10. The pull starts at noon with registration at 11am.
The 8th grade agriculture students learned about service learning and completed a service learning project. They made fleece tie blankets for the cats at the Humane Society of Marathon County.
One of our FFA members attended the I Am Conference in Stevens Point, where she learned about becoming a better individual so she can be a great leader. The I Am conference is a national leadership conference for juniors and seniors.
Eight FFA members headed down to Indianapolis for the 97th National FFA Convention. On our way we stopped at the Case IH headquarters in Racine for a tour of their factory. It takes them 3 days to construct one tractor.
On day 2 we attended the general session in the morning and listened to a speech by Temple Grandin and then headed to the Indianapolis Speedway where we toured their facility. The speedway is the oldest in the United States, and was constructed in 1909.
On our last day we attended the last session where we watched the Wisconsin officer candidate be elected to the National team.
Its Home coming Week!! Here are the Middle School dress up days.
Monday: PJs
Tuesday: College Wear
Wednesday: Western
Thursday: 80s and 90s
Friday: Class Colors- 8th: White, 7th: Black/Red, 6th: Hot Pink.
The Fish and Wildlife class made Biltmore Sticks for their lab this week. Biltmore sticks are used in Forestry to measure the diameter and height of trees.
The Fish and Wildlife classes made their own Biltmore Sticks for their lab this week. Once completed they headed outside to measure the diameter of different trees and the height.
