Online registration for the 2025-2026 school year is NOW OPEN! Complete the registration process through Infinite Campus. Early registration helps us plan for staffing, schedules, and resources to best support our students!
Register online today: https://www.athens1.org/page/online-registration If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact the District Office at 715-257-7511 X102.
We’re excited for another great year with our Athens Bluejays!
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.
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.
Despite the weather, the show must go on! 🌧️🥞 Join us for the 13th Annual Maple Grove Charter School Pancake Breakfast tomorrow, Sunday, March 30th, from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM!
Enjoy regular & potato pancakes, sausage, eggs, applesauce, cheese & cheese curds, coffee, juice, and milk. Plus, don’t miss out on tons of raffles and an opportunity to take home our very own Maple Grove maple syrup!
Come hungry, bring your friends & family, and support our school! See you there! 🍁🦊 #MapleGrovePancakeBreakfast #SupportOurSchool
🥞 One Week Away! 🥞
Join us for a Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser to support Maple Grove Charter School! Enjoy delicious pancakes with fresh maple syrup 🍁 while supporting our amazing students.
📅 Date: March 30, 2025
📍 Location: Hamburg Community Hall
⏰ Time: 9:00-1:00
Bring your family and friends for a great meal and a great cause! See you there! 💛
🍁 Sap Season is in Full Swing at Maple Grove! 🍁
Our favorite time of year is up and running—SAP SEASON! We’ve tapped 500 trees on pipeline and 211 trees with bags, giving our learners hands-on experience in maple syrup production.
Students are learning about the differences between a vacuum pump system and gravity flow, sugar content, and even comparing sap yields—28 gallons per pipeline tap vs. 10 gallons per bag tap!
A HUGE thank you to our amazing families and community volunteers who helped us tap all those trees! Our students head out almost daily, demonstrating stewardship and perseverance as they collect sap and take part in this incredible learning experience. 🍁💛
#MapleGroveCharter #SapSeason #HandsOnLearning #CRISPtraits
Maple Grove was blessed with a visit from the Echo Dance Team from NYC! Their upbeat dancing and singing performance engaged students while also incorporating topics of respect, responsibility, and perseverance. Other topics in the assembly were anti-bullying, kindness, hard work, believing in yourself, and good personal choices. This performance was made possible through the AODA (Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse) grant.
Ms. Etten's 1st graders have been hard at work on their bird unit. They have taken it on to maintain and fill the bird feeders, which has proven to be a very busy job as the birds come out with nicer weather. In addition, the learning was more exciting with the help of a guest, Jennifer, from Wild Birds Unlimited! Thanks to her generosity and willingness to come read and teach the class, we are able to know what type of seed to supply the feeders with based on our habitats and environment. Wild Birds Unlimited has also been gracious enough to donate future seed! While we are quick to only think of the birds that visit our feeders, we are also preparing to care for the owls that call our area home. The students constructed and painted Barred Owl Nest Boxes that will be placed 15 ft above the ground in trees around school property. Thank you to Mr. Kariger who helped by pre-cutting and drilling all the holes in the boxes as well as coming back to help volunteer his time in constructing the boxes with kids. Thank you as well to Mrs. Kearns who came in to volunteer her time in the construction day!
The sweetest season is in full swing at MGCS!
Our kindergarten learners kicked off their first tree tapping this week and are excited for the responsibility and learning during this process. 🥞🍁
🦊Maple Grove Charter School Announcement! 🦊
We are excited to invite you to our upcoming Open House & Family Night! This special event is a wonderful opportunity to explore your child’s school, meet their teachers, and enjoy a fun-filled evening with family and friends.
What to Expect:
✅ Tour classrooms and meet our amazing teachers.
✅ Learn about our curriculum & programs along with upcoming events.
✅ Engage in fun activities sponsored by the Maple Grove PTO.
✅ Enjoy a delicious dinner with refreshments.
✅ Connect with other families in our Athens & Hamburg school community.
This event is open to all families, and we encourage you to bring your children for an exciting evening of learning and fun. We look forward to seeing you there!
For any questions, please contact Mrs. Diels in the main office.
See you at Open House & Family Night on March 13th!
Heritage Hills docent, Lori Vieau Jarvenpaa came to Maple Grove Charter School's fourth grade classroom recently. The students had been learning about the Wisconsin Tribal Nations and about the positive/negative French and British interactions before, during and after the time period of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War. Lori came wearing authentic clothing, brought real trading furs and numerous historical artifacts from that time period. She had so much relevant information to share seeing as she is a true Metis (descendant from the Menominee Bear Clan and from the French-Canadian fur traders). The students were able to trade their furs for European goods, as well as, ask very inquisitive questions. We truly have great opportunities at Maple Grove and have wonderful connections that make these types of learning moments possible.
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.
Wisconsin Representative Karen Hurd came to visit Maple Grove Charter School's 4th grade class. In honor of Dr. Seuss week, she started out with a read aloud called True Friend-False Friend (Mr. Sugar Comes to Call) written by Karen Hurd which she donated to our class. Turns out that she was a nutritionist and an author before entering politics. She did a wonderful job explaining the complicated process of how an idea becomes an actual bill by giving a real-life concern from one of her local constituents; allowing sap haulers to be exempt from the Spring road weight limits as her example. So many of the students could relate to this concern seeing as the majority of them; including our school are sap producers. We look forward to seeing Representative Hurd again in a couple of weeks when we travel to the Madison State Capitol for a tour.
Come join Maple Grove Charter School at the Hamburg Community Hall for some delicious pancakes with "real" Maple Syrup on Sunday, March 30th!
🦊Maple Grove Charter School Announcement! 🦊 We are excited to invite you to our upcoming Open House & Family Night! This special event is a wonderful opportunity to explore your child’s school, meet their teachers, and enjoy a fun-filled evening with family and friends.
What to Expect:
✅ Tour classrooms and meet our amazing teachers.
✅ Learn about our curriculum & programs along with upcoming events
✅ Engage in fun activities sponsored by the Maple Grove PTO.
✅ Enjoy a delicious dinner with refreshments.
✅ Connect with other families in our Athens & Hamburg school community.
This event is open to all families, and we encourage you to bring your children for an exciting evening of learning and fun. We look forward to seeing you there!
For any questions, please contact Mrs. Diels in the main office.
See you at Open House & Family Night on March 13th!
🌞 I have said it many times before and I’m thankful to say it again – we have such a supportive community! A huge thank you to Kelly and Bruce Steidinger for designing, building, and installing the solar panel that will efficiently heat our garden shed. 🌱
Our second graders will soon be using this space to plant starter plants for our future garden. It’s a perfect fit with their literacy module unit on pollinators! 🐝🌻
Thanks again to the Steidingers for your time, talent, and dedication to MGCS! We are so excited about this new learning opportunity. It was a balmy 65 degrees in there today already! 🌞
Sunshine, smiles and snow at Maple Grove Charter School.🦊
Maple Grove Charter School is now accepting applications for the 2025-26 school year! If you live OUTSIDE of the School District of Athens, you ALSO need to submit an Open Enrollment form through the WI Department of Instruction at dpi.wi.gov/open-enrollment. The open enrollment application period for the 2025-26 school year is February 3, 2025 - April 30, 2025 at 4:00pm. You can get to the application through this link:https://forms.gle/u9eKRwYAinKnN2Rg7 or through the QR code on the flier. We look forward to having you a part of our Maple Grove Fox Family!
Maple Grove Charter School is now accepting applications for the 2025-26 school year! If you live OUTSIDE of the School District of Athens, you ALSO need to submit an Open Enrollment form through the WI Department of Instruction at dpi.wi.gov/open-enrollment. The open enrollment application period for the 2025-26 school year is February 3, 2025 - April 30, 2025 at 4:00pm. You can get to the application through this link:https://forms.gle/u9eKRwYAinKnN2Rg7 or through the QR code on the flier. We look forward to having you a part of our Maple Grove Fox Family!
Today we celebrated the quarter 2 reading incentive! Learners that turned in their November and December reading logs were creative and "hip" in making their own personalized hats! Students K-3 had their names pre-printed, while students 4-5 showed their seniority in being independent designers. Students enjoyed frosting heart shaped cut out cookies and created bookmarks that will continue to be useful in future reading. Keep reading and encouraging the Maple Grove learners to set new goals and celebrate accomplishments along the way. The hats were so fun to see learners wearing proudly throughout the day!
