Maple Grove Charter School - One Town. One Team. One Dream.

Learners in every grade were taught about “inverted” art and how colors can be flipped to their opposite through a phone or ipad. Each learner created a different type of bird that is meant to be seen through a device as the colors flip. This art show was a big hit at Maple Grove's open house!

Just like students, adults need engagement as well to get hard things done! Maple Grove Charter School Staff took a break 1/2 way through our professional learning day to collect sap. To keep staff motivated they had to find Easter Eggs throughout the woods as they collected 🐰 It was a great team building experience!

All eligible district residents are encouraged to cast their vote today at the polls. Polls are open 7 AM-8 PM. Our District has ONE very important referendum question on the ballot. Every vote counts!

From sap to syrup, learners had the opportunity to watch the process unfold today over the open pan! Wish we could of captured that amazing smell as it turns to syrup and share it with each one of you! A huge shout out goes to Mr. Bloch and one of our grandparents, Mr, Engel for their time and talent to cook this down for us today, much appreciated!

The future of Athens School District is in the voters' hands. We have an important referendum question on your election ballot. Please remember to cast your vote on the referendum question when you vote on Tuesday, April 4. Polls are open 7 AM-8 PM.

Can you believe it's almost April already, and we are starting to prepare for next school year already! If you are wanting to enroll to Maple Grove Charter School please use the QR code or follow the bitly to apply to our application. This is ONLY for NEW learners. The application is due by April 28th!

Learners who accomplished their reading goal for the month of February, experienced their reading incentive with their fox den family! Learners got to celebrate by playing games for all ages and abilities. Congratulations to our learners who made reading a priority this month!

Only at a school as special as MGCS do first grade learners dedicate their recess to using the school CRISP traits to care for Mother Nature. With spring having begun, the caterpillars have started to make an appearance out on the schoolyard. Learners have designed custom homes built into the natural landscape and are checking daily with hopeful hearts that the caterpillar will remain healthy. Accommodations of a moss bedding, insulation of the tree trunk house (comprised of 5 rooms 😊), and walls to protect from the unpredictable Wisconsin spring weather, are just a few of the proactive moves of the first graders. The compassion, respect, and collaboration, are just a few of the amazing things happening within this learning experience. The outside discovery and learning has lead for a deeper discussion and research interest within the classroom. Looks like we will be incorporating caterpillars into our book topics of interest.

If you haven't registered your students for the 23-24 school year, please do so today. Registration also includes extra curricular & sports registration for the 23-24 for Middle/High School. Please complete registration as soon as possible. https://www.athens1.org/page/online-registration.

In between sap collecting, our littlest foxes at MGCS are extending their knowledge through play!  The maple syrup dramatic play has been a big hit. This center includes the basic, yet important steps of the process: collecting, cooking, selling, and of course...eating! 😋

Third graders at Maple Grove Charter School kicked off their Wisconsin Forward Exam week with dressing up as intellectuals.

We are excited and looking forward to seeing you at our 10th Annual Pancake Breakfast! Please save Sunday, April 16th from 9:00-12:30 for regular pancakes or potato pancakes! 🥞

Third graders at Maple Grove Charter School have been using several tools to test the sugar content of their collected sap such as: their own taste buds, a sap hydrometer and an ocular sap refractometer. Turns out that our combined sap has a sugar content of 2 Brix which equates to about 2%. Therefore, by using some tricky mathematics like the Jones Rule, we would need 43 gallons of sap to equal 1 gallon of syrup. However, one student had a legit sugar content from her tree of 6 Brix which would be a 14.3:1 ratio instead. What a cool hands-on learning experience that combines above and beyond academics.

Many of us may be sick of the snow but the kids at MGCS are still making the most of it! Thank you Mr. Bloch for helping them build this fun snowman! It may melt soon, but it's making the memories with what we are given.

In labs this week, fifth grade learners completed some investigations to help them better understand how the new pipeline system uses vacuum pressure to bring sap to the collection tank.

Last fall, second graders collected and froze milkweed seeds. Today, they began prepping them for germination by placing them in a damp paper towel and baggie, and also ensuring they will receive proper air flow. It will be time to plant our butterfly garden before you know it! 🤞🏼🙏🏼 🌱 🦋

Tonight's meeting is streaming live on our YouTube Channel. Meeting starts at 6. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCySxG14MiDgv85XYQM3tFPw

Be a part of the decision. The School District of Athens has one referendum question on the April 4 general election ballot. There is an information meeting tonight at Athens Elementary, 6 PM. If you can't make it, there are more meetings scheduled. Please check the website! Also, watch your mailboxes for more information about this critical vote.

Fifth grade learners had an opportunity to make maple snow candy during our maple sap kickoff day. It was a sweet experience!

Fourth and fifth graders at MGCS have been spending the past month learning about the Iditarod and tracking mushers that they have chosen to follow. Last week we had a great opportunity to have guest speaker Mark Vachavake present to our class about the Iditarod. Mark had previously lived near Nome, Alaska (where the race ends) for many years and has been to the Iditarod 16 times. He shared information about the race itself, brought in Alaskan artifacts to show, and also brought in dog booties that were actually worn by sled dogs in the Iditarod for students to keep! It was a great way to wrap up our exploration. Thank you Mark for this amazing learning opportunity!