Do you know which Maple Grove & Athens High School staff member's grandpa was the first full time employee for the Fromm’s fur farm and “prepared more meals for furbearers than any other man in the world?” This person proposed to his wife on home plate at the Athens Village Ball Diamond. Is it: Nathan Brost, Chris Czech, Dan Nowak or Shawn Steinke?
Andy Thurs is the bowling, softball playing, San Diego loving staff member from the Guess Who game. Give yourself 50 points if you guessed him.
Tonight is Blue Jay and Fox Family Night! ALL K-12 School District of Athens students and Maple Grove Title One Friends are invited. Bring your devices to the AES gym at 6pm to learn literacy tech tips and take home something to use for future tech time...
Can you believe it's December already? Christmas is around the corner as well as 2024 ready to begin. Let's finish out the year with a few more staff members to guess based on a couple of fun facts. This staff member works at AMS and AHS. He enjoys bowling and playing softball. One of his favorite places to go on vacation is San Diego. Is it: Todd Diethelm, Andy Thurs, Matt Ellenbecker, or Shawn Steinke?
Aliya Thunder was the staff member stuck in another country during Covid, listens to audiobooks and does puzzles.
Hopefully everyone had a yummy, family and friend-filled Thanksgiving break. It's time to put on thinking caps to guess a staff member who works at both AES and AMS. She was stuck in a different country for 2 weeks during Covid.
She loves listening to audiobooks and doing puzzles. Is it: Vanessa Mann, Karissa Denton, Jessica Bingham or Aliya Thunder?
Mary Nelson is the Lake Superior cave kayaking, feather painting staff member in the Athens School District.
Fifth graders, Leona, Kinley T. and Kinley B. are having fun outside during recess!!
It's almost time for the next Blue Jay and Fox Family Fun Night! All AES, AMS, AHS and Maple Grove friends are invited to the AES gym on Monday, December 4th from 6-7pm. 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...
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?