Here are the remaining dress up days for Maple Grove! Go Athens Bluejays! 🏈
Hanging out in the hammocks are a favorite recess activity! Learners take responsibility putting up the hammocks and rolling them up and putting them away properly.
Kindergarten students at MGCS have been using different attributes to describe objects. Using color, shape, size, and texture, learners "painted" items that fit various descriptions. It was a perfect activity on a warm September day!
A big Maple Grove welcome to our two newest residents, Buttercup and Pearl! Our rabbits have settled in nicely in their new hutches, and seem to be unbothered by the noise of our students and chickens! Our 3rd and 5th grade students have been caring for the rabbits since their arrival, and all students will have a hand in this starting in October! A big thank you to Mrs. Neske who takes the students out each morning to care for the rabbits, and to the Cyrtmus family who have helped with various rabbit tasks as well!
Maple Grove 3rd graders had a fun and educational day at the Merrill School Forest recently where Mr. Noland taught us all about beavers. We learned about beaver adaptations, how beaver dams are built, and how they affect rivers and the land surrounding them. We also had the opportunity to build our own beaver dams and learned a fun song as well! Thank you to Mr. Noland and our adult chaperones who helped us have a great day outdoors!
Please save the date! Our annual Chili Supper has been scheduled for Thursday, November 7th from 5:00-7:00 in the MGCS gym. This event is a free will donation! More information will available closer to the date! 🦊
Another great learning addition was created at Maple Grove Charter School! We will now have our very own prairie right on MGCS grounds. This will be another place our learners will gain knowledge through observation and exploration. They will be able to observe wildlife, bird watching and identification, pollination and the food chain, vegetation and identification of various plant species. A huge shout out to Kelly and Bruce Steidinger for their knowledge, equipment, and perseverance with getting the ground prepared and the seed into the ground for our kids to enjoy this spring!
Kindergarten students learn to incorporate movement with music in Mrs. Triebold's music class.
Ms. Etten’s first grade class has been very busy the last two weeks learning. The beautiful weather has allowed for learning outdoors and enjoying being back with peers and staff! The week wrapped up with being introduced to agriculture through a hands on bracelet activity during LABS. Student learning objectives were to be able to explain agriculture and be able to make connections between agriculture and their daily lives. Each bead represented a different aspect of agriculture. These included milk, water, animals, plants, machinery, workers, barns/buildings, and air! All beads were strung together to make the connection of how they are all connected to our lives. The learners were excited to be able to take this piece of learning home and share with families. We are so fortunate to have these experiences and are thankful for Mrs. Bunkelman and her creativity with the bracelets👩🌾🌾🚜
Maple Grove is blessed with another year of offering our students FREE POPCORN once a month! A big thank you goes out to the Maple Grove Foundation for bringing this yummy tradition back to our school!
Maple Grove BIOBLITZ to be held Friday, October 11th
Maple Grove Charter School is looking for experts--both amateur and professional--to work with students and staff on Friday, October 11th as they conduct their first ever Bioblitz.
The purpose for the bioblitz is for students to find out what species are at Maple Grove, to track changes over time in the species present, and to spark curiosity for further inquiry. Students will be able to create site-specific field guides as well as trail signage.
A bioblitz typically lasts for 24 hours with experts and volunteers working to identify as many living things (“bio”) at lightning speed (“blitz”). Our bioblitz is a condensed version and will run from 8:30-2:30, rain or shine. All Maple Grove students will be involved and will contribute to our account of species on the school property for at least some of the day. The students in the upper grades will be spending a significant part of the day.
We are looking for adult volunteers who have expertise in identifying plants and/or animals. Currently, an arachnid expert as well as an entomologist (insects) are scheduled to join us. Folks who excel at identifying trees, plants, and fungi are needed. We are looking for folks who bird by sight and/or sound as well as those who can read animal tracks and sign.
We are also in need of parent volunteers to learn alongside students and to assist in recording sightings of various species with the iNaturalist app (a free download) on mobile devices.
If you, or someone you know, has expertise in these or other related natural resource topics would be available to spend a couple of hours, or the full day, please contact Sandy Benton at sandy@fieldedventures.org We would like to have our experts and volunteers scheduled by October 1st.
Maple Grove Charter School celebrated the start of another school year by doing our yearly tradition of gathering around the flag pole, talking about our history, and raising the flag. Staff and students are ready for another year of learning and growth.
Maple Grove Charter School Families:
Join us for an Ice Cream Social at the Historic Fromm Property. We will provide some basic flavors and a variety of toppings, but please bring a container of your family's favorite ice cream to share, if you are able. We are excited to see our Maple Grove families and meet new faces!
PTO meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 3:20.
Normally, we meet in the Maple Grove gym, but this month, we will be meeting in the Boarding House on the historic Fromm property. A special treat in itself, if you have never had the opportunity to visit the property before!
Maple Grove Charter School's third grade students celebrated the third day of school today! Fun was had by doing all sorts of activities related to the number 3 such as playing a math game using 3 dice, learning words with the tri prefix, adding 3 numbers, and listening to 3 chapters of a book. Before we know it, 3 weeks of school will have passed!
A huge shout out to Coleton Bloch Dirt Works for the beautiful landscaping around our chicken coop! It's wonderful to have past Maple Grove students come back and use their expertise to beautify our school! Plants to come in spring. Another big shout out to our MGCS PTO and families for financially supporting this project!
Ms. Riehle's "Rockstars" are ready to take on the year at MGCS! 🦊❤️
SHE SAID YES!! Remember last spring when the Maple Grove 4th graders proposed the idea of getting rabbits? Well, they did such a thorough job on their research that Mrs. Hanson said, "Yes!" In order to prepare for their arrival, the Cyrtmus family built a fenced in area for our hutches! A huge thank you goes out to them for handling this project for us! Another thank you to the Bloch and Beasley families for agreeing to give us their rabbits, Pearl and Buttercup. They will be arriving the second week of school. A final thank you to Mrs. Neske for agreeing to help our students care for Pearl and Buttercup each day. We so appreciate our school families and their willingness to help our students and staff!
Thank you to Old Time General Store in Gleason, for building our beautiful benches to complete our outdoor classroom at MGCS! Also, thank you to Whitetails Unlimited for the funding to have them built! Learners now have another place to receive learning in our outdoor environment 🍁 🦊
This is the final week for Flag Football signups! Please register by August 31st to guarantee a t-shirt! Grades K-5, boys & girls welcome! Dates: September 7th-October 12th Time: 9-10:30am Cost: $10 (includes t-shirt) Location: Field next to the Community Diamonds (next to Athens Elementary School) There will NOT be paper forms distributed at school this year. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfgPsCZ49ISvJ7gm_O2f0BF1zzqVWRm97IdIcgyXtT1dVg5w/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
Welcome Mrs. Jacoby!
