Maple Grove Fox Report

Happy 2022! As I reflect on the first half of the year I am grateful for all the learners, the wonderful families, devoted community members, and our staff family. I am looking forward to all the possibilities that are ahead in 2022 for Maple Grove Charter School learners!

Jesper the Elf watched over all the Maple Grove Learners and staff the month of December and reported back to Santa each night letting him know who followed the CRISP traits each day. From my perspective he had great reports each day, because we have outstanding kids at Maple Grove! He showed up in unique spots each day sometimes doing something silly or mischievous or sometimes just hanging out. The last day he was in a hot air balloon ready to head back to the North Pole for another year. Maple the Fox gave him a formal send off! Until Next Year Jesper, thanks for hanging out!

I can't say it enough, it was amazing to see such a full gym for both the K-2 and 3-5 concert! Thank you to Mrs. Matz again for putting together such a wonderful program. Thank you to the learners who worked so hard to learn and practice their songs and their parts. Thank you to the Artastic Club for the beautiful winter scenery background. Thank you to Delta Music for their wonderful bell piece at the 3-5 program. Thank you to the Maple Grove Foundation for the beautiful corsages for the staff. Thank you to the Governance Board for the refreshments and cookies. Finally, thank you to the families and community members for attending these programs. It was wonderful to have the holiday concert back at Maple Grove after 19 years of it being held in another setting and to hear the sounds of the traditional Silent Night, sung by all!

Student Council set up 12 days of Christmas dress up days! It was fun seeing all the great outfits and festive wear kids and staff came to school with. Thank you Student Council for helping with the festive spirit!

Student Council also set up to service projects throughout the month of December. One for the Points family at our school who's dad is stationed in Africa. With the generous donations from our families and communities we were able to send 4 large boxes of various items like snacks, gum, magazines, puzzles, games, etc..over to his unit and him. Thank you again for your support!

The second service project we did was for a little girl named Olivia, who is a 3rd grader who was injured in the Waukesha Holiday Parade. Our learners raised $445 that was sent to her Go Fund Me page from selling tootsie pops. Our suckers sold out in 3 days!

It was a fantastic month of GIVING!

We celebrated our November reading incentive. Learners had fun decorating ornaments and frosting and decorating Christmas cookies all while listening to Christmas music. Hope everyone had a chance to read a good book over break!

All grades will be taking their midyear screeners the week of Jan. 17th. Please make sure they get plenty of sleep and a good breakfast or have breakfast here at school those days. This is a screener we take 3 times a year in reading and math to monitor progress and determine where we need to best support our learners. You will receive the results after we complete it and review the data. Thank you for your continued support at home with your child's education!

Our PTO Meeting is Thursday, Jan 6 at 6:00 at Maple Grove. ALL are welcome! Our main topic will be our Open House/Family Fun night on Feb. 24th. Please come share your ideas, talents, or just come to see how you can support a great event!

Reminder our Pizza Fry Fundraiser is due this Friday, Jan. 7th. Checks should be made out to Friends of Maple Grove. Happy Fundraising!

Jan. 6: PTO Meeting 6:00 at MGCS Gym

Jan. 7: Pizza Fry Fundraiser Due

Jan. 10: Governance Board Meeting 6:00 at MGCS

Jan. 13: DreamBox Training 3:15-4:15
Jan. 13: End of 2nd Quarter

Jan. 14: No School for Learners...Inservice

Jan. 17: Athens Board Meeting

Jan. 20th: Report Cards sent home

Jan. 25th: 4th Grade to School Forest

Jan. 26th: 3rd Grade to School Forest

Jan 27th & 28th: 5th Grade to School Forest (Not overnight)

Email: rhanson@athens1.org
Website: www.athens1.org/o/mgcs
Location: 135594 County Road L Hamburg, WI 54411
Phone: (715) 257-2199
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