On behalf of the students and staff in “Raider Nation” I’d like to welcome you to our school.  I feel extremely fortunate to be the Principal of a school that is in a constant state of change in order to best prepare our students to meet the demands of the 21st century.

Our maxim here at MAES is “Our School Rocks!” This came into effect several years ago after asking a new student what he liked most about our school.  The new boy simply stated, “Our School Rocks!”  When I asked him what that meant by that, he quite eloquently stated “The kids are friendly here and the teachers really care!”  I like to believe this is how all of our students feel. This young man’s perception certainly parallels mine.

Our staff is committed to carrying out a site improvement plan which reflects best practice in curriculum, assessment, instruction, and remediation. Technologically, our building is close to a “state of the art” facility, having 9 Smart Boards in our building.

Currently, our ES has targeted implementation of balanced literacy and math improvement as its two priority areas of immediate concern.  Our middle school is presently going through a middle school reform initiative whereby we are implementing a school reform model of instruction refered to as "Expeditionary Learning."

We believe that our ability to make connections with students, families, and community members is of paramount importance in maintaining a standard of high student achievement in Marathon. Traditionally, we have had the highest WKCE test scores in all of North Central Wisconsin.

Lastly, we believe that through providing a variety of student leadership opportunities we can establish positive student and staff climate/culture.  Our kids thrive in our school because their leadership capacity has significant opportunities to be developed and exercised. Evidence of this is our student-led RNN TV 2 daily broadcast of the school news on the link on the left side of this webpage, as well as our monthly edition of the student newspaper. Also, check out our photo gallery for the most recent pictures of students’ involvement in the latest school initiatives. We hope you enjoy our website!

Jeff Reiche
Principal