MG21 Monona Grove Liberal Arts Charter School for the 21st Century

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MG21 Monona Grove Liberal Arts Charter School for the 21st Century

MG21 is a public charter school which serves students grades 6-12. www.mg21.org MG21 is a charter school for the Monona Grove school district.

We serve students grades 6-12 who are looking for a more independent, student centered option. We offer a combination of inter-disciplinary curriculum and project based learning.

03/17/2026

Join us for the MG21 Student Showcase and see the amazing projects that students are producing at MG21! Mark your calendar. Bring a friend. Spread the word!

03/04/2026

It’s Wilderness Week in the school forest for our Middle Campus. One of the activities was collecting sap for maple syrup. We’re quite pleased with the yield today.

02/17/2026

Middle Campus' monthly visit to the Monona Public Library with librarian Tiffany Helgerson.

02/10/2026

MG21 Info Night Tonight at 6:30 pm!

01/12/2026

Mark Your Calendar! Visit MG21 to find out if we’re a good fit for you. Applications are now available at www.mg21.org for the 2026/27 school year!

12/17/2025

Kudos to MG21 alumna and youth apprentice Zoe Mathias! The Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin’s Aspire Award honors the spirit of progress and perseverance, celebrating individuals for their resilience and success.

11/24/2025

Chemistry of Cooking,by Avery Boll, Upper Campus

Chemistry of Cooking is a class that highlights all of the amazing bits of chemistry that go into making different kinds of food. In class we made pickles, cheese, bread buns, ketchup, mayonnaise, and biscuits using the chemical reactions of fermentation, leavening agents, and mixtures that make up the formula for all kinds of dishes.

When we were making pickles we used fermentation; the cucumbers were first put into a solution of water, salt, onions, and dill and then they sat in closed jars for a couple weeks. While we waited, the microorganisms (lactic acid bacteria) on the cucumbers began eating away at the sugars that created the lactic acid, which in turn lowered the pH of the pickles and gave them their sour, pickly taste.

We also learned about different kinds of reactions that give food a unique texture or flavor. One of these is the malliard reaction, which is when food is heated to a certain temperature to cause a chemical change in the food’s sugars and amino acids, this gives them a browned appearance and a mixture of compounds which give it a complex flavor and smell. This reaction is most often seen in cookies and meat, both of which we studied in class!

10/23/2025

Middle Campus enjoyed an engaging week in the school forest participating in outdoor education for Wilderness Week. They focused on science lessons, art projects, service work, community building, outdoor skills and reflections.

10/20/2025

Our first Fall Info Night was so successful we decided to host an Info Night 2 which will take place this Wed, Oct 22 at 5:30 pm! Please spread the word!

10/07/2025

DEAR—Drop Everything And Read in Middle Campus at MG21!

09/19/2025

As part of PBL Bootcamp middle campus students visited Upham Woods in the Wisconsin Dells. We launched our outdoor education program with hands on wilderness skills.

Address

5301 Monona Drive
Monona, WI
53716

Telephone

+16083161924

Website

http://www.mg21.org/

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