Friday, June 9, 2023

Mandarino Minutes for 6-9-23

 Dear Upton Middle School Families,


Thanks! -

We thank you for sharing your daughter/son with us this school year!  We also appreciate your partnership this school year!  We are thankful for all the support you given through volunteering, donating staff lounge items, chaperoning dances, working in the media center, working in the office, and many other countless ways you support the students and staff at Upton Middle School! Enjoy the beauty of Southwest Michigan with your family this summer!  


Upton Bears Student Credit Union - 


Connor Baker was the grand prize winner for the Upton Credit Union and will be receiving a $250 deposit into his savings account!   Congratulations Connor!




Wyldlife this summer - 


Wyldlife is doing an event today Friday, 6/9 at Rocky Gap Beach! It’s gonna be right after school today until around 3pm! There’ll be snacks, drinks, games and everyone is invited! This event is for middle schoolers only, but graduating 8th graders are welcome! 


Every Thursday starting June 14th from 6-8pm will be Wyldlife at Rocky Gap! We’ll be playing games, doing raffles, hanging out and hearing a short message about life at each one! Come to the Last day of school to hear more about Wyldlife throughout the summer! 





Upton Football This Summer - 


Starting June 12th: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday morning workouts on the high school field 7:00 - 8:30AM. Time is spent both indoors and outdoors so be sure to bring athletic shoes, cleats, and water. These workouts end July 27. Starting June 28: Wednesday 6-8pm we have practices at the high school practice field. Bring athletic shoes, cleats, and water. These practices end July 26.

For ease of tracking, an importable Google calendar can be found here: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDM2ZDNkZDAyZjlkZGI1NmYxMGY0ZTRjOTNkZGFiY2RkYTJmM2E3OGI0MGM3ODJjMzBiZDViYjkzNmJjOGI2M0Bncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t


The best thing you can do to stay up to date on the schedule is join Remind. Remind is an app that lets me send reminders and schedule updates to all the parents. You join with this link:  https://www.remind.com/join/umsf. You can also send me direct messages there if you have questions.



Upton Soccer This Summer - 


Upton Middle School soccer club will offer open field on Thursdays this summer from 3-4pm with the exception of July 6th. Open field is an opportunity to come out to the field and play soccer with your peers. Please join our REMIND by texting 81010 and putting @of2223 in the body to get Open field information and updates. Looking forward to seeing both boys and girls players enjoying soccer this summer! Please contact socceruptonmiddleschool@gmail.com with any soccer club questions.


Attention all boys soccer players, please use this link https://forms.gle/2XFTzPzayg4MCzDv8

 to sign up for our Fall Middle School Soccer season. Revtrak for club fees goes live on 6/1/23. Please sign up and pay by August 1st so we can ensure we have teams registered and jerseys ordered in time for the start of our season at the end of August. 


Girls soccer players, look for your sign up link in December/January for the spring season. Please contact socceruptonmiddleschool@gmail.com with any soccer club questions.



Theatre Camp -

A summer musical opportunity for ages 8-18.



For a full list of summer activities, go to the community corkboard at:


https://www.sjschools.org/





8th grade transitional video - 


I hope we can show this transitional video to all my peers before we leave UMS. The video length is under 17 mins.

Here is the link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dCa_kd5dEFdLwEUqZMQdQ1g73BAijce4/view?usp=sharing




Moving this Summer?


If you are moving out of the district/out of state this summer and not returning in the fall, please call the Upton office to let us know!  269-926-3400





Quote to End the School Year -



Enjoy your summer,
Mr. Mandarino





Mandarino Minutes for 6-9-23

  Dear Upton Middle School Families, Thanks! - We thank you for sharing your daughter/son with us this school year!  We also appreciate your...