Mandarino Minutes for 3-7-16

Dear Parents/Guardians,

7th to 8th grade & 8th to 9th grade Scheduling Deadline

The online scheduling and paper copy were scheduled to be done by today (Monday, March 7th), however if your son/daughter has not finished please do so tonight.  Thanks for helping assist this process!

Science Olympiad

Good luck to our middle and high school teams as they compete tomorrow (Tuesday, March 8th) in the Science Olympiad competitions at Lake Michigan College.  Our middle school has had great success the last seven years and we hope to continue the great tradition!  Coach Kietzerow, Coach Foster, Coach Francis, Coach St. Amand along with several wonderful mentors have guided our kids over several months to prepare for their events.

8th Grade Career Day

This Wednesday, March 9th will be 8th grade Career Day at Upton Middle School.  Our 8th graders are supposed to come to school that day as if they are interviewing for a job that they really want to obtain.  They will get the chance to go to four career day presentations to peek their interest and learn something about that career. 

UPTO

This Thursday, March 10th at Noon will be our UPTO meeting at Noon.  Mrs. Cardon will be making a presentation to the group.  We hope your schedule will allow for you to join us.

Band & Orchestra Festival

Our 8th grade orchestra will perform tomorrow (Tuesday, March 8th) at 1:40 P.M. and our 8th grade band will perform at 4:35 P.M. at Lake Michigan College.  Our 7th grade orchestra will perform on Friday, March 11th at 11:20 A.M.  We wish them all the best of luck!

Late Start Wednesday

SJPS will be having a one-hour delay this Wednesday, March 9th.  Buses will run one hour later, and breakfast will still be served.  Classes will begin at 8:45 A.M.  This being 8th grade Career Day we hope to not have any 8th graders tardy on this day.

7th and 8th grade Dance this Friday, 
March 11th

We will have a 7th & 8th grade dance this Friday, March 11th from 6:00-9:00 P.M. in the Upton Blue Gym.  The cost of admission is $4.00 and is sponsored by our Student Council.  We would really like some more chaperones for this dance.  If your schedule allows please email Ann Essig at aessig@sjschools.org  or give her a call at 269-470-6870.

Upton Variety Show-  Thursday, March 24th

The Upton Variety Show will take place on Thursday, March 24th at 6:30 P.M. 

6th grade Parents

Please continue to encourage your sixth grade daughter/son to keep reading for March is Reading Month and to build their individual ice cream sundae.

Upton Planetarium Night this Thursday, March 10th

This Thursday, March 10th is an Upton Planetarium Night at UMS beginning at 6:30 P.M.  The title of this show is, Black Holes:  The Other Side of Eternity.  Here is a trailer to the show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEeN74aqkLk

Quotes of the week:

"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."- Zig Ziglar

"Trusting our intuition often saves us from disaster." - Anne Wilson Schaef

Have a great week,
Mr. Mandarino