Family-
We hope that you all had a great time this past extended Thanksgiving weekend! It always fun for families to get together!
Logo Contest due date is this Friday-
The 2017 Ren Baldwin Logo contest submissions are due this Friday, December 2nd. We have advertised this on our morning announcements, and posters are up in the hallway as well. Please see the attachment in the email I sent today.
7th grade vision screening-
This Friday, December 2nd the Berrien County Health Department does their annual 7th grade vision screening.
Roger's & Martins helps Upton Middle School-
For Roger’s Foodland: Save your Roger’s Foodland receipts dated from September to February 24, 2017 and turn them in to the Roger’s box in the Uptonoffice. The more we are able to collect, the more Free educational awards we can earn for our school.
For Martin’s Supermarket: Sign-up at www.martins-supermarkets.com OR at any Martin’s Customer Service Counter and provide our school PLU# which is 50402. Each time your Advantage Card is scanned through March 31, 2017, your purchases automatically earn our school Free educational awards!
Book Fair-
Join us in the media center for the book fair starting today running through Friday, December 9. Students are welcome to browse and purchase before school and after school. Parents are welcome to stop in anytime between 7:15-3:45 p.m.
You can support our school library while you shop for great books! Click to access the online book fair . The dates of the online book fair are: Upton Online Fair: November 23 – December 6.
For Parents: Resources about the importance of reading, great middle school titles and encouraging reluctant readers.
If parents would like to volunteer for the book fair, they can email Michelle Humes, Secondary Media Specialist at ahumes@sjschools.org.
Equestrian Club Meeting-
A student and parent meeting for anyone interested in being in the Equestrian Club will be next Thursday, December 8 at 6pm in room 212 (Ms. Kietzerow's room) at Upton Middle School.
Equestrian Club Meeting-
A student and parent meeting for anyone interested in being in the Equestrian Club will be next Thursday, December 8 at 6pm in room 212 (Ms. Kietzerow's room) at Upton Middle School.
Tutoring continues-
Just a reminder that we have free NHS tutoring on Wednesdays after school in our media center. The high school also has free tutoring on Tuesdays & Thursdays as well in their media center from 3:00-4:00 P.M. No appointment is necessary, but we do hope that the students come ready to learn.
Go Time going well-
We will have our 4th "Go Time" of the school year this Thursday, December 1st. Our students and staff have been surveyed and we are working constantly to improve it each offering. Students are really getting some neat opportunities to work on skills that they are struggling with, retake a test/quiz, catchup on their reading counts book, watch a planetarium show, etc. These course offerings will continue to vary and evolve.
Late Start Wednesday-
We will have a late start this Wednesday, November 30th. In December we will have them on December 7th & 14th as well.
Dates to Remember-
- 6th grade Orchestra "Informance" will be on December 6th at 7:00 P.M. in the Upton Blue Gym
- Upton Choir & Orchestra Concert will be on December 13th at 7:00 P.M. at the SJHS Auditorium
- Middle & High School Band Concert will be on December 14th at 7:00 P.M. at the SJHS Auditorium
Quote of the week:
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."- William James
Have a great week,
Mr. Mandarino
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