29th Annual Battle of the Books-
Congratulations to all the students who worked hard to complete their reading goals for the Battle of the Books! It was an exciting competition that was very close! Mrs. Humes, Mrs. Burnette, Mrs. Dirlam, our ELA teachers, retired SJPS staff, Mr. Holleman, our custodial staff, and many parents helped to make this morning a success!
Bonus Point Winner: The Guardians of the Books (Walsworth)
4th Place: The Coral Read (Greissinger)
3rd Place: The Bookie Monsters (Gressley)
2nd Place: Words of Wisdom (Walsworth)
1st Place: The Book Dwellers (Gressley)
Members of Book Dwellers (first place team) - Zane Runkel (captain), Amelia Hines, Timothy Dokter, and Devraj Singh
Several pictures are located on the St. Joseph Public Schools Facebook page.
Good luck Science O-
Our Science Olympiad team competes next Tuesday, March 7th at Lake Michigan College. Upton has won this competition for eight straight years! We wish the team good luck!
Honors Breakfasts-
Starting tomorrow the honors breakfasts begin. Traffic will be very heavy on these mornings.
Tuesday, Feb. 28th- 6th grade
Thursday, March 2nd- 7th grade
Friday, March 3rd- 8th grade
Variety Show-
The Upton variety show will be on Friday, March 10th at 7:00 P.M. in the Upton auditorium. Our students have worked hard and it should be a really good show. Mrs. Schrock has done a wonderful job directing as well.
Programming Club-
A programming club starting on Thursday, March 9 here at Upton from 3:10-4:10 P.M. Whether you do or do not know any programming, the programming club will be a fun learning experience. Mr. Holleman can assist you if you have any questions.
Community Corkboard-
If you have visited the district community corkboard in awhile here is the link to see what is new going on around the community and district: https://www.sjschools.org/sjps-parents/community-cork-board-district
Upton Girls Soccer Round 2-
If you missed the last blog post here is the link to more information for girls soccer at Upton. Link: Girls Soccer Information Link
Quote of the week-
"In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can."
- Nikos Kazantzakis
Have a good week,
Mr. Mandarino
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