Back to School Night-
Next Tuesday beginning at 7:00 PM we will have the Upton Middle School Back to School Night. You will get the opportunity to go through your daughter/son's schedule and hear each teacher talk about their respective class. They will talk briefly about communication, curriculum, etc. This evening is for parents only. Each class will be about 11 minutes with some passing time in-between. Parking is always crowded that evening, so please allow enough time to enter.
Dropping off in the morning-
I hope you have been following Mr. Jeffers messages about drop-off in the AM. Student safety is what is most important! We ask that you do not drop your students off in the street on Maiden Lane. Please continue to pull forward, drop off, and remind your daughter/son to be ready to get out as soon as your car comes to a complete stop. We appreciate your patience and allowing extra time for this process.
NWEA testing next week-
We will begin NWEA testing next week at Upton. This will give us a baseline to see growth from Fall to Spring.
Home Football games-
We ask for your help at Friday night football games. Students must be with you or in the Upton Middle School section during home football games. Our section is on the South end of the stadium (end where the scoreboard is). Students should not play football behind the stadium, bring footballs to toss around, and we ask that our students use the concession stand at the end of quarters and at the half. We have at least two adults in this section every game.
Special Education News-
Here is a link from our special education department :
https://spedsjps.blogspot.com/ Mrs. Reisig and her staff do
a wonderful job!
Mike Smith assembly this Monday, Sept. 10th-
Our wonderful SJPS foundation is sponsoring a motivational speaker at Upton Middle School and SJHS this Monday, September 10th. Mike has spoken to thousands of schools nationwide. Here is a link to Mike Smith's site: http://www.mikesmithlive.com/#intro
Quote of the day-
"Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it." - Maya Angelou
Have a great rest of the week,
Mr. Mandarino
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