Mandarino Minutes for October 3rd, 2016

Dear Parents/Guardians,


Builders Club-
The first meeting of Builders Club will be this Wednesday, October 5th from 3:00-3:45 P.M. in the Foods room at Upton Middle School.  Mrs. Hunnell will give an overview of the club and some of the plans for the year.  If your son/daughter is at all interested, please have them check it out.


Athletic events-
Students who are attending our sporting events as fans should go home and come back when the game begins.  Many of our games begin at 4:00/4:30 P.M. and this is a long time for students to hang out before an event starts.  Please help us out on this.


Jacob Maynard-
You may or may not have seen a recent article in the Herald Palladium featuring 8th grader, Jacob Maynard and his efforts to help out at a local cemetery.  Jacob led a group of Boy Scouts to help cleanup some headstones and make them readable again.  Congratulations to Jacob for his efforts!

Interact Club- 

Interact Club had a great turnout for the first Meeting! Future meetings will be posted in the hall and announced the day prior. If you are interested in being an Interact Club Officer or Director, a sign up form is in the office. If you are still interested in joining Interact Club, fill out an application in the office. If you have questions, please see Interact Club President, Rhett Huie.

Choir Concert next week-

Next Thursday, October 13th at 7:00 P.M. in the high school auditorium will be the first Upton Choir Concert of the year.  Mrs. Gray-Roll always prepares the students well for a great concert.  Please join us if your schedule allows.

No Science Olympiad this Week-

Due to the science teachcrs attending some professional development opportunities we will not have Science Olympiad this week.


Lory's Place Grief Counseling-
Starting this Wednesday, October 5th Lory's Place along with counselor Mrs. Amy Peterson will host some grief counseling for any student interested in attending.  These sessions will last approximately one hour in a group setting.  Permission slips will go home tomorrow, October 4th.  If you have any questions please email Mrs. Peterson at:  apeterson@sjschools.org

Late Start Wednesday-

Every Wednesday in October is a late start Wednesday.  We still have supervision at our regular time and breakfast will be served at 8:15 A.M.  Buses will pickup one hour later.

Community Corkboard-

Have you visited the Community Corkboard lately?  If not, here is a link: https://www.sjschools.org/sjps-parents/community-cork-board-district

Count Day this Wednesday, October 5th-  

This Wednesday in the State of Michigan is Count Day.  We encourage all students to arrive to school on time, so that we can take an accurate attendance.  Thanks for your help with this!

Quote of the Week-

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." -Maya Angelou

Have a great week,

Mr. Mandarino