Exams next week-
Just a reminder that we will have exams next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (January 25th-27th). Dismissal will be at 11:04 A.M. all three days. It is never too early to start reviewing for these exams.
Scholastic Art Award Winners-
Upton Middle School had another great year at the Scholastic Art Awards! Mr. Fralick once again had many student winners! Congratulations on the 8 Gold Keys, 5 Silver Keys, and 13 Honorable Mention awards. The winners in A,B,C order are:
Lauryn Arel, Mary Balbo, Alex Duell, Ellinore Edinger, Isabella Fernandez (3 awards), Mason Gedert (3 awards), Kate Gersonde (2 awards), Katalin Harter, Ellie Haunhorst (2 awards), Tiana Keeler (4 awards), Ella Ott (2 awards), Ashley Schlipp, Halee Sharkey, Gabby Shimulunas, Alexandria Smith, Jillian Tunnicliff, Sarah Ventimigila.
National Kindness Week-
Next week nationwide in schools all across the nation schools will participating in kindness week. SJPS will also be participating. We have several activities planned. We would love your help at the end of the day on Friday, January 27th at 11:04 A.M. we are asking parents, grandparents, community members, etc. to line the exit and give the kids high fives as they exit the building. Here is the website that tells more about this: http://www.greatkindnesschallenge.org/
Equestrian Club Event-
What: A fundraiser for our Equestrian Club.
When: Tuesday, January 31st, 2017
Where: Silver Beach Pizza, Downtown St. Joseph MI
What for: All funding proceeds will be used to support the
Equestrian Team at the High School and Middle School level. Funds will
specifically support:
o show fees
o travel
o equipment
Planetarium Community Night-
This Thursday, January 19th beginning at 6:30 P.M. is a planetarium community night at UMS. The show is called Legends of the Night Sky: "Orion".
NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) for 8th graders-
Upton Middle School was randomly picked to participate in the NAEP test for our 8th graders on February 16th. Only a random sample of students were chosen by the NAEP to particpate. A letter will go home later this week with your son/daughter indicating that they were chosen. Here is a website designed to tell you more about the NAEP : https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/parents/
MathCounts Team-
Congratulations to our 2016-2017 MathCounts team at Upton Middle School! They are:
Norah Judge, Athan Gregory, Anna Miesse, Adriana Pierangeli, Joe Paine, Ella Ott, Reese Uzelac, Justin Leany, Harsh Gupta
They will compete Friday, February 3rd in the Regional Competition. Good luck to them!
Community Corkboard-
Have you visited the community corkboard in the last month? It contains information on an baseball sign-ups, upcoming girls softball camp, a program for tweens at the library, a youth film festival, etc. The link is: https://www.sjschools.org/sjps-parents/community-cork-board-district
Quote of the week-
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."- Confucius
Have a good week,
Mr. Mandarino
Quote of the week-
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."- Confucius
Have a good week,
Mr. Mandarino
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