Monday, April 24, 2017

Mandarino Minutes for 4-24-17

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Bookfair-
Please sign up to volunteer at the Upton Spring 2017 BOOK FAIR! The Scholastic Book Fair is not only fun for our students but enables our librarians to supplement our media collections throughout the year!

Book Fair Setup: April 28
Sales: May 1-5 (7:15-8:00 am, 11:30-1:00pm, 2:30-3:15pm)
Tear Down: May 8

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps: 
1. Click this link to go to our invitation page on SignUp.comhttp://signup.com/go/ewvQlhR 
2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account on SignUp.com
3. Sign up! Choose your spots - SignUp.com will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. Easy! 


Note: SignUp.com does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact Elena Neus at Eldave1@earthlink.net or (973) 876-8305 and she can sign you up manually.


Upton Musical (High School Musical Jr.)-
The students are so excited to present High School Musical, Jr. on May 12th and 13th.  Please see this attachment for times and more details:  Upton presents High School Musical, Jr.


8th grade Laptops-
An email will come out this week regarding 8th grade laptop purchases.  A hard copy of a note will also be sent home with your 8th grader shortly after the email to you.

M-Step Continues this week-
8th graders will have math M-Step this week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during their math classes.  We ask each student to give their best effort!  Next week Tuesday, May 2nd will be the start of 6th & 7th grade M-Step.  They will start with math next week, and the following week 7th graders will do science and ELA.  6th graders will do just ELA the week of May 8th.


Salmon in the Classroom-
This week Tuesday and Thursday our 8th graders will participate in their Salmon release and science lab science field trip.  Dr. St. Amand, her staff, and our 8th grade science teachers have planned a fun day!

Late Start this Wednesday, April 26th-
We have a district late start this Wednesday, April 26th.  We also have late starts on May 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th.


Interact Club and the Humane Society-
“A Heart For Our Humane Society” Fundraiser, Sunday, April 23-Sunday, April 30.  If you have items you would like to donate to the Humane Society we have boxes at Upton for you to do so.  Our Upton Interact Club would be very appreciative. 


Quote of the week-
"The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up." 
- John Maxwell

Have a great week,
Mr. Mandarino

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