Happy New Year-
I hope your family enjoyed a lot of family time this past break! We are almost 1/2 done with the school year. Welcome back and have a great week!
Toy Drive-
United Way is sponsoring a toy drive for homeless children and there will be a drop box at Upton. If you are able, please send in new, unused/unopened toys. The drive is for this week only. This is different from Toys for Tots. Please consider this donation if you can.
No Late Start this week-
We do not have a late start this Wednesday, January 10th. It is a regular schedule day.
Semester Exams-
We will have semester exams January 24th (1st & 2nd hour exams), January 25th (3rd & 4th hour exams), and January 26th (5th & 6th hour exams). These exams will be worth 20% of their semester grade. The exam will cover the material that was covered over the 1st semester. Exams like these take place 6th-12th grade.The breakdown is: 40% 1st marking period grade, 40% 2nd marking period grade, and 20% semester exam grade. Dismissal for the exam days will be 11:04 A.M. for all three days.
Upcoming dates:
- January 16th- Community Planetarium Night at the Upton Planetarium beginning at 6:30 P.M. The show is called Dark Star Adventures. Here is the trailer to the show: Dark Star Adventure Trailer
- January 17th- Late-Start
- January 18th- UPTO Meeting at Noon
- January 22nd- End of the 2nd Marking Period
- January 23rd- Review Day
- January 22nd- School Board meeting at Central office 6:00 P.M.
- January 22nd- UPTO meeting at 7:00 P.M. (Note: In the month of January we are doing two meetings.)
Quotes of the week:
"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education." - Dr. Marin Luther King Jr.
"The time is always right to do what is right." - Dr. Marin Luther King Jr.
Have a great week,
Mr. Mandarino
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