Good luck to the Choirs-
Good luck to our Upton Choirs as they have their festival tomorrow! Festival is like the M-Step to the performing arts department! :) Mrs. Gray-Roll has the students well prepared and the students should have a lot of fun participating!
Good luck to our Spellers-
Tomorrow, February 27th will be the Cloverleaf Spelling Bee at Lake Michigan College. 6th graders, Andrew Ferrell & Hayley Rawls, along with 8th grader Madison Klitchman will compete in the event. We wish them the best of luck!
Wonderful Career Day-
We had 33 guest speakers that came to Upton on Friday and it was such a wonderful day! The students responded really well to the various presenters. Many of our presenters commented on how engaged the students were! If you were one of our presenters, we really would like to thank you! Mrs. Fairchild, Mrs. Peterson, and Ms. Toth put a tremendous amount of time & energy into this worthwhile event.
Battle of the Books-
The Battle is here! The Final Battle of the Books will be this Friday, March 2nd at 11:45 P.M. in the UMS Media Center. This is the 30th annual battle! Our 7th graders have been reading ferociously!!!
Assemblies this week-
Thursday, March 1st- Carry the Love
Friday, March 2nd- Tumbling Show
7th & 8th Band and Orchestra Pre-Festival Concert-
Wednesday, February 28th will be our 7th & 8th grade bands and orchestras giving their pre-festival concert at the John & Dede Howard Auditorium located at SJHS beginning at 7:00 P.M. Festival will run next week at Lake Michigan College.
Online Scheduling and Paperwork due Friday, March 2nd-
Online scheduling is open and ready. Students are asked to register by this Friday, March 2nd for classes next year. The 6th going into 7th will return a salmon colored sheet, the 7th going into 8th will return a green colored sheet, and the 8th going into 9th will return a blue sheet. This sheet is to make sure parents/guardians are aware of the classes/electives that they are signing up for.
Science Olympiad next week Tuesday, March 6th-
Next Tuesday, March 6th the UMS Science Olympiad team will compete at Lake Michigan College for their regional event. Upton has won this event for 8 straight years! We wish Coach Kietzerow and the team best of luck!
Quote of the week-
"If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love."
-Maya Angelou
Have a great week,
Mr. Mandarino
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