A Great Day at the National History Regionals at WMU-
Congratulations to our State qualifiers for the National History Day State Championships that will be held on April 28th, 2018 in Bay City, MI. On Saturday the following students qualified:
State Qualifiers
Junior Division Individual Documentary: Alistair Bealer
Junior Division Individual Exhibit: Lauren Konopacki
Junior Division Group Website: Jaclyn Cool, Anna Weber, and Madalyn Cleveland
Junior Division Individual Website: Jakob Diamond
Junior Division Individual Performance: Lillian Shasky
Special Awards
Best Civil War Project: Lauren Konopacki
Best Use of Primary Sources: Lauren Konopacki
30th Annual Battle of the Books Winners-
Congratulations to the 2018 winners of the Battle of the Books! It was Mrs. Gressley's 1st hour team, The Team That Shall Not Be Named. The team members are : Captain Ella Rimes, Mei Mei Saggau-Drotos, Noah Kelley, Aaliyah Louis, and Dylan Daly. They will take on the winner of the Lakeshore Middle School Battle of the Books sometime in April.
Congratulations to our Choirs-
6th, 7th and 8th grade choirs sang BEAUTIFULLY at Festival last Wednesday! Best they had ever done singing their songs.
7th and 8th graders were the only MS choirs at the festival to read an advance level of sight reading and they sight read each example with ease. The judge was very impressed!
Both 7th & 8th choirs received high number ratings and came away with the highest rating of Excellent (1). Congratulations to the students and Mrs. Gray-Roll.
Great job Spellers-
Out of nearly 50 spellers at the Cloverleaf Spelling Bee Upton had two top ten finishers! Andrew Ferrell ended in 3rd place and Madison Klitchman finished in 8th place. The students worked hard and it was a fun day!
Science Olympiad, Tuesday, March 6th-
Good luck to our kids who are participating in the Science Olympiad Regional competition at Lake Michigan College tomorrow Tuesday, March 6th. Upton has won this competition for 8 straight years. The students have been working extremely hard with Coach Kietzerow and her amazing team of mentors.
Band & Orchestra Festival-
Good luck to our 7th & 8th grade bands and orchestras this week at they perform at festival. Festival is like the M-Step of the performing arts. The students perform pieces, and sight read. It will be an amazing experience for the musicians.
Ren Baldwin Technology Festival-
Please see this attachment for the Ren Baldwin Technology Festival. We are hoping for many great entries at Upton. Click here for more information:
Ren Baldwin Technology Festival Info
Little Mermaid, Jr. Auditions-
Rehearsals for the Little Mermaid begin next Monday-Wednesday in the Choir Room at Upton Middle School from 3:00-5:00 P.M. Auditions will take place next Thursday & Friday March 15th & 16th. All experience levels and no experience are welcome!
Variety Show next Friday, March 16th-
The Upton Variety Show will be next Friday, March 16th at 6:30 P.M. in the Upton Auditorium. Co-directors Joanne Schrock and Sandy Krieg have said it will be a great show!
Chess Club time change-
Chess club will be this Thursday (March 8th) in Mrs. Walsworth's room and will end at 4:00 P.M.
Culvers Give Back Night tonight-
Tonight at Culvers from 5:00-8:00 P.M. is Culvers Give Back Night for St. Joseph High School Softball. A portion of the proceeds will go to the softball program.
Quote of the week-
"Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see." - Mark Twain
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