Monday, April 23, 2018

Mandarino Minutes for 4-23-18

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Congratulations to Mrs. Gressley's Battle Of The Books Team-
Our Upton Middle School team consisting of  Noah Kelley, Aaliyah Louis, Ella Rimes, Mei Mei Saggau-Drotos, beat the battle team from Lakeshore.  They won 90-82.  A close match and the trophy comes back home to the Upton Media Center. Congratulations on their hard work!





Salmon in the Classroom-
Mrs. Francis classes and Ms. Spriegel/Mrs. Fosters's 4th hour class will on their field trip tomorrow Tuesday, April 24th. Mrs. MacKellar's classes and Ms. Spriegel/Mrs. Fosters's 5th hour class will be gone this Thursday, April 26th.



M-Step Continues-
Today and Wednesday (April 25th) will be 8th grade Social Studies, and Tuesday (MacKellar/Foster/Spriegel's 5th hour) will take 8th science, while (Francis/Foster/Spriegel's 4th hour) will take their science test Thursday.  6th & 7th math M-Step will begin next Monday,  April 30th.


Book Fair at Upton Middle School-
The Upton spring book fair is coming! A great one-stop shop for new and exciting titles, additions to summer reading lists, and more. The fair will run next Monday through Friday, April 30th - May 4th.   See you at the fair!


An incident at UMS-
Last week at Upton Middle School we had an incident where a 6th grader brought in a toy gun. A couple of students reported it, the situation was dealt with immediately, staff were communicated with, and the proper consequences took place.  We take all matters of student discipline very seriously. We also do want to protect the privacy of our investigations. Rumors and gossip can be vicious and can hurt people, so we appreciate your support in this.


6th-8th grade dance-
We will have a dance this Friday, April 27th for all grades. The dance will be from 6:00-8:00 PM.  Please have rides ready when the dance is over.  We typically do one dance a year that 6th graders can attend.  Mrs. Hubble and the student council are the hosts.  Our UPTO helps with the chaperones, and we would love even a few more.  If you can chaperone please email Mrs. Hubble at jhubble@sjschools.org

Ren Baldwin Technology Festival-
The 2018 Ren Baldwin Technology Festival will be on Friday, May 11th at St. Joseph High School from 6:00-7:30 PM.



Quote of the Week-
"And then one day I decided that hurry and stress were no longer going to be a part of my life.  Stress is self-created; I decided to stop manufacturing it.  We can choose an internal calm and joy even amid the chaos." - Brendon Burchard

Have a great week,
Mr. Mandarino


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