National History Day Winners-
The district National History Day projects took place at Western Michigan University this past Saturday and we had eleven students from Upton (and two from SJHS) move on to the state competition.
Our students who advanced were:
Individual Documentary- Eliza Kuhlmann
Individual Exhibit- Hayley Shears
Group Exhibit- Ginny Weykamp & Nick Pierangeli and
Phoebe Champion & Andrew Ferrell
Individual Paper- Rhys Conybeare
Individual Performance- Maddie Ugalde
Individual Website- Aseem Singh
Group Website- Emma Teng and Jintong He
Science Olympiad-
As you may have heard Upton Middle School won the regional Science Olympiad competition for the 10th year in a row! Kelly Kietzerow and her amazing mentors did a wonderful job leading our students! Here are the winners and their subject/s:
Beth Paine- 1st place in Heredity, 1st place in Potions & Poisons, 2nd place in Crime Busters, and 3rd place in Meteorology
Jack Hirsch- 1st place in Boomilever, 1st place in Fossils, and 3rd place in Herpetology
Anirudh Ale- 1st place Battery Buggy, 2nd place Game On, and 3rd place in Thermodynamics
Riya Jain- 1st place in Water Quality, 2nd place in Elastic Glider and 2nd place in Anatomy & Physiology
Tanvi Gaikwad- 1st place in Boomilever and 1st place in Experimental Design
Nandish Dixit- 1st place in Heredity, 1st place in Disease Detectives
Andrew Smith- 1st place Battery Buggy, and 2nd place Game On
Grace Yuan- 1st place in Potions & Poisons, 2nd place in Density
Silas Lorenz- 2nd place in Elastic Glider, 2nd place in Dynamic Planet, and 2nd place in Density
Lilly Woytsek- 1st place in Fossils, and 2nd place in Crime Busters
Harshdeep Kaur- 1st place in Experimental Design
Ross Zerbe- 3rd place in Thermodynamics
Wonderful Concert-
We really had a wonderful concert last week from our 7th & 8th grade bands and orchestras! The students sounded great and appear to be ready to do well at their upcoming in-house festival next week!
Spirit Week this Week-
Monday- Pajama Day
Tuesday- Twin Day
Wednesday- Pirate Day
Thursday- Decades Day
Friday- Wear Everything Green Day
Annie Tryouts-
Today, tomorrow and Wednesday in the choir room at Upton are rehearsals for students who would like a part in the upcoming musical Annie Jr. Auditions will be this Thursday and Friday. All rehearsals and auditions will last from 3:00-5:00 PM.
Board Of Education Meeting-
Tonight the board of education meeting will take place at Lincoln School and will begin at 6:00 PM.
UPTO-
Our March UPTO meeting will be this Thursday, March 14th at noon in the Upton conference room.
Ren Baldwin Technology Submissions-
Student submissions are due by April 15th to the Ren Baldwin Technology Festival. Information is around the Upton hallways and also in the media centers if your daughter/son is interested.
Honor Credit Union February Winner-
Congratulations to Sanjan Ameresh who is our February winner for the Upton Bears Student Credit Union. Each month a name is drawn when they make a deposit of any amount. Congratulations Sanjan!
Photo Contest Deadline Approaching-
Here is the link to the photo contest rules for the 2019-2020 calendar: SJPS Foundation Calendar Link
Upton Variety Show-
The Variety show is right around the corner! It will take place on Saturday, March 23rd at the John & Dede Howard Auditorium at SJHS. The students have worked hard and always put on a cute show!
Planetarium Show-
The Upton Community Night planetarium show is this Wednesday, March 13th beginning at 6:30 PM. The show is geared towards 10 years and older and is called, Seeing. Tickets are only $2.50 each.
College and Career Workshop for 8th graders-
It was recently shared with me that this Wednesday evening at SJHS is a College and Career night at SJHS from 6:00-8:00 PM. Here is the pdf for more information: College & Career Workshop pdf
Student Technology Article of the week-
This week's article talks about Snapchat. I found the article very informative and you may as well. Here is the link to the page:
7th & 8th grade Dance on Friday-
The 7th & 8th grade dance is this Friday, March 15th from 5:30-7:30 PM. This dance is open to all 7th & 8th grade Upton students only.
Please help kids out-
Please consider donating gently used or new books to the United Way book drive. The box is in the office at Upton. These books will be given to students that do not have the resources to purchase books.
Late Start Wednesday-
The district has a late start this Wednesday, March 13th.
Quote of the week-
The district has a late start this Wednesday, March 13th.
Quote of the week-
Have a great week,
Mr. Mandarino
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