Weekly Top for 4-27-18

Good luck at State-

We wish Ian and kids good luck at the National History Day competition in Bay City tomorrow.  We also wish Kelly K. and kids good luck at MSU tomorrow for Science Olympiad.  The students have all prepared and worked so hard, so they are already winners in our minds!

Upton Book Fair-

The Upton Spring book fair is coming next week! A great one-stop shop for new and exciting titles, additions to your summer reading lists, and more.  The fair will run from Monday, April 30th-Friday, May 4th.  Your purchases help our media center collection!  Thanks!

Staff Safety Survey-

Please take this survey that all employees at all buildings are taking.  This feedback will help us moving forward.  Thanks for doing this!  Link:  Staff Safety Survey

Blossomtime Queens & Kings arriving on Wednesday, May 2nd-
The Blossomtime queens & kings will be watching a planetarium show on May 2nd.  At the conclusion of the show we will have some hosts walk the queens & kings in a clap-around.  They will get done at 8:45 AM, so the timing of this will take your help with your 1st hours.  Thanks in advance for helping with this!

M-Step for 6th & 7th grade-
Next week begins 6th & 7th grade M-Step.  We will begin with Math.  The 8th grade deadline for make-ups is by next Friday, May 4th.  The week after that the NWEA Reading and Math will take place.

Go Time for May 10th-
We are going to have an open session in the Blue Gym for all students to attend a 30-minute sneak peak of The Little Mermaid Jr.  This means unless they are requested by a teacher for a intervention we will have the students attend the show.   This will give our performers a chance to go in front of a crowd before the May 12th performances.

D-Relays next Wednesday, May 2nd-

The Hank D'Agostino relays will be next Wednesday, May 2nd.  It is always one of the best sporting events of the school year.  Come on out and support the Upton Bears Co-Ed relays!

Ren Baldwin Technology Festival Friday, May 11th-

The Ren Baldwin Technology Festival will be on Friday, May 11th from 6:00-7:30 at St. Joseph High School.  It should once again be a wonderful display of our students' talents. 

BLT Tuesday-
The last BLT meeting of the year is this Tuesday, May 1st.  We will be finishing the school improvement plan.  DLC members only needed for this meeting.  

Quote of the week-

Have a great weekend!

Weekly Top for 4-20-18

Folks,


Good luck-
Good luck today to Cathy G. as she guides our battle team versus the Lakeshore battle team!  We would like "our" trophy back. :)

Portfolios-
Just a reminder that I sent an email about portfolios via email Wednesday morning.  Just like the last few years these are due by midnight on April 30th.  It is a much more simplified procedure.  You all do so much and give a ton to your students!

No meeting next week-
We do not have an after school meeting next week. BLT will meet on May 1st, and our next staff meeting is May 7th.

Salmon in the Classroom-
Jenna's classes and Rebecca/Melissa's 4th hour class will be gone next Tuesday, April 24th. Amy's classes and Rebecca/Melissa's 5th hour class will be gone next Thursday, April 26th.

M-Step Continues-

Monday (23rd) and Wednesday (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 will begin on April 30th.

UPTO-

We had a great PTO meeting yesterday and they are busy doing the following items:

-  Getting quotes to put up in the restrooms

-  Working on 8th grade farewell

-  Preparing for the dance next week

-  Planning a Teacher appreciation luncheon 

-  They okayed some teacher request grants as well.

The final meeting of the year will be Thursday, May 24th at noon.

Quote of the week-

Have a great weekend,

Chad

Weekly Top for 4-13-18

M-Step-
Today is day 3 of ELA M-Step.  It should wrap-up today for most of our students.  I would really like to thank Sara Codde for all the hard work she put into the test tickets, the scheduling of tests, seating charts, paperwork, etc.  She has done a tremendous job!  We will start math on Monday.

M-Step tickets-

Please when you hand in your M-Step tickets, make sure they are in ABC order by each hour for those that are completed.  However, please put the incomplete/absence students on top.  The overflow room today is going to be the MC classroom.

Technology Meeting on Monday-

Those of you that have the face-to-face technology meetings will have one this Monday, April 16th.

Late Start and GO Time-

We will get back to our late start and Go time schedule on Wednesday and Thursday of next week.

Board of Education Meeting next Tuesday-

The board of education meeting will be on Tuesday, April 17th at 6:00 PM.

Planetarium Community Night-

Next Thursday, April 19th will be a community night in our planetarium hosted by Jenna.  The show will be "Seeing" and begins at 6:30 PM.  

Here is the trailer: 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxA28LNs_Hk

Quote of the week-

Have a great weekend,

Chad