Friday, March 15, 2019

Weekly Blog Post for 3-15-19

Folks,

Green Breakfast-
Our Interact club will serving a green breakfast this morning.  It will begin at 7:15 AM.  They are a great group of kids!



No Meeting on Monday-
We have no staff meeting after school on Monday, March 18th.



Performing Arts Festival-
More details are in the emails sent out to staff yesterday from the desk of Rachel, Burke, Aaron, and Beth (the emails from me but the info from the teachers), but here is a quick synopsis:

Orchestra on Tuesday, March 19th- 
The 7th orchestra will be performing for Festival at St. Joseph High School. 7th grade performs at 12:40. They leave Upton after lunch and be back by 2:00 pm. They will miss all of 5th hour and the first part of 6th hour.

8th grade orchestra performs at 1:40 pm. They will leave Upton at 12:30 pm and be back at 3:00 pm. They will miss all of 5th and 6th hours.



Band on Wednesday, March 20th- 
The 7th grade band will be leaving Upton for SJHS at 9:00 AM and returning at 11:15 AM.  They will miss 1st, 2nd, and 3rd hour (band class)

The 8th grade band will be leaving Upton for SJHS at 9:30 AM and returning at 11:35 AM.  They will miss 1st hour (band class) as well as 2nd and 3rd hour.


Choir on Thursday, March 21st-
Upton Choir students will be working with a clinician for their performing arts festival concert on Thursday, March 21st during Go Time. 




Next week Thursday and Friday-
I will be in Detroit at the MACUL conference next Thursday and Friday.  I will be leaving Wednesday afternoon after work.  I will be checking emails.





Marigold of the week-
Torrey Toth is the marigold of the week.  She spent a lot of time yesterday afternoon and evening with CPS and detectives and handled the situation really well!




Article of the week-
Here is a link to a short video clip on what what we have been talking about all year here at UMS.  I see this in many classrooms here!😁   Building a Belonging classroom link





Upcoming Dates-
March 23rd- UMS Variety Show at SJHS 
March 25th- School Improvement Meeting
March 28th-  End of the 3rd Marking Period
March 28th-  7th grade to Chicago
March 28th- 5th grade to Upton
March 29th-  We will run six 30-minute classes
March 29th- In-house Variety Show in the Blue Gym (Time not set)
March 29th- Spring Break begins at 11:04 AM




Irish quote for the week-



Have a great weekend,
Chad


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