Friday, February 21, 2020

Weekly Top for 2-21-20

Folks,


Jason Shi -

Once again it is so exciting that Jason Shi won the Cloverleaf Spelling Bee yesterday!  Jason is a very nice, humble, and very bright young man! What a great clap-around yesterday afternoon!  Coach Gressley did an excellent job preparing all three students (and the whole club for that matter)!




Battle of the Books -

The 32nd annual battle of the books will start at around 8:00 AM in the cafeteria.  Please take an accurate attendance before escorting the students down.  Thanks so much to the teachers who are covering today for a colleague!




Choir Festival -

We will be flip-flopping 7th and 8th grade lunch next Tuesday, February 25th.

6th grade:
Bus leaves Upton: 8:30 am
Perform: 9:45 am


7th grade:
Bus leaves Upton at 10:00 am
Perform: 11:15 am


8th grade: 
Bus leaves Upton: 12:30 pm
Perform: 1 pm







Locker Clean-out -

Next Thursday, February 27th 1st hour will be locker clean-out.





School Improvement Next Wednesday   morning -  

The school improvement meeting will be the whole staff together during the late start time.  7:35 AM start time.





No Go time next Thursday -

We do not have go time next Thursday, February 27th.



Career Day next Friday -

Next Friday, February 28th will be Career Day.  This morning 6th graders will choose their sessions.



PD Day next Friday -

Our PD afternoon will be next Friday, February 28th.  Your colleagues will be presenting.





Orchestra Festival -

7th Orchestra performs at 9:00 am on Monday, March 2
8th Orchestra performs at 9:30 am on Wednesday, March 4





Band Festival -

The 7th grade band performs on Monday, March 2nd, at 11:20am.  The 7th grade band members will not be eating lunch at Upton on that day.

The 8th Grade band performs on Wednesday, March 4th at 10:30am.  




Count Day Signatures -

Have you signed your count day signature sheet near Grace's desk?




Bringing the Juice -

Cathy Gressley-  Coaching our Spelling team and guiding a talented group of kids.
Wes Eichler-  Helping deescalate a highly charged situation
Kristin, Deb, and Geri-  Preparing, setting up, etc. for Battle
Dana, Cathy, Kylie, Marilyn and Mary-  Your encouragement of 7th graders the last month plus for reading.
Math Department-  Encouraging your students to participate in the Michigan Math League Contest
Renee, Torrey, and Amy-   An incredible amount of work for Career Day.
Jeff-  Setting up the risers for the EP Clarke 1st graders 




Quote of the week -
"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."                      
-George Washington Carver


Have a wonderful weekend,
Chad




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