Upsala Area Schools

We are SO excited to welcome everyone back! See you at Open House next Wednesday!

Contact us to join our fall ECFE session today! We look forward to meeting you!

Good turnout for our 1st annual 3v3 Tournament! Thanks to all the teams/family/friends that came out this morning! Older Division Winners: Sam L, Noah R, and Calvin L. Younger Division Winners: Gabe B, Will B, Ben R, and Edison E

Today is the day...Happy Heritage Days Weekend! Come out this morning to UAS and watch some 3v3 basketball! First game is at 10.

A big shout out to more local donations for the UAS Carnival on October 3rd!

We are excited to welcome another truck to the Carnival in October- "Minne-Soda Dirty Sips"! Also Shelly's Fun Faces will be joining us to do some fun Carnival face paintings! Thank you!!

Be sure to search under Cardinal's Nest Preschool-Upsala to benefit our littlest learners! Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who has already donated to the NEXT Studio! We greatly appreciate the positive response and support of this project! We have updated the wishlist ( https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/OQ0HAU5LGT0A?ref_=wl_share) of remaining items that are still needed in order to have this space ready for students in September! Thank you again and we are so excited to be able to provide this opportunity for our students at UAS!

The USA Football clothing order is live! Please see the attached image for directions, orders must be placed by August 18th.

**SALE**
Be sure you are shopping under Cardinal's Nest Preschool-Upsala to benefit our growing program! Thank you!

Join us for Kinder Camp next week!

School starts SOON and we are so excited to welcome you back! Here are the school supply lists for UAS K-12th Grade! Happy Shopping!

Cardinal Nest Preschool is excited to share that we have partnered with Mabel's Labels as part of our fundraising efforts this school year! Mabel's Labels are cute, stylish and totally customizable name labels that are laundry and dishwasher safe. You can label just about anything from backpacks to shoes, water bottles, snow pants and the list goes on! They are waterproof and indestructible! Medical alert tags and allergy alert tags are also available.

Be sure you are shopping under Cardinal's Nest Preschool-Upsala to benefit our program too!

Thank you for supporting our preschool program!

Please bring all of your student's school supplies to Preschool Entrance Conferences, September 8 and 10. Thank you!

Any questions contact marnzen@upsala.k12.mn.us

We need your help!

We are excited to introduce the NEXT Studio at Upsala Area Schools! It is a hands-on life skills classroom designed to help students from PreK–12th grade build confidence, independence, and real-world skills in a supportive learning environment.

The NEXT Studio provides students with opportunities to practice meaningful, functional skills they will use throughout their lives, including:

✓ Daily living skills
✓ Communication and self-advocacy
✓ Organization and independence
✓ Cooking and nutrition skills
✓ Money management
✓ Job readiness and workplace skills
✓ Social skills and problem-solving
✓ Community and real-life experiences

This innovative space allows students to learn by doing — creating opportunities for practice, growth, and success at every age and ability level.

📢 We need help collecting many of the items needed to set up our space and develop leveled task boxes in many daily living categories. We have created an Amazon wishlist to reflect the items we are looking for. If you have any of these gently used items at home and you are willing to donate them for this project, we would greatly appreciate it! If you would like to help by purchasing items from our wishlist, please use the link. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/OQ0HAU5LGT0A?ref_=wl_share

If you have any questions, please reach out to Amber Mayers at amayers@upsala.k12.mn.us or Courtney Justin at cjustin@upsala.k12.mn.us.

Items can be dropped off in the office at Upsala Area Schools.

We are very excited about this project and greatly appreciate any help towards achieving our goal!

Thank you!

Courtney and Amber

Registration is now OPEN! Please head to the Upsala School website, Community Education tab, and sign up today! Registration will end September 11th. https://www.upsala.k12.mn.us/o/uas/page/flag-football

CLASS STARTING SOON... Go sign your child up for Drivers Training ASAP on the Upsala School website under the "Community Ed" tab or copy and paste this link to register NOW, https://www.todaysdrivingschool.com/services.phtml/upsala

DATES: August 10-14 & 17-21, 2026
TIME: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
LOCATION: Upsala High School Media Center
FEE: $573.25

**NOTE: We need 4 more signed up for the training to take place @ Upsala Schools!

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SNEAK PEAK! Some fun things coming at Upsala Schools! A huge thank you to Andy, Nicole, and their team, Emmalyn Harren, Aubree Roerick, and Lucylee Aleckson for helping out with this very fun project. Stay tuned!

The Upsala Fall Sports meeting will be held on Monday, August 3rd at 6:30pm in the Upsala Auditorium.

This meeting is hosted by Mr. Zimmerman and Mrs. Soltis. It is a great time to complete sports registrations for your children and ensure they are up to date with their sports physicals.

Also discussed are MSHSL rules and regulations, start dates for fall sports, coaching assignments for all sports, school policies, and access tips to schedules and live streams.