Class A State Tournament Seeding - Finalized This Morning
North
1) Upsala-Swanville Area
2) Mahnomen/Waubun
3) Deer River
4) Parkers Prairie
South
1) Minneota
2) Goodhue
3) Springfield
4) Lester Prairie
We will know more on locations and times by noon today (Saturday). It is looking like the Patriots will be traveling to Rock Ridge on Thursday, though. Tickets will be available and posted for purchase at noon as well. Streaming will only be provided through NSPN, which requires an annual purchase of $30 or a monthly purchase of $10. The link for that is below. More information to come soon!
https://nspn.tv/MSHSL
There will be an escort into both towns tonight for the football team!
The boys will head to Swanville first and be escorted in by the fire department at approximately 5:30pm. They will stop in the parking lot and embrace cheers and congratulations -- then head to Upsala with the escort team and arrive at approximately 6:00pm and do the same thing coming down Main Street in Upsala!
We will have a more accurate time posted as soon as we know in the comments below.
#PatriotPride!!
On Thursday, the 4 year old preschool class got to play BOO! Bowling! Since the weather was uncertain that morning, we weren't able to visit Vitality Living of Upsala . We still made them art to wish them a Happy Halloween!
On Wednesday, the 4 year old preschool class visited Vitality Living of Upsala to celebrate Halloween! We shared fall songs, fall pictures, and lots fall fun!
Here is the November school lunch menu. As always, a pdf version can be downloaded from our Food & Nutrition web page: https://www.upsala.k12.mn.us/page/food-nutrition
The 7th graders decided on cops and robbers as their Halloween theme for advisory. Great job dressing up!
Halloween Parade (Part 1)
As of today, the 3rd grade class holds on to the "Great Sportsmanship" trophy and the "Fastest Class" trophy. Stay tuned in to see who can earn them next.
Corn hole or bean bags, call it what you want, but we had our Primus brother duo win the tournament in Team Sports Class!
What do Abraham Lincoln, Walt Disney, Michael Jordan and Albert Einstein have in common? Failure. They were able to respond and overcome their failures. If you've never failed, you've never tried anything new. Famous failures discussion was held in Gr. 9 advisory
Upsala Area Schools will be having our annual Halloween Parade at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 31st in the main gym.
**Update**
Please make sure you update your Contact information about the School's Telephone Number. Starting November 1 - There will be only one School Phone Number for calling in - 320-573-2174. After the Start of Nov. 1 all other inbound lines will be disabled.
Thank you!
Here are the details for the USA Patriots' section final matchup against BBE this upcoming Friday!
Location: Fargodome - Fargo, North Dakota
Time: Kickoff @ 10:00am
Tickets: Adults - $11:00, Students - $6.00 ... Children under the age of 5 admitted for free.
Tickets will only be available for purchase via cash at the venue, they will have an ATM located inside if needed.
Upsala and Swanville have both decided to opt-in to the streaming options, meaning we will have a stream available for those that can't make it. It will be on the Swanville Activities YouTube channel, located below.
PACK THE DOME! GO PATRIOTS!
https://www.youtube.com/@swanvilleactivities4443
This morning the yearbook class met with a graphic designer to help design the cover of this year's high school book - and we're very happy with the result! If you haven't ordered your book yet, you can do so at JostensYearbooks.com. The price will go up again later in November.
Here is the letter being sent out today regarding no school on Friday due to the football playoff game. Call the school office with any questions.
Congratulations to the USA Patriots on their playoff victory! They advance to the section championship game and play BBE at 10am on Friday in Fargo. There will be no school for students on Friday. We will share information with families in regards to child care on Monday.
Go Patriots!!
Great job, Kannin! 😄
UC-Botics had a long and trying day today but did well for a young learning team! Each kiddo did a great job and helped out incredibly. We have one more day if competition tomorrow and expecting to keep getting better!
Online registration for elementary basketball is open. Practice is scheduled to begin on Nov 23.
Girls info is here: https://www.upsala.k12.mn.us/page/elementary-girls-basketball
Boys info is here: https://www.upsala.k12.mn.us/page/elementary-boys-basketball
The girls cross country team finished 13th out of 23 teams at the section meet. Loretta (35), Olivia (80), Suzette (85), Lilli (87), Addy (88), Evie (90), and Holly (97).
