The junior high boys' basketball game in Royalton tonight (Monday) has been cancelled due to Royalton and Upsala schools losing power until this evening. All players were notified to ride their bus home. The V/JV/C boys basketball game at Staples-Motley is still on schedule.
The boys' basketball team squares off against Staples-Motley tonight in Staples. Stream can be found in the link provided on NFHS for free.
The girls' basketball team is back in action on Tuesday at home against BBE, while wrestling heads to Bertha-Hewitt on Tuesday to take on Bertha-Hewitt and Frazee in a triangular matchup.
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/staples-motley-high-school-staples-mn
A 47 degree afternoon in December called for taking our basketball unit outside with the 6th graders to try our new basketball hoops!
3 more sight word masters in first grade!
Hey, we know this guy! Congratulations to Upsala senior Bryce Binek on committing to Concordia College for baseball! #CardinalPride #RollCobbs
Elementary students working on a basketball unit in phy ed
Completing two more home games has given us the opportunity to have a few more bench buddies! Our athletes always look forward to our bench buddies and being their biggest role models! It's more than the game.
The volleyball team is once again a Gold Academic Team. Way to continue great things in the classroom. Team awards and academic awards were given out at a recent banquet. Congrats!
High Schoolers came down to read to the first graders today.😁
Saturday we inducted two new members into our Upsala Lions Club Hall of Fame. Congratulations to both Loren Holthaus and Kimmy Mrozek on this achievement, very well deserved! #CardinalPride
Our winter newsletter has gone out with a slightly different delivery system. People with addresses in Swanville, Grey Eagle and Burtrum will receive theirs as an insert from the Long Prairie Leader. Everyone else will get theirs in the mail as usual. As always, you can download a pdf version from our website: https://www.upsala.k12.mn.us/page/newsletters
Our first 3 bench buddies of the season helped us pull out the 54-53 win against ACGC last night at our home opener! Always great seeing them interact with our players!
Reminder: Tomorrow (Saturday, Dec. 2) will be a boys' and girls' basketball doubleheader in Upsala. The girls will play at 2:30pm and the boys will play at 4:00pm. Both JV squads will play at 1:00pm in separate gyms.
Also, there will be a Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the conclusion of the girls varsity game to honor two new inductees into the Upsala Hall of Fame!
Shoes, glorious shoes!
A huge thank you to THE ENDURANCE SHOP, St. Cloud, for the generous shoe donation!!
You can still bring new and gently used shoes to the school commons through April to support the Ireland/Scotland trip.
First graders made flowers today in science while talking about light.
Welcome to the Shoe Tying Club, Jayden! Great job!
Girls' Basketball kicks off their season opener tonight against Brandon-Evansville. The game will be at the Evansville school (123 2nd Ave W, Evansville MN).
Good luck this season Cardinals!
Today students had to make ten layups straight from each side, then make 8-10 free throws, and finally 4-5 three pointers.
Have you heard, that our elementary 5th grade is piloting our first competitive LEGO Robotics team! We have 9 students piloting the event, and Team #64211 - the Upsala Cardinals - will be going to a competition in Bemidji on December 15th! More information to follow!
Mrs. Robertson's Independent Living class has been working hard this semester. one of the latest assignments they had was learning how to tie neck ties. Each student needed to tie their own 3 times, Here is the finished results!
