Girls' Basketball Playoff Update - Saturday, March 1st
The girls' basketball team will take on BBE tomorrow afternoon at 1:45pm at Hinckley-Finlayson High School.
They are doing online ticket sales - please use this link to purchase your tickets. The ticket will be good for both games ( Swanville vs. Braham @ 12:00 ... Upsala vs. BBE @ 1:45).
https://www.vancoevents.com/us/CZIP
The game will also be streamed on NSPN.TV - this requires purchasing a monthly or annual subscription in order to view the game online.
Come cheer on our Cardinals as they look to advance further in the Section 5A playoffs! #CardinalPride
Today was our annual Drive-In Movie Day in Kindergarten. It was a great day! 🏁
Tomorrow (Friday) is the last day to order a yearbook or memory book and be guaranteed a copy. Some extras will be ordered, but it's possible we could run out.
Order HS book: https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A04177700
Order Elem book: https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A09895670
Our Cancer Awareness Week was a success! Thank you to everyone that donated!
More guest readers in first grade
What a fun way to make teaching more interactive and real. Our 9th graders were able to explore 3D images of their 5 senses and the Sophomores were able to explore careers using Sourcewell's VR technology.
Another STAR reader in Mrs. Bengston's first grade classroom!
The girls' playoff basketball game on Thursday, February 27th against Maple Lake will begin at 7:00pm in Upsala.
The MSHSL runs all postseason activities and is requiring Upsala to do online ticket sales - the link below will get you to the tickets for the game. You can scan your ticket upon entering the building. It will be $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for students. No punch cards or athletic passes can be accepted.
https://www.vancoevents.com/us/CYTU
Kindergarten Round Up is March 7th at 8:30 a.m. Students who will be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2025 are eligible to register for kindergarten for the 25/26 school year. If your child is eligible and you have not received information in the mail, please contact the office at 320-573-2174. Be sure to share this information with your friends, family and neighbors! We look forward to meeting the Class of 2038!
The baseball clothing order is up and running, if you are interested go to rambow.com.
The store code is: USA ... deadline is March 9th.
The Upsala Robotics Team - 4480 UC-Botics was featured in "Your Live Events'" Robotics stream from Week-0 in Ashby. Riley did a great job conversing with the interviewer and explaining the season and game!
https://youtu.be/tqdyd3o65RA?si=04aujaO6p2AQxH7E&t=3825
Currently we have only two weeks left until our team leaves to Grand Forks!
There will be a State Tournament Sendoff for our three Royalton-Upsala wrestlers!
We will celebrate them by having them walk the school hallways on Wednesday in Upsala at 2:15pm, then escort them out of town to Royalton, where they will walk the school hallways there at 3:00pm.
All three will be competing on Friday at the Xcel Energy Center!
Here's the school lunch menu for March. A pdf version can be downloaded from our website: https://www.upsala.k12.mn.us/page/food-nutrition
Congrats Kye, Charlotte and Brynnlea! 👟
Tomorrow is Senior Night for our Upsala Boys' Basketball program. Here is the schedule for tomorrow evening as the Upsala boys host Long Prairie-Grey Eagle:
C-Squad @ 4:45
JV @ 5:45 (One Half Only)
Senior Night Acknowledgement Immediately After JV Game ... Varsity Warmups Afterwards
#CardinalPride
Igloo and snow fort fun in wilderness survival class
State Tournament Alert!
Congratulations to our three student-athletes on the Royalton-Upsala wrestling team that qualified for the individual state tournament!
172 Pounds - Brady Yourczek (Royalton)
189 Pounds - Jake Leners (Upsala)
285 Pounds - Brandon Mugg (Upsala)
These guys will head down to the MSHSL State Tournament at the Xcel Energy Center on Friday and Saturday!
Two senior high knowledge bowl teams competed at the regional meet in Staples today. We did didn't come home with any hardware, but I think they had fun! It was a great season and we look forward to next year!
Upsala Area Schools is looking for umpires for lower level baseball and softball games this upcoming spring. These include JV Baseball, Jr. High Baseball, JV Softball, and Jr. High Softball. If anyone has interest in umping games, please reach out to AD Zimmerman.
Email: dzimmerman@upsala.k12.mn.us
Phone: 320-573-2174
Thank you!
The 9th grade knowledge team of Daniel G, Trygg A, Owen S, and Ethan Y took 3rd at the 9th grade regional meet out of 14 teams. Go Cards!
