Happy Valentine's Day from Kindergarten! ❤️
Reminder that tomorrow is a busy day at Upsala Area Schools:
We will have an alumni basketball game at 10:00am, the public is welcomed to come and watch/laugh as the retired guys try to hoop!
At 12:00pm, both the Upsala Boys' JV and Girls' JV teams will take on Pine River-Backus.
At 1:30pm, the Girls' Varsity will take the court. At the conclusion of the Girls' Varsity game, there will be a Hall of Fame induction ceremony for Mitch Lange and Aimee (Pelzer) Arentz.
After the ceremony, approximately 3:00pm, the Boys' Varsity will take the court.
It will be a fun day, come on out to support your Cardinals and to help celebrate Upsala Hall of Fame's two newest members!
National FFA Week is next week, and we have lots of activities planned to celebrate! To start, here are our dress up days for next week!
After fierce competition, the senior high knowledge bowl team of Meeli, Evelynn, Lois, and Kira earned 2nd place in today's meet of about 20 teams. Go Cardinals!
The Kindergarten PE class was excited to show off that they earned the "Great Sportsmanship" trophy this week!
More STAR word readers!
Kindergarten Round Up is March 7th at 8:30 a.m.
Please contact the office at 320-573-2174 if you plan to attend and did not receive information in the mail.
The 3 year old preschool class searched for hearts in Valentine's Day books. Preschool LOVES to read!
Thank you Ms. Jane for bring a guest reader to our 4 year old preschool classes! Preschool LOVES to read!
The Upsala Hall of Fame will be inducting two new members, which will take place on Saturday, February 15th during the boys' and girls' basketball doubleheader.
The induction ceremony will take place after the conclusion of the girls' varsity game and before the boys' varsity begins warmups, roughly 2:30pm.
Our two inductees this year are Mitch Lange ('14) and Aimee (Pelzer) Arentz ('13). Congratulations to both and we look forward to celebrating you on Saturday!
CANCER AWARENESS WEEK... February 14th-21st. We will be doing a Cancer fundraiser during our double header on February 15th vs. Pine-River Backus. Please read the attach pictures for more information. If you would like to donate, please contact Coach Sara Bauer (sbauer@upsala.k12.mn.us). Thank you in advance for all your support.
Annual senior auction this Friday after the basketball game.
Upsala Area Schools is now hiring for the 3 following coaching positions, please feel free to share!
The Upsala Trap & Skeet season is coming up! Here is some information on the first meeting, contact information for Coach Ailie is also available on the flyer.
In January the preschool classes had a lot of flashlight fun! The 4 year old classes learned about the differences between day and night and used flashlights to see in the dark! The 3 year old class learned about shadows and looked for them around the room! We have many "bright" students in preschool!
Senior high knowledge bowl competed today. Out of 27 teams of tough competition, the team of Meeli, Lois, Kira, and Evelynn took 5th place, only one point away from 3rd!
Reminder - tonight is the Dollars for Scholars Taco In A Bag fundraiser at the basketball games. $5 gets you your Taco In A Bag and a lemonade.
Here are the dress up days for Snow Days next week:
Monday: Pajama Day
Tuesday: Dress Like Adam Sandler
Wednesday: Rhyme without Reason/Wacky Wednesday
Thursday: Red Out
Friday: Black Out
The Drivers Training class that was scheduled to start Feb 10 has been cancelled by Today's Driving School due to lack of registrations. You can contact them for other options:
https://www.todaysdrivingschool.com/services.phtml/upsala
Here's the school lunch menu for February. A pdf version is available to download on our website: https://www.upsala.k12.mn.us/page/food-nutrition
