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).
The boys varsity cross country team took 3rd out of 23 teams at the section race on Monday (the top 2 teams make state). Quinn (5) and Dawson (6) will be running as state qualifiers. Matthew ( 21), Jimmy (23), Nathan (30), Nick (34), and Owen (35).
Our Robotics team had a wonderful travel day to Bemidji, we took our Bread photo, toured Bemidji State University and helped setup the field for competition today! These kids are awesome!
schedule for the stream and competition is posted. Live stream links at nmrconference.org
Welcome to the Shoe Tying Club, Wyatt, Wesley and Whitly!
This week in advisory, Gr. 9 discussed how to deal with distractions when trying to do homework or study.
The Upsala Staff and FCS 2 class recently worked together to make freezer meals for a family going through a hardship. Staff donated the groceries and the students prepared the food. Such an important part of life - giving back!
The 3s and 4s preschool classes have been learning about Community Helpers! Community Helpers include: firefighters, cooks, construction workers, police officers, grocery workers, mail carriers, bus drivers, and many more! Thank you to everyone who helps in our Upsala Community!
UC-Botics will be attending the Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference championship again this Friday and Saturday in Bemidji! Live stream links are posted here!
STEM Alliance Twitch Stream
https://www.twitch.tv/stemalliance
YLE Friday Link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/qCXfUbK30Po?si=YO1O5W0kLMlBwvtG
YLE Saturday Link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/IdWocDWwL3k?si=7kLOXgG11Rq1JNt7
Now that it officially feels like Fall... please remember to send your child to school with a coat, hat and mittens as necessary. Thank you!
The 4 year old preschool classes went on a walking tour of Upsala! We visited: Upsala Chiropractic Centre, Lange Oil, Paul and Kathy's Grocery Store, Stearns Bank, Post Office, and Library. We ended our day at the park! Thank you to our wonderful community for giving us tours!
