Thank you to Ms. Chelsey for being our guest reader in Mrs. Bengston's classroom today!
Thank you to Karen and Mr. VanSloten for being guest readers in our classroom!
The Upsala girls' basketball team will host the first round of the Section 5A playoffs against Swanville, which will be on Thursday, February 29th at 7:00pm.
The Minnesota State High School League (like last year) is pushing online ticket sales for the event and controls the ticket prices for all postseason activities. Tickets can be purchased online at the link attached. Online prices will be $8.00 for Adults and $5.00 for Students. You may also purchase tickets with cash at the door where the prices are $10.00 for Adults and $5.00 for Students. Again, these are MSHSL prices and policies. Please share with Upsala and Swanville families and fans!
https://www.vancoevents.com/us/CICO
TWO very big accomplishments were achieved tonight by Upsala student-athletes.
Junior Dakota Soltis eclipsed the 1,000 point mark in her career, hitting a three-pointer in the second half against Hinckley-Finlayson tonight to reach the achievement.
Junior Brandon Mugg punched his ticket back to the Minnesota Class A State Wrestling Tournament, making it his second year in a row heading down to the Xcel Energy Center.
Congrats Dakota & Brandon! #CardinalPride
Ms. Justen's 6th Grade AVID class attempting the Pringles STEM challenge.
Our 9th grade Knowledge Bowl team did great at their Regional Meet today with some really hard questions. They had a great season!
Upsala softball clothing is now for sale at rambow.com (store code UPSALASB). Orders must be placed by March 6.
Grandpa Ken was also a guest reader in Mrs. Bengston 's classroom. 😁
Mrs. Cheri was our guest reader today in Mrs. Bengston 's class!
Our Junior High Knowledge Bowl team got SECOND PLACE at the regional competition today in a field of 27 teams from 12 schools. Awesome job and amazing season!
The 9th graders will be competing tomorrow.
If you are interested in an elementary memory book, those need to be ordered by Friday midnight as well to be guaranteed a copy. They are $16. Here is the direct link to purchase an elementary book through Jostens: https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A09895670
Friday at midnight is the deadline to GUARANTEE that you will get a yearbook this year. Cost is $63 ($59+tax). Use the QR code in this post, go to JostensYearbooks.com, or give your payment to Mr Cheney by Friday. After Friday there will be a waiting list for any extra copies.
The 2nd graders have had some special guest readers the past couple of weeks!
Mrs. Colleen was our guest reader today in first grade.
Final doubles champ
Upsala Area Schools students have been getting the chance to engage in age-appropriate character development lessons in their homerooms this year through a program called Be Good People. Be Good People was developed by St. Croix River Education District and used by many Minnesota school districts such as Hinckley-Finlayson, North Branch, East Central, Pine City, and Rush City.
This program is broken into 5 pillars: Self- Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision Making. Some example lesson topics are identifying your feelings, showing respect, accepting consequences of your actions, managing stress, growth mindset, dealing with making mistakes or disappointment, etc. We are excited for our students to be able to start practicing some of the things they are discussing in these lessons both at school and at home.
Please reach out to the office if you are interested in being a part of our school's Social-Emotional Learning committee where we get to discuss our school's character development program.
New reading material arrived today for the high school and the books should be processed and on the shelves very soon! More should be arriving soon along with the new books for the elementary!
The 4 Year Old Preschool classes visited Upsala Senior Living to celebrate Valentine's Day! They sang songs and shared some heart art!
Reminder that this year's Kindergarten Roundup will be Friday, March 1st from 8:30-11:30. Call the school for more information!
In a dramatic come-from-behind move, Upsala senior high knowledge bowl Team 1 finished 2nd after starting the day in 12th place. Go team!
Evie A, Claire A, Alyssa Y, Paul B, and Jacob G
Team 2 also improved throughout the meet.
