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Let's dance and celebrate! We will recognize students with ZERO behavior referrals for the first nine weeks with a little dance party! Students will "bust a move" and play some fun games! This party will take place during the school day. Concessions will be sold.
ULPS is preparing to take part in the FIT Georgia physical fitness assessment. All students in grades K-2 will participate in this assessment, which aligns with the state law requiring schools to measure areas of fitness related to the health of students. Please see attached document with more information.
In this computer CAMP rotation, Kindergarten has continued to practice logging into the computer using their username and password. They have practiced learning where the letters are located on the keyboard. They have also learned about tabs and how to close them. First graders are completing their "All About Me" infographic. Here are a few examples of their work. Second graders are continuing to work on their "All About Me" Google slide presentation. They have learned to insert and crop images, edit the fonts, background, slide transition and animation.
We will be recognizing National Bullying Prevention Awareness and Red Ribbon Week during the week of October 28th-November 1st. These campaigns are celebrated by schools across the country to help bring awareness to bullying and drug prevention. We want to encourage students and families to make good, safe, and healthy choices for life. Please help us celebrate by allowing your child to participate in the following dress up days: dress up days:
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Let's dance and celebrate! We will recognize students with ZERO behavior referrals for the first nine weeks with a little dance party! Students will "bust a move" and play some fun games! This party will take place during the school day. Concessions will be sold.
Just a reminder! It is almost that time again! We will be having our annual Book Character parade on November 1st and need your help with candy donations. Please send in individually wrapped candy to your child's homeroom teacher by October 29th. Thank you so much for your help!
Happy Custodians' Day to the best of the best! ULPS is blessed with a great group of custodians. They are the quiet heroes of the school. They are the first to arrive each day to make sure our classrooms and hallways are spick and span before school begins. They clean up messes that no one else dares to touch and they are cheerleaders for our students, establishing positive relationships across the school. We are so thankful for Mr. Herb, Mrs. Paula, Mrs. Monica, Mrs. Ann, Mrs. Shirley, Mrs. Debra, Mr. Bobby, Mr. Jo, and Mr. William!
A special thank you to Thomaston Hospice for treating our custodians to a wonderful Big Chic lunch today.
Check out Mrs. Pope and Mrs. Dawson's 2nd grade classes working on a lesson called "Planning a Pizza Party".
Homecoming week excitement is in the air at ULPS! Today there were lots of beach lovers walking the halls! #UL
Spirit Items for our Homecoming Spirit Sale!
The local Spade and Trowel Garden Club recently partnered with the ULPS Farm and Garden Club, generously donating over 50 pairs of youth garden gloves and providing a monetary contribution to support our upcoming fall planting project. This project will help beautify the patio area at Upson Lee Primary School, creating a vibrant outdoor space for students and staff to enjoy. ULPS greatly appreciates the support and generosity of the Spade and Trowel Garden Club, whose contributions will have a lasting impact on our school community. Thank you Lauren Hall and Melody Gaskins for delivering today! And thank you to Amanda Gunnels for heading up this club at ULPS!
To celebrate Johnny Appleseed’s birthday, students had a fun-filled week learning all about the life cycle of an apple. They participated in a STEM challenge where they worked together to build apple trees using paper towel rolls, popsicle sticks, and pom poms, showcasing their creativity and engineering skills. The students also completed a life cycle of an apple sequencing puzzle, reinforcing their understanding of the apple’s growth stages. The highlight of the day was tasting the delicious apples, thoughtfully prepared by our wonderful cafeteria staff, which made the celebration even sweeter.
Homecoming Week Dress Up Days!
It is almost that time again! We will be having our annual Book Character parade on November 1st and need your help with candy donations. Please send in individually wrapped candy to your child's homeroom teacher by October 29th. Thank you so much for your help!
Come support ULPS TONIGHT from 5-7 for Spirit Night at Chick-fil-a!
Thank you to our PTO for organizing spirit sales for our UL home football games!
All schools have completed their school lockdown drills and will be returning to their regular class schedules. Parents and guardians, please take a moment this evening to talk with your children about the lockdown experience. Ask questions about the process, such as “What do you do first?” and praise your children for listening to the teacher and doing the things that they have been taught to do during a drill. You may want to explain that safety is something that we must practice, just like we practice reading or math. And, the more we practice, the better and more confident we become. We want safety drills to be a confidence-building experience, not a scary experience. Thank you for entrusting us with the education and safety of your children, and thank you to the Upson County Sheriff's Office for their assistance today! #weareUL
School Lockdown DRILL: At 9 AM this morning, all Thomaston-Upson Schools, with the assistance of the Upson County Sheriff’s Office, initiated a school lockdown DRILL. During a lockdown drill, all exterior doors are locked and no entry or exit is allowed. Phones at the school are not answered during a lockdown drill.
Check out Mrs. Hopper and Mrs. Wainwright's Kindergarten class learning about shapes and positional words. They did a fabulous job!
