There will be a PTA Meeting on Monday, December 8, at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome to participate! Please park in the back parking lot.

On Tuesday, December 9 or Friday, December 12, your child will participate in HAVEN’s Helping Kids Help Themselves lesson. Helping Kids Help Themselves is a one hour lesson taught by educational specialists from the group HAVEN.

HAVEN is a non-profit organization that provides direct services to victims and families experiencing domestic violence and sexual assault. Helping Kids Help Themselves introduces young children to personal safety and body ownership through the use of a story involving a bird named Daisy. The program helps children identify, trust, and communicate their own feelings. The children will view a video and talk with our educational specialist about child sexual abuse in an age-appropriate manner. The presentation will focus on identifying “good touches” and “bad touches.”

The following safety rules are stressed:

∙ It’s O.K. to say NO!

∙ Try to GET AWAY!

∙ If someone has touched you or tried to touch you in a private area, tell a trusted adult and keep telling until someone believes you.

∙ It is never your fault.

∙ It is never too late to tell a bad secret.

On Tuesday, December 9 or Friday, December 12, your child will participate in HAVEN’s Gender Respect lesson. Gender Respect is a one hour lesson taught by educational specialists from the group HAVEN. HAVEN is a non-profit organization that provides direct services to victims and families experiencing domestic violence and sexual assault.

HAVEN’s Gender Respect program is designed to support children in the development of safe relationships by providing information to increase the understanding of risk factors associated with gender disrespect. Most bullying in schools is targeted at students who do not fit into a particular norm. The students will receive handouts and information that deal with gender disrespect in a sensitive and age appropriate manner. The students will also be taught that it’s never okay to be touched inappropriately by anyone and will be instructed to tell a trusted adult in the event it happens.

The PTA will be sponsoring a Holiday Shop on Thursday, December 11, and Friday, December 12.

Upton Family Bingo is back! Please come join us for some family fun on Friday, December 12, from 6:30-7:30 in the cafeteria. We are in need of volunteers to help make this event a success. If you are able to volunteer your time, please let our PTA know: uptonelementarypta@gmail.com.

Our last day of school before the Holiday Break is December 19. There will be no school from December 22-January 2. School will resume on January 5, 2026.

Royal Oak Schools has partnered with Care Solace, a care-coordination organization focused on removing barriers to accessing mental health care. The collaboration provides school district families and staff with access to over 560,000 licensed mental health and substance use treatment providers, and connections to food assistance, shelter support, and low-fee/free health services.

You can reach Care Solace in any of the following ways:

Call 888-515-0595 anytime. Multilingual support is available around the clock. A Care Companion will walk you through finding providers, booking appointments, and following up to ensure the match is right.
Visit www.caresolace.com/royaloakschools and either search on your own OR click “Need Help?” at the top of the page for assistance by video chat, email, or phone.
Ask your school's mental health professional or staff, or building administrator, to submit a referral for you.

Please make sure your child comes to school dressed and ready for outdoor recess. Unless temperatures or conditions are unsafe, our students will continue to enjoy fresh air and playtime outside.

Please send your child with:
Warm gloves or mittens
Winter coat
Hat
Boots
Snow pants

If your student or a child you know could use a few more warm layers, we can help. Send us a message with what you need.

Changing your email address? New telephone number? If you don't want to miss a communication from Royal Oak Schools, check your information in MiStar. Families can edit their contact information, add ways they would like to receive communications, or change their password to something easily remembered in the MISTAR Parent Portal. You can use this link to get started: https://mistar.oakland.k12.mi.us/royaloak/ParentPortal/

However, address changes cannot be updated using the Parent Portal. All address changes must be made with the District Central Enrollment Office, located at 800 DeVillen, Royal Oak, MI 48073.

Breakfast Menu

Lunch Menu

Monday

PTA Meeting 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday

HAVEN Presentations

Thursday

PTA Holiday Shop

Friday

HAVEN Presentations

PTA Holiday Shop

PTA Family Bingo Night 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Mr. John Grzywack

john.grzywack@royaloakschools.org

4400 Mandalay Avenue, Royal Oak, MI, United States

(248) 549-4968

https://upton.royaloakschools.org/

The vision of Upton Elementary School is to inspire students to become lifelong learners.

Upton Update

Week of December 13, 2021

Week of December 8, 2025 Week of December 8, 2025

PTA Meeting PTA Meeting

HAVEN Presentations- Grades K-3 HAVEN Presentations- Grades K-3

HAVEN Presentations- Grades 4 & 5 HAVEN Presentations- Grades 4 & 5

PTA Holiday Shop PTA Holiday Shop

PTA Family Bingo Night PTA Family Bingo Night

Holiday Break Holiday Break

Student Senate Cereal & New Pajama Drive Student Senate Cereal & New Pajama Drive

Care Solace Care Solace

Winter Weather Wear Winter Weather Wear

Family Information Updates Family Information Updates

December Food Menus December Food Menus

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