Upton Update

The next couple of weeks, our Developmental Kindergartners and Kindergarteners will be wearing different colors each day as part of their learning. Please feel free to celebrate with them by having your child wear these colors each day during this week:

Monday: Red

Tuesday: Orange

Wednesday: Yellow

Thursday: Green

Friday: Blue

This Wednesday, our 5th Graders will be presenting "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Graders: Constitution Edition." Teachers and students will play a game to test their knowledge of our Constitution.

Please click here for an update from Mrs. Van Every on our Library Media class.

We are still hoping the Michigan School Meals Program, a state-funded program that allows all students to receive meals at no cost, will be renewed for the 2025-2026 school year. If this is not renewed, breakfast and lunch will be offered at a cost to students starting October 1.

It is very important that you fill out a free/reduced meal application in order to determine if your child will qualify for free or reduced price meals if this program is not renewed. A school’s eligibility for federal Child Nutrition Programs such as Summer Food Service Program and others is based on free and reduced-price eligibility. Students and families may qualify for other program fee reductions based on their eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. Federal and state education finding uses free and reduced-price eligibility.

Free and Reduced Meal Application

At Upton, we provide students with rewards for following our ROCK Star traits- Responsibility, Open Mindedness, Cooperation, Kindness, and Self-Control. Students earn ROCK Stars and on Mondays, one student is selected from each class and announced on our weekly broadcast. These students receive a special prize for being our ROCK Star winner of the week!

Our staff will be teaching these ROCK Star characteristics to our students focusing on different areas of our school including hallways, lunchroom, classrooms, bathrooms, media center/learning commons, and playground.

As a reminder, the classroom teacher takes lunch orders one day in advance. If a child is absent, a lunch choice must be left on the Safety Check line by 9:00 a.m.

Are you fun, love children, patient, and kind? Please consider working as a lunch monitor! We are searching for people to work Monday through Friday from 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Please let Mrs. Catchpole know if you are interested or would like more information.

A great way to find out the different activities the PTA will be sponsoring this school year is to join their PTA MemberHub. Click on the link below to check out their website and to sign up for a membership:

https://upton.memberhub.com

All Bagel Forms are due on Tuesday. Bagels will be delivered at the end of the day on Friday.

Students should be in their classrooms by the second bell at 8:25 a.m. Any student arriving after the second bell is tardy. All late students must be signed in at the main office before going to class. Tardiness disrupts the classroom and students coming in late miss directions for the day. All absences should be called in to the Safety Check number. Absences that are not reported are considered unexcused.

Safety Check number 248-549-4968 option #1

2025-2026 Calendar: A calendar for the 2025-2026 school year is now available! Building and program specific calendars, as well as a complete calendar for our current school year, are all available from the calendar page of our district website.

Tuesday

Bagel Order Forms Due

Wednesday

Constitution Day Assembly

Thursday

Fire Drill

Friday

Bagel Delivery Day

Mr. John Grzywack

john.grzywack@royaloakschools.org

4400 Mandalay Avenue, Royal Oak, MI, United States

(248) 549-4968

royaloakschools.org/elementary/upton

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