Open Enrollment Window Opens Today It’s Open Enrollment time! If you know of families who live outside of our school boundaries and are interested in attending Upland Terrace, now is the time to apply. The Open Enrollment – Early Application Period for the 2023-2024 school year begins TODAY and ends on Friday, February 3, 2023. This is the recommended time to apply for enrollment for the coming school year. New this year - ...
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Updates From Upland Week of November 7
Hello everyone! Happy windy Monday! School Pictures School pictures should be sent home with your child today or tomorrow. School picture retakes are scheduled for Monday, November 14 from 9:15 - 10:15. A flyer with picture retake information should be coming home, as well. Positions Available We are hiring for several positions here at Upland Terrace! If you are interested, please click this link: Positions at ...
Week of 10/31
It's Battle of the Books Junior time! This week I am introducing the Battle of the Book Junior program to grades K-3s, a reading incentive program run through our library to help get kids reading all types of books. Look for info packets coming home this week! We have 10 categories, with 2/month assigned over the next 5 months (Nov-April). Kids read 3 books of their own choosing for each category. They record the titles and then send in ...
Week of 10/24
I'm so excited to be able to read Creepy Crayon! this week. Our students love the other two books in the series, Creepy Carrots and Creepy Underwear by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown. With Halloween just a week away, it's got all the creepy vibes we like in the library! Jasper Rabbit is not a great student. He needs help with math and spelling. But when the purple crayon shows up, it magically helps him ace his spelling and math ...
Week of 10/10
This week I'm reading Goodnight Butterfly, by Ross Burach to grades K-2. This is a companion book to The Very Impatient Caterpillar, which won the Beehive Book award a few years ago. It's one of our student's favorite books and always checked out! This time, Butterfly learns what "nocturnal" means from his friend Porcupine, and decides he wants to be nocturnal too. This drives Porcupine crazy! But he helps Butterfly find his inner calm and ...
Fall Break
Fall Break is coming! There is no school October 13 - October 17. Students will be back at school on October 18. Have a wonderful time off! ...
Week of 10/3
This week we are kicking off a new year of reading Beehive Book nominees for 2023 with The Yawns are Coming by Christopher Eliopoulos. This picture book nominee is a fun look at what happens when two friends decide to stay up all night. Can they avoid the Yawns and other sleepytime creatures who set in as it gets later and later? I'm daring students NOT to yawn while I read this book! We'll vote on it in classes after we read it together. ...
Week of 9/19
It's Book Fair Time! We are so excited to be hosting the Story Cupboard Book Fair again at Upland Terrace. The quality and quantity of these books is unmatched - everyone will find something to love! We have 8 tables of pictures books, 3 tables of holiday books, we have fantasy, mystery, informational, graphic novels, early readers, early chapter books, Beehive books and books for Battle of the Books. A portion of the proceeds go directly ...
Upland Terrace Carnival
Use the QR code below or the following link to access our online auction https://app.galabid.com/uplandcarnival ...
Week of 9/12
This week, grades 3-5 are learning all about the library computer system called Destiny Discover. When students want to browse our books online, they can use one of the library search stations to see what's new, what's available and what they want to read next. We are reviewing how to do a search, how to find a call number, and how to know if a book is on the shelf. Students will be able to use the 4 library computers for the rest of the year ...
