Union Grove Elementary School

Our friends from 5th grade just boarded the bus and are on their way to Camp Timber-lee. What a picture perfect day to be outside enjoying camp! Hope you all have a great couple of days having fun 5th grade!

The "AG Literacy Assembly" was so much fun for UGES students today. Thank you to all of the Union Grove High School FFA students who joined us to make this such a cool event.

We're looking forward to seeing everyone at the "VIP Dance" tonight! Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Please park in the front parking lot and enter through the main entrance by the office. Pre-ordered flowers can be picked up at the door when you arrive. It's going to be a fantastic evening!

The UGES Green Committee is gearing up for a fun Earth Week celebration during the last week of April. One of the activities leading up to Earth Week is the "Can Drive." The Green Committee is asking families to begin collecting aluminum cans now and to drop them off in the UGES truck that will be located in the front parking lot the entire week of April 22-26.

In case you missed it! Summer school sign up is taking place right now. Summer school will take place from June 4th-27th from 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (Monday -Thursday, NO Fridays). It is open to all students who will be entering kindergarten through 7th grade for the 2024-25 school year. Please visit the following link to sign up your student by May 12th: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyonI_tZn1VkOymrky7tLGQJPg8k-AdI1MMs0nnpahxbnHhQ/viewform

"Student Council Food Drive" Update...We have a little less than two weeks left to see if we can bring in enough non-perishable food items (canned goods, cereals) to fill 10 barrels of food. If we do, Mr. Hansen will be working for an entire day from the roof of the school. Currently we are at about one barrel of food. There is still plenty of time to make this happen. Food items can be dropped off by the main office entryway.

The PTO "VIP Dance" is only two days away (Friday, April 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m.) It's going to be a night to remember with several hundred students and their special VIP guests who will be in attendance having fun dancing, taking lots of pictures, enjoying concessions, and participating in craft activities. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Please enter through the main entrance by the office. Pre-ordered flowers can be picked up at the door upon arrival.

Tomorrow is "Pony Pride Day!" Let's celebrate by wearing our UGES spirit wear or school colors. If you haven't had the chance to view the latest UGES spirit wear, here is the link: https://rumasports.itemorder.com/shop/ Use code: UGES2024 Now is a great time to order a few spirit wear items for this coming fall when "Pony Pride Days" will be back in full swing for the 2024-2025 school year. Don't forget to check out the "UGES Tote Bag" that is available (great for family trips to the beach, playground or ball games this summer). All orders are due by Sunday, April 21.

Trimester 3 progress reports for grades 3-8 will be posted to Skyward Family Access by 6:00 p.m. tonight. You may view reports by logging into Family Access/Portfolio-Report Cards.

Aladdin Jr. Ticket Update...The Friday, April 19th 7:00 p.m. show is completely sold out as of this morning. There are only 29 seats available for the Saturday, April 20th 1:00 p.m. performance and 51 seats left for the Saturday, April 20th 6:00 p.m. show. If you are thinking about attending the performance, you might want to place your ticket order today before they're gone. Please visit the following link to order tickets: https://uges.ludus.com/

Hope you can join us next Saturday for the UGES Student Art Show. Come check out some of the fantastic art our talented students have been working on this year!

One week from this Friday is opening night for the big performance! Let's show our support for the cast, crew and directing team by wearing our "Aladdin Jr." shirts or "PURPLE," tomorrow, Wednesday, April 10. Good luck to all of our talented cast and crew members as they put in a lot of extra hard work this week! We all can't wait to see the show!

The UGES PTO 2024 SPRING SPIRIT WEAR SALE is happening now through Sunday, April 21st. Visit the following link to view all of the available apparel items: https://rumasports.itemorder.com/shop/ Use Code: UGES2024 Any questions? Email Amanda Nehring at pto@uges.k12.wi.us

UGES "Virtual Backpack" Update - Four new flyers recently added. 1) Summer 2024 UW-Parkside Precollege Camps (featuring Environmental Explorers, Beats and Jams: Digital Music Creators, Esports Apprentice - Streamer and Gamers, YouTube Content Creators, A.I. Adventures - Intro to Machine Learning, Minecraft Redstone Engineers, Model United Nations) 2) The UGES PTO Spring Spirit Wear Sale 3) Boy Scout Troop 350 Annual Spaghetti Dinner is April 18 and 4) Union Grove High School Cheer Tryouts for 8th graders is on 4/29 and 4/30. The "Virtual Backpack" can be found next to the Daily Express tab on the UGES Website. Check it out!

More fun photos of the "GREAT ECLIPSE" from Ms. Olson's 2nd grade class, 5th grade and Ms. Ninneman's kindergarten class!

UGES is enjoying the eclipse!

Here's a special message from the Aladdin Jr. Directing Team regarding concessions, volunteering and tickets for the upcoming shows on Friday, April 19th and Saturday, April 20th. All items being donated for our concessions can be brought into the main office on or before April 18th. PLEASE mark them 'Aladdin' so they get to the correct place. There are still a few items needed. If you're interested in helping out, we would greatly appreciate it! Here is the link to donate: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A084AADA62EA6FB6-48240522-concession#/ We also still need 1-2 people for the concession stand at our 1:00 show on Saturday and 3-4 more people for our Saturday 6:00 evening show. Here is the link to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A084AADA62EA6FB6-48345605-volunteering#/ There are also a few tickets available for each show. Visit the following link to order your tickets today: https://uges.ludus.com/ We cannot thank you all enough for your support, willingness to pitch in, donations, volunteering, etc. None of this would be possible without our incredible community!!!! -Aladdin Jr Directing Team

Room 112 (Ms. Passe's 1st grade class) is ready for the solar eclipse! They're fascinated to know that the next time they will see a total solar eclipse, they will be 26 or 27 years old!!

Welcome back everyone! It's hard to believe, but there are only 8 weeks of school left until summer break. With that being said, Trimester 3 progress reports for grades 3-8 will be posted to Skyward Family Access by 6:00 p.m. this Wednesday, April 10th. You may view reports by logging into Family Access/Portfolio-Report Cards.

It's time to lace up those shoes and stretch out because track season begins tomorrow after school (3:00 - 4:30 p.m.). Good luck to all of our awesome student athletes as they begin another fun season.