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Students in the sixth grade at Upsala Elementary School recently completed a pre-engineering unit which culminated in the demolition of towers that each student constructed. Students studied different types of bridges and steel ceiling truss designs, and how they use various geometric shapes. Next, students had to draw their blueprint. Each student was given 1,000 cm of 3 mm … [Read more...] about Tower breaking at Upsala Elementary – 2012

The staff of Upsala High School is very proud to announce that Danica Cheney is our April Senior High student of the Month. It is very easy to understand why Danica Cheney’s advice to her peers is to “stay organized and have fun,” because she is an extremely busy freshman. She has a very active life both inside and outside of school and staying organized is a necessity for her. … [Read more...] about Upsala Sr. High April Student of the Month – 2012

Two Swanville Elementary students receive top awards for Accelerated Reader scores. Megan Kirk, daughter of Jay and Sandy Kirk earned 557.9 points to narrowly edge out her fellow sixth grade classmate for top honors in the intermediate grades division. Second grader, Ava Anderson, daughter of Mark and Kristi Anderson earned 313.3 points to earn the award for the primary grades. … [Read more...] about Two Swanville Elementary students receive top awards for Accelerated Reader scores

Science Career Exploration at Upsala Area Schools. Gretchen Wolbeck, gave a presentation on her career to the 7th grade life science class, now studying the human body and the body systems. Gretchen works at the St. Cloud Hospital as a surgical technician. She described various joint replacement surgeries done in the hospital to the class. Students learned about the type of … [Read more...] about Science Career Exploration at Upsala Area Schools – 2012