Principal Mr. Ricky English announced the Upson-Lee High School Class of 2024 Top 2 Seniors today! Miss Julian Sloan (Jules) Passmore is the 2024 Valedictorian and Miss Baleigh Ashlan Moore is the 2024 Salutatorian. Valedictorian is the senior with the highest overall numeric average who has also completed four Honors, Dual Enrollment, and/or Advanced Placement courses in each of the core content areas (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies). Three of the above mentioned courses must be Advanced Placement and/or Dual Enrollment courses in at least three different content areas. Student must have been enrolled at ULHS in the junior year before the 2nd 9 weeks began and the entire senior year to be considered for this honor. Salutatorian is the student with the second highest overall numeric average who has completed the same courses described for eligibility of the Valedictorian. CONGRATULATIONS to these OUTSTANDING ULHS students!!!
It's Arts in our Schools Month!!! View the ULHS Chorus, directed by Mr. Jeremy Rooks, perform the Alma Mater at last night's Chorus Concert: https://youtu.be/D2ImDNZvwT8
BIG shoutout to the TU Grounds Crew for the FANTASTIC JOB they did on the UL Soccer Field today!!! Isn't this beautiful?!! #ULProud
The month of March is set aside to recognize the arts in our schools. This month we are celebrating the creative arts and those educators who inspire and engage our students in music, visual arts, media arts, theatre, and film. BIG THANKS for all your hard work! Fine arts performances at the FAC this month include: ULHS Chorus on March 7 at 7 PM and ULHS Symphonic Band on March 12 at 7 PM. Both concerts are free to attend.
JV Baseball, today March 6, CANCELLED due to weather. Stay tuned for the rescheduled date.
The UL Softball & Tennis complex is looking GREAT, and we are excited about the many athletic upgrades still to come within the TU School System. Here's an app-exclusive first look at the construction/renovations timeline for our athletic facilities.
Visit the Thomaston-Upson School System's employment site for the latest job openings within our school district: https://upsonk12.mysmarthire.com/jobs/
We're thrilled to announce the new app for Thomaston-
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A big congratulations to the Upson Lee High School Science Olympiad team who received an invitation to compete at the State level!! The team attended region competition this weekend in 20 different science events. They scored enough points as a team to move on to the State competition being held March 30th at Georgia Tech.
Great work students!
Upson-Lee Knights baseball bests Spalding in their Leap Year match-up 16-5.
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) will be given on March 19, 2024. All 11th grade students will take the ASVAB on that day. An opt out letter was sent home on Friday, February 9, during homeroom. You only need to return it if your parent/guardian does not want you to take the ASVAB. The deadline to return opt out letters is March 1, 2024. Students should return the letters to their homeroom teacher or the front desk.
Secure your spot at the most memorable event of the year – Prom tickets are flying off the shelves! Don't miss out, ensure you grab yours today.
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Check out the opportunities for high schoolers at Southern Crescent Technical College.
Mark your calendars and start gathering your required documentation! ULPK Lottery Registration starts March 4 and ends on March 15. The live lottery drawing will be held on April 4, 2024, at 3:30 PM at the Upson-Lee Fine Arts Center.
Logan Ellington was named the Champion 10th Grade Showman at the 2024 Georgia National Junior Livestock Show in Perry! There were over eighty 10th graders competing today. Congratulations on this outstanding accomplishment Logan!
Welcome back from Winter Break, everyone! We hope you had a lovely week off and are excited to see you again!
This is National School Counseling Week, a week that focuses public attention on the unique contributions of school counselors within U.S. school systems and how students are different because of what school counselors do. National School Counseling Week highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. Join us this week in celebrating our wonderful school counselors at all TU schools and cheer them on as they help to prepare students for the challenges they face today and for the challenges they may face in the future!
These talented ULHS students were selected to participate in the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) District Honor Choir in Milledgeville on January 18-19. The choir was conducted by Dr. David Langley, Associate Professor of Music Education and Associate Director of Choral Activities at Georgia Southern University.
BIG congrats to Carrie Brown, Tripp Brown, Kami Cathcart, Alex Mackey, Ian McLane, Amberleigh Ramsey, Sarah Salter, Addi Smith, and Jaiyden Wheeler. The ULHS Chorus is directed by Mr. Jeremy Rooks. #ULProud #ULfinearts
West Central Georgia Bank Assistant Vice-President Mr. Kyle Stonecipher (left) presents a check for the GOAL Card program to ULHS Principal Ricky English. The check sponsors GOAL Card students’ free entry into all regular season athletic events during the entire semester. WCGB and ULHS recognized over 200 students for having all As during the first semester of the 2023-24 school year.
Parents,
The Thomaston-Upson School System would like to hear from YOU! Please click on the link below and complete the Georgia Department of Education’s School Climate Survey for Parents. Your opinion is very important to us. Your survey responses are confidential and will be combined with the survey responses of other parents at your child’s school to identify areas in need of improvement. It should take only ten or fifteen minutes to complete the survey. Thank you for your time and participation.
Survey link: https://gshs.gadoe.org/parents