Upson-Lee High School

Upson-Lee High School Principal Mr. Ricky English has announced the Class of 2025 Top 2 Seniors. Landry Brandon English is the 2025 Valedictorian and Kit Marie Logan is 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. Pictured with English and Logan are ULHS Principal Mr. Ricky English and T-U Superintendent Dr. Larry Derico. CONGRATULATIONS to these OUTSTANDING ULHS students!!!

Ms. Crook's ELA students creating their one pager literary analysis. Students are tasked with creating literary posters of a chosen science fiction short story and must create insightful analysis of both the story and its connection to the real world.

Mrs. Norris’s AP U.S. history students brought the American Revolution to life today by researching key figures from the era and personifying them in a meet and greet activity! Students embodied historical figures and shared insights on their impact and role in the war.

Students in U.S. history took part in a gallery walk focused on Civil War battles. They explored key events, practiced literacy strategies to summarize important information, and used map skills to answer questions about the battles’ locations and significance.

Important Knight News! On Friday February 14th at 8:30am, Upson-Lee High School will announce the 2024-2025 valedictorian and salutatorian. In addition, honor graduates and Knights of Distinction for each grade level will be announced. If you anticipate receiving one of these awards, please be present prior to 8:30am for the photos that will be taken!

Basketball is BACK tonight in the CASTLE! your boys Upson-Lee Running Knights host a playoff matchup against the Whitewater Wildcats at 7pm at Upson-Lee High School. You must purchase your tickets via GOFan. You can pay online at this link below or you can scan the QR Code when you get to the game. Tickets are $10. Buy tickets now: https://gofan.co/event/3204288?schoolId=GA5360 . As a reminder, your phone is your ticket. The GHSA controls all playoff games. Since this is region play, any Thomaston-Upson issued passes will be not be honored. GHSA passes will be the only passes accepted. Upson-Lee High School will also be hosting a girl's matchup between Sandy Creek and LaGrange tonight at 6:00 pm. Our varsity girls basketball team will play on the road versus Troup Co High School tonight at 6:00 pm. The game will be hosted at LaGrange High School. 

Sophomore Fallyn Riney participated today at the 2025 Westminster Dog show with her Shetland Sheepdog, LJ! She made it to the Final Cut of the junior showmanship!! In addition, her mother and ULHS instructional coach, Kelly Riney along with Fallyn won award of merits in shelties with LJ and his son! This is awesome!

Upson-Lee High School will host the first round of region basketball play on 2/11/25. Our Running Knights will play at 7:30pm. Admission is $10 and will only be available for purchase through Go Fan. The Go Fan QR code will be available as you enter the building or you may purchase admission ahead of time with the link that will be shared tomorrow once the bracket has been updated with our opponent. . The GHSA controls all playoff games. Since this is region play, any Thomaston-Upson issued passes will be not be honored. GHSA passes will be the only passes accepted.

The ULHS Science Olympiad team competed this weekend at the regional competition held at Berry College. Seniors David Eppinger and Logan Slaughter took home first place in the Air Trajectory event. The duo designed and built a compressed-air-powered device capable of launching projectiles with precision to hit targets at varying heights and distances.

Staff and Students, we need your help for our Blood Drive!! Check out the flyer for full details.

CALLING ALL SENIORS!!! Bring your final college or military acceptance letter or commitment to a job to the guidance office by April 15, 2025. We have BIG PLANS to celebrate your future.

Seniors! Tomorrow is the deadline to stop by counseling and confirm the spelling of your name on your diploma. We want to double and triple check that your well earned diploma is just the way it's supposed to be. Just stop by counseling, confirm the spelling of your name is correct, and you're done! Graduation is closer than you think!!

Seniors! This is the FINAL CALL for you to turn in your senior quote to go under your yearbook portrait. Your quotes must be turned in by Thursday February 6th. We cannot accept any more quotes after this date. Write down your quote, credit who said it if applicable, and make sure your first and last name are on the paper. Keep it appropriate as well. You may drop in by Mr. Norris's room (room 203) during all three lunches.

If you are interested in information about taking dual enrollment classes during the 2025-2026 school year, join us Thursday February 6th at 6pm at the Upson-Lee High School Fine Arts Center.

Updates from the wrestling area traditional tournament today! ULHS took second as a team. The Knights lost to Troup by just two points. The individual results are: 1st Connor Walker John Adams Cason Waddell Jordan Little Trevor Young Cleveland Nicholas 2nd Cooper White 4th Colby Clay Roy Hicks Kale Nelson Evan Laber Chestin Howard 5th Xerxes Bloodworth Congrats to all the Knights and coaches on their performance! UL!

Check out the information below on our Career Fair scheduled for February 14th!

Mr. Norris and Mr. Smith are in the midst of their rhetorical analysis unit in AP English Language and Composition. Today, students began learning how to scores essays like AP exam graders! They were given the official rubric and explanation of how the essays are scored. Essays are scored as follows: Thesis: 0 or 1 Evidence and Commentary 0-4 Sophistication: 0 or 1 Students were given the writing prompt, the rubric, and three AP Language essays that were submitted and graded in 2023 and released to all teachers by College Board. Our students then read and scored the three sample essays based on the rubric. After completing their scoring, the teachers gave the official scores to the students and commentary on why the students received their grades. Students could then see if their grade was similar to the official scores! This activity helps student learn the expectations needed to pass the AP Exam, and how their writing compares to other students from around the country.

Mr. Norris and Mr. Smith are in the midst of their rhetorical analysis unit in AP English Language and Composition. Today, students began learning how to scores essays like AP exam graders! They were given the official rubric and explanation of how the essays are scored. Essays are scored as follows: Thesis: 0 or 1 Evidence and Commentary 0-4 Sophistication: 0 or 1 Students were given the writing prompt, the rubric, and three AP Language essays that were submitted and graded in 2023 and released to all teachers by College Board. Our students then read and scored the three sample essays based on the rubric. After completing their scoring, the teachers gave the official scores to the students and commentary on why the students received their grades. Students could then see if their grade was similar to the official scores! This activity helps student learn the expectations needed to pass the AP Exam, and how their writing compares to other students from around the country.

Mrs. Kena Kendrick, a realtor with the Georgia Real Estate Team and a proud partner of ULHS, had a special treat for all our staff members today. She provided coffee or ice cream treats from Coffeeagogo! Thank you so much, Mrs. Kendrick, the Georgia Real Estate Team and Coffeeagogo

Important! We will be taking club photos for the yearbook tomorrow during our HR/Club period right after 1st Block!