Upper Sandusky Exempted Village Schools

Max Martinez showed the Portrait of a Ram characteristic of Integrity by helping a fellow student to class.

Ellee Ham handled a tough situation with grace and maturity, showing the Portrait of a Ram characteristics of Responsibility, Integrity, and Adaptability.

GOOD LUCK tonight to our Lady Rams Soccer team as they battle Clear Fork in the OHSAA DII District Semifinals. The Lady Rams will be playing at Clyde High School with a start time of 5:00 PM. Tickets for this event are $8 adult/$5 student and can be purchased online or at the gate CASH ONLY. To purchase tickets online, please go to www.ohsaa.org/tickets. For those unable to attend the match tonight, it will be livestreamed for an $8 cost via Hudl at: https://url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/P5PxCwn6yPfQjZ7uVfgFJaLNm?domain=fan.hudl.com. Good Luck ladies! RAM PRIDE!

The Upper Sandusky High School students of the month are freshman Karisanne R., sophomore Troy H., junior Ethan S., and senior Hailey B. (missing from photo). The program is sponsored by the Upper Sandusky Lions Club and is represented by member Becky Krock. Sentinel Career Center SOM from Upper Sandusky HS (no photo): Ellie O. for Collision Repair Technology Level 2, Carson S. for Automotive Technology Level 2

PUBLIC NOTICE -This notice serves as the District’s annual technology privacy notice consistent with Ohio Revised Code Sections 3319.325 - .327.- Please be aware that the District, either directly or through a technology provider, is electing to generally monitor all school-issued devices (as that term is defined by R.C. 3319.325). The monitoring will include the following features: student interactions with school-issued devices (e.g., email communications and web-browsing activity). The District generally monitors these features for the noncommercial education purpose of instruction, technical support, exam proctoring, and/or as required by the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) enacted by the US Congress in 2000. Additionally, these features are generally monitored as a necessary precaution for preventing and/or responding to threats to life or safety. Please note that the District has NOT implemented any new or changed monitoring services. This notice is a new requirement per Ohio Senate Bill 29 (“SB29”) that was passed by the Ohio General Assembly at the end of June 2024, was signed by Governor DeWine on July 24, 2024, and becomes effective on October 24, 2024.

CONGRATULATIONS to the USHS Varsity Girls Cross Country team for qualifying for the OHSAA DII Regional Championships on Saturday at Galion's Amanns Park. The Runnin' Lady Rams finished 3rd in the field which qualifies them for the next round. The Lady Rams were paced by Senior Hope Morris who finished 5th individually (19:58), Sophomore Jocelyn Leightey who finished 12th individually (20:42) and Sophomore Shiloh Shasteen who was 15th (20:57). The Lady Rams awesome season continues Saturday at Hedges Boyer park in Tiffin. Race time starts at 12:45 PM. On the boys side, CONGRATULATIONS to Senior Abe Baldwin who qualified individually for the Regional Championships by finishing 14th (17:11). Abe will race on Saturday at Hedges Boyer with a start time of 12:00 PM. Tickets for this events need to be purchased online at www.ohsaa.org/tickets. Good luck to all of our cross country runners on Saturday. RAM PRIDE!

This is a friendly reminder that students will not be at school this Friday (10/25) due to the end of the first nine weeks and it being a staff work day!

National Honor Society is selling SENIOR T-shirts beginning October 21 and ending November 5. All seniors were emailed the form. Cost is $20. See Mrs. Searfoss with any questions.

USHS WEEKLY ATHLETIC RECAP We have reached the final week of the fall sports regular season and the next round of the postseason for some teams and individuals. Here is a recap of this past week's action in USHS athletics. - Football comes up short against Colonel Crawford but still has playoff aspirations. - Volleyball falls in the Sectional Finals. - Boys soccer plays tough in Sectional Final loss. - Girls soccer survives a tough test to advance to first District tournament in program history. - Cross Country has great showing at District meet and moves onto Regionals Here's what's in store this week in USHS athletics: Monday, October 21 5:00 PM - Freshman Football v. Madison (game is a replacement for originally scheduled game @ Carey) 7:00 PM - USHS/USMS Winter sport parent meeting (@ USHS gymnasium) Wednesday, October 23 5:00 PM - Varsity Girls Soccer v. Clear Fork (District Semifinal) (@ Clyde High School) Friday, October 25 7:00 PM - Varsity Football v. Buckeye Central (Band Night & Senior Football/Cheerleader Night) Saturday, October 26 12:00 PM - Varsity Cross Country @ OHSAA DII Regional Championships (@ Tiffin Hedges Boyer Park) RAM PRIDE!

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DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY TICKET UPDATE Tickets for tomorrow's OHSAA DII Cross Country District meet at Amanns Reservoir in Galion MUST be purchased online prior to the meet. There will be NO CASH sales at the gate. Please spread the word if you plan on attending the meet tomorrow. RAM PRIDE!

Ava showed the Portrait of a Ram characteristic of Responsibility as she voluntarily cleaned up a mess in a room.

Reminder that tonight the Lady Rams Varsity Volleyball team will compete in the Sectional Finals against Liberty-Benton at Lexington High School with a start time of 6:00 PM. Additionally, the Varsity Boys Soccer team will be just down the road for their Sectional Final matchup with Clear Fork at Clear Fork High School. Start time for this game is also 6:00 PM. Tickets for these events can be purchased online at https://www.ohsaa.org/tickets. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the gate (cash only) for these events. Good luck to both teams as they begin their postseason runs. RAM PRIDE!

CONGRATULATIONS to our Lady Ram Varsity Soccer team who won their Sectional Final tournament game last night in front of a home crowd! The 1-0 victory over Galion secured the Lady Rams first ever Sectional title and punched their ticket to the District Semifinals where they will face-off against the top seeded Clear Fork Lady Colts. This District Semifinal game will be played on Wednesday, October 23rd at Clyde High School with a 5:00 PM start time. Last night's victory also earned Senior Ellee Ham her school record breaking 17th career shutout! Congrats to Ellee and the Lady Rams defense for assisting in this milestone. RAM PRIDE!

CONGRATULATIONS to a number of our Rams for earning All-League Honors in Boys Soccer. Senior Gabriel Randall earned 1st Team All-NCOSA honors while fellow Senior Conner Beidelschies earned 2nd Team honors. Sophomores Caleb Arter, Troy Hoffbauer, Jonathan Craig, and Freshman Deacon Burton all received Honorable Mention honors as well. The USHS community is extremely proud of these gentlemens' athletic accomplishments but even more proud of how they represent our school and community off the pitch. Congratulations gentlemen on a superb season and Go Rams! RAM PRIDE!

The USHS Athletic Department would like to recognize and send a very big CONGRATULATIONS to a very special student-athlete on an extremely rare accomplishment. Sophomore Shiloh Shasteen is the first student-athlete in modern USHS athletics history, to earn All-Conference 1st Team honors in two separate sports in the same sports season! Shiloh earned 1st Team All-NCOSA honors in soccer and earned 1st Team All-N10 honors by finishing 4th overall in last weekend's N10 Cross Country Championships. What's even more impressive is that Shiloh accomplished all of this while carrying a 4.0 GPA! This is truly an incredible accomplishment and the USHS community is extremely proud of Shiloh's efforts but even more proud of how she represents our school and community off the field of play. Congrats again Shiloh! RAM PRIDE!

Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences will take place on Thursday, Nov. 7th, from 3:20 p.m. to 7:40 p.m. and Friday, Nov. 8th, from 8:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. Our online scheduling portal will open tomorrow morning and can be accessed using the link below. If you cannot schedule online, please call your child's school, and a school secretary can sign you up over the phone. If you have any questions, please call your child's school. https://www.myconferencetime.com/usevs

Zachary volunteered to help clean up after the Homecoming dance and Parker has shown tremendous growth this year.

One final CONGRATULATIONS goes out to one of USHS' most decorated fall student-athletes. Senior Brock Montgomery capped off his illustrious high school career on Monday at the OHSAA DII Golf Championships hosted by Firestone CC in Akron. Brock's two day score of 150 (+6) was good enough for a 4th place finish and another All-Ohio performance! What a way to end a stellar career. Thank you Brock for four great years on the links and for representing USHS in such a positive way anywhere you competed. Well done! RAM PRIDE!

REMINDER ABOUT OHSAA TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The OHSAA postseason for a lot of our fall sports begins this week and we wanted to share some important information about these upcoming events: VOLLEYBALL: The Lady Rams are the 6 seed in the OHSAA DIV Northwest 2 District and will play 3 seed Liberty-Benton on Thursday, October 17th at 6:00 PM at Lexington High School. BOYS SOCCER: The Rams are the 5 seed in the OHSAA DIV Northwest 3 District and will play 3 seed Clear Fork on Thursday, October 17th at 6:00 PM at Clear Fork High School. GIRLS SOCCER: The Lady Rams are the 4 seed in the OHSAA DIV Northwest 2 District and will host 7 seed Galion on Wednesday, October 16th at 5:00 PM. All of these brackets can be found on the OHSAA website and all tickets for this event can be purchased online at https://www.ohsaa.org/tickets. Tickets for these events can also be purchased at the gate but will be CASH ONLY and NO PASSES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Prices for OHSAA Sectional games will be $8/Adult and $5/Students (K-12). Good luck to all of our Fall sport teams as they begin their playoff journeys. RAM PRIDE!