Upper Sandusky High School

Our PowerSchool server received a major update this past weekend and has caused users of the PowerSchool Mobile app to do the following: 1.) Update the app using your smartphone apps updating process 2.) Or, delete and reinstall the app This seems to correct the issue.

The FCC has announced a program called the Affordable Connectivity Program that will help low-income households pay up to $30/month for internet service. For more information and to see if you qualify visit affordableconnectivity.gov.

Upper Sandusky High School has a math teaching position opening soon and the information can be viewed at this link: https://5il.co/1l62g Please call our Central Office at 419-294-2306 with any questions!

As you may have heard, the Columbus area is experiencing a measles outbreak. Cases originally included only young children (age 4 and under), but at least one case has now been reported in a school aged child. Several infected children have required hospital care for their illness. With this rapid increase in identified cases (as expected based upon the highly contagious nature of measles), we want to make you aware so we can be prepared in the event we encounter Wyandot County residents as contacts of a positive case, or as a positive case themselves. Currently, we have NOT been notified of any measles cases among Wyandot County residents, but we want our community to be prepared. Planning considerations for our school partners include: · Measles is highly contagious. If one person has it, up to 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune (people born after 1957 who are unvaccinated and never had measles before) will likely also become infected. · Infected people can spread measles to others from four days before through four days after the rash appears. · Measles virus can live for up to two hours in an airspace after an infected person leaves an area. · A person with measles will be isolated until at least 4 days have passed since the onset of the rash. · About 1 in 5 people with measles in the US will be hospitalized (9 of the 24 cases in the current outbreak have been reported as hospitalized). · A person who is exposed to measles and who doesn't have evidence of presumptive immunity are required to self-quarantine for 21 days from their last exposure. o A person has evidence of presumptive immunity if they can document they were born before 1957 -OR- can document they have received at least one dose of MMR vaccine -OR- can document they have laboratory evidence of immunity -OR- can document they have had a previous physician diagnosed measles infection · If there are multiple cases in a school that constitute an outbreak, quarantine is defined as 21 days from the last case · Measles vaccine (MMR) is highly effective at preventing illness (approx. 93% effective after one dose and approx. 97% effective after two doses) · Measles is a Class A reportable disease. It needs to be reported to our office immediately so we can initiate disease interviewing and contact tracing. With this in mind, we encourage our school partners to think about how a measles case among a student would impact them. If you have any questions or would like to discuss/strategize further on this topic, please don't hesitate to reach out. We are here to support wherever we can. Please feel free to forward this information to your school nurses/clinic aides as appropriate.

USHS Basketball Home Games Livestreamed All our 2022-23 USHS home varsity boys and girls basketball games will be livestreamed professionally and announced by OH.Report this season. Games will be available LIVE and FREE on both YouTube and Facebook through the OH Report. Follow their channels to be notified when coverage begins for our games. www.youtube.com/c/BSMedia www.facebook.com/oh.report

A friendly reminder that Upper Sandusky Schools will be on Thanksgiving Break from Nov. 23rd through Nov. 27th! Happy Thanksgiving to all!

USHS cross country runners Evan Hinesman finished 93rd (17:28) and Ashton Vent finished 112th (17:42) at the state cross country meet in a windy and physical race at Fortress Obetz. Both runners finished in the top 120 Division II runners in the state of Ohio. Congratulations to Ashton and Evan plus Coach Arnold on an outstanding cross country season!!

Upper Sandusky High School Accounting Class is teaming up with Kimmel Cleaners for a COATS FOR CHRISTMAS DRIVE again this holiday season. If anyone has any new or gently used coats please bring them in and drop them off at your school's office by Monday, November 18th. Give the gift of warmth this holiday season! USHS Drop off : Mr. Emerick's Room 315B

Good luck to USHS cross country runners Ashton Vent and Evan Hinesman who will be competing in the OHSAA D-II State Cross Country Championship on Saturday, November 5th, 1:00 p.m. at Fortress Obetz. The USHS team bus will be leaving the USHS athletic complex on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. to head to Columbus. Community members, staff, students and friends are welcome to arrive around 8:45 a.m. to give them a "send off" and wish them good luck as they head to the state meet. Good luck Ashton and Evan!!

Congratulations to USHS runners Ashton Vent and Evan Hinesman on qualifying for the state cross country meet. Ashton finished 3rd (16:21) and Evan finished 14th (16:42) at the regional meet at Hedges-Boyer Park in Tiffin on Saturday. The OHSAA Division II Boys Cross Country Championship will be held on Saturday, November 5th, 1:00 p.m. at Fortress Obetz and Memorial Park. Tickets will only be available online at ohass.org/tickets. No cash will be accepted at the gate. Congratulations to Ashton Vent and Evan Hinesman as well as Coach Arnold on a great cross country season and good luck at the state meet on Saturday!

USHS will be hosting a winter sports parent meeting on Monday, October 24, 7:00 p.m. in the USHS gym. Parents of all winter sport athletes are expected to attend. There will be a general meeting in the USHS gym beginning at 7:00 p.m. followed by the individual sport meetings for basketball, cheerleading, swimming and wrestling. A reminder that all parents and students must complete their athletic forms online with Final Forms as well as have a current athletic physical on file in order for a student to be able to practice. The Final Forms link is available on the school website.

New payment system for Upper Sandusky schools Food Service Look for emails from Titan that have important information about your student’s cafeteria account. More information can be found on the school’s website under Food Service. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

The USHS girls soccer team defeated Ada 5-1 to advance to the sectional finals vs. Van Buren on Thursday at 5:00 p.m. at Van Buren High School. Tickets to all OHSAA tournaments are only available online at ohsaa.org/tickets. No cash will be accepted at the gate.

The USHS volleyball team defeated Bucyrus 3-0 to advance to the sectional finals vs. Huron on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. at Huron High School. Tickets to all OHSAA tournaments are only available online at ohsaa.org/tickets. No cash will be accepted at the gate.

The USHS boys cross country team won the N10 team championship on Saturday by narrowly defeating rival Seneca East 62-63. The USHS girls team finished in 2nd place behind league champion Colonel Crawford. Congratulations to both teams and Coach Arnold on a great N10 performance!

USHS golfer Liv Gier placed 23rd in the OHSAA Division II State Golf Tournament this past weekend. Liv shot a two-day score of 171 on the OSU Gray Course. Congratulations to Liv and Coach Mindy Newell on an outstanding season and a great performance in the state golf tournament! Brad Ehrman

The USHS varsity girls soccer team will play Fort Jennings on Saturday, October 15, 11:00 a.m. at Fort Jennings High School.

Anyone interested in getting their car painted by the cheerleaders should come to the parking lot by the softball fields Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 or Thursday from 6:30-7:30. Donations will be accepted and given to local charities.

PICTURE RETAKE DAY IS COMING!! High School picture retakes will be on Tuesday, October, 11th. You can still order on mylifetouch.com

Congratulations to the Sophomores for winning the homecoming hall decoration contest!!