Upper Sandusky Middle School

USHS Ticket Announcements: The USHS athletic department will be offering HALF PRICE STUDENT tickets for sale tomorrow! These tickets will be for admission to Friday night's home football game against Mt. Gilead. The price of these tickets will be $3.00 ($7.00 at the gate). Students can go to their school's office to purchase these tickets and show them at the gate on Friday. With the price of admission going up, we wanted to offer this option to allow students to come out and support our Rams. If you have any questions, please contact the athletic department. Additionally, anyone who ordered reserved football seating tickets can stop by the High School office and pick them up during school hours either today or tomorrow. If you have not picked them up by the end of school tomorrow, they will be available at the PASS GATE Friday night. Please contact the athletic department if you have any questions. RAM PRIDE!

In accordance with Ohio Revised Code Sections 121.22, you are hereby notified that the Board of Education of the Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District has called a Special Meeting of the Board of Education on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. in the Central Office Conference Room, 800 N. Sandusky Avenue, Suite A, Upper Sandusky Ohio 43351 . The purpose of the meeting is for the Board to consider personnel matters. The Board intends to immediately move into Executive Session per Section 121.22(G)(1).

USHS/USMS ATHLETIC UPDATES: Day two of the 'Heatpocalypse' means more changes for USHS/USMS athletic events tomorrow. Here are the latest updates: Varsity Girls Tennis v. Galion - CANCELLED (rescheduled for 9/11 at 4:15 PM) Varsity Boys Golf v. Riverdale - CANCELLED (a make-up date is being determined) *JH Volleyball @ Colonel Crawford (5:00 PM) (rescheduled from 8/27) *This game is being swapped with the game on 9/16. The 9/16 contest will be played at USMS.* We will keep you posted on any further changes that happen during the remainder of the week. Ram Pride!

New date for school pictures, 9/16/24!!!

USHS/USMS ATHLETIC UPDATES: Due to the dangerous temperatures predicted for tomorrow, there have been some changes to the upcoming athletic events. Here are the changes for tomorrow (8/27): JH Football @ Carey - CANCELLED (a make-up date is being determined) JH Volleyball v. Colonel Crawford - CANCELLED (a make-up date is being determined) Varsity Girls Tennis v. Fostoria - CANCELLED (rescheduled for 9/16 at 5:00 PM) JV/Varsity Volleyball v. Carey - CHANGED to @ Carey (start time of 5:30 PM) (We will host Carey on 9/19). Please stay tuned for future changes as we continue to deal with excessive heat in the coming days. Stay safe out there. Ram Pride!

Due to the heat advisory - we will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday 8/27. Picture day will be on 9/4/2024 for both Union Elementary and Upper Sandusky Middle school.

Our MS students are having fun this first day of our first full week of school. #rampride

USHS WEEKLY ATHLETIC RECAP: Here's a recap of the athletic action from a jam packed last week at USHS - Varsity Boys Golf continues to stay in the N10 title hunt. - Varsity Girls Golf continues to show improvement. - Varsity Volleyball gets Coach Kristin Stringfellow her first win at USHS with a dominant win in their season opener. - Varsity Cross Country starts their season off with a pair of top 5 performances. - Varsity Girls Soccer gets its first win of the season. - Varsity Boys Soccer continues to improve with a young roster. - Varsity Football played hard on the opening week of the season. - Varsity Girls Tennis improves to 4-2 on the season. If you missed any of last week's action, don't worry, there is plenty more action this week: Monday, August 26 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Golf @ Buckeye Central/Mohawk (Cranberry Hills GC) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Golf v. River Valley (match rescheduled from 8/22) 5:00 PM - Varsity Girls Soccer v. Tiffin Columbian 5:00 PM - Freshman/JV/Varsity Volleyball v. Col. Crawford (match rescheduled from 8/29) 5:00 PM - JH Volleyball @ Wynford 7:00 PM - Varsity Boys Soccer v. Tiffin Columbian *Freshman Football at Northmor has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled Tuesday, August 27 5:00 PM - JH Football @ Carey 5:00 PM - JH Volleyball v. Col. Crawford (match rescheduled from 8/22) 5:00 PM - Varsity Girls Tennis v. Fostoria 5:30 PM - JV/Varsity Volleyball v. Carey Wednesday, August 28 4:15 PM - Varsity Girls Tennis v. Galion 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Golf v. Riverdale/Mansfield St. Peter's Thursday, August 29 4:15 PM - Varsity Girls Tennis @ Bucyrus 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Golf @ Wynford (Golf Club of Bucyrus) 5:00 PM - JH Volleyball v. Seneca East 6:00 PM - JV Boys Soccer @ Arlington Friday, August 30 7:00 PM - Varsity Football v. Mt. Gilead (Hall of Fame) Saturday, August 31 8:00 AM - Varsity Boys Golf @ Bellevue Invite (Woussickett GC) 9:00 AM - Varsity/JH Cross Country @ Bucyrus Elks Invite (Bucyrus Fairgrounds) 9:00 AM - F/JV/V Volleyball @ Riverdale 10:00 AM - JV Football @ Mt. Gilead 10:00 AM - Boys Varsity Soccer @ Galion 12:00 PM - Girls Varsity Soccer @ Galion 1:00 PM - Varsity Girls Golf @ TC Invite (Clinton Heights GC) Ram Pride!

A friendly reminder that there is NO SCHOOL on Mon., Sept. 2 - Labor Day, Mon., Sept. 9 - Fair Day, and Tues., Sept. 10 for students - Teacher PD Day! Please make a note of this!!

We are working with PowerSchool Support to resolve the issue of grades and attendance not getting populated in Parent Portal for students and parents. We will stay on top of this and hopefully have this fix as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience and understanding on this matter.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION for those attending tonight's varsity football game at Northmor: - The game starts at 7:00 PM - Ticket prices are $8 adult and $5 students (CASH ONLY) - The visitor parking lot is located at 7819 State Route 19 (closest to the new building) For those attending the Cross Country Invite at Colonel Crawford tomorrow (8/24): - There will be a $5 parking charge per vehicle - HS Boys race starts at 9:00; HS Girls race starts at 9:45; JH Boys race starts at 10:30; JH Girls race starts at 11:00 For those attending the JH Volleyball games tomorrow against Pleasant: - These games will be played at USHS in order to give our young ladies the experience of playing on the high school court. Good luck to all of our teams today and this weekend. Ram Pride!

ATTENTION: USHS Football Reserved tickets are now available for pick up in the High School office for anyone who purchased them. They will be available for pick up the rest of this week and next from 8:00 AM-3:00 PM. If you are unable to pick them up during that time, they will be available at the Pass Gate at next Friday's home football game. If you would still like to purchase reserved tickets for the football season, we still have some seats available. Stop by the office to purchase them. Ram Pride!

USHS ATHLETIC EVENT CHANGE Due to transportation issues for our opponent, tonight's Varsity Girls Soccer game against Edison has been pushed back to a 6:00 PM start time. The boys team will play immediately after the conclusion of the girls game. Please help spread the word. Ram Pride!

6th-8th grade students-just a friendly reminder. Enter at the gym doors, please walk on the side walks. Doors will be opened at 7:30 am. The tardy bell is 7:55am. Parents if you are dropping your (6/7/8th) child off please do so on Finley street.

USMS volleyball girls won tonight against Carey!!! Great job ladies!! Special thanks to the USHS Volleyball team that came out to support our USMS teams tonight#rampride

Extra special shout out to the Corner Inn and Modern Woodmen of Mansfield for sponsoring our staff luncheon!! Thank you to both businesses for supporting our Union/USMS staff last week for lunch. It was greatly appreciated!!!

Another jam packed week of USHS/USMS athletics as the season officially kicks off for all of our fall sports teams. Monday, August 19 11:00 AM - JV Boys Golf @ Wynford Invite (GC of Bucyrus) 3:00 PM - Varsity Boys Golf @ N10 Shootout (Mohawk CC) 5:00 PM - Varsity Girls Soccer @ Norwalk (Contractors Field) 5:00 PM - JH Volleyball v. Carey 5:00 PM - Varsity Girls Golf v. CC/Mohawk (Lincoln Hills GC) 7:00 PM - Varsity Boys Soccer @ Norwalk (Contractors Field) Tuesday, August 20 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Tennis v. Clear Fork 4:30 PM - JV Boys Golf @ Liberty-Benton (Sycamore Springs GC) 5:00 PM - 7th Grade Football v. Buckeye Central (7th grade only) 5:30 PM - Varsity Cross Country Icebreaker Invite (Harrison Smith Park) 5:30 PM - JH Volleyball @ Crestline *Varsity Girls Golf match v. Galion/Mohawk has been cancelled Wednesday, August 21 4:15 PM - Varsity Girls Tennis v. Pleasant 5:00 PM - 8th Grade Football @ Ashland Crestview (8th grade only) 5:00 PM - Varsity Girls Soccer v. Edison 7:00 PM - Varsity Boys Soccer v. Edison Thursday, August 22 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Tennis v. Lexington 5:30 PM - JV/Varsity Volleyball @ Fostoria *Varsity Boys Golf match v. River Valley has been rescheduled for 8/26 at 4:30 Friday, August 23 7:00 PM - Varsity Football @ Northmor *Varsity Boys Golf match @ Margaretta has been cancelled Saturday, August 24 9:00 AM - Varsity Cross Country @ CC Invite 9:00 AM - Freshman Volleyball @ Tiffin Columbian 10:00 AM - JV/Varsity Volleyball @ Tiffin Columbian 10:00 AM - JV Football v. Northmor 10:00 AM - JH Volleyball v. Pleasant 5:30 PM - Varsity Boys Soccer @ Kenton 7:30 PM - Varsity Girls Soccer @ Kenton Ram Pride!

REMINDER The inaugural USHS Alumni Flag Football game will take place tomorrow at noon rain or shine. All participants are being asked to report by 11:30 AM at the USHS football stadium to sign waivers and register if you have not done so already. Remember, this event is free and there will be food trucks on location. We hope to see a lot of faces in the stands tomorrow as we show our support for the USHS Football team. Ram Pride!

Sorry for the confusion- Open House is from 5pm-6pm!! Union 4th and 5th grade parents-open house will be in the USMS gymnasium from 5-6pm. tomorrow, Friday, August 16th. Students will receive the name of their homeroom teacher and be able to put supplies in their lockers. Be sure to check out the auditorium for our community partners. We hope to see all of you there!!

It's CRUNCH TIME for back to school! Time to get money on account for meals and complete a Free/Reduced meal application! Our district uses PaySchools Central for online meal payments which was new at the end of last school year. If you haven't set up an account yet or are new to the district now is a great time to get that done! And while you are there, complete an online Free/Reduced Meal Application for this school year, 24/25. Only one per family and it is secure and confidential! See attached document on PaySchools Central for more information. Thank you for choosing school meals!