This month, UMHS held their "Give Thanks & Win a Pie" event, where students & staff shared thank-you notes with one another. Hundreds of heartfelt notes were received this year, & each one was delivered with care. 💌
Congratulations to the lucky winners who won a pie for themselves & their note recipients! 🥧 Thank you to all who took the time to express their appreciation! 💜 #UMProud #GiveThanks #Gratitude
We are so thankful for our incredible students, dedicated staff, & supportive community! YOU make UMTSD a special place to learn, grow, & thrive! 🤗 Happy Thanksgiving! 🍂 #UMProud #HappyThanksgiving
This week, the UMHS Book Club made a special visit to our 3rd-grade classrooms at UMIS! 📚
3rd-graders designed & colored bookmarks, and UMHS students shared their favorite books like "Jumanji" & "Horton Hears a Who!" Afterward, students discussed the stories' themes, messages, & outcomes.
Thanks to our UMHS students for inspiring our young readers! 📖 #UMProud
Earlier this month, the UMHS Diversity Club hosted its Kickoff/Kick Back Event, welcoming students back to school with an evening of cultural exchange, food, & fun! The event aimed to foster community & encourage students to share their cultures & learn about each other in a relaxed, welcoming environment.
Attendees enjoyed homemade dishes brought in by students & staff, played games led by the high school Physical Education Department, & enjoyed music curated by DJ Li (UMHS Senior, Lianna Adame).
It was a great event, bringing students & staff together to celebrate the diverse cultures that make up the UM community! #UMProud
Our schools were filled with PINK today as students & staff came together for the 10th Annual Pink Out, showing support for those impacted by breast cancer during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 🎗️
Big shout out to the UMHS Field Hockey team for leading this initiative & raising money for breast cancer charities through their t-shirt sales! 🙌
Don't forget to join us tonight @ 7 PM as we continue our Pink Out at our football game against Wissahickon! 🐻 🏈 #UMProud #BreastCancerAwareness
Congratulations to the UMHS Marching Unit on their 1st Place finish at the Quakertown "Music in Motion" US Bands competition this past Saturday with their performance of the UMMU's 2024 production entitled, "A World Where We Belong."
This was their first competition of the season and they earned a score of 83.7 & swept the specialty awards for Best Music, Best Visual, Best Overall Effect, Best Percussion, & Best Color Guard in the Group V Open division, along with posting the HIGHEST score of all Open Class bands at the show! 🤯 Go UMMU! 🎉
On Constitution Day, 12th-graders in Ms. Loughnane's AP Government class stepped into the shoes of the Founding Fathers! 📜 Each student was assigned a signer of the Constitution and researched their historical figure & the states they represented. Dressed as their characters, students mingled just as the framers might have - discussing the unique challenges & goals of their respective states.
After their networking session, students engaged in a college-like seminar to prepare them for next year. They worked independently to answer prompts & then came together to discuss their responses as a group.
Last month, UMHS hosted an orientation to welcome our new 9th-graders & other incoming students. Students & families enjoyed student-led tours and visited information stations across the school. Additionally, they were able to explore an activity fair where they could interact with representatives from various clubs, athletics, & other extracurricular activities. The event wrapped up with Kona Ice, soft pretzels, & an Upper Moreland Golden Bears t-shirt as a welcome gift. 🐻 We hope our 9th-graders are having a great second week of school! #UMProud
UMTSD students & staff are observing Patriot Day today by wearing their red, white, and blue in remembrance of the lives lost on September 11, 2001. #NeverForget #PatriotDay #September11 #UMProud
Welcome back, Upper Moreland! We were thrilled to see so many smiling faces last week on the First Day of School.
We're excited to share that Charleis Fayall, a rising Senior at UMHS, has been honored with the Silver AmeriCorp Presidential Service Award! This award recognizes the contributions of volunteers who positively impact their communities.
Over the past year, Charleis has dedicated 175 hours of service as an Intern in PA Representative Nancy Guenst's office, where she has worked to help constituents & support community initiatives. Charleis is also a member of the National Honor Society & balances her service with her academic responsibilities & a part-time job.
🌟 Congratulations, Charleis, on this incredible achievement!
#UMProud #CommunityService #StudentAchievement #AmeriCorpsPresidentialAward
Day one of Band Camp is in the books! ☀
Only three more weeks until the First Day of School!
#UMProud
Sophia, a Junior at UMHS, organized an incredible Summer Olympics event for students aged 5-21 in the Extended School Year (ESY) program. The day was full of fun as we celebrated everyone's abilities!
The event kicked off at the Olympic Museum, where students learned all about the history of the Games. Next was a Pass the Torch relay race, where students demonstrated teamwork & speed. Adapted sports like seated tennis allowed everyone to compete - similar to Wheelchair Tennis in the Paralympics.
Students cheered as classmates tried their hand at the long jump & shot put. For the art lovers, there was the option to create Olympics-themed paintings & participate in artistic gymnastics. It was a day all about having fun and feeling proud of what everyone could achieve!
#UMProud #ESYOlympics
Congratulations to our very own Kim Frantz for being named Coach of the Year by the Courier Times/Intelligencer for the second year in a row!
🥍Read more here: https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/sports/high-school/lacrosse/2024/07/02/high-school-girls-lacrosse-upper-morelands-frantz-coach-of-year-piaa-bucks-county/74173516007/
We had an incredible night celebrating our newest alumni! Pride, excitement, & bright futures ahead for our graduates! 💛💜 #UMproud #congratsgrads #classof2024
We made it to the last week of school! 🙌
📅 Check out this week's schedule of important events below.
🐻 Monday - Wednesday:
- Early Dismissal: Grades 9 - 11
🐻 Tuesday:
- High School Commencement @ 7:00 PM
🐻 Thursday:
- 5th Grade Promotion @ 12:30 PM
🐻 Friday:
- Last Student Day
- Early Dismissal: Grades K - 12
- 8th Grade Promotion @ 9:00 AM
#UMProud
We are thrilled to announce Emily McLaughlin as our May UMHS Rotary Student of the Month! 🌟 Emily embodies the values of service, integrity, & goodwill. As President of Student Council, Vice President of the Art Club, and a dedicated member of Key Club & the MiniThon Committee, Emily consistently goes above and beyond for her peers & teachers.
Emily provides services to the community as part of Student Council & Key Club, and volunteers at school events including MiniTHON, Freshman Orientation, Parent Teacher Night, the Color Guard Home Show, and Jazz Band Home Show.
Emily is a diligent, hardworking individual with a passion for making a difference. We are excited to see her continue her journey at Penn State, where she plans to study Chemistry. Congratulations, Emily!
#StudentOfTheMonth #UMProud
We had an incredible day at the Special Olympics yesterday! 🏅 Our UM athletes represented us proudly as we joined 11 other school districts at Hatboro-Horsham for a day filled with running, jumping, & throwing events. Before the games, we held a clap-out in all our schools so students could cheer the athletes on as they headed to the competition.
Special Olympics is a highlight of our year, and we're so proud of all the students who participated! 🌟 Thank you to those who helped to prepare our students for this special day and to all the parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, & family friends who came out to cheer for our athletes.
#SpecialOlympics #UMProud
Monday is Memorial Day! There is no school tomorrow, Friday, May 24 (Students/Teachers) & Monday, May 27 (District Closed).
Enjoy the long weekend, and we'll see you back in the classroom on Tuesday, May 28! 😊
#UMproud #memorialday #noschool #haveagreatweekend
This month, Todd Scheuren's physics students at UMHS took a trip to Six Flags Great Adventure! Students experienced force, acceleration, momentum, and energy firsthand by collecting data on several rides at the theme park. Once they returned to class, they analyzed and calculated the forces, accelerations, momentum, and energies they had studied throughout the school year. Kingda Ka, for example, propels them at approximately 3Gs of acceleration from 0 to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds! 🤯
Experiencing, measuring, and calculating the extremes of the ride gives students experiential knowledge that adds to their classroom learning. The trip is a terrific way for students to culminate their experience in College Preparatory Physics, Honors Physics, or AP Physics C courses and prepare for the final exam.
#UMProud #PhysicsDay #HandsOnLearning
