Union Center Elementary School

Great lessons, questions and activities all focused on 2024 Solar Eclipse! Memories were made today here at Union Center!

The 🍭 "Books Are Sweet" Book Fair 🍭 is ready to open its doors tomorrow at 9 am!

📢📢ANNOUNCING📢📢 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧UCE FAMILY NIGHT!👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 🎉Friday, April 12 from 5-7 🎉No entry fee (Food trucks and Book Fair separate) Donations to RMHC happily accepted. 📚Book Fair 🎲Board Games 🟩Bags (corn hole) 🎨Art Show 🌭Food Trucks 🤸Playground Open

4/12/24 @ UCE from 5:00pm to 7:00pm Book Fair Food Trucks Games Art Show

Spring Break is amazing, but six days after we are back, its Mrs. Welch's favorite week: SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR WEEK! Bypass the worry of carrying cash and click the link to create an e-wallet for your child! Please feel free to reach out to Mrs. Welch with any questions. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/unioncenterelementaryschool1

March Character Trait Award 2024 = Acceptance Baxley: Colton DeNardo Phelps: Oscar Ashford Taylor: Piper Munden Leonelli: Beckett Smith Schumacher: Brynn Coates Weiss: Kamden King Gage: Wren Dobson & James Benedict Green: Nora Breitzke Zupanoski: Ella Shooltz Parks: Isaac Gabriel Uskert: Aubrie Flanigan Whitaker: Emma Biscocho Barker: Shia Miranda Gage: Harris Anderson Milcarek: Sam Curry Allen: Finnegan Loeffler Barton: Waylon Simpson Miller: Michael Stokes

Kindergarten and First grade students always have fun learning about clay with Mr.Dickey! Mrs. Barnes too!

UTSC Expands Preschool Program Options: We will now offer a 2 Full Day and 5 Full Day Program. Check out the LINK and share! https://forms.gle/eurmdgLKz5KKvBjj6

UTSC Solar Eclipse Event Information: On April 8, 2024 there will be a rare opportunity for students to view a solar eclipse. We will be providing learning opportunities and experiences for all students! View the permission slip for more information.

Bring on the excitement! We are prepping for our Spring Scholastic Book Fair! 💕📚💕 Be on the lookout for an email tomorrow for an opportunity to volunteer to help some excited kiddos, and one very enthusiastic librarian, pick out books! (April 8-12)

The CDC has recently updated its guidelines regarding returning to work or school after illness. According to the new guidelines, individuals can return to work or school once they have been fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication. Additionally, the CDC has also updated and simplified its respiratory virus precautions, which are designed to help prevent the spread of illness. As part of our efforts to keep everyone informed and safe, we would like to share the following information and links: CDC updates respiratory virus guidance On March 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated and simplified its respiratory virus precautions. These easy-to-use recommendations can help prevent the spread of illness. As a reminder, screening tools for schools and parents are available here: General Wellness Screening for Parents How Sick is too Sick Please take a moment to review these resources and familiarize yourself with the updated guidelines.

PCES Parent Group is holding a Town Hall Meeting TONIGHT, March 6, 2024 at the SELF School Gym, 750 Ransom Road in Valparaiso from 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Attention Preschool Families: Save the Date for our Registration and Information Open House March 14th 5-6PM at JSE! Spread the word, we have openings!

It's here UCE! Tomorrow begins Read Across America week and it's PAJAMA DAY! If able, you can make a $1 donation to Ronald McDonald House Charities (a charity near & dear to Mrs. Welch's heart) to kick off this fun week! We can't wait to see all of our comfy Bearcats!

Wheeler Youth Football and Cheer in conjunction with Wheeler High School Football is proud to announce our first ever Spring Flag Football Camp! Coach Testa, along with his staff and players will be running a 1.5 hour flag football skills camp and games for three nights on April 12th, April 19th, and April 26th. The camp will take place on the varsity football field at Wheeler High School. Here are more details: **Registration is $50 and includes a T-Shirt **Open to grades 1-5 **All participants must be a student in the Union Township School Corporation. No exceptions. **Concessions will be available **Camp will not interfere with any Wheeler Little League games. We hope to see you for some fun on the gridiron this Spring! ~Wheeler Youth Football and Cheer

FEBRUARY = KINDNESS Character trait winners: Baxley: Alice Kielbas Phelps: Judah Bell Taylor: Blakely Disney Leonelli: David Yurchak Schumacher: Mac Snider Weiss: Lillian Bryant & Montgomery Jordan Gage: Blake Cummins & Annie Thorman Green: Kennedi Kegebein & Rylee White Zupanoski: Hudson Cope Parks: Jacob Bischoff Uskert: Cayden Poturalski Whitaker: Phoebe Donohue Barker: Ryker DeNardo Gage: Lorelai Raab Milcarek: Alyvia Valois Allen: Saida Fernandez Barton: Easton Raab Miller: Kyler King Breakfast with the principal on Tuesday, 3/5/24 @ 8:30am!

UCE ROBOTICS Team! Great job this season!

Save the date and spread the word!

During the Read-a-Thon, Arian won the chance to be the librarian for his class! He had fun helping his classmates check out their books. He said "Mrs. Welch makes this look easy, but it's a busy job!" I told him anytime we need a substitute librarian, he is my first call!

We are excited to announce Bearcat Beginnings Preschool for the 2024-2025 School Year! Please review the announcement in the news section of our website for additional information. Thank you to the UTSC School Board for their support of the program! Proud to be a Bearcat!