Union-Scioto Local School District

We would like to wish each of you a safe and happy holiday season from all of us at the U! We will see you in 2023!

All call for 4:00 pm today! Our Vision: By inspiring greatness, all students will realize their worth and potential. Our Mission: At Union-Scioto School District, students will learn, lead and make a difference. Our Motto: Today’s Learners, Tomorrow’s Leaders. A few announcements: Please check our district Facebook page for information in regards to a blood drive we are hosting in January. The blood drive will be on January 3, 2023. Announcement for preschool through 3rd grade students: A reminder elementary students in preschool to third grade (PK-3) after the holiday break will return to school on January 9, 2023. Again, preschool through grade 3 students will not attend school January 4, 5, and 6th due to staff participating in professional development. Next week: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 is the last day of school before the holiday break and is a 2 hour early release. It will be here before you know it! Time flies when you are having fun! When you are really engaged or focused in an activity, event, or task it seems as if time passes properly. I am sure we all have experienced or noticed the different perspectives on time. Be selfish with your time and who and what you spend it on. It is more valuable than you may realize. Be thankful you even have time. If you are reading or listening to this message you have time. There are many that simply no longer have time. Time is valuable. Be grateful it. Consider the following perspectives on the value of time: The value of a second - Ask the person who survived in an accident just by a second! The value of a minute - Ask the person who has missed their bus, train, or flight by 1 minute! The value of an hour - Ask the person who they are waiting on. The value of a day - Ask someone who is hungry for the whole day. The value of 1 week - Ask someone who has been admitted to the hospital for a whole week. The value of a month - Ask someone who has not recieved their last month of salary! The value of a year - Ask someone who has been failed or a high school senior that can not wait to graduate! The value of time you have existed - Ask someone who is close to the end that never truly lived. One of my favorite lines in one of my favorite movies - Braveheart, William Wallace says, “Everyone dies but not everyone lives”. Take the time this weekend to think about your time! Have a great weekend, carry your own weather, hard work works, be grateful for your time! Go Tanks!

Students will be released two hours early on Wednesday, December 21. Winter Break begins on December 22. School resumes for students in grades 4 through 12 on January 4, 2023. Students in preschool through grade 3 will resume on January 9, 2023.

Breakfast and lunch menus are now available for January! Breakfast is free for all students and the cost of lunches is located on the right side of the menu.

Mr. Elliott and the Unioto choirs are cordially inviting you all out to the 2022 UMS/UHS Winter Choir Concert tomorrow, December 7th, at 7PM in the auditeria (Doors open at 630). The choirs are working hard and have prepared a fun filled concert of music for your enjoyment! Please come help them celebrate their achievements this first half of the school year!

4th grade orchestra is canceled for today, Wednesday, November 30, 2022. Thank you.

Today Wednesday, November 30 bus number 20 students will be approximately 45 minutes late being picked up. Bus number 20 services BiersRun, Albright Mill, Cattail Rd., Route 207, Rinkliff, Quail, Hummingbird, and Infirmary Lane. Thank You

Today Wednesday, November 30 bus number 20 students will be approximately 45 minutes late being picked up. Bus number 20 services BiersRun, Albright Mill, Cattail Rd., Route 207, Rinkliff, Quail, Hummingbird, and Infirmary Lane.

First day for new athletes for indoor track is Monday, November 28. Any athletes in grades 6-12 please report to the high school commons after school. For any questions email Coach Paxton at mpaxton@gotanks.org. Go Tanks!!

Regulator Wrestling Club has the last night of sign ups tonight Nov. 22nd 6-7:30pm in the wrestling facility. Great opportunity to learn something new and be able to use wrestling in all aspects of life. For more information please call or text Coach Lawson 937-508-5354. Find us on Facebook Unioto Wrestling as well!!!

Middle school students were rewarded through the PBIS system with "Pancakes with the Principal" due to their good conduct, attendance, and grades.

Middle School One Call released on November 16th at 5:00 pm Good afternoon, This is PJ Fitch, your Unioto middle school principal. The purpose of this call is to notify you that the Middle School staff will be having a professional development day tomorrow, Wednesday November 16th. As a result, middle school students will not report to school tomorrow. Please note, all other Unioto Students will report to school as usual. This message only applies to students in grades six through eight that attend Unioto Middle School. Thank you for your time! Go Tanks!

Thanksgiving Break begins on Wednesday, November 23rd. School will resume on Monday, November 28th.

Breakfast and lunch menus are now available for December! Breakfast is free for all students and the cost of lunches is located on the right side of the menu.

“On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.” -- Dan Lipinski There will be no school today, Friday, November 11. Thank you, veterans, for your service!

All call for 4:00 pm today! Our Vision: By inspiring greatness, all students will realize their worth and potential. Our Mission: At Union-Scioto School District, students will learn, lead and make a difference. Our Motto: Today’s Learners, Tomorrow’s Leaders. No school tomorrow, Friday November 11, for staff and students due to Veterans’ Day. Thank you to all that have and are serving. You are appreciated. Thank you! Thank you! This next announcement is for middle school students and families only: There will be no school for middle school students only on Wednesday, November 16th due to middle school staff participating in professional development. No school for middle school students only. This does not apply to the other schools. Congratulations to the boys and girls cross country teams who finished up their seasons at the state Championships at Fortress Obetz this Saturday. The boys finished 6th as a team. 2nd out the Regional teams and individual results were: Ashton Beverly 28th, All-Ohio, Academic All Ohio, All District and all-SVC selection Turner Markko 35th, Academic All Ohio, All District and SVC Champion Seth Ogan 36th, All District and all-SVC selection Rowen Lloyd 111th Academic All Ohio, and all-SVC selection Caden Larue 113th Academic All Ohio, All District and all-SVC selection Zack Wallace 144th Academic All Ohio, All District and all-SVC selection Eli Peck 150th Academic All Ohio, All District Team selection On the girls side Cameron Walker was 36th and finished her season as District and SVC Runner of the year and Briana Nelson was 52nd and made the all All-District team, earned Academic all-Ohio and was an all-SVC Selection. Please check our district Facebook page for information in regards to a blood drive we are hosting in January. Jocko Willink says - Short term thinking says the donut tastes good, (the marshmallow tastes good) eat it. Short term thinking says 1 workout really doesn’t matter, skip it. Short term thinking encourages you to make short term emotional decisions that can hurt you in the long run. Think long term. Take action that improves your long term position and moves you toward your long term goals. You need to win battles in order to win the war. You need to know your goals and why they are important. You need to get out of bed, run and exercise, work out, read and study, practice and do the things that you don’t necessarily want to do. Get up and get off your phone and get out of the addictive comfort zone and out in the world and just get after it. Dave Ramsey says - Almost all long term thinking has short term pain. Almost all short term thinking has long term pain and short term relief. Nothing worth having is easy. I say they both have solid advice all should consider. One secret to long term success is the ability to delay gratification. I will share on our Facebook page and experiment conducted years ago at Stanford University called the marshmallow experiment. Parents - this is great example of the significance of teaching and training your children to learn to sacrifice, be patient, and have the ability and discipline to delay gratification. It can be taught and a skill that could have a profound impact on a child’s ability to deal with adversity and learn the concept of sacrifice and working towards a goal. They learn valuable worthwhile goals take time and work. It isn’t instant like almost everything else in their lives. Good stuff!! The Marshmallow Experiment - Instant Gratification Have a great weekend and remember to carry your own weather, hard work works, learn to delay gratification and 4 days til Monday!! Go Tanks!

Altrusa Bazaar at Unioto Elementary Unioto Elementary will host the Altrusa Bazaar this Saturday, November 12 from 9am-2pm. Schmidt’s will be on site and online ordering is available.

Thursday 11/10/22 bus number 17’s students will be approx. 45 minutes late being picked up and 30 min late arriving home. Bus number 17 services Meadow Way, Sunrush Boulevard, Tanager Court, Bunting Court, Falcon, Hanover, Almahurst, Granite Cliff, Stone Trace, Timberview, and Timber Ridge. Thursday 11/10/22 bus number 1's students will be approx. 45 minutes late being picked up and 30 min late arriving home. Bus #1 services Anderson Station Rd. 80-800, Hopewell Heights, Flint, Moccasin, Arrow, TeePee Trail, Mound and Chief Lane. Thank you.

Middle School One Call released on November 8th at 5:00 pm Good evening, This is PJ FItch, your Unioto middle school principal. The purpose of this call is to notify you that the Middle School staff will be having a professional development day on Wednesday November 16th. As a result, middle school students will not report to school on November 16th. Please note, all other Unioto Students will report to school as usual. This message only applies to students in grades six through eight that attend Unioto Middle School. Thank you for your time! Go Tanks!

High school & middle school wrestling pre-season meeting for any student interested in wrestling is tomorrow, Wednesday, November 9 at 6pm at the HS/MS Auditeria. Go Tanks!!