Welcome back to UPHS, or if you are new to us this year, then welcome to Viking country! We are anxious to get the year started and excited to see some old and new faces. We were able to welcome our teachers back into the building last week and the energy and focus is top notch this year! Our theme is "Rowing Together in Excellence for 60 years" as this will be our 60th year anniversary of opening Union Pines High School in 1964. Another reason we chose "rowing together" as our theme is the culture of connecting classrooms, activities, families, and community together for a common goal. We want to see our students excel in the classroom and beyond. We want to take our students from being capable of moving and growing to the next level of moving and achieving high goals. In order to accomplish these goals, we need all hands on deck!

Again, welcome to the 23-24 school year. Let's row together! We are Union Pines; Stay Viking Strong!

August 21st- Athletic Booster Club Meeting at 6PM

August 22nd- Back to School Night (High School)- Freshmen 4PM-5:30PM; all other grade levels 6:00-8:00PM

August 28th- First Day of School

September 4- Labor Day-No School

September 12 - Military Child Education Coalition Meeting at 6PM-7PM

September 29- Interim Reports

Back to School Night for UPHS is Tuesday, August 22nd. In order to help with crowds and time, please arrive during the following times:

9th Grade - 4:00-5:30PM

10th-12th Grade - 6:00-8:00 PM

Upon arrival, you will receive your paper schedule in the gymnasium. From there, you can pay school fees and check out your Chromebook in the cafeteria. If you want to save time, you can pay Chromebook fees online ahead of time. If you pay the Chromebook fee online, then please make sure you have a digital receipt to show at Chromebook check out. Teachers will be waiting in their classrooms, so make sure you stop by to say hi and map out your first day of school!

Schedules were released online on Friday. Due to constraints with the master schedule, schedule changes can not be made unless there is a missing course requirement or a gap in a student's schedule. Please refer to the images to find out what qualifies as a schedule change. If a reason does not meet the criteria, then a change will not be made.

Last name A-G - Ms. Polly Robinson psrobinson@ncmcs.org

Last name H-N - Ms. Jill Edwards jedwards@ncmcs.org

Last name O-Z - Ms. Lauren Giggey lgiggley@ncmcs.org

Students and parents: we are a closed campus for lunch time. This means students are prohibited from leaving campus during their lunch break. Students who break this rule will be considered leaving campus without permission resulting in a suspension. This rule is enforced to keep your student safe.

Additionally, food delivery services are not allowed to our campus. Please read the Parent and Student Handbook for more information.

Each month, we invite parents to meet with administration to discuss needs of the school.The committee is a collective voice of parents or family members focused on how to increase parent and family engagement to ensure student success. We meet on the first Monday of every month in the cafeteria at 6PM.

Meeting dates:

October 2

November 6

December 4

February 5

March 4

April 1

May 6