Upham Elementary School

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Upham Elementary is an elementary school in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. It is named after Ernest F. Upham, and is one of the older of the seven elementary schools in the town. It's current principal is Tracey Mara and approximately 300 students grades K-5 attend the school.

[edit] Location

Upham School is located on Wynnewood Road in Precinct C of Wellesley. It is surrounded by two parking lots, one in the front of the school and one in the back. Also on the front parking lot is a blacktop featuring basketball hoops and four square courts. On the left side of the school is a large playground, featuring several swings, slides, and monkeybars. The primary base of the playground is woodchips. There is also a wall-ball wall. On the right side of the school, there are two large fields. They are commonly referred to by the students as the "Upper Fields", but are technically known as Upham Field I and Upham Field II. Field I contains a small hill, a small garden, one picnic table, and one run down baseball diamond. Upham II cotains a nicer baseball field. The two fields are separated by woods, but are accessible by a small dirt path connecting the two.

[edit] Faculty

The faculty of Upham school consists of approximately 50 adults. They vary from principal, Tracy Mara, to teacher, Cheryl Grosso, to librarian, John Maxwell.