UNIVERSITY PARK
PRESCHOOL ASSOCIATION
No automatically recurring payment
No automatically recurring payments
No automatically recurring payments
Book Club: What’s next for next year?
UPPA Book Club wants to know what you want to read next year. Send us your favorites, your TBRs and your must-discuss books by completing the survey link below!
Incoming Kinder Popsicle Party
Join the UPPA and UP PTA at the UP Playground August 10 from 4-5pm to meet other incoming kindergarteners and their parents. Stay to enjoy a water slide and enjoy a cold treat!
We will have the full kindergarten class lists as well as teacher assignments! Come find out your teacher and meet some new friends before “Meet the Teacher” the following Monday. Other grades will find out their teacher assignments Monday on Skyward.
This is a free event supported by UPPA and the UP PTA!
Contact Karli Cain on our Kinder Events Committee at Karli.Bachman@gmail.com with questions!
Family & Corporate Sponsorships!
We are now taking family and corporate sponsorships for the 2025-2026 school year events! Please follow the link below to review the upcoming events available for sponsorships.
Committee members for each event will follow up with you about tickets and other perks for being a sponsor.
NEW this year: the “UPPA Tablescapes Wellness Luncheon”! Mark your calendars for November 17, 2025 from 11-2pm. We are still working hard on finding an exciting speaker for the this luncheon. We will have tables available for purchase 9/1, so get your friends together to plan that beautiful table scape for all to admire at the luncheon! Fun prizes will be given for most creative, most on theme, and more categories! Tickets will be $250 individually or a table of 8 for $2,000-$3,000 a table! ALL the proceeds from this event go back to UP Elementary from the UPPA!
NEW this year: the UPPA Family Concert! This event will be April 25, 2026 from 5-7pm at the Armstrong Fieldhouse at SMU. We are still working on ticket prices for this event.
Please email President@uppa.org to join either committee or text Mary Irby!
2025-2026 UPPA Board Members
President- Mary Irby
President-Elect - Madeleine Pennington
Treasurer - Michelle Wills
Fundraising Chairs - Anne Bradley & Laura Bailey
Fundraising Team - Michelle Tevrizian & Molly Edwards
Tablescapes Chairs - Mary Irby & Lauren Ott
Amazing Race Team- Bonnie Yates, Claire Busch, Mary Irby & Jackie Campbell
Membership Chair - Lisa Gladnick
Membership Chair-elect - Emily Wood
Publicity & Website Chair- Mary Irby
Community Service Team - Liz Hunter & Catherine Rowsey
Children’s Activities Team - Claire Neal, Annie Harrison, & Kelcey Strong
Fall Parent Party Team - Lauren Ott, Claire Davis, Liz Silva, Courtney Ross, & Christina Newman
Progressive Dinner Chairs - Madeleine Pennington & Katie Park
Play Group Chair - Allison Taylor
Play Group Chair-elect - Amber Klimczak
Kinder Events Team - Amy Askew, Allison Barshop, Ashley Newton, Claire Busch, Karli Cain, & Paige Voigt
Mahjong Club Chairs - Morgan Suarez, Amber Klimczak, Paige Purnell
Wine Club Chairs - Ryan Sellers & Kaylyn Montgomery
Book Club Chair - Jackie Campbell
Wellness Chair- Nina Byrd
Stitch Club Chair- Heather Logan
Sustainer & PTA Board Representative - Mary Irby
UPPA HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!
TOP 5 REASONS TO JOIN:
• Neighborhood playgroups by kinder year
• Mom’s Night Out
• Fun Seasonal Parties including Progressive Dinner, Summer pool parties and back to school events
• Opportunity to become an Amazing Member and go to the year’s most fun party!
• Children and Family Activities like Holiday Hayride, Easter Egg Hunts and UP All Night (a Father/Child Urban Campout) on the lawn of UP Elementary!
BECOME A MEMBER
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS & BENEFITS
AMAZING MEMBER
$650.00 / year
No automatically recurring payments
• All benefits of Regular or Sustaining Membership PLUS:
• 2 AMAZING RACE Party tickets
• 2 Fall Parents' Party tickets
• 1 Up All Night Mandatory Volunteer Shift Buyout
• Access to the UPPA Membership e-Directory Mobile App
*Note: The Amazing Race Party is limited to 25 members and their spouse or guest, so this is your guarantee for a spot at the party!
REGULAR MEMBER
$150.00 / year
No automatically recurring payments
• Member has a child in KINDERGARTEN or younger
• Member lives in UP Elementary attendance area
• Member can participate in meetings, social activities, playgroups and online community
• Access to the UPPA Membership e-Directory Mobile App
• See the 'About Us' tab to view full benefits of membership
SUSTAINING MEMBER
$75.00 / year
No automatically recurring payments
• Member's youngest child is in first grade or older
• Member lives in UP Elementary attendance area
• Member can participate in meetings, social activities, playgroups and online community
• Access to the UPPA Membership E- Directory Mobile App
• See the 'About Us' tab to view full benefits of membership.