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Engaged Students

Life at Union Public Schools is more than just homework. Union believes a successful student is an engaged student and the district provides a wide variety of activities. More than 14,000 Union students are involved in some form of the arts and more than 1,600 students are involved in Union’s athletics and spirit programs. Leadership programs are abundant from Student Council to clubs and organizations.

Union Public Schools provides many extracurricular activities and organizations for students. These organizations include academic teams to art clubs,  athletics to fine arts, and more.

Key Club, National Honor Society and Student Council are always actively seeking various community service projects and offer an abundance of manpower and enthusiasm. See Student Organizations for a list of student clubs for grades 6-12.

The High School - along with the Union High School Freshman Academy - also boasts a nationally recognized program of the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps.

Many of the programs are nationally recognized. If you have a question about activities or events at the High School, please call the main number and ask for the Activities Office.

Two girls sing into microphones in the foreground while a string orchestra and saxophone players perform in the background.

 

Parents

Parents are invited and encouraged to visit Union activities when appropriate. We also invite our parents to serve as helpers and chaperones. If you would like to volunteer, please contact the Student Life Office at the High School or your school’s principal’s office.

Parents are also urged to participate and volunteer with their school's PTA chapter.

Gold Key Club

Union Public Schools invites senior citizens to become Gold Key Club members and attend any of our school-sponsored activities as our guest.

The Gold Key Pass gives Union supporters who are at least 62 years of age and living on a retirement income free admittance to home athletic events as well as the many outstanding performances and programs hosted by the Union Fine Arts Department.

For more information about obtaining a Gold Key Pass, call the Education Service Center at 918-357-4321 or email us.

Union High stands proud forever!
Loyalty rides high.
Memories, forget them never
As the years go by.
Friends, we make from year to year.
Watch as goals are reached
Union High will always be dear
To our destiny.  

History of the Alma Mater

Did you know this piece of history about the Union Alma Mater?

The original tune is from "Annie Lisle," an 1857 ballad by Boston, Mass., songwriter H. S. Thompson.  The tune was later used as the Alma Mater for Cornell University, and has since been used by colleges and high schools all over the country including ours.

It took the work of a few people to rediscover the original lyrics and the tune for the Alma Mater used by Union High Schools in the early half of the 20th century.

Shortly after Denise Vaniadis, retired director of Student Life, came to Union in 1992, she worked with then Principal Dave Stauffer and Kenille Elmore, then director of Union Choirs, to bring back the Alma Mater which had not been sung in decades.

“Denise and Dave were instrumental in wanting to bring back the Alma Mater,” explained Linda Blythe, an administrative assistant at the High School. “Kenille was the choir director at the time. I know we were singing the Alma Mater in 1994-95. We have sung the Alma Mater in all assemblies, retreats and graduations since then.”

Elmore found the lyrics.

“The words I found in an old Union yearbook,” Elmore recalled.  “I think it was the 1921 yearbook.  Then, I found the tune that was used.  Doug Henderson arranged two tunes for my choir.  One was too contemporary sounding, the other was more traditional.  That is the one I started using and is still being used to this today. Hopefully, this history will never get "lost" again.”

Union Activities In Photos

A group of young people in black shirts and red drum harnesses play drums on a stage with a red backdrop.
Children play with colorful balls in a gymnasium with a stage in the background.
A large group of smiling children in casual clothing pose for a photo in a classroom with whiteboards in the background.
A man and a boy fish on a rocky shore with a calm lake and trees in the background under a cloudy sky.
Two women smile and make a heart shape with their hands in front of a tiled wall.
Two cheerleaders in the foreground kick their legs high while holding pom-poms, with a basketball court and other people in the background.
Two children are playing on a seesaw in a classroom with a colorful rug and storage cabinets in the background.
Children in the foreground are participating in a gym class activity with hoops, while in the background, other students are engaged in similar exercises with cones and colorful mats.
A group of young women in matching white tops and red shorts perform a dance routine on a stage with a pink backdrop.
A man stands in the center of a circle of children seated on a gymnasium floor, with adults watching from the background.
A young person with curly hair plays a clarinet in the foreground, while bleachers and other band members are visible in the background.
Three young people in red %22U Guard%22 shirts and black pants hold hands in the foreground, while a marching band with drums and other members stands in the background within a gymnasium.
Children in a gymnasium dance with glow sticks, illuminated by colorful lights and a large mural on the back wall.
A man and a cheerleader bump fists on a wooden basketball court, with other cheerleaders and spectators visible in the background.
Two cheerleaders in black and red uniforms with white pom-poms perform on a polished wooden basketball court in front of a large, seated audience in a gymnasium.
A group of young people are seated in the foreground, facing a large crowd in the background.
Three people pose with raised fists on a stage with red lighting, while an audience watches in the background.
A young man in a red shirt and black pants with arms raised dances energetically in the foreground, while a group of other performers in casual attire dance behind him on a brightly lit stage.
A group of young musicians in purple shirts play cellos in the foreground, with an audience visible in the blurred background.
Two students work on laptops at a desk with anatomical charts on the wall behind them.
Three people in cycling gear pose with bicycles in front of a brick building, with parked cars and trees visible in the background.
A young person with blue-streaked hair holds a drumstick poised over a large bass drum in front of stadium bleachers.
A woman in a blue dress stands in front of a large group of children on a stage, with colorful drums in the foreground and a curtain in the background.
Four young people in matching red jerseys play drums in front of a building with a %22U-Wear Spirit Store%22 sign.
Three girls jump rope on a paved area in front of Marshall L. Moore Elementary School.
A man plays guitar in the foreground while three students react with excitement in a hallway with bulletin boards in the background.
Union football players run onto the field
Coach and girl react after she wins a race
Track team celebrates 2024 State Championship
Union football player with the ball chased by opposing team
Principal Chris Ducker throws paper into the air during one of the Olympic-themed games at the school
Referees helps Union football and an opposing team during a coin toss
Fans cheer from their seats at Union Tuttle Stadum
Fireworks over Union Tuttle field
Members of the Hawk Squad run the school flags onto the field at the start of a football game
Members of the Hawk Squad pose
High School girls sing in a choir number for a holiday concert
Rocket the Redhawk arm wrestles Union Superintendent Dr. John Federline
Union ROTC cadets pose with Rocket The Redhawk