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EDISON PTSA ANNOUNCEMENTS Addition
February 8
· Addition -- PTSA Meeting: The next PTSA meeting will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, February 9 at 7 p.m. in the Edison Library. Everyone is encouraged to attend as we will be discussing the Unit 4 budget cuts, as well as other items concerning Edison. Come at 6:45 for an informal gathering time with refreshments. If February 9 is a snow day, the meeting will be postponed until February 16.
EDISON PTSA ANNOUNCEMENTS
February 8
· NAAPID: Today is National African American Parent Involvement Day. Parents, grandparents and other caring adults are invited to visit Edison between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. You are invited to sit in your child’s classes, meet administrators and eat lunch or bring in lunch for your child on this day. Light refreshments will be served outside the library.
· Computer Club: Computer Club meets today in the lab immediately after school until 3:30 p.m.
· Wrestling Fundraiser: Help Edison’s wrestling team raise money by eating at PoBoys for dinner. From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight, 10% of the sales go to the wrestling team.
· Candy Grams: Student Council will be selling Candy Grams this week during lunch. They are 50 cents each and the money goes toward the 8th Grade Dance. Students need to know the homeroom of the people they are sending Grams to so they can be delivered properly on February 12.
· Candy: The PTSA would like for you to send in bags of wrapped candy today. The candy will be collected near the main office. PTSA will create candy bags for teachers and staff to show our appreciation for their hard work. It will be distributed to staff on Friday February 12th. If you can provide cellophane bags or if you have questions please contact Kristian at kristian.sargeant@sjcnc.org.
· Creative Writing: Creative Writing Club will meet tomorrow from 2:45-4:00 p.m. in room 246.
· Sports Schedule:
Mon., Feb. 8 VB vs Unity, 4:15
Tues., Feb. 9 VB vs Eater, 4:15 and WR at Deer Creek Mackinaw (Bus leaves at 2 p.m.)
Wed., Feb. 10 VB vs Franklin, 4:15
Thurs., Feb. 11 WR at Mt. Zion (Bus leaves at 3:45 p.m.)
Sat., Feb. 13 WR at Chatham (Bus leaves at 5:30 a.m.)
February 5
· Smile! Spring Casual pictures will be taken on Thursday, February 11. They will be taken during PE. Order forms will be sent home on Monday, February 8.
· Baby Pics for 8th graders: All 8th graders are encouraged to bring in a baby picture or two for the 8th grade Baby Picture display. Please have your name on the picture(s). Explorers give your picture(s) to Mr. Guzman and Navigators give your picture(s) to Ms. Borchardt. Pictures are due by Monday, March 29. You will get the picture(s) back the day of promotion. If you have any questions ask Mr. Guzman (guzmanje@champaignschools.org) or Ms. Borchardt (borchaja@champaignschools.org).
· Edison Yearbook: Parents, students and teachers who have taken pictures at Edison events throughout the year, we need your pictures for the school yearbook! Please share your pictures with Mrs. Easton via e-mail, disc or flash drive at eastonka@champaignschools.org or room 346. The deadline for sharing photos is February 16. All discs and flash drives will be returned.
· Edison Band Families: The band has collected nearly $200 worth of Box Tops this year! Janet Roadcap will be sending them to General Mills in two weeks, so if you have saved them and want to help the band program at Edison, have your student place them in the Box Top box in the band room. They will be collected next Wednesday after school. If you are looking for a list of products (there are over 200!) you can follow this link to find the list http://www.boxtops4education.com/Image.aspx?id=2164.
· Volleyball: Congratulations to the 7th grade volleyball team on their victory over Jefferson on Wednesday night. The 8th grade team played hard, but lost their games.
February 3
· National Junior Honor Society: Edison's chapter of National Junior Honor Society will be accepting applications for the 2010 National Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony. Application sheets have been mailed home to all individuals who have achieved a 3.0/4.0 GPA. Applications are due February 22, 2010. If anyone has questions, please feel free to contact Mr. Cain at cainza@champaignschools.org or Mr. Foli at folibr@champaignschools.org.
· Volleyball: The 7th grade and 8th grade volleyball teams lost their games to Normal Kingsley this week but played well. They play again today against Jefferson.
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