EDISON PTSA ANNOUNCEMENTS
February 12
· Budget Reduction Process Meeting: The Champaign Community Unit School District #4 encourages anyone interested in providing input into the budget reduction process to attend a meeting on February 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Mellon Administrative Center, 703 S. New Street. A list of the proposed budget cuts may be viewed at www.champaignschools.org. Please see the attached flyer for additional information.
· NSBE Jr.: NSBE Jr. is an after school activity that is open to all students at Edison. The National Society of Black Engineers at U of I welcome everyone to attend this dynamic program. They meet on Wednesdays after school in Mr. Kuppler’s room (#324) and get to participate in experiments and demonstrations at the first part of the club starting at 2:45 p.m.. By 3:30-4:15 p.m., NSBE Jr. will concentrate on any homework they have as well as learn some study tips and have the opportunity to ask questions about high school and college. If this opportunity is something you would like your student to participate in, simply fill out the attached form and have your student give it to Mrs. Mastny in the community center (right above the cafeteria at Edison.)
· Edison Yearbook: The Edison Yearbook staff needs your pictures! Please share your photos with Mrs. Easton via e-mail, disc or flash drive at eastonka@champaignschools.org or room 346. The deadline is February 16. All discs and flash drives will be returned.
· Volleyball: On Wednesday, both the 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams beat Franklin, who had an undefeated record going into the competition. In addition, both teams beat Unity on Monday.
· Sports Schedule:
Sat., Feb. 13 WR at Chatham (Bus leaves at 5:30 a.m.)
Thurs., Feb. 18 VB @ Jefferson, 4:15 (bus leaves Edison at 3:30) and WR @ Mahomet, 4:30 (bus leaves Edison at 3:00 then goes to Jefferson then Franklin)
COMMUNITY ACTIVITY
· INRS Expo: The 2010 INRS Naturally Illinois Expo will be Friday and Saturday, March 12th and 13th at the Natural Resources Building, 607-615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, Illinois. You will find over forty exhibits, demonstrations, and hands-on activities of interest to the public, teachers, and students of all levels, especially those who may be interested in science-related careers. The Naturally Illinois Expo is a great school field trip destination. For more information: http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/ or http://www.inrs.illinois.edu/expo/
February 10
· Penny Wars Update: 6th and 7th grade students held a penny war over the past two weeks to raise money for Haiti. After everything was counted, they raised $2,374.72. This money will be sent to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Way to go Comets!
· Thank you! A big thank you to Diane Sullivan and also Benchmark Computers for their donations of computers and speakers.
· 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.
· Computer Club: The next Computer Club meeting will be March 1st.
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