Edison Middle School PTSA Announcements
306 West Green Street
Champaign, IL 61820-5099
Phone: (217) 351-3771 Fax: (217) 355-2564
May 6
- Eighth Grade Dance: The 8th Grade school dance at Edison Middle School is Thursday, May 26, 2011 from 7-9 p.m. A minimum of 10 volunteers is needed to help with concessions and monitoring the gym. If you would like to volunteer, please let me know by replying to <mailto:guzmanje@champaignschools.org>guzmanje@champaignschools.org . Volunteers should arrive at 6:40 and check in at the concession table in the cafeteria. I will have nametags and duty assignments.
Volunteer duties include helping with concessions, helping check in students, monitoring the front door, halls and bathroom, and watching the dance floor and gym doors (doors are left open to allow air in and out, but no one is allowed to enter or leave). If your child does not want you in the gym, let me know and I can assign you to concessions.
The theme of this year's dance is City Lights with colors of black and white. Student Council would like to request donations of white Christmas tree lights for use as decoration in the gym. If you would like to donate lights, please send them with your student or drop them off in the main office. The lights can be given or addressed to Mr. Guzman or Mrs. Altenbaumer.
- Edison Middle School Band: presents "Day in the Park" Head out with family and friends to Hessel Park on Saturday, May 7 at 3 pm for the annual end of the year concert with performances by the 6th, 7th and 8th grade concert bands, plus Jazz 1, Jazz 2 and Jazz 3. Concessions available. Action inflatables for the kiddos, too! $1 per ride or $5 for unlimited games. See the attached flyer for more details. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be moved to the Edison Middle School Auditorium. For more information, please contact Dena Bagger at denabagger@aol.com or 493-9561.
- Important Meeting: Beth Shepperd would like to address the PTSA, parents and community at a meeting on May 10th. The meeting will begin at 6pm in the Edison Library. With the resignation of Carmela David, the district is starting the process to find a replacement. Ms. Beth Shepperd would like to meet with parents to establish a principal profile that will be used in the interview process. Please see attached press release.
- Eighth Grade Graduation: is May 27th at 9am. A letter went home to parents/guardians this week with more information regarding the event.
- CU Schools Foundation Celebrates: 5 of Our Public High School Alumni at 2011 Gala The Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation will celebrate the accomplishments of five of our public high school alumni on Saturday, May 7 at the 2011 CUSF Gala at the IHotel. Three different awards will be presented: Distinguished Alumni Award, Local Hero Award and the Local Business Community Impact Award. The 2011 CUSF Gala will be on Saturday, May 7 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the IHotel and Conference Center, Champaign and is open to the public with advance ticket purchase. For tickets or additional information visit: www.CUSchoolsFoundation.org and click on the "2011 Gala Event" link or call 217-398-2873. Proceeds from ticket sales support the mission of CUSF.
May 5
- Athletics
· Schedule for intramurals is attached (stomp has been cancelled)
· Fliers for summer camps listed below can be found on the athletic bulletin board outside room 122.
o Edison XC summer running program (attached)
o Edison BBB summer camp (attached)
o U of I GBB camp
o U of I BBB camp
o Girls fast pitch
· Flier with deadlines for required paperwork for students to tryout for 2011 – 2012 athletics is attached
· Physical form is attached
· Champaign Unit 4 Insurance and Participation form is attached
Tryouts for Central cheerleading will be May 17 and May 18 at 7:00 pm in the west gym at Central
- Foreign Language Club: The last meeting of the year for Edison Foreign Language Club will be Friday, May 13th from 2:45-3:30. We will meet in room 116. Students will need to bring a plain t-shirt to decorate.
May 4
- Boys Basketball: Attached is the flier for BBB summer camp. If you know of any current 5th graders who would be interested in attending please forward this flier to them.
May 2
- Computer Club: The Computer Club will be taking a walking field trip to Volition to see how computer games are made May 12 from 9-11am.
- RC Club: The field trip for the RC Club to fly the plane will be the morning of May 16th 8-11:45am. A rain/wind date will be the following day. Pick up permission slips at Tuesday or Thursday's RC meetings and please return it to Mrs. Jacob's desk ASAP to reserve your space.
- Pony Baseball: for 13 & 14 year olds through the Champaign Park District - Tryouts will be Monday May 9, 6:30pm at Zahnd Pony Field. Any player interested in playing must attend the tryout. No pre-registration is required. For those that make the team registration will be done that week. Registration fee will be listed in the Summer FunFormation Guide. Depending upon the number of people trying out the Champaign Park District will have either one or two teams. Teams will play games in the Rantoul Sandy Koufax Pony League. Practices in Champaign at Spalding and Zhand Pony Fields.
- Dyslexia Presentation: I have attached a flyer for a presentation by Susan Barton, dyslexia expert. The presentation will be on May 19 at Faith Methodist Church, and seats may be reserved at the website listed on the flyer.
Dates: Just a note to let you know about some upcoming important dates and meetings:
Thursday, May 12, 2011 7:00 PM Facility Meeting regarding the future of Dr. Howard Elementary at Dr. Howard
Monday, May 23, 2011 6 PM Special meeting of the board; topic is land for Central High School
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 Last Day of School – Regular Calendar Schools
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 Last Day of School – Balanced Calendar Schools
Community Events:
May 9-31 Elementary and Middle School registration for 1st -8th
graders wishing to transfer
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