Edison PTSA Announcements: Thursday, April 12, 2012

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Edison Middle School PTSA Announcements

306 West Green Street

Champaign, IL 61820-5099

Phone: (217) 351-3771 Fax: (217) 355-2564

April 12

Help! We still need parent volunteers to work the dance this Friday from 6–8pm. Please e-mail apatton2@gmail.com if you can help.

CU Scholars: Attention 8th Grade students High School is just a few month away. If you have not signed up to be a part of CUScholars yet there is still time. See your counselor today for an enrollment form, then take it home, get it signed and bring it back to your counselor! http://cuschoolsfoundation.org/

School Board Vacancy: Beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, April 16th at the Mellon Administrative Center, 703 S. New St., Champaign. The Board will conduct interviews of candidates who applied to fill the vacant seat. The interviews will be open to the public and broadcast on channel 5 (CGTV).

April 11

Last All School Dance: This Friday, April 13^th will be the last all school dance of the year. The dance will be from 6–8pm. We still need a few parent volunteers to chaperone the dance–email apatton2@gmail.com if you are able to help out.

Baby Pictures for 8th grade students: It is that time of year. We are now collecting baby pictures from 8th grade students. The pictures will be displayed in the display cases across from the auditorium starting in May. The pictures will be up for all of the end of year activities and will be returned to 8th grade students and parents after Promotion. Please, write the student name on the back of the picture. Mr. Guzman will be collecting baby pictures for Explorer students and Mr. Becker will be collecting baby pictures for Navigator students.

April 10

College For Kids: Good news! The 2012 CFK Brochure is now available on our website! www.parkland.edu/collegeforkids Please note that registration begins MAY 1. You can register online, in person, or by mail. Instructions are included in the brochure and also available on our website. Find us on Facebook for additional information about the program and classes: College for Kids Parkland College. www.facebook.com/cfkpc Questions? Give us a call at 217-353-2055 or email collegeforkids@parkland.edu. We look forward to seeing you and your CFK students this summer!

Books by the Bushel: Save the dates of April 13th, 14th, and 15th, 2012! We will again be holding BBTB at Barnes & Noble in Champaign. Barnes & Noble will be ordering books from the 'wish lists' submitted by school librarians. Community members are invited to donate books and other resources from the wish list set to the library of their choice. Barnes & Noble will also donate a portion of the total sales made through BBTB back to the local schools participating in the event.

April 9

Dance Volunteers: We need parents to volunteer for the last all school dance of the year. The dance will be Friday from 6-8pm. Please e-mail apatton2@gmail.com if you can help out.

Student Council: will be sponsoring a Penny War to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This will take place April 9-13. Each homeroom will have a container to collect money. All pennies will be worth 1 point. All other change will be worth negative points. So stock up on all your change over Spring Break and be ready to challenge other homerooms to raise as much money as possible. The winning homeroom will win a water balloon fight at the end of the school year during their end of year activities. If you could send empty rinsed out gallon milk jugs, each homeroom will need one. Students can bring them in to either Mr. Guzman or Mrs. Altenbaumer. Thanks so much for your cooperation.

Intramural Volleyball: Volleyball intramurals for 6th and 7th graders will begin this Saturday, April 14th from 9:00-10:30 in the North Gym. Sign up with Ms. Tock at tocker@champaignschools.org.

April 2

8^th Grade Calendar of Events: Attached is a calendar of events for 8^th graders.

Box Tops Coordinator: After many years of coordinating Box Tops collections at Edison, LB Frye is passing the torch. This is an easy job and doesn't require a lot of time...and it earns a lot of money for our school. If you are interested, please contact LB at LBFrye63@gmail.com.

Athletics:

BBB camp: Current 6th and 7th graders who are interested in trying out for the boys basketball team are encouraged to attend the summer camp Coach Johnson is holding the week of June 18 through June 22. The 6th and 7th graders will attend from 8:00 am until 10:00 am then the 8th graders will attend from 10:00 until noon. Fee is $50 per camper ($25 discount for 2 campers from same household). Registration form (attached) and fee are due MAY 20!! The registration form/fee can be sent to Ms. Borchardt in room 122. Please do not take to the office.

Banquets: Dates for the wrestling banquet and the banquet for our baseball, girls basketball, boys basketball and volleyball teams will be announced soon.

Intramurals: Info about intramurals for Hip Hop dance, bowling, BBB, GBB and VB will be announced soon.

2012 - 2013 Athletic Dates; Attached is the flier containing dates of when tryouts/practices may begin and when current physicals, Completed Champaign Unit 4 form and copy of insurance/medical card are due. Physical form and Champaign Unit 4 form are attached.Remember sports physicals are good for one year only!

8^th Grade Promotion: 8^th grade promotion will be Friday at 9 am on May 25^thIt will be held in the school auditorium. Each student's family gets 2 tickets for this event. If you are going to need more than that you can call the discipline office to be put on a waiting list for more tickets. Letters are being sent home to parents for those students who may ineligible to attend promotion.

Community Events:

Saftey and Abuse Prevention: Keep Our Kids Safe Child Abuse Prevention for Parents & Children Thursday, April 5, 2012 7:00 -- 9:00 p.m. indi go Artist Co-Op 9 E University Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820 Donations at the door appreciated  Keep Our Kids Safe is just one of several events RACES is sponsoring during April, which is both Child Abuse Prevention month and Sexual Assault Awareness month. For more information on all our April Events, visit our web site at www.cu-races.org, or contact us at admin@cu-races.org or 217/344-6298.

Edison PTSA Announcements