[Edison-PTSA] EDISON PTSA ANNOUNCEMENTS–FEBRUARY 21ST

Edison Middle School PTSA Announcements

306 West Green Street

Champaign, IL 61820-5099

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

 

Edison's Mission

It is our mission at Edison Middle School to work collaboratively to place the focus on the academic, social, and emotional needs of each individual student first and ensure that ALL students are prepared for post-secondary education.

 

 

 

February 21

 

• Attention 8^th Grade Parents: Thursday, February 28^th at 7pm in the Edison auditorium school, representatives from Central and Centennial High School will give a short presentation about future freshmen. There will be an opportunity for parents to ask questions. We strongly recommend parents attend this event.

 

• Southside Fun Night:  Friday, March 1^st  from 6:30-8:30pm Southside fun night is happening. See attached flyer for more info. They need some additional volunteers and all are welcome to attend.

 

• PTA Council Mental Health Forum: The next PTA Council Meeting will be February 21^st at the Mellon Building at 7–8:30pm. Attached is a flyer with more info.

 

 

 

February 18

 

• Request for Yearbook Photos: We are requesting for photos to be sent to Aileen Maggio so she can put some candid images in the yearbook. We need all sports and any other activities parents and kids would like to see represented.  My email is maggioai@champaignschools.org.  The deadline for pictures is March 5th.  

 

 

February 15

 

• Mr. Tony Howard has been selected as the Associate Principal at Edison Middle School: Mr. Howard currently holds the position of Assistant Principal of Edison Middle School. He began this position in October 2010. Mr. Howard joined Unit #4 Schools as a Science Teacher at Edison Middle School in 2006. Mr. Howard has also served Unit #4 Schools as a Summer School Principal, Summer School Teacher and Boys' Basketball Head Coach.

 

 

• International Day: Edison's International Day will be March 14th, 8-11:00 a.m. Last year was a great success and we'd like to make that happen again. We need adult helpers to be in the classrooms–we need parent helpers to host an activity for that day. Please contact Ms. Pinske via email and she can give more details. Her email address is pinskecr@champaignschools.org.

 

 

• LEAP (Linking Educators and Parents):

TOPIC: "Seeing the Sense in Spelling"

PRESENTER:  Gina Cooke

PROVIDER:  LEAP (Linking Educators and Parents) a dyslexia study group, serving east central Illinois

TIME: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 6:30 to 8:00 PM

LOCATION: Urbana Free Library Auditorium, 200W. Green St. in Urbana

REGISTRATION:  Free! Please register by return email to mfkay@sbcglobal.net  or call 217-367-0398

CREDITS: CPDU credits are available for teachers through ROE#9  (Please include your name and school when you request CPDUs.)

 

• Box Tops: Pull those General Mills Box Tops off the refrigerator and out of that drawer, clip them up and send them in to Edison to turn them into $$.  Students can turn Box Tops in to any of their teachers, and they will be collected to send in to General Mills.  Box Tops need to be in to teachers by February 22nd to be turned into dollars for this school year.

 

• NJHS: Applications for the Edison chapter of the National Junior Honor Society are now available on the Edison web-site and in the main office.  Applications are due to Mr. Cain by March 1, 2013.  Current National Junior Honor Society members do not need to complete the applications for this year, but should contact Mr. Cain about their 2012 community service hours.  If there are any questions please contact Mr. Cain at cainza@champaignschools.org or 351-3771.

 

 

 

 

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