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.
Important Dates:
October 21–25 Book Fair
October 24–25th PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
October 15
Submitting Announcements: Please send announcements to apatton2@gmail.com instead of list serv. Some of the announcements are getting missed when they are sent to the list serv.
Don't forget to sign up with your child's teacher for Parent/Teacher Conferences!
Where: Edison Middle School (Your Homeroom Teacher's classroom)
When: Thursday, October 24th from 4:00-8:00pm
Friday, October 25th from 8:00-11:00am
What do you need to do? Students have or will be bringing home P/T Conference Request Forms for parents to complete and return. Parents can either email or complete the Parent/Teacher Conference Request Form giving the times that you are available to meet and a teacher will contact you to confirm the date and time.
Edison's Lounge is Up and Running!!! Parents if you are looking for a safe, supervised place for your children to go after school, the Edison Lounge is the place to be. "The Lounge" will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:45-4:45pm and offers study spaces, gaming consoles (Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, Xbox Kinect ), 30 computers with district monitored internet access, access to the Tap-in leadership academy tutors and activities (with a completed application), and space to engage in social activities with friends at Edison. All students staying after school in the lounge must have a permission slip turned in to one of our Lounge supervisors (Turkessa Bailey, Alan Douglas, Cindy Steward), before participating in activities. (Lounge Permission Slip is attached)
Reflections Contest: Believe, Dream, Inspire is the 2013-14 Reflections program theme. Reflections is a program sponsored by the National PTA organization that encourages students to participate in the arts. Reflections competition covers several disciplines in the arts: dance/choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts. All events are centered around the theme of Believe, Dream, and Inspire. Attached is the student entry form. To submit to the Reflections competition students should turn in completed works to Mrs. Easton by November 6th.
Box Tops: Turn your Box Tops into $$$- Please get your General Mills Box Tops in to any Edison teacher by October 18th. Mrs.Wells has a fabulous plan for how we can use our Box Top money this year, so get them clipped and turn them in!
Collecting items for a Paris Family in need. Edison will be collecting items until 3pm Friday for the family.
Dear Parents/Guardians:
Last night one of our students had their home burn down. The family has lost everything, and they are in need of assistance. Mayo Middle School is collecting any items that people would like to donate. The student attending Mayo Middle School is in 7th Grade, and he is in need of some of the following items:
· Shirts – Size Large
· Pants – 32 Waist/ 30 Long
· Shoes – Size 13
· Winter Coat
· Underwear
· Socks
· Hygiene Products – Deodorant, Shampoo, Toothpaste, Etc.
October 12
PTSA Secretary: Edison PTSA needs a member to fill the secretary officer vacancy. We need one ASAP. If you are willing to volunteer and help us out please e-mail apatton2@gmail.com or pein@illinois.edu.
Sewing Project: Ms. Stanke has students that need your help with a sewing project. We need both machines and volunteers. Project begins on October 22nd. We are hoping for 4 - 6 machines and adults who know how to sew. Any help you can give would be appreciated. Anyone interested in helping out can contact Ms. Stanke at
<stanketa@champaignschools.org>
October 9
PTSA Update: PTSA approved our budget for the 2013-2014 school year, new by-laws, and elected a new treasurer (Jill Daly).
Opportunities to Raise Money for Edison PTSA: There are openings for October 12th to work at the Memorial Stadium for the Marching Band Competition. 7 adults needed to work 5:30-10:00 pm. It is expected to be a fast paced event. For each shift worked $35.00 at Memorial Stadium will go towards Edison Band, Avid, or Edison PTSA. If interested please contact Heather Zike at hlf33@hotmail.com Parking, dress code and any additional information will be provided to those who volunteer. Thank you for your continued support to our students!!
Social Probation for Students: (from Administration) Consequences such as social probation may be assigned by administration. Social probation is defined in the Code of Conduct as "Exclusion from participation in and/or attendance at an extracurricular school-sanctioned activity" such as dances, public performances and athletic events (reference pg. 13 of Student/Parent Handbook). Students will be placed on social probation if they receive two or more discipline referrals in one week; receive one or more failing cumulative grades in any class, checked weekly; received an out-of-school suspension or alternative to suspension assignment to ACTIONS.
Edison PBIS Seeking Donations: (Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support) Team is soliciting donations and could use your help! We are working to tighten up our expectations and part of the programming encourages positive reinforcement. We are setting up a "PBIS Store" in order to reward students for doing what is expected. They will earn tickets or Comet Cash to "buy" items such as small pieces of candy, candy bars, snack bags, etc. when they are caught adhering to school-wide expectations like not running in the hallways or coming prepared to class. We would like to expand our offerings to include such things as Edison Apparel, Yearbooks, Student Planners, low- to high-end electronics, bikes, scooters, skateboards through bought raffle tickets, gift cards, mechanical pencils and school supplies, etc. The team would also like to acknowledge teachers for their recognitions and we'd like to reward them, too with a small token (donations accepted on their behalf as well). If you are able and willing to make a charitable donation to our cause, we'd greatly appreciate it. Any donations, be it actual items or monetary contribution, can be brought to Student Services (discipline office) or the main office. If making a money contribution please send in an enclosed envelope with check (made out to Edison) or cash. Thanks in advance for your consideration and support.
Parent Teacher Conferences: PTSA will be feeding teachers and staff during parent/teacher conferences. We are asking parents to donate the following items: prepackaged salad mix, salad dressing, or a dessert item on Thursday, October 24th. If you are able to help out in any way with those items please e-mail Gretchen Pein at pein@illinois.edu.
October 7
Spirit Wear Ordering: It's time for the LAST Edison Spirit Wear order for this school year. If you are interested, please send a check made payable to Edison PTSA, along with the completed order form clearly indicating the student's name, grade and contact phone number, in a sealed envelope marked "spirit wear" and have your student drop off in the main office. Orders will be accepted through October 31st and the orders will be placed in early November and distributed to your student at school well before the winter break. If you wish the order to be a gift, please clearly indicate that on the order form and arrangements will be made to get the order to you rather than your student. Any questions, contact Jo Lynne Clauson via email at joclauson@comcast.net .
Homework Club: Homework Club is available every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and every 2nd and 4th Monday in Ms. Milani's classroom (142) from 2:45 – 4:00 p.m. Homework Club is open to all students who need help with homework. Students are not required to stay until 4:00 p.m., they can leave whenever their homework is finished.
Parent Teacher Conferences: PTSA will be feeding teachers and staff during parent/teacher conferences. We are asking parents to donate the following items: prepackaged salad mix, salad dressing, or a dessert item on Thursday, October 24th. If you are able to help out in any way with those items please e-mail Gretchen Pein at pein@illinois.edu.
Book Fair: Edison's book fair will be the week of October 21–25th.
Images for Yearbook: Send photos of baseball or cross country via email (or CD) to Mrs. Easton for this year's yearbook. Photos could be before during or after an event. Mrs. Easton room 310 eastonka@champaignschools.org
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