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
November 11–NO SCHOOL/VETERAN'S DAY
November 27-29–THANKSGIVING BREAK
October 21
Thursday and Friday: Thursday (half-day) students will be dismissed at 11:10am. There is NO SCHOOL Friday.
Message from Principal Uppinghouse:
Hello Edison Parents/Guardians,
I wanted to pass along a message about next week at Edison. I received a message from our Director of Maintenance letting me know that our boiler is not functioning properly and is scheduled to be fixed mid to late next week. Because the temperatures are going to be in the 40s and 50s next week, the building will be cool. Because of this, I am letting you know that our Building Council has agreed that students will be able to wear their coats into the classroom (must be unzipped for safety reasons) and worn throughout the school day. I will send a follow up email when I hear that the boiler has been fixed. I appreciate everyone's support in this matter and will keep you posted as I hear more news about the situation. As always, your children are my priority and I apologize in advance for any discomfort the temperature may bring, but can assure you that learning will continue during this time at Edison. Have a great weekend!
Thanks,
Justin Uppinghouse
Principal
Edison Middle School
October 17
Book Fair: Edison's book fair will be the week of October 21–25th. Here is the link for the website
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=edisonmiddleschool8
CUSF Spelling Bee: Want to compete to win PE Equipment for Edison Middle School? Register your team of three adults to compete in the CU Schools Foundation Adult Team Spelling Bee. This is not a serious spelling bee--words start at 3rd grade level and get harder from there. The goal is to have fun, support education and give you an opportunity to win one of these top three prizes for a Unit 4 or District 116 school of your choice:
• 1st place--$2,500 PE equipment provided by Kraft
• 2nd place--$1,000 gift certificate provided by Litania Sports Group
• 3rd place--$300 gift certificate provided by Polar
There are also prizes for Best Costume, Best Fail and Best Team Spirit. The Spelling Bee is Saturday, November 9, from 6:30 - 9:00 pm at Urbana Civic Center and will be catered by Hickory Smokehouse. Register your team online at www.cuschoolsfoundation.org/events/bee. $150 to register a team. Deadline to sign up is Oct. 25.
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.
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. I'd like 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>
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!!
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.
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.
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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