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:
No School: Monday February 17 for Presidents Day
All School Dance: Friday, February 21 from 6–8pm
February 14
HUGE THANKS: Big thank you to our volunteers who baked and dropped off cookies. PTSA boxed up more than 90 cookie packages of cookies for teachers and staff. Thank you so much for volunteering you all are awesome!!
No School: No school Monday February 17th for Presidents Day.
February 13
Volunteers still needed for Dance: We still need volunteers for Edison dance. If you are able to volunteer from 6-8pm on Friday February 21st please e-mail apatton2@gmail.com Having enough volunteers ensures everyone has a safe and fun time.
Soap Drive: Edison’s College Bound Boys are having a soap drive. We are asking for donations of packaged bar soap. It can even be the packaged soap from hotel rooms. Donations can be put in collection containers located throughout the school.
February 11
School Dance: Edison’s next all school dance will be Friday, February 21st from 6-8pm. We will have a DJ and food for sale. Admission to the dance is $2, permission slip, and student ID. To volunteer to chaperone/work the dance please e-mail apatton2@gmail.com. We need volunteers to make this fun and safe for the students.
YEARBOOK committee needs candid pictures!
Band
Strings
Boys' basketball
Girls' basketball
Musical Rehearsals
Choir
Volleyball
Wrestling
We could also include fieldtrip, dance, or special event candids.
Please email photos or send an invite or disc to Mrs. Easton eastonka@champaignschools.org
February 4
Box Tops: It's Box Top time again! Please bring all your box tops from General Mills products in and give them to Mrs. Wells or a classroom teacher to be turned into cash at the end of February. We had $208.70 sent in this past fall. Please turn your Box Tops and bonus Box Top certificates in by February 21st to be counted this time.
Central Spirit Wear Sale: We still have some items left that we would love to see on students rather than in boxes! If you have a student heading to Central in the next year or two now is a great time to pick up some spirit wear to get in to the spirit early!
Items available at a discounted price are:
Gray and Maroon t-shirts all sizes- $10
Gray hooded sweatshirts in S-XL-2XL- $20
Maroon sweatpants in S-M-L -$15
Black sweatpants in M-XL-2XL- $15
We also have Maroon Crewneck sweatshirts in XL-2XL - $20
Please email Janet Roadcap at jsroadcap@yahoo.com if you would like to purchase any of these items.
National Junior Honor Society: 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 February 28, 2014. Current National Junior Honor Society members do not need to complete the applications for this year, but should contact Mr. Cain about their 2013 community service hours. If there are any questions please contact Mr. Cain at cainza@champaignschools.org or 351-3771.
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