[Edison-PTSA] EDISON PTSA ATHLETIC ANNOUNCEMENTS - OCT 31, 2014

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Edison Middle School PTSA

Athletic 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.

 

6th grade only basketball tryouts - see attachment.  Interested players MUST sign up with Ms. Borchardt by Tues., Nov. 4 and have all FOUR pieces of the required paperwork turned in to her NOT the office.  Tryouts will be Wed., Nov. 5 and Thurs., Nov. 6 from 6:30 until 7:30 AM in the north gym.

Jackets:  If you are interested in purchasing an Edison jacket Ms. Borchardt will be taking orders for another round of jackets.  All jackets are $33. Order form is attached - please bring order and payment to Ms. Borchardt (not the office) in room 122.

In stock:

2 Youth XL with Edison Comets logo

2 Youth Large with Edison Baseball logo

 

List of Edison Coaches is attached.  It has been updated with the name of our 6th grade boys basketball coach.

Schedules: Attached are schedules for Girls Basketball and Boys Basketball.  Changes have been made to both schedules.

2015 - 2016 baseball info:

If your son or daughter is currently in 6th or 7th grade please mark your calendars for the following dates:

 

Tryouts will be Monday, Aug. 3 and Tuesday, Aug. 4 - please plan your vacations around these dates as everyone who wants to tryout must attend both days of tryouts.  Practices will be Wed., Aug. 5 through Fri., Aug. 7 then Mon., Aug. 10 through Aug. 14.  The season will begin on Sat., Aug. 15.

Upcoming Events in Edison Athletics:  

Mon., Nov. 3: GBB at Franklin, 4:15 pm

 

Tues., Nov. 4: BBB versus Normal Kingsley, 4:15 pm

Required paperwork due for any 6th grader interested in trying out for the 6th grade team.  Paperwork due ​to Ms. Borchardt in room 122 NOT the office.

 

Wed., Nov. 5: 6BBB tryouts 6:30 until 7:30 am in the north gym

BBB at Chiddix, 4:30 pm

Thurs., Nov. 6:  6BBB tryouts 6:30 until 7:30 am in the north gym

                          GBB at Jefferson, 4:15pm

 

Fri., Nov. 7:  Wrestling and Volleyball required paperwork due to Ms. Borchardt - NOT the office

Sat., Nov. 8: GBB Illini Studio pics in the north gym at 10 am

 

Mon., Nov. 10: BBB at Rantoul, 5 pm

                         XC banquet in the Edison cafeteria, 5:30 pm

 

Tues., Nov. 11:  No School

 

Wed., Nov. 12:  BBB at Franklin, 4:15pm

 

Thurs., Nov. 13: GBB versus Urbana (Cancer Awareness Night), 4:15

 

Mon., Nov. 17: BBB versus Bloomington, 4:15 pm

 

Tues., Nov. 18: GBB at Chiddix, 4:30pm

 

Wed., Nov. 19: GBB versus Bloomington, 4:30 pm

 

Thurs., Nov. 20: GBB versus South View (last home game), 4:15pm

 

Sat., Nov. 22: BBB versus Effingham, 10am

 

Mon., Nov. 24: BBB versus Parkside, 4:15pm

 

Tues., Nov. 25: BBB at North Ridge, 4:30 pm

GO COMETS

 

 

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[Edison-PTSA] EDISON PTSA ANNOUNCEMENTS - OCT 31, 2014

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.

 

 

Veteran's Day at Edison: On Monday, November 10^th from 7:30am to 2:40pm, Veterans and currently serving Soldiers will be at Edison to talk with the Social Studies classes about their time in the military, why they joined, and the significance of celebrating Veteran's Day. 

 

College Gear Fridays: Students, wear your Avid or college gear on Friday.  Every Friday!

 

Minutes from the October PTSA meeting are attached.  Mark your calendars for the next PTSA meeting on Monday November 17, 6 pm in the Edison Library.

 

Mini-Grants: The Edison PTSA Academic Fund supports special projects that cannot be funded with allocated classroom budgets. Mini-grants of up to $100 each are available to any Edison Middle School faculty or staff member.  Attached is the application form, which is due by Friday November 14.  You can complete the application and send via email to kimcollins@yahoo.com or print the form and leave in the PTSA mailbox.  For questions, please contact Kim Collins at the email address above.

The Book Fair You may still shop the Book Fair online through Wednesday, November 5^th: http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=edisonmiddleschool8

Fruit Sale Fundraiser for Central's Bands and Choirs: Get in touch with a Central HS band or choir student to purchase delicious grove-fresh Florida navel oranges and red grapefruit as well as locally grown Curtis Orchard apples for our Central Music Boosters Fall Fruit Sale.  You can also purchase fruit on-line at http://www.maroons.org/fruit.  The sale runs through Nov. 12 with fruit being delivered Dec. 5.  This is a great way to support the fantastic music program at Central High School.

Centennial High School blankets: Blankets, blankets blankets!!!  Yes, custom Centennial blankets are being sold to help you stay warm and ​support your Girls Cross Country Team.  They are $40 with the new Centennial logo and $50 with the logo and your personalization.  Contact Coach Buss at koterbla@champaignschools.org to order.  Thanks in advance for your support. 

Reflections: Get Out Your Creativity And Submit your Expressions!! National PTA sponsors an annual themed arts competition, wherein students submit their artistic creations for review. PTA Reflections theme this year is "The World would be a better Place if. . ."  Categories are Dance Choreography, Photography, Literature, Visual Arts, Film Production, and Music Composition.  You can find rules for each category here http://www.illinoispta.org/reflections.html.

Print out a submission form http://www.illinoispta.org/pdf/Student%20Entry%20Form%209-16-14.pdf, attach it to your creative expression, and bring it to school.  Deadline for entries is November 5.

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Looking forward to seeing the Expressions from Edison Middle School!!  Contact Sujata Dey-Koontz, Reflections Chair for Edison PTA at delphya@gmail.com, for any questions.

Building Council –What do we do? We don't discuss district issues, personnel or curricular matters, or discipline problems, but we do brainstorm ways to improve and enrich our school environment, and make things run more smoothly for Edison students and staff.  We would like to recruit more parents to building council meetings.  Consider attending a meeting (held in Mrs. Borchardt's room):

November 13 - 7am – 7:45am 

December 11 - 3 – 4pm 

January 8 – 3 – 4pm 

February 12 – 7am – 7:45am 

March 12 – 3-4pm 

April 9 – 3 – 4pm 

May 7 – 3 - 4pm 

Spring Musical: plans for the Spring Musical are underway, but your help is needed.  Organizers are collecting memories of Edison from the past 100 years; please spread the word and send stories to Mrs. Welty Peachey at weltyan@champaignschools.org.

Social Probation: Please talk to your students about social probation, which is exclusion from participation in and/or attendance at an extracurricular school-sanctioned activity like ball games, concerts and dances.  A student will be placed on social probation if/when:

•He/she has not served the assigned detentions minutes

•He/she is failing one or more classes

•Administration places him/her on social probation.​

County Market Max Dollars for Education: if you're a County Market shopper and wish to designate Edison as your Max card school, sign up at www.myCountyMarket.com or at the customer service desk at any store.  Our school code is 14088.

 

The Edison Choir meets in the Rm. 110 from 2:50 - 4:00 pm on Tuesdays and until 4:30 on Thursdays.  Everyone is welcome; come out to enjoy singing together and bring a friend! 

Student Council meets in Mrs. Altenbaumer's room, 234 from 2:45-3:30. We meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month.   All students are welcome to join.   If you missed the first meeting, talk to Mrs. Altenbaumer or Mr. Freeman, our two Co-Sponsors.  You can join anytime during the year.   Come make a difference in your school.

Friend us on facebook: search for Edison PTSA and send a friend request so our updates will appear in your news feed.

 

Friday Night Basketball will be held at Vineyard Church from 7p-9p. Vineyard is located at 1500 N Lincoln at the corner of Lincoln and Bradley in Urbana. Basketball is open to ages 13-17. Text or call 217-299-0013.

 

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