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.
Food Drive: Nov 17-Dec 2, Edison will be collecting nonperishable foods for the food drive. We are competing against other schools within the Champaign area. To make this a little more fun, we are also having a competition between the teams; student teams will be considered based on homeroom. Each team will have a box to place the nonperishable foods in and a canister for any monetary donations.
Jazz Band Concert: don't miss Jazz Bands 1, 2, and 3 performing this Thursday (Dec 4) at 7 pm in the auditorium.
The Pajama Project is looking for donations of new pajamas for children in need. Edison's Cross Country team is working on the pajama project as their service project. We've asked the social studies teachers to donate their room for drop offs. Students/parents/teachers can drop off donations of new pajamas to one of the social studies teachers at Edison Middle School. The Cross Country team will then collect donations after December 5th to take to Salt and Light. See attached flyer for more information.
Spring Musical Auditions: The Fine Arts Department would like to announce auditions for "Edison Middle School: A Century Celebration" to be performed on March 5, 6 and 7. We need singers, actors, dancers, and students for the parts of The Temptations, Walter Kronkite, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Martin Luther King, among many others. Audition information and forms will be available inside the entrance to the auditorium. Auditions will be Dec. 16 and 17th, with an audition workshop on Monday, Dec. 8th. Come help us tell the story of our school through the last century- you won't want to miss it!
The next great Edison video, "Go Edison" is in full production and we need your help! The video will focus on school spirit and will be including a pep rally scene with the band and cheerleaders. We are currently seeking donations of poster board, red paint, black paint, markers, red and white steamers, red and white confetti, and red and white balloons. We would also welcome any other school spirit type props. Please bring donations to Ms. Rotramel or Mr. Holden by Friday, December 5. Thank you for your support.
Students: The "Go Edison video" needs your help! Are you artistic? Do you have school spirit? Then come help spread Comet Pride. We will be making posters and banners to use in the video this Wednesday and next Wednesday after school in Ms. Rotramel's room. Come to room 330 from 2:45 to 3:30 on December 3 and/or 10th to help with prop production. Can't wait to see you there!
Thanks for a wonderful Family Literacy Night! What a fun time! Dancing, singing, Socratic-ing, reading, writing, jazzing, bookmarking, gaming…it was fabulous! It couldn't have happened without our amazing ELA staff, our volunteers, the U of I attendees, the Central basketballers, the Jazz Ensemble, the teachers that came to support, our fantastic PTSA, and of course, the kids and their families. They deserve the most cheers; they were so much fun to watch and were great participants. Check out video of the event (thank you Mr. Holden) here: https://drive.google.com/a/u4sd.org/file/d/0B9VEjhaY7ZeAdzZNRDl4NEVjak0/view?usp=sharing
PTA Reflections: Edison submissions to the PTA-sponsored annual themed arts competition "The World would be a better Place if. . ." are:
Literature Category
Grace Rispoli "Think about what you Say" -- Teacher Easton
Leah Courtney "Stay You" -- Teacher Easton
Michaela Patton "Learn" --Teacher Easton
Vanessa Lopez "Unexpected" -- Easton
Sara Caroline Dickerson "Outside Myself"-- Easton
Visual Arts
Emily Anne Anderson: "Making the World Better"
Mayahuel Guitterez: biographical quilt about a Mexican Activist
Sia DeyKoontz: "Let Your Love Fly", "The Tree", and "The Flower"
Photography
Sia DeyKoontz: "Look High and Low", "We Have to be the Example", "Winter's Melted...Winter's Fallen", "Everyone Needs that Calm Place", "Fairy Tale", "Self-Portrait", "Reflection of Winter", "Reflection of Winter II", "Tales within the Shadow"
The 34th Annual Central High School Madrigal Dinner will be presented on Saturday and Sunday, December 13th and 14th at 5:00 p.m. in the Central Cafeteria. A Madrigal dinner is a 21st century reenactment of a baronial feast from the European Renaissance. This family friendly event is a beloved Central High School tradition! Guests with reservations are treated to a multiple course dinner and are entertained by over 50 of Central's student musicians. Tickets are $25 per adult and $10 for children. Reservations are now being accepted online at http://maroons.org/madrigals/, email @ Massey.karen@hotmail.com or phone by calling Karen Massey at 27-649-9791. Guest not wishing to make dinner reservations may come for the concert only.
College Gear Fridays: Students, wear your Avid or college gear on Friday. Every Friday!
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):
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
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.
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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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